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Jaylon Smith is going to do something some teams never thought he'd do on Sunday — play in an NFL game.
Smith's return from a severe knee injury is among the feel-good storylines for the Dallas Cowboys going into the season opener against the New York Giants on Sunday night. But this isn't a time for Smith to reflect on his journey back to the field.
"Right now it's all about executing the game plan that we put together and it's something I'm all in," Smith said. "The past is a bucket of ashes. For me, those things they've occurred, they've happened, but it's about living in the now. It's Week One. It's time to prepare."
Smith returned to game action last month, playing 12 snaps against the Indianapolis Colts and 15 against the Oakland Raiders in preseason games.
The Cowboys are expected to keep him on a snap count against the Giants, although he isn't worried about it. Instead, he's ready to be the starting middle linebacker when the 2017 season gets underway.
With regular starter Anthony Hitchens sidelined with a knee injury, Smith is expected to start and split time with veteran Justin Durant at middle linebacker,
Smith never doubted this moment would come.
"I knew it would come," Smith said. "It's just a matter of God's timing."
Smith, 22, tore the anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments in his left knee, and had damage to the peroneal nerve during Notre Dame's bowl game on Jan. 1, 2016.
Some teams felt that Smith wouldn't be able to recover from that injury, and took him off their draft boards completely. But the Cowboys felt good about Smith, partly because one of their physicians, Dan Cooper, performed the knee surgery.
Smith described Cooper as someone who has become a "father figure" to him.
"Someone I entrusted in my darkest moment," Smith said. "It's a threat to all players, getting hurt. And me experiencing that, being able to trust someone to get the job done, it's definitely a great feeling. Very, very thankful of Dr. Cooper."
Smith also has an appreciation for the Cowboys believing in his ability to return to form. This is a team that felt comfortable enough to use an early second-round pick on him in the 2016 draft even though he wouldn't play his rookie season.
"What impresses you the most about him is the kind of person he is and how he's handled this challenging situation that he's been in," coach Jason Garrett said. "Again, that probably more than anything else gave us the confidence to draft him. We felt like we knew what he was all about. And he's probably exceeded all of those expectations as well.
"His attitude and his work ethic and just the spirit that he has every day has been really impressive. He's really improved. He's improved at every turn. He's gotten better in practice. He's gotten better in the games. Every time he goes out there, he looks better. He looks more natural. He looks more comfortable. So certainly excited about him."
Smith said the countless hours spent with the Cowboys training staff, particularly trainer Britt Brown, have finally paid off.
"I thank [Brown] the most because from Day 1, he's been there," Smith said. "He's held my hand. He's seen me when everything was down, I couldn't run, I couldn't sprint, he was there. ... He's an amazing person. He's great at his job. Just very thankful for him."
Smith now hopes to carry everything onto the field. He had a simple, but lofty, response when asked about his own expectations this season.
"Greatness," Smith said.
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A recent study by a Harvard economist has blown away all the stereotypes that we may have had till now about women's porn preferences.
The PhD from Harvard, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, has also recently authored a book titled 'Everybody Lies' which is a very witty look at the world seen through what they search on the internet.
We all may lie to the world, to our friends and even to our partners. But, at the end of the day, we search on Google what we don't want the world to know; the kind of porn we like and the kind we don't. This led to the revelationary fact: Women like watching porn that features violence against women.
The analysis by Stephens-Davidowitz about our sexuality included analyzing data from sites like Pornhub. He could easily determine that women like watching girl-on-girl videos and about 20 per cent of porn watched by women is lesbian porn. Besides this, he confirmed that many women like to watch porn that's rough or infiltrates violence against them.
"Porn featuring violence against women is also extremely popular among women. It is far more popular among women than men. I hate saying that because misogynists seem to love this fact. Fantasy life isn't always politically correct," he said.
To understand this, we talked to Dr Avani Tiwari, psychiatrist, sex and relationships expert, who said that such porn preference of women could be due to two reasons, but is primarily due to the first one, which follow.
Firstly, porn is a means of fantasy fulfilment. Because we are getting modern and women are seeking equality and power, watching porn is no more taboo. Realization of power in real life is balanced by submission in fantasy.
Women prefer to be in command in real life and to be controlled in fantasy. Also, watching porn in which one is being dominated, abused and tied up doesn't have any consequences in real life. "It's fantasy. It ends there. You watch it and get away with it," she said.
Secondly, it refers back to the millennia of women subjugation. Dr Avani called this the concept of a 'collective consciousness' where women have faced subjugation for many millenniums. As a result, being submissive has become a part of their primal selves, their basic instinct. A decade or two of equality isn't enough to entirely replace history.
"The rate at which women watch violent porn is roughly the same in every part of the world. It isn't correlated with how women are treated," added Stephens-Davidowitz. But is it really possible to reach out to women who are domesticated, subjugated and/or live in rural regions of the world? Do they even have access to porn? There's a massive lack of research on this subject, said Dr Avani.
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PITTBURGH, July 11, 2007 Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine report a significant new advance in the search for an effective treatment for human liver cancer in the July issue of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. Using a newly available monoclonal antibody, they demonstrated significant reductions in tumor cell proliferation and survival in human and mouse hepatocellular cancer (HCC) cell lines. According to the researchers, this finding has significant implications not only for the treatment of liver cancer but for a number of different types of cancer.
Most cases of HCC are secondary to either a viral hepatitis infection or cirrhosis of the liver. Despite recent advances, it remains a disease of grim prognosis due to the poorly understood mechanism of how the disease originates and spreads. Most patients live only a short time after diagnosis.
Based on previous studies showing that some pathways that were previously thought to be active only during fetal liver development, particularly the class III receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) family pathway, became highly active again in the liver of HCC patients, Satdarshan P. Singh Monga, M.D., associate professor, division of cellular and molecular pathology and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, obtained rat and human liver cancer cell lines and analyzed them for level of expression of an RTK protein known as platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha, or PDGFRa. The investigators also analyzed the cells for their level of activation of the PDGFRa gene.
