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Physics Final Exam Review
Chapters 2-8 in Conceptual Physics
Key Concepts:
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A force is needed to
change an objects state of motion
The combination of all forces acting on an object is called the
net force
When you hold a rock at rest in your hand, you are pushing upward on it with as much force as Earth's gravity pulls down on it. The net force would be
zero on the rock
The scientific unit of force is the newton--
abbreviated N
Tension is a
stretching force
Weight is the force of gravity
acting downward on an object
A vector is an arrow that
represents the magnitude and direction of a quantity.
A vector quantity is a quantity that needs both magnitude and
direction for a complete description
-an example would be force
A scalar quantity is a
quantity that can be described by magnitude only and has no direction. -time, area, and volume are scalar quantities
You can express the equilibrium rule mathematically as
(funky backwards E letter)F=0
-e letter stands for the sum of
-f stands for forces
Mechanical Equilibrium is a
state wherein no physical changes occur; it is a state of steadiness
Whenever the net force on an object is zero, the object is said to be in
mechanical equilibrium
What is the Equilibrium Rule?
Whenever the net force on an object is zero, the object is said to be in mechanical equilibrium
For a suspended object at rest, the forces acting upward on the object must be
balanced by other forces acting downward to make the vector sum equal zero
For an object at rest on a horizontal surface,
the support force must equal the objects weight
A support force is the upward force
that balances the weight of an object on a surface. A support force is often called the normal force
An upward support force is
positive and a downward weight is negative
-The weight of a book sitting on a table is a negative force
-The atoms squeeze
-The compressed atoms produce
-that squeezes downward on the atoms of the table
-upward on the book.
-the positive support force.
Objects at rest are said to be in
static equilibrium
Objects moving at constant speed in a straight line path are said to be in
dynamic equilibrium
Equilibrium is a state of
no change
An object under the influence of only one force
cannot be in equilibrium
Only when there is no force at all, or when two or more forces combine to zero, can
an object be in equilibrium
Both static equilibrium and dynamic equilibrium are examples of
mechanical equilibrium
The Parallelogram Rule
to find the resultant of two nonparallel vectors, construct a parallelogram wherein the two vectors are adjacent sides. The diagonal of the parallelogram shows the resultant
the sum of two or more vectors
Combining vectors is simple when they are parallel.
-If they are in the same direction
-If they are in opposite directions
-they add
-they subtract
To find the resultant of nonparallel vectors
use the parallelogram rule
When applying the parallelogram rule to two perpendicular vectors that are equal in magnitude
-the parallelogram is a square.
The resultant is root 2, or 1.414, times one of the vectors
When an object is suspended at rest from two non-vertical ropes, there are three forces acting on it:
1. a tension in the left rope,
2. a tension in the right rope
3. the object's weight.
The resultant of rope tensions must have the same magnitude as the objects weight.
the foremost Greek scientist
-studied motion and divided it into two types
--natural motion
--violent motion
During Aristotle's time, natural motion on Earth was thought to be
either straight or straight down: It was 'natural' for heavy things fall and fog very light things to rise
Violent Motion
was imposed motion and it was the result of forces that pushed or pulled
The proper state of objects was thought to be one in rest, unless they were being
pushed or pulled or were moving towards their natural resting place
Copernicus reasoned that the simplest way to interpret astronomical observations was to assume
that Earth and the other planets move around the sun
Copernicus' idea of motion in space was extremely controversial at the time, because most people believed that
Earth and the other planets move around the sun.
Copernicus worked on his ideas in secret to escape
persecution. At the urging of his close friends, he published his ideas
Galileo argued that only when friction is present
as it usually is, is a force needed to keep an object moving
One of Galileo's greatest contributions to physics was
demolishing the notion that a force is necessary to keep an object moving. A force is any push or pull.
the force that acts between materials that touch as they move past each other
-Galileo found that a ball rolling on a smooth horizontal plane has almost constant velocity, and if friction were entirely absent
-Galileo also stated that the tendency of a moving body to keep moving is
-the ball would move forever
-natural and that every object resists change to its state of motion
the property of a body to resist changes to its state of motion
Newton's First Law
every object continues in a state of rest, or of uniform speed in a straight line, unless acted on by a nonzero net force
Isaac Newton's laws of motion
replaced the Aristotelian ideas that had dominated thinking for about 2000 years
Another name for Newton's First Law
Law of Inertia
Forces are needed to
overcome any friction that may be present. Forces are also needed to set objects in motion initially
Once an object is moving in a force-free environment, it will
move in a straight line indefinitely
The more mass an object has, the greater
its inertia and the more force it take to change its state of motion
-the quantity of matter in an object
-measure of the inertia of an object
-measure in the fundamental unit of kilograms
-the force of gravity on an object
-depends on an object's location
-same whether the object is located on earth, the moon, or in outer space
Mass and Weight are proportional to each other in a given place.
