Whether people intend (plan) to buy or only window-shop (look without buying), shopping malls have become popular destinations (places to go) around the world. Let’s go to the mall, is heard often in many households (people who live together, usually families) and many languages.
An article on The New Yorker web site tells the story of Victor Gruen, the man many people call the creator of the modern shopping mall. I was fascinated by his story and by the “science” of mall design.
Gruen grew up in Vienna. As a young man, he studied architecture (the design of buildings) during the day, and performed with his friends in cabarets (restaurants or clubs with live music and dance performances) in the evening. In 1938, he immigrated from Germany to the U.S. to escape Nazi persecution (cruel treatment) of the Jews. When Read more…
Tags: Mall
COLUMBIA — With day after day of triple digit heat, staying hydrated and cool becomes more important. In the Palmetto State, people are turning to the natural bodies of water for a way to beat Mother Nature’s summer pounding. To ensure that people enjoy the water safely, Columbia officials have announced registration for free water safety courses offered by the City’s parks and recreation department.
The sessions will begin in August at various locationsthroughout the City. City organizers say they originally started the water safety survival program to prevent drowning among youth, but have since expanded the instruction to adults.
Additionally, The American Red Cross is partnering with Colonial Life Insurance to provide CPR instructions and distribute information about its services.
Tags: Becomes, Becomes Focus
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Some local students are getting the chance to visit a Myrtle Beach store, just in time for back-to-school shopping.
The Salvation Army says it’s partnering with Target to help 30 school children get all the supplies and clothing they’ll need to go back to school this fall.
On Tuesday, each child is getting an $80 Target gift card and reusable shopping bag. They’re being paired up with volunteers from The Salvation Army to help them pick out items for their shopping spree.
Organizers say nearly 500 Target stores around the country are participating in the one-day event.
Tags: Get, Myrtle Beach
26 July 2011
In this Newsletter:
1. How to reflect a graph through the x-axis, y-axis or Origin? 2. Visual.ly data visualization 3. Resource: Thinkfinity 4. Friday math movie: Time to re-design medical data 5. Mow your lawn efficiently use math! 6. Puzzles 7. Final thought: Greatness
Please note: During the northern summer break (while most math students and educators are at the beach, summer camp, working or mowing lawns), the IntMath Newsletter is published once per month.
1. How to reflect a graph through the x-axis, y-axis or Origin?
Suitable for: Everyone
2. Visual.ly data visualization
Suitable for: Everyone
3. Resource: Thinkfinity
Suitable for: Teachers
The resources Ive been sharing in this space over the last several IntMath Newsletters was based on from e-School News.
4. Friday math movie: Time to re-design medical data
Suitable for: Everyone
5. Mow your lawn efficiently use math!
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Tags: Data, Data Efficient
I have been in situations before where two speakers have a reasonable knowledge of each others languages, but perhaps are not confident enough to speak them. In some of these cases, both speakers carry out their half of the dialogue in their own language, with a fair amount of success. Sometimes I find it too difficult to explain something in another language, but I know the listener will be able to understand me if I speak English.
While this can be considered a form of listening practice, and successful communication is fantastic, it obviously lacks the speaking element. Conversely, if you may find yourself in the opposite situation, where both speakers are speaking the others language.
The latter situation seems to be more beneficial, but it may also restrict understanding, depending on the language skill levels of the speakers.
So, is it better to carry out the dialogue in one language only? Or to speak opposite languages? I guess it all depends on the speakers, but I tend to like the situation where people are speaking each others languages.
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Tags: Language