At an early fetal stage of liver development in the mouse, the investigators found that the level of expression of PDGFRa was 37 times higher compared to later stages of development in the adult mouse liver. They also found significantly higher levels of PDGFRa in rat and human liver cancer cell lines as compared to normal cells in culture.
Dr. Mongas group then treated human and mouse liver cancer cell lines with a monoclonal antibody targeted against PDGFRa. It resulted in a significant decrease in tumor cell proliferation and a marked increase in tumor cell death. In fact, all tumor cell lines experienced significant decreases in proliferation in response to the monoclonal antibody and there was a 4- to 18-fold increase in programmed cell death, or apoptosis, among the cancer cell lines compared to normal control cells.
According to Dr. Monga, these results suggest that PDGFRa offers an important new therapeutic target for the treatment of HCC.
We are very excited because this is the first targeted therapy for liver cancer. Other therapies have some modest benefits, but no one knows exactly how they work. We now have identified a pathway that appears to be overly active in more than 70 percent of the cancers we examined and, when targeted, leads to significant reduction in tumor cell proliferation and survival, said Dr. Monga.
More importantly, targeting the PDGFRa pathway in liver cancer cells does not appear to affect normal liver cells, making the treatment relatively non-toxic. Normally, regenerating liver cells are not exclusively dependent on this pathway, and it is not overly active in other types of cells. So this monoclonal antibody is a highly targeted treatment for this disease, he added.
Furthermore, because high expression of PDGFRa has been detected in a variety of tumors, such as skin cancer, brain tumors, gastrointestinal tumors, prostate tumors, ovarian cancer and leukemia, Dr. Monga believes these findings could have much broader applications.
This research was funded by grants from the American Cancer Society and the National Institutes of Health as well as the Cleveland Foundation and the Rangos Fund for Enhancement of Pathology Research.
In addition to Dr. Monga, other researchers involved in the study included Peggy Stock, Xinping Tan and Amanda Micsenyi, all in the department of pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Dulabh Monga, department of human oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh; and Nick Loizos, ImClone Systems, Inc., New York.
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Shooting Sports Update:
Attached is information regarding the State Outdoor Challenge to be held June 17-19 in Seguin!
This is a fun team event competing in 10 different outdoor events!!!!!!!
Teams consist of 2 members – 2 girls; 2 boys; 1 girl/1boy – in their age divisions – jr, intermediate, senior
The events this year will consist of shotgun, rifle, archery, fishing, climbing, kayaking (on the Guadalupe River), outdoor skills, biologist skills, gear judging and outdoor safety (includes first aid).
Please let us know if you are interested in participating as we will be starting practices to get ready for this even
The Texas 4-H Outdoor Challenge will be held June 17-19 this summer at the Seguin Outdoor Learning Center in Seguin (Guadalupe County).
Registration will be open from May 1st to May 29th
The following events will be held this year:
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• Kayaking (on the Guadalupe River)
• Outdoor Skills
• Biologist Skills
• Gear Judging
• Outdoor Safety
The Outdoor Challenge Rules and Resources Guide will be posted soon on http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/outdoor.
Watch for more information to come on registration fee costs, hotel/lodging information, meals information, and additional details.
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Club Manager: Cindy Smith and Jared Davis
Meeting Location & Day: 3rd Thursday of the month, Central Maintenance Facility (Extension Office)
Meeting Time: 6:30 p.m.
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As acting director of American Baptist Personnel Services (ABPS), Diane Sypherd is responsible for the database storage-and-retrieval ministry that serves the denomination by matching employment-seeking ministry professionals with churches and ministry organizations striving to fill available ministerial positions.
ABPS allows professional individuals to create and maintain up-to-date personnel profiles. In addition, ABPS publishes "Ministry Opportunities," an online list of employment opportunities reported by regional and national units of American Baptist Churches USA.
"This is my ministry. I enjoy helping our professional leaders with their profiles and regional staff with ways to search the database to retrieve the names to present to their search committees," she says. "It is fulfilling when we hear that a professional leader has been called to a new position because of participating in the ABPS system."
Sypherd is well-suited to this ministry, having served as database manager for American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS)/ABPS from 1979 to 2015.
She enjoys spending free time with her family, including her husband and granddaughters. She also looks forward to reading, crocheting and golfing.
- Diploma, Maxwell Institute of Technology, Norristown, Pa.
- Database manager, ABHMS/ABPS, 1979-2015
- Data entry, Board of Educational Ministries/Judson Press, 1976-1979
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- In 2014, ABPS became more user-friendly by instituting online enrollment and updating capabilities, eliminating the need for users to complete 10-15 pages of written paperwork.


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A great-grandfather was jailed for a month yesterday after admitting that he was "wilfully refusing" to pay his council tax as a protest.
Magistrates in King's Lynn told Richard Fitzmaurice that they had no option but to send him to prison for 32 days over the unpaid £1,300 in council tax. Fitzmaurice, 75, who served in the Army for 20 years, called the council tax unfair, adding: "It is rising faster than the rate of inflation. Pensioners cannot keep up."
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Summer Time!
We have not posted in a while but that doesn't mean we stopped taking pictures and videos. What an awesome summer! Watching Josiah walk, run, play, and now start to talk (well...jiberish anyway). It has surely been an action packed few months. Not to mention we ended it with our 12mos. Dr apt. only to hear the most SOLID heart beat we have ever heard! That's right...we were officially removed from the "high risk" pregnancy category and are considered a "normal/on track" pregnancy. However, we have refrained from using the word normal because we all know it's everything but that! This is a miracle baby that has been delivered to us through prayer and blessing. We have felt the army of prayers backing our every move as we have progressed in this. So we are officially 12 mos and 2 days. Our due date is March 25th. We are yet to know that gender, but we have only had 1 person say it is a boy. Everyone else thinks it's a little girl. Any predictions?
Josiah is on his way to being 2 years old...that for sure!!!! He is 17mos., but he sure has the tendancies of a 2yr old. His ability to test mom and dad are top notch! He has learned how to cross his arms when he doesn't want something and has made a living by closing drawers and cabinets in the kitchen. He is truly beginning to show his personality. We are in love with his abilities to play and laugh. He laughs at anything that makes a loud noise. Especially when we play basketball in the driveway. When the ball hits the rim/backboard he laughs histerically! Here are a few pics/videos of our awesome summer!