Objects with great mass have great weight; objects with little mass have little weight
In most parts of the world, the measure of matter is commonly expressed in units of
mass. The SI unit of mass is the kilogram and its symbol is kg.
The SI unit of force is the
The SI unit for the newton is
N and is written with a capital letter because it is named after a person
The Law of Inertia states that
objects in motion remain if no unbalanced forces act on them
Copernicus announced the idea of a moving Earth in the 16th century..
this controversial idea stimulated much argument and debate
Newton's work showed that objects on Earth move
with Earth as Earth moves around the sun. The Law of Inertia also shows that objects within moving vehicles move with the vehicles
Notions of motion today are very different from
those of our distant ancestors.
An object is moving if
its position relative to a fixed point in changing
When we describe the motion of one object with respect to another,
we say that the object is moving relative to the other object
Unless stated otherwise, when we discuss the speeds of things in our environment
we mean speed with respect to the surface of Earth
You can calculate the speed of an object by
dividing the distance covered by time
Galileo is credited as being the first to measure speed
by considering the distance covered and the time it takes
how fast an object is moving
Any combination of units for distance and time that are useful and convenient are
legitimate for describing speed
Some units that describe speed are: The slash is read as :
-mph and kph
Average Speed
total distance covered divided by the time
-does not indicate variations in the speed that may take place during the trip
total distance= average speed*travel time
Speed is a description of how fast an object moves;
velocity is how fast and in what direction it moves
speed in a given direction
A quantity such as velocity, which specifies direction as well as magnitude, is called
vector quantity
Scalar Quantity
quantities that require only magnitude for a description
Constant Speed
means steady speed
Constant Velocity
means both constant speed and constant direction, which is in a straight line
If either an objects speed or its direction is changing
then the objects velocity is changing
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text: Ari Posted September 16, 2010 Player Name: Arichamus Character Name: Captain Ellada Power Level: 10 150/150 pp Trade-Offs: None Unspent PP: 0 Gold Status: 0/30 In Brief: A super-soldier of the beleaguered and weakening state of Greece, with a vicious hatred for Mega Corps. Identity: Captain Ellada Alternate Identity: Atalanta Paupolous Birthplace: Argos Occupation: Police officer Affiliations: FCPD. Family: Lucan and Hesta Paupolous Age: 30 (DoB: Nov 17 1980) Gender: Female Ethnicity: Mediterranean Height: 5' 8''/ 172.4 cm. Weight: 175 Lbs./ 79.28 kg. Eyes: Gray Hair: Black Description: Short, thickly built and thuggish in appearance, often walking with slightly hunched shoulders. Wears hair short and carelessly arrayed. Most often when out of uniform she wears loose-fitting jeans with a belt and shirts and hoodies at least one size to large. Power Descriptions: Possessed of no superpowers innately, Atalanta uses a shield made by Hephaestus the Olympian smith. The shield is an explicit imitation of the design of the Palladius, the shield carried by Athena. The smith crafted it as a purely defensive weapon, but Atalanta has figured out how to turn it into a sort of boomerang, not to mention how bashing people on the head with it seems to work wonderfully. History: Atalanta was born in Argos on November 17 1980. Her father and mother, Lucan and Hesta, owed an organization called the Pericles-Diomedes Foundation(PDF) considerable favors for chemical research they had done with grants made with money granted by PDF.When Atalanta turned twelve, her father made a deal with the foundation : in exchange for removing all future calls for repayment, Lucan offered to supply the foundation with a prototype super-soldier that could be a template for further experimentation. The foundation agreed, gave him the necessary materials, and gave him a deadline of six years. Hesta, meanwhile, horrified at the idea of turning her daughter into a living weapon, went is quiet desperation to the nearby shrine of Athena, where she spent the night in fervent prayer for the Gray-Eyed goddess to intervene on Atalanta's behalf. She was granted a visit from the Patron of Owls, who instructed Hesta to teach the child the art of combat between bouts of chemical therapy, as well as taking any chance she could get to bring her to the shrine for instruction on shield-fighting. Bewildered, Hesta followed the command to the letter, and in six years, Atalanta had been boosted to the utmost her father could contrive. She was sent to the primary headquarters of the foundation so the various branches PDF had could have swift and sure access to her. Five hours after entering, Atalanta was limping to the nearby boat her parents were waiting in, small case containing several floppy disks clutched in a bleeding fist. Withing months, the PDF was rapidly reduced to its original size: that of a small pharmaceutical research group, most of the employees of which had not the faintest idea any change had occurred. Eager to get away from any PDF hangers-on who might object to their breathing, Lucan and Hesta made their way to Freedom city, just in time to become embroiled in the harsh Moore administration, and subsequent paranoia. Atalanta stayed behind, under the assumption that her parents would (as they had said they would) send for her when they were settled. In the meanwhile, she followed her dream and became a police officer, where she found she was especially good at forensic investigation of crime scenes. After hearing of her parents near death during the Terminus Invasion, Atalanta began to prepare for her trip to Freedom City to support her hospitalized parents. A couple of weeks before she left, she payed one last visit to the shrine of Athena her mother had taken her to. She was greeted on her arrival with the sight of a half-lame old man scurrying out the door the moment she showed up. He hurriedly shoved a large, round, hoplite shield towards her, telling her to take or she'd die. Not keen on dieing before she turned eighty, she she complied, finding on the inside surface a message from Athena, telling her to come to Freedom City and help spread to power of the Olympians. Seeing no conflict with her original plan, she spent the days up to her flight to Freedom City practicing with the shield, learning the ins and outs of its use. She is currently on the Crime Scene Investigation division of the FCPD. Personality & Motivation: Atalanta is not an easy person to get along with, especially in regards to romantic overtures, which she will turn down without ceremony or concern for the other parties feelings. This has less to do with prudery, and more to do with her hearing the endless tales about the ribaldry and callous lechery of most characters in Greek myth. That aside, she has little in the way of true bigotry, regarding most everyone as being her equal in law and in spirit. The only exception is psychics. Throughout her practice in Greece, Atalanta frequently tangled with a group of conniving psychics called the Group of Fourteen. Although of little worth beside people like the Scarab, Atalanta always felt bitterly outmatched by them, even if she won against them. This has slowly hardened into an outright inferiority complex, which will noticeably affect her behavior around anybody with 'mind powers'. Powers & Tactics: Pallas prefers to strike in ambush or to charge into an enemies side, as she is no stronger than any mortal could conceivably be, and knows she could be killed easily by anybody with a gun standing behind her. Her powers all come from the shield, and do all her attacks, be they flinging it, bashing with it, or hunkering down behind it. She likes to stand back-to-back with someone else if surrounded to protect against surprise attacks, and moves with military caution in unfamiliar areas. Complications: Enemy:(Evil Co.) Atalanta was given her abilities by a covert experiment made for the sake of the Grecian Super-soldier Programme (ESSP), if she ever meets anybody affiliated with them, she'll do her level best to make sure they never talk or regroup. Honor: (National Pride) Atalanta feels that she is Greeces' last chance at having a serious national hero. She dedicates every attack to the land. Obsession: (Rule Abider) as a policewoman, Officer Paupolous feels duty-bound to respect the laws of the land whatever the danger, even if it makes no sense. Phobia: (Terrors from the Mind) Atalanta suffers from an acute fear and feelings of inferiority beside psychics. Reputation: (Irritable) Known for her temper, most people on the force see her as an increasing nuisance, but put up with most of it due to her qualifications as a CSI officer. Temper: (The Obstructive) Despite her above mentioned rigid belief in following due-process, Atalanta often becomes infuriated when somebody doesn't take what she sees as obvious steps. Abilities: 6 + 4 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 26pp Str 16 (+3) Dex 14 (+2) Con 16 (+3) Int 14 (+2) Wis 14 (+2)/16 (+3) [With Shield] Cha 12 (+1) Combat: 10 + 20 = 30pp Initiative: +2 Attack: +4 Grapple: +10 Defense: +8 (+4 Base, +4 Dodge bonus), +4 Flat-Footed Knockback: -3 Saving Throws: 7 + 4 + 4 = 15pp