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"Slonim has been under the gaze of the Shin Bet since at least 2010, court documents indicate. He was arrested on December 30, 2010, at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba and found in possession of a knife, tools for housebreaking and a spray can. He had this equipment, police told the court, 'for the purpose of committing a crime or causing a disturbance against Palestinians.' In March 2011 he was arrested again, this time for throwing stones. Court documents indicate he was held for interrogation for 8 days. On another occasion he was accused of attacking a police officer. By March 2015, after months of suspicion over his involvement in the Khirbet Abu Falah attack, he was given an 'administrative ban' by the District Court prohibiting him from entering Jerusalem or the West Bank, his lawyer says.
"When he was arrested in early August, Slonim's parents told Israeli media their son was with them on a family holiday in the north of the country at the time of the Duma attack. For the last four months the criminal lawyer Aharon Rose has represented Slonim, his fees paid not by the young man's parents but by the right-wing legal centre Honenu, which assists settlers and soldiers who fall foul of the law. 'In August 2015... after the burning of the house in Duma in which 3 people from the same family died, the intelligence agencies decided to take the gloves off,' Rose says in his office in Tel Aviv. He is referring to the extraordinary decision by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet to approve the use of administrative detention - imprisonment without charge - for Israeli citizens. Israel already holds hundreds of Palestinians in administrative detention, despite trenchant criticism from local and international rights groups. Slonim is now 4 months into a 6-month stint in prison. Under administrative detention inmates are not charged, nor are they or their lawyers given an opportunity to respond to the allegations against them. In September, Yaalon said security services knew who had carried out the attack on the Dawabshe family but could not charge them due to a lack of evidence and fear of compromising intelligence sources.
"Both Rose and Slonim's parents, Gila and Zeev Slonim, have spoken out repeatedly against the use of administrative detention. 'Evyatar was not involved in any violent incident whatsoever, not at all and not specifically in Duma,' Rose says. Slonim breached the travel ban imposed on him once, Rose admits, to take part in a wedding at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. 'Security at the court say they knew what he was doing every second of every day... so they must also know he did not participate in any violence at that time,' Rose adds. Slonim has received a visit from Australian consular officials while in prison, Rose confirms. The Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade would not comment on Slonim's case, nor would the Australian embassy in Tel Aviv. Fairfax Media made contact with his parents, who moved to Israel from Melbourne in 1989 and now live in the settlement of Tzofim. We were directed to a family spokesman who explained that the gag order placed on the case prevented the Slonims from commenting. Instead, a family member who did not want to be identified answered emailed questions via the spokesman."
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Let's say you wanted to head on out for a sunny day at the beach and like most of us geeks can't bear to leave your personal gadgets behind. Of course, how are you going to keep those gadgets charged throughout the day – the scalding hot car? Not likely. How about your own little solar converter umbrella?
Conceptually created by Oded Shorer, the Parasolar looks like a normal enough umbrella you would use for shade or on a normal rainy day. The difference is, however, that the synthetic cloth of the canopy is embedded with photovoltaic panels that convert that good ol' sunlight to energy for your gizmos. The wide base not only serves as a stabilizing base, but is also used for storing the Parasolar when not in use. The base also features one 12v outlet and 2 USB 2.0 ports.
While Parasolar exists only on paper so far, it still would be a benefit to those who like to stay on the grid while getting back to nature. Hopefully we will see it in camping stores soon. If it rains – hey at least you can use the Parasolar to keep from getting wet.
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An Evening with the Man Booker Prize 2012 Shortlist will be screened live via satellite in Quad Cinema in Derby on Monday, October 15.
The authors from the 2012 shortlist will be reading and discussing their work on the eve of the prodigious award and £50,000 prize.
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U.S. lawmakers reacted with relief to reports of the death of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, saying his demise means the people of Libya are truly liberated and that they can now focus on a new beginning. Congressional leaders also pledged their continued support for the Libyan people in caring for the wounded and rebuilding.
Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona joined a number of other U.S lawmakers in praising the LIbyan people for fighting for their freedom, and the NATO mission for helping them achieve their goals.
"I am glad we are rid of Gadhafi. I would have preferred to see him in criminal court, but he is gone, and that is to the great credit of the Libyan people, to the administration and especially the leadership of the French and the British," McCain said.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator McCain recently traveled to Libya. Graham said Gadhafi was still casting a shadow over the Libyan people.
"Having been there just a few weeks ago, the thought of Gadhafi being alive and coming back was widespread and created fear and pretty much a stalemate. Now that he is dead I think the Libyan people will have a chance to move forward," Graham said.
Both senators agreed that the United States should continue to provide support for the people of Libya, saying 30,000 people were wounded in the uprising to oust Gadhafi, and many of them lost limbs. They said the United States should send Navy hospital ships to help treat the injured.
Senators McCain and Graham supported President Barack Obama's decision to intervene in Libya, but criticized him for not deploying more American airpower. Senator McCain indicated some of the injuries suffered might have been prevented by swifter and tougher action against Gadhafi's forces:
"When I go to the hospital and I see these wounded young men who are missing arms and legs, and I know that if we had used the full weight of American air power to end this thing a lot sooner, I regret that we, quote, chose to "lead from behind," McCain said.
Democratic Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, strongly defended the president's decision to let other NATO countries take the lead after the start of the air campaign over Libya. In a written statement, Kerry said although the Obama administration was criticized both for moving too quickly and for not moving quickly enough, it is undeniable that the NATO campaign prevented a massacre and contributed mightily to Gadhafi's undoing without deploying boots on the ground or suffering a single American fatality. Kerry said this is a victory for multilateralism and successful coalition-building.
Some lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans, had criticized President Obama for intervening in Libya, and faulted him for not seeking congressional approval for the U.S. military operation.
President Obama said Thursday was a momentous day for Libya, and credited the people of Libya with winning their revolution. He said with the promise of a new beginning comes great responsibility to build a tolerant and democratic society.


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Thomas Sowell Quotes About Gun ControlQuotes about: Gun Control
The gun-control crusade today is like the Prohibition crusade 100 years ago. It is a shared zealotry that binds the self-righteous know-it-alls in a warm fellowship of those who see themselves as fighting on the side of the angels against the forces of evil. It is a lofty role that they are not about to give up for anything so mundane as facts - or even the lives of other people.
When we hear about rent control or gun control, we may think about rent or guns but the word that really matters is 'control.' That is what the political left is all about, as you can see by the incessant creation of new restrictions in places where they are strongly entrenched in power, such as San Francisco or New York.
The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to keep other people from having guns to defend themselves. But what about lower-income people living in high-crime, inner city neighborhoods? Should such people be kept unarmed and helpless, so that limousine liberals can 'make a statement' by adding to the thousands of gun laws already on the books?
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Authorities placed the campus in Harris County on lockdown following reports of gunfire on campus, the Houston Chronicle reported.
According to CNN, two students were shot in the crossfire between two gunmen. One gunman was hit and taken into custody, and the other left campus.
Medics could be seen tending to at least two victims outside the school, KTRK reported.
A fourth person suffered a heart attack on scene, according to CNN.
A possible second gunman is being sought, The Associated Press reported.
The campus has been evacuated, and buses were brought in to remove students from the area, according to KTRK.
The school shooting, which wasn't the first in the United States this month, came on the heels of protests in New York by the group One Million Moms for Gun Control, which was founded in the wake of December's shooting of 26 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Student Cody Harris, 20, told the AP he was in psychology class with about six or seven other students when he heard eight gunshots.
"I was just worried about getting out," he said. "I called my grandmother and asked her to come pick me up."
According to AFP, the college posted a warning to students on Facebook: "SHELTER IN PLACE if you are on campus. IF YOU ARE NOT ON CAMPUS DON'T GO TO CAMPUS."'
Several public schools in the vicinity were also on lockdown.
The Lone Star College System has an enrollment of 90,000 students and six college campuses, according to its website.
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After offering a tease of its first quarter 2013 results in early April, T-Mobile today released its full Q1 2013 report. The magenta operator reiterated this morning that it gained 3,000 branded customers in the quarter, which it says is its first branded customer growth since 2009 in the quarter. That number is a result of T-Mobile losing 199,000 postpaid customers (a 61 percent year-over-year improvement) while gaining 202,000 prepaid subscribers. In total, T-Mobile gained 579,000 customers in Q1 2013. T-Mobile ended the quarter with approximately 34 million customers.
Several major changes took place at T-Mobile during the first few months, such as the launch of its Simple Choice plans and the run-up to its merger with MetroPCS. Another happening that T-Mobile customers had been looking forward to was the official launch of the iPhone. As part of its announcement, T-Mobile shed some light on how well the iPhone 5 has been selling since its launch on April 12, revealing that new and existing customers have snapped up around 500,000 iPhone 5s. T-Mobile says that its customers also brought an additional 100,000 iPhones onto its network in the quarter.
On the financial side of things, T-Mobile reports that it earned total revenues of $4.677 billion for the first quarter of 2013, a number that's down slightly from its $4.9 billion in revenue from Q4 2012 and $5.0 billion in Q1 2012. The carrier's net income for Q1 2013 finished at $107 million.
The first few months of 2013 were big for T-Mobile. During that time, Big Magenta continued working on its merger with MetroPCS, launched its Simple Choice plans, began selling the iPhone and launched its 4G LTE network in seven markets. While the first quarter may have brought with it some decreased revenues as well, it appears that T-Mobile had itself a pretty decent quarter overall thanks to its branded customer growth and sales of half a million iPhones in three weeks.
What will be interesting to watch is how consumers react to all of the carrier's big changes going forward. After all, its Simple Choice plans have only been available for a couple of months at this point, and its LTE network has launched in just seven cities. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until T-Mobile reports its Q2 2013 numbers before we get some insight on that matter. If you'd like to dive deeper into T-Mo's Q1 2013 stats in the mean time, you can find them at the link below.
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W.E. Gordon is credited with the idea for ISR [1958]
Bowles executed the idea the same year (in 6 weeks)...
...and it worked...
...though not quite as expected...
...it turns out you do not need a 1000 ft antenna!
First permanent ISR built: Arecibo (1963)
Incoherent & Coherent Scatter Radars
Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR)
ISR theory
CSR theory
ISR data analysis
CSR data analysis
Coherent Scatter Radar (CSR)
No clear consensus as to who fathered the technique
HF communications have been operated since the 1920s
The first over-the-horizon systems appeared in the 1950s
The legend says that during WWII, communication operators using HF (3-30MHz) and pointing their antennas due North could sometimes communicate between the US and Europe
Waveform generator
T/R switch
Signal processor
(pulse compression, timing, phase...)
Main computer
(parameter estimation)
ISR spectrum (Sondrestrom)
CSR Doppler velocities
Real-time display
Transmit power
Antenna gain
Spread factor
Spread factor
Target RCS
Antenna aperture
Propagation losses:
Ionospheric absorption (electron-wave interactions)
Range loss
Focusing/defocusing (only HF)
Pulses used for the following information:
Frequency (HF to UHF in this case)
Phase (used for Doppler measurements)
Pulse length (range resolution)
Pulse repetition (range ambiguity)
Amplitude (T/R power)
n < 1
n = 1
n < 1
n < 1
The ionosphere is dispersive (mostly at HF frequencies):
delays (reduced phase velocity)
In reality, both ISRs and CSRs rely on coherent scatter!
Thomson scattering: an electron is accelerated by a harmonic electric field (transmitted pulse), and then re-radiates an electric field of the same frequency.
If electrons were moving around unimpeded , then the returned signal would be a result of incoherent scatter.
Electron distribution is constrained by ion motion, and in the ionosphere ion motion is controlled by plasma waves
Bragg condition: density fluctuation with scale size L result in constructive interferences (coherent bakscatter) if
L = λ/2
Radars measure raw voltages: plasma parameters are estimated after processing.