Toughness: +6 (+2 Con, +4 [Other]) Fortitude: +5 (+2 Con, +3) Reflex: +6 (+2 Dex, +4) Will: +6 (+2 Wis, +4) Skills: 50pp Bluff 9 Climb 14 Computers 10 Diplomacy 17 Disable Device 14 Disguise 5 Drive 14 Escape Artist 10 Gather Information 14 Intimidate 17 Knowledge[Civics] 14 Knowledge[Current Events] 10 Languages 4 (Modern Greek, Modern French, Modern English, Modern Spanish) Notice 14 Profession(Police Officer) 8 Search 14 Sense Motive 10 Stealth 10 Survival 11 Feats: 23PP Accurate Attack All-out Attack Assessment Attack Specialization(Shield) Benefit: Legal Identity Chokehold Dodge Focus 2 Endurance 2 Equipment 3(Light Pistol, Tonfa, Undercover Shirt, Smoke Grenades) Improved Aim Improved Grab Improved Grapple Improved Pin Quick Change Ranged Pin Throwing Mastery 4 Teamwork Master Plan Powers: 9 + 1 +0 = 9PP Device 3(Shield; Magic; Easy to Lose; Feat : Restricted(Greeks) 6PP Enhanced Ability(Wisdom) Rank 2 Deflect Rank 5 Drawback: Power Loss(Loss of Shield) Extra's: Automatic, Ranged. 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During WordCamp Nordic in Helsinki, we had the chance to sit down and have a quick chat with Milan Ivanovic who is one of the main organizers of WordCamp Europe.
We talked about his start in WordPress, how you can get involved with organizing WordCamps and how a city is chosen for the biggest WordPress event in Europe.
Hi! Thanks for finding the time for our interview. Could you please tell us a little bit more about yourself?
I'm based in Belgrade, Serbia. I'm the global lead for 2019 WordCamp Europe in Berlin. Pretty much a fan of WordPress. Pretty much fan of the open source itself. Got started with the community a long time ago. One of the leads for WordPress in Serbia and yeah, that's what I do.
How did it start? Your work with WordPress and of course WordCamps?
Well, WordPress started in 2007, it was like late 2007. We were doing a website for this big famous singer in Serbia. And she wanted a blog. We pretty much produced old HTML sites. And she wanted a blog. I'm like "common, no one is going to use that".
So we found that WordPress thing, installed a theme and thought "this thing actually works". So you started off with that one. I was pretty much the designer at that time. So once I started coding, site coding PHP, I never designed anything since. First WordCamp actually for me was WordCamp Europe, first WordCamp Europe 2013 in Leiden.
Then on the next one, I decided that should be part of the team. So I joined the part of the volunteers team. I was at the registration desk and amazing experience. Somehow WordCamp Europe dictated pretty much the last five years or six years of my life.
What if I, for example, wanted to get involved in organizing WordCamps or be a volunteer. What should I do? Where should I go?
We like to suggest people to join first as volunteers. Every year we open our call for volunteers. We just closed the one for Berlin last night. Start volunteering and then you will see, we have different roles. So now it's been like six seven editions of WordCamp Europe. So we kind of have everything in place. (At the start) you will be lost and you will have no idea what to do. But after, apply for next WordCamp and just join. Come and see, it's pretty easy to get in.
It's an amazing experience if you want to see events under the hoods. If you want to see how everything is happening, what's going on, you should be part of the volunteer team. Then maybe for one of the next WordCamps, you can start a meet up in your own city, you can join the meetup if there is already one. Or apply as being a part of the organizing people for WordCamp Europe.
If we go back to the organizing, I've always wondered how do you choose the city for WordCamp Europe. How does that process go?
Leiden was the first one and they opened up an application to host the t next city. So we have a tradition of announcing the next city where we go to, next on our closing remarks of the current year. We open call for the host city and then we are getting applications. People are really proud about their city and if you want to bring a conference of that size to your city just fill in the application. I know that I decided to bring WordCamp Europe in Belgrade, in Seville which is like in 2015. So I was working on the application from September 2015 till 2018. It was a long process but we had to have the community running to have people supporting the whole idea of WordCamp.


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Julie Skolnick, M.A., J.D., Founder of With Understanding Comes Calm, LLC, passionately guides parents of gifted and distractible children, mentors 2e adults, and advises educators and professionals on bringing out the best and raising self-esteem in their students and clients.
Julie serves as Secretary on the Maryland Superintendent's Gifted and Talented Advisory Council, is the Maryland liaison for Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG), reviews parenting strand conference proposals, and is a Committee member for the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and serves as an advisor to "The G Word" feature documentary currently in production.
Through "Let's Talk 2e!", the digital media division of With Understanding Comes Calm, Julie produces 2 Days of 2e Virtual Conference.
A frequent speaker and prolific writer, Julie is also the mother of three twice exceptional children who keep her on her toes and uproariously laughing.
Joanna Haase, Ph.D., MFT is a private practice psychotherapist whose specialty is working with the gifted population. As a mother of two 2e children and a therapist who works with 100's of gifted individuals and families, Dr. Haase is passionate about creating a whole person approach to understanding and treating this population. Dr. Haase co-founded Gifted Research and Outreach, a non-profit organization promoting a comprehensive and accurate understanding of giftedness through research and outreach. A frequent presenter at local, state, and national conferences, Dr. Haase's areas of expertise include, giftedness, anxiety, depression, and eating disorders in highly and profoundly gifted individuals.
Dr. Richard M. Cash is an award-winning educator and who has worked in the field of education for more than 30 years. His range of experience includes teaching, curriculum coordination, and program administration. Currently, he is an internationally recognized education consultant (www.nrich.consulting). His consulting work has taken him throughout the United States, as well as into Canada, The Czech Republic, China, Cyprus, England, Indonesia, Kuwait, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, South Korea, and Turkey.
Richard received his doctorate in Educational Leadership and a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN. Along with his Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Richard holds a Bachelor's degree in Theater from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. For over 10 years, he co-directed a children's theater company in Minnesota, and co-authored 4 award winning children's plays. He was recipient of the National Association for Gifted Children's Early Leader Award (2011), recognizing his leadership in programing for gifted children. Richard was also named the "Friend of the Gifted, 2016" by the Minnesota Educators of the Gifted and Talented.
His areas of expertise are educational programming, rigorous and challenging curriculum design, differentiated instruction, 21st century skills, brain-compatible classrooms, gifted & talented education, and self-regulated learning. Dr. Cash authored the books Advancing Differentiation: Thinking and Learning for the 21st Century, (2011, Revision & Update 2017), a finalist for the Association for Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award (2011) and winner of The Legacy Book® Award for Outstanding Educators Publication (2017); Differentiation for Gifted Learners: Going Beyond the Basics (2014) (co-author Diane Heacox), winner of The Legacy Book® Award for Outstanding Educators Publication (2014); and Self-Regulation in the Classroom: Helping Students Learn How to Learn (2016). All books are published by Free Spirit Publishing, Inc. (www.freespirit.com).
Richard lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Dr. Paul Beljan is a Scottsdale, Arizona pediatric neuropsychologist in private practice. Dr. Beljan served at the Governor's pleasure on the Arizona Board of Psychological Examiners. He completed two Post-Doctoral Fellowship programs specializing in Pediatric (Medical) Psychology and Pediatric Neuropsychology. He holds child and adult diplomate certifications with the American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology (ABPdN) and the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology (ABN). Dr. Beljan is a past president of the American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology (ABPdN). In 2016, Dr. Beljan completed a post-doctoral master's degree in psychopharmachology from New Mexico State University. Dr. Beljan's professional focus is on Gifted Intelligence, Alcohol/Drug Related Neurodevelopmental Deficit (A/DRND), Learning Disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury, Physical and Emotional Trauma, and Attention and Executive Functioning Deficit and associated interventions. His past hospital based work in pediatric psychology and pediatric neuropsychology included assessment, pain management and trauma recovery with children suffering from burns, cancer, sickle cell anemia, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, cerebral palsy, cleft palate, Alcohol/Drug Related Neurodevelopmental Deficit (A/DRND), traumatic brain injury, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and learning disorders. He also evaluated hundreds of infants in neonatal clinics.
Dr. Beljan is an expert in evaluating and understanding gifted children and their common misdiagnoses. He is a co-author of the book: Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults and Large Scale Brain Systems and Neuropsychological Assessment. The Misdiagnosis book is a Legacy Book Award Winner, ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award Winner, and Arizona Book Award Winner. Dr. Beljan also has authored several chapters and articles in various publications.
Renae D. Mayes, PhD, NCC, is the Director of the MA Program in School Counseling and an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and School Counseling at Ball State University. Her research focuses on the intersection of gifted education and special education for students of color in urban environments. Additionally, Mayes focuses on comprehensive school counseling models and interventions that support the holistic development and success of historically underserved student populations.