The auto-correlation function (ACF) is calculated from the raw voltages and used to derive all parameters except the delay (time between transmit and receive)
Bowles, K.L. (1958), Observation of vertical incidence scatter from the ionosphere at 41 Mc/sec, Phys. Rev. Lett., 1, 12, p.454-457
Evans, J.V. (1969), Theory and practice of ionosphere study by Thomson scatter radar, Proc. IEEE, 57, 4, p.496-530
Greenwald, R.A. et al. (1993), DARN/SuperDARN: A global view of the dynamics of high latitude convection, Space Sci. Rev., 71, p.761-796
Ruohoniemi, J.M. et al. (1998), Large scale imaging of high latitude convection with SuperDARN HF radar observation, JGR, 103, A9
Ponomarenko, P.V. et al. (2009), Refractive index effects on the scatter volume location and Doppler velocity estimates of ionospheric HF backscatter echoes, Ann. Geophys., 27, p.4207-4219
Skolnik, Introduction to Radar Systems, McGraw-Hill, 2008.
Davis, K., Ionospheric Radio, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 1990
Ne, Te, Ti, Vi, Ion composition
Vi, spectral width, irregularity scale
The radar receives a Doppler shifted signal
Low pass
MWatt transmitter
UHF: operating frequency between 200 MHz to 1.3 GHz
Scatter from ion-acoustic waves
kWatt transmitter
HF: operating frequency between 10-50 MHz
Scatter from a wide variety of decameter scale plasma instabilities
The ACF of a received pulse sequence is passed to a Fourier transform:
The plasma line (due to electron Langmuir waves) is rarely observed. The ions line is the routinely observed spectrum of ISRs.
ISR scatter due to density fluctuation created by ion-acoustic waves: the theory of such waves is complex but well known, and the shape of the observed spectra is related to plasma parameters.
Collective behavior: λ >> Debye length
300-1300 MHz
10-50 MHz
10 kW
1º beam
500-1000 km range
60ºx5º beam (alt., azim.)
up to 4000 km range
detailed plasma diagnostics
wide variety of scale sizes
scatter always present
wide coverage
continuous operation (low power)
expansive and power hungry
complex fitting problem
limited plasma diagnostics
very sensitive to propagation effectes
Levenberg-Marquardt fitting of integrated spectrum
Ion-acoustic line:
The ion mass is used to find ion fractions (oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and nitrogen oxide)
CSR practical issues
ISR practical issues
Coherent echoes from large scale irregularities can contaminate ISR data and mask the expected spectrum
Time dependent structures are difficult to interpret: vertical/horizontal motion yield similar observations, so do radar sweeping (azimuth and elevation scans)
2 types of scatter:
- Ground scatter: if ionosphere densities are high enough (daytime), signal reflected to the ground and back to the radar. Ground scatter moves slowly as the ionosphere background density changes.
- Ionospheric (coherent) scatter: field aligned plasma irregularities (decameter scale, i.e., gradient drift instabilities...). Ionospheric scatter moves with background plasma flows (from a few m/s to km/s). Density fluctuations much larger than ion-acoustic waves observed by ISRs (also scale size is larger).
Field-aligned irregularity scatter is sensitive to aspect angle with geomagnetic field
Wide range of plasma instabilities and flows: case by case analysis.
At high latitude, most plasma flows driven by ExB drift: can use Doppler velocities to calculate electric field in the ionosphere. Combining several radars enables mapping of large scale plasma flows.
Spherical harmonic statistical model
Scatter observation is highly sensitive to propagation effects: ionospheric refraction, delays, aspect condition (angle with geomagnetic field), ground geometry and physical properties (i.e., oceans are good reflector, but frozen oceans are not). Interferometric data helps remove some ambiguities.
Since plasma waves vary, no direct plasma parameters (temperature, density) is available: great care must be taken in interpreting the data.
Doppler velocity
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The ECHL on Saturday announced that Greenville's Jason Wilson has been suspended pending a review and fined an undisclosed amount as a result of his actions in ECHL Game #813, South Carolina at Greenville, on March 29.
Wilson was assessed a match penalty for illegal check to the head under Rule #48.5 at 17:34 of the first period. He is fined and suspended under Rule #28 – Supplementary Discipline.
Wilson will miss Greenville's game at Gwinnett tonight (March 30) and any further discipline will be announced next week.
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Romantic comedy
Romantic comedy is a form of dramatic or literary art which seeks to encourage laughter at the foibles of people's sexual attraction, typically without denigrating the act of love itself. This distinguishes romantic comedy from "raunchy" sexual comedy, such as the comedies of the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes or many modern films marketed as "teen humor". The emphasis on laughter also distinguishes romantic comedy from romantic tragedy, such as William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, where the frailty of human understanding of sexual passion may be alluded to (as in Romeo's crush on Rosaline prior to meeting Juliet, and rapid disposal of his affection for Rosaline after meeting Juliet), but the validity and genuineness of sexual passion is accepted to ennoble the tragic result. Also, raunchy sexual comedy often serves as comic relief in romantic tragedy (as in the role of Juliet's Nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) but is almost never found in romantic comedy.
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BBC Three pilot for Marcel Lucont
Marcel Lucont Is to star in his own BBC Three pilot, Merde In Britain.
The show is a topical, studio-based comedy in which the fictional Frenchman 'casts a critical eye over life on this side of the Channel, looking at recent news stories to draw Britain's attention to its cultural perversities'.
Lucont told Chortle: 'Britain is certainly not getting any better. It is understandable that the BBC have brought in a higher cultural being to hold up a mirror to its inhabitants' ruddied faces. I will do the best I can, although it may take several series before we see improvement…'
The creation of comedian Alexis Dubus, Lucont was seen on the finale of Ricky Gervais's Derek this week and has previously appeared on Russell Howard's Good News and Live At The Electric for BBC Three, as well as being a stalwart of the festival circuit.
The character has previously recorded a laconic hip-hop number, Merde-Oui, and written a comedy book, What We French Think Of You British – And Where You are Going Wrong.
Merde In Britain is being made by the BBC's in-house comedy entertainment team, and the pilot is not expected to be broadcast.
Here he is at the 2010 Chortle Fast Fringe:
Published: 30 May 2014
Marcel Lucont is selling himself to the highest bidder…
Vic And Bob: The WeekendersI only recently discovered…
RIP Upstairs At The Masons and (possibly) XS Malarkey.…
Comedian Alexis Dubus has signed a publishing deal…
The semi-finalists have been named in the competition…
Past Shows
Edinburgh Fringe 2008
Alexis Dubus: A R*ddy Brief History Of Swearing
Edinburgh Fringe 2009
Alexis Dubus: A R#ddy Brief History Of Swearing
Edinburgh Fringe 2010
Alexis Dubus: A Surprisingly Tasteful Show About Nudity
Edinburgh Fringe 2011
Marcel Lucont Etc: A Chat Show
Edinburgh Fringe 2012
Edinburgh Fringe 2014
Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls [Edinburgh 2014]
Edinburgh Fringe 2016
Alexis Dubus – A R#ddy Brief History of Swearing
Melbourne 2014
Alexis Dubus: Cars & Girls [Melbourne 2014]
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Muffins, Muffins, Muffins is the name of an old cookbook that was handed down to me that I still use. Once I learned the trick to good muffins (only stir enough until the ingredients are almost combined, still a bit of loose flour) I loved making muffins. I do like to put a bit more in a muffin tin than the recipe provides for, so I usually triple a recipe and make a double batch, or just use individual muffin cups for the right number I need.
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg, beaten – or substitute a few tablespoons of pureed fruit and a dash of baking powder
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 cup milk
- flavouring of choice
Mix all ingredients until just combined, with a bit of loose flour left. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Here is the best muffin tin you will ever buy – no seams for batter to get stuck in, typical excellent quality Nordic Ware Non-Stick Muffin Pan. The lack of seams means it wont' get rusty and cruddy looking over time, and makes it very easy to clean! And the heavier weight to the pan conducts heat efficiently and evenly. You'll love it as much as the Nordic cookie sheets!
While I didn't love a big silicone muffin tray I got as a gift (I found it too floppy to use without a baking sheet under it, and awkward to get one muffin out of at a time without disturbing the other ones) I do like these Chicago Metallic Baking Essentials Silicone Baking Cups, Set of 12 individual silicone muffin cups. Even though you also have to place them on a cookie sheet, its worth it to be able to use as many or as few as you want.
If you like to use liners in your muffin cups, have a look at these Kitchen Supply Crumbcake Paper Molds. Its a set of 25 molds, which are a nice size for a large muffin top style muffin, or you could even use them for generously sized brownies or single serving cakes. They will pop into a ziplock bag for easy freezing for lunches. I really like products with a rustic yet elegant look to them – great for Christmas baking too!
300 Holiday Cupcake Or Muffin Liners By Collections Etc is a cute little foil collection providing a variety of patterns for Halloween, birthdays or Christmas.
And if you just want something to do with your new muffin tins, try Muffin Tin Chef: 101 Savory Snacks, Adorable Appetizers, Enticing Entrees and Delicious Dessert – looks like a fun Sunday read! This is my kind of cookbook, you don't just stumble upon a collection like this when searching online for recipes.
click here for a large selection of muffin recipe books
Surprise Muffins
Sometimes I fill the bottom half of a muffin tin with batter, then put different ingredients in the middle, and surround the ingredient with more batter, so you don't know until you break into it what is in the middle. Some ingredients I use for this are:
- jam
- berries
- diced fruit
- chocolate chips
- a mix of butter, brown sugar and nuts (that mix is delicious on top of plain muffins too, my fav!)
- nuts
- raisins
- granola
- any combination of the above or whatever you can think of


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One of the highest rated Key West hotels in the Florida Keys, Key West Marriott Beachside Hotel is a seven-acre waterfront property just off of the Gulf of Mexico. With the perfect blend of Key West ambiance and contemporary elegance, the 'come as you are' island lifestyle is complemented by luxurious beach side hotel services and amenities. It is one of the few hotels in Key West that have a private beach to their own claim perfect for tanning on the beach. Complete with lush tropical landscapes, a refreshing beachfront swimming pool, and a wide array of unique dining experiences to choose from. Key West Marriott Beachside Hotel is a smoke-free hotel. This applies to guest rooms, restaurants, lounges, meeting rooms, public areas and associate work areas. To accommodate the needs of smoking guests, the hotel has designated smoking areas outside of the property. Key West Beach Hotel is for those seeking exceptional service and accommodations with resort-style amenities that are unparalleled to any other on the island.
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You are an experienced K-12 educator who has expertise in coaching and facilitating adult learning. You have the know-how to accelerate and deepen the acquisition and application of adult learning, the development of skills, and the coordination of methodologies and system-wide organizational practices to improve student learning and growth.
About this role….
As an integral team member of the Professional Learning (West) consulting team, you will have varied responsibilities related to professional learning for educators as follows:
• Coach and facilitate data discussions and dialogue with organizational leaders, school leadership teams, instructional coaches, educators and other key stakeholders
• Conduct strategic planning, implementation, and progress monitoring with partners: includes vision/goal-setting, assessing current reality, gap analysis, existing initiatives, assessing progress, resources allocation, and adjusting plans to meet the needs of their students, staff, and key stakeholders
• Deliver high quality, responsive, agile, and collaborative professional learning to meet the multi-dimensional goals of each partner
• Utilize systems-thinking practices and tools, inquiry, assessment literacy, and educational best practices to address relevant and timely issues impacting the learning environment
• Provide professional development as partners implement NWEA's products and services; deliver approximately 6-8 Professional Learning Services events per month
• In this role, we are seeking candidates who reside in the western half of the U.S., ideally within two hours from a major airport
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• Experience and expertise in providing high quality consulting and coaching regarding the application of data at various levels of the educational system
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• Experience utilizing diverse delivery modalities including: on-site, webinar or teleconference
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The Professional Learning Services team is responsible for the delivery of professional learning to NWEA partners worldwide. We work with partners to understand their needs and goals and leverage content provided by Professional Learning Design to create high-quality, relevant learning experiences for teachers, administrators and other educational leaders. As part of the greater NWEA Partner Support group, we offer a portfolio of proven professional learning opportunities with flexible delivery options designed for busy lives. Our number one goal is to provide educators and administrators with the support they need to drive real change—for their district, their schools, and their students.
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says it is shifting its spending away from disaster relief to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, especially HIV/AIDS in Africa. The organization says illnesses are much bigger killers than natural disasters, particularly in developing countries.
The Red Cross Federation says it is still spending most of its money on natural and man-made disasters. But, the head of the federation's Health and Care Department, Alvaro Bermejo, says the emphasis is shifting to fighting infectious diseases.
"This is a realization and a programmatic translation of the fact that 13 million people die every year from infectious diseases while around 30,000 to 100,000 will die on average from natural disasters," he said. "It is a realization from the Red Cross that it needs to adjust programmatically to this reality if it is going to be true to its principle of alleviating and preventing human suffering."
Dr. Bermejo says health programs will account for more than 40-percent of the nearly $170 million the Red Cross has budgeted for humanitarian operations during the coming year. He says about 100 countries, 40 of them in Africa, will benefit from Red Cross support. He says the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa is a key concern.
"In Africa, health and food security are the two biggest areas," he said. "And, they are both linked in a way by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which requires, if you want, a health response, but also a food security response, to make sure that people living with HIV do not starve to death due to their inability to continue working and to work in the fields… And, you will also see the Red Cross engaging in making anti-retroviral therapy available to people living with HIV and AIDS in Africa and other parts of the world."
In Asia, where the Red Cross runs its second-largest program, Dr. Bermejo says fewer people have become infected with HIV, the virus which causes AIDS. Therefore, he says the agency will focus on AIDS prevention programs rather than treatment.
He says the federation is also stepping up the fight against tuberculosis and malaria.


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New vehicles for service 12 Rhyl to Llandudno
Director for Wales Margaret Everson MBE, Deputy Director for Wales Barclay Davies and Arriva Buses Wales Managing Director Michael Morton are pictured in front of some of the 20 new vehicles launched officially by Edwina Hart, Minister for the Economy, Science and Transport on 3rd July in Rhyl. The vehicles (high spec Alexander Dennis Enviro 400's) are state of the art with each vehicle having 60 comfortable seats, wifi, USB and 240V power points. The vehicles are also fitted with visual displays and speakers for audio announcements .


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Larry Fessenden's quietly unnerving horror picture revolves around an eight-person oil-drilling advance crew stalked by some malevolent, unseen something that lurks in the unbearable whiteness of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Off limits for development until a recent congressional decision, the Wildlife Refuge's oil reserves are largely an unknown quantity: The only effort was ever made to assess the situation was back in 1986, when the Kick Corp sank a test well that was immediately sealed. Now mega-corporation North Industries has established a team in the area and charged gruff, macho company man Ed Pollack (Ron Perlman) with clearing the way to move in heavy drilling equipment. This being the 21st century, the North Industry crew is accompanied by environmental expert James Hoffman (James LeGros) and his assistant, Elliot Taylor (James Harrold), who must assess the impact of the company's plans before construction can proceed. Pollack and Hoffman clash immediately, and not just over their diametrically opposed points of view about wilderness development, the energy crisis and global warming: While Pollack was a away on a five-week trip to corporate headquarters, Hoffman hooked up with Pollack's girl, Abby (Connie Britton). The atmosphere is already explosive when junior team member Maxwell (Zack Gilford) disappears for several hours and returns traumatized by something he can't or won't describe. Isolated and spooked, the team members succumb to a sense of creeping anxiety that turns to paranoia and, inevitably, violence.
Fessenden's claustrophobic thriller, shot in Alaska and Iceland, inevitably recalls antecedents John Carpenters THE THING (1982) , the first-season X-Files episode "Ice" and, of course, ALIEN (1979), with its blue-collar team of working stiffs thrown to the wolves by their uncaring corporate masters. Neither Pollack nor Hoffman is as straightforward a character as he first appears, and the film's escalating anxiety is rooted as much in the characters' subtle, thorny relationships as fear of monsters and madmen.
Fessenden consistently ignores contemporary trends in fright films; his brand of horror unfolds at the intersection of myth and modern-day malaise and gets there by way of a slow, excruciating build up rather than a series of short, sharp shocks. And if the film's 11th-hour CGI effects aren't entirely convincing, the notion that oil itself is haunted by the restless spirit of every once-living thing that time reduced and mingled into the earth's black blood throws off a primordial chill.
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In August 2017, several members of Holy Trinity went on missionary trips to Tanzania & Guatemala. In Tanzania, we support a local parish in Isimani and we are setting up their very first library for their school. Meanwhile, in Guatemala City, we will be visiting Fundaniños Orphanage to serve the the children who grow, attend school, and play at their home church Casa de Libertad. We'll be purchasing school materials with your generous donations, leading games/crafts, making a special meal, offering food staples to neighbors as an outreach project, and reinforcing "living" Jesus principles while playing or solving little conflicts between children!
Please enjoy the daily updates from these mission trips. Pastor George Koch, our sitting interim Pastor, will be writing updates on the Tanzania trip. Cristina Dolcino, an International Social Ministry leader, will send updates that have been written by the youth and adults while in Guatemala.
Hey from Guatemala! This is Juanita, coming from the Fundaniños orphanage! We started off our day by going to the comedor (dining room) for breakfast where we feasted on some pretty delicious donuts from the supermarket. After breakfast, the kids got ready for school and separated ways at 7:30 and our group went off to finish some service projects around the property such as painting trim on the houses, mowing the lawn, and cutting down brush growing over the fence. After that, we took a small break to wash up and get ready for the first lunch with the younger group of kids. During lunch, although it is slightly more difficult for those who don't speak as fluently and don't understand their slang, the kids are very nice and happy about teaching a couple of their words here and there.
We finished the day playing four square, dabbling in a small soccer game, and playing on the playground. My favorite part is seeing not only myself, but seeing the rest of the people in my group connect with these kids and be so much more happy in a way that I don't think you would be able to understand without undergoing a trip like this. So glad to be experiencing something so different from what I'm used to. See you all in a couple days!
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Banking AI Platform uses empathy engine to transform the industry
Conversational artificial intelligence financial platform BOND.AI is helping bridge the gap between consumers who wish to overcome their financial needs and banks who want to effectively engage with those consumers.
"What financial institutions have is a tremendous amount of data, far richer than any social media company out there. But it is not being harnessed effectively to predict financial needs and serve consumers," said Uday Akkaraju, founder and CEO of BOND.AI. "The challenge for financial institutions is dealing with legacy systems and finding ways to leverage their valuable data together with modern technology."
BOND.AI's platform directly integrates with banks' core software platforms and analyzes banking data to address various consumer and banking needs.
It takes into consideration an array of parameters such as a user's credit and debit card transactions, loyalty, assets and more. External data such as capital markets performance, inflation and social media data are also considered, as well as the bank's internal processes and requirements. These inputs are synthesized into various artificial intelligence modules like recommendations, automated goal management, loyalty, asset management, prospecting etc.
One of the platform's most unique modules, the omni-channel conversational intelligence, allows BOND.AI to understand the needs of an individual consumer. This interaction occurs between the bank and consumer through any existing voice or text channels, such as Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Siri or SMS.
BOND.AI's proprietary algorithms holistically analyze the data in context to the conversational intelligence data to calibrate intangible perceptions, behaviors, interests, limitations, potential and aspirations to empathize with consumers, which we refer to as the 'empathy engine', explains Akkaraju. Understanding the user is everything and the empathy engine becomes integral to BOND.AI's singular intelligence.
Any bank can easily plug-in and take advantage of the power of BOND.AI's intelligence and its modules. Banks and financial institutions can also build additional modules on top of its platform, making it an infinitely scalable, end-to-end financial intelligence solution.
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Separate the Radicals
Lesson 12 of 15
Objective: SWBAT Solve simple radical equations in one variable.
Big Idea: Radical expressions are common in geometry, trigonometry, and in the building professions. The voltage formula in electrical engineering for example, is V = √PR. Students need to be confident solving radical equations.
The launch section of this lesson has basically two parts; the first part is to help students identify radical equations. The second part is to access student's prior knowledge (via a video clip) on the multiplication property of radicals and recall that when you square a square-root expression, or cube a cube-root, etc., your result is always the radicand.
1. Project the resource, id_RadicalEquations on the board. Ask students to analyze both columns, then come up with one sentence that defines a radical equation. Allow students to discuss this with their immediate partner. Then call on students to give you a formal definition.
Students will usually say that a radical equation is one that has the variable under the square root sign.
- Remind students that the radical sign can be of a square root, cube root, etc. and that the number representing the root is the "index". (show where it is written, when not a square root)
- Indicate that the "stuff" in the radical sign is called the Radicand.
Accept an answer like "An equation where the variable is found inside the square root sign, or cube root sign etc."
Once appropriate answers are given, you should write on the board for all to see. "An equation with at least one variable within the Radicand"
Before continuing, tell students that in future lessons, they will encounter equations with an x in the radicand and one outside, like x + 2 = 3√x. Solving this type of equation may lead to solutions that do not satisfy the original equation, called Extraneous Solutions.
2. Show the following video:
Most students should already know what's going on here because they've mastered using the Pythagorean Theorem in 8th grade, yet it's a good refresher and helps them understand what to do with other nth roots when solving radical equations.
After the video, ask the following questions:
- With (√b)2, b must be ≥ 0…..why? (students should respond with understanding of why the square root of a negative value is undefined. Milk the problem a bit by asking if this is true of cube roots, 4th roots, ect. ( see misconception below)
- How would you treat 3√x if I wish to obtain x as a result? (students should say, cube it)
- So, in general, (n√anything)n = ? (students should answer "anything")
- Simplify: (3√3x + 5)3 note: The radicand is 3x + 5
Misconception: Students may think that √-3x cannot be simplified because there is a negative in the radicand. Tell them that if x < 0, making the radicand positive, the whole expression is defined. Students sometimes think that only the variable is the radicand and not the entire expression under the radical.
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Ask students: "What is the main goal one has when asked to solve an equation?"
(desired answer is "isolate the variable")
Followup Question: "Ok, so we need to isolate the variable….and how do we do that?"
(desired answers are "we use inverse operations" or "we use the properties of equality to justify the steps in the process")
Task Prompt: "Right! So let's look at the following radical equation" (write 3√x + 2 = 7, on the board)
Tell students to solve we need to isolate the variable and since the variable is the radicand, we must isolate the radical part of the equation. This we will do in all the equations seen in this lesson.
Have them do it at their desks and then call someone to the board. They should realize that they must cube both sides once they get to 3√x = 5.
Common mistake: Watch for students that leave the final answer in the form √x = 125. This is a misconception of what is happening when we take an nth root expression to the n power. These students are trying to memorize patterns or procedures with little or no underlying mathematics.
Activity Format: The activity should be done independently. Student's will practice solving simple radical equations. Handout RadicalEquations_Activity1; Allow discussion among students.
Common mistake: In question 3, students may not realize that there is no solution to the problem. Indicate to them that there is no value in the real number system whose square root is negative. In the third step of question 6, for that matter, √-3x cannot equal -9.
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CLOSURE 2-1 task
In the 2-1 task, each student tells an "elbow" partner 2 MAIN POINTS of the lesson and 1 QUESTION that they have about anything covered that day. The teacher then calls on any student at random and asks what main points and question his/her elbow partner gave him/her.
Proceed to write a few main points and questions students say, on the whiteboard for all to see.
Discuss some of the main points and questions students gave.
Homework: SeparateRadicals_HW


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A community garden internship
Abbey Heimlich, a Human Services major, combined her love of gardening with her studies to create an internship in local food and community gardening. She has been instrumental in growing the St. Johnsbury Community Garden. Some of the food grown here helps put healthful food on the tables of disadvantaged local families.