Don Ambrose, PhD, is professor of graduate education at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and editor of the Roeper Review. He serves on the editorial boards of most of the major journals in the field of gifted education and for several book series. He has initiated and led numerous interdisciplinary scholarly projects involving eminent researchers and theorists from gifted education, general education, creativity studies, cognitive science, ethical philosophy, psychology, political science, economics, law, history, sociology, theoretical physics, and critical thinking. Some of his recent books include Conceptions of Giftedness (forthcoming, with Robert J. Sternberg); Creative Intelligence in the 21st Century: Grappling with Enormous Problems and Huge Opportunities (with Robert J. Sternberg); Giftedness and Talent in the 21st Century: Adapting to the Turbulence of Globalization (with Robert J. Sternberg); How Dogmatic Beliefs Harm Creativity and Higher-Level Thinking (with Robert J. Sternberg); Confronting Dogmatism in Gifted Education (with Robert J. Sternberg and Bharath Sriraman); Expanding Visions of Creative Intelligence: An Interdisciplinary Exploration; Morality, Ethics, and Gifted Minds (with Tracy L. Cross); The Roeper School: A Model for Holistic Development of High Ability (with Bharath Sriraman and Tracy L. Cross); and A Critique of Creativity and Complexity: Deconstructing Clichés (with Bharath Sriraman and Kathleen Pierce). He also invents new creative and critical thinking strategies based on concepts discovered in multiple academic disciplines and professional fields. Don has received international, national, and regional awards for distinguished scholarship from the NAGC; the NJAGC; the ICIE; the Routledge/Taylor & Francis Educational Expert Panel; and the American Creativity Association; among others. He has done invited keynote presentations throughout the world.
Deborah Reber is a parenting activist, New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and speaker who moved her career in a more personal direction in 2016 when she founded TiLT Parenting, a website, weekly podcast, and social media community for parents like her who are raising differently wired children. The TiLT Parenting Podcast has grown to be a top podcast in the parenting space, with more than 850,000 downloads. A regular contributor to Psychology Today and ADDitude Magazine, Debbie's newest book is Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World (Workman Publishing, 2018). In November 2018, she spoke at TEDxAmsterdam, delivering a talk entitled Why the Future Will Be Differently Wired.
Prior to launching TiLT, Debbie spent more than fifteen years writing inspiring books for women and teens. Before embarking on her own path as a solopreneur, Debbie worked in TV and video production, producing documentaries and PSAs for CARE and UNICEF, working on Blue's Clues for Nickelodeon in New York, and developing original series for Cartoon Network in Los Angeles. She has an MA in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research and a BA in Communications from Pennsylvania State University.
In December 2018, Debbie and her family relocated back to the NYC area after living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for the past five years. She currently homeschools her 14-year-old twice-exceptional son.
Josh Shaine has been working with gifted students of all ages for more than 35 years, including many years teaching, administrating, advising, and sometimes directing programs for 7th – 12th graders through MIT's Educational Studies Program. He has taught at public, private, and alternative schools, as well as working with special needs students, either at home or institutionalized, for school districts in several states. He was the headmaster of a small 7th - 12th grade alternative school in Boston for gifted "disgruntled" students. In addition to teaching and consulting, Josh currently organizes the Beyond IQ conferences near Boston and serves on the board for Hoagies Gifted.
Femke Hovinga is a gifted specialist from Zeist, The Netherlands. When she was a six-year-old struggling with the challenges of giftedness, Femke said she would 'make the world a better place for the gifted, when she was a grown-up'. There's no more denying: Femke is a grown-up now, so it was time to keep the promise! After getting degrees in journalism and business, Femke took a post-graduate course in gifted education and coaching. Ever since, Femke has been active in the field of gifted. She is currently the Executive Director for SENG in Europe, she runs a coaching practice for profoundly gifted youth and has a recruitment firm for gifted people who are looking for a job that suits them and their talents.
Creating a collaborative environment that brings together practitioners from the field of education, cognition, and behavioral health drives Maria's leadership as the director of Youth and Family Innovations through the University of Texas at Dallas' Brain Performance Institute. With a strong foundation in research, business, and education, she is passionate about working closely with schools for students with learning differences, and is proud to offer access to virtual social learning programs to families from coast to coast. As a Speech Language Pathologist that has specialized in social cognition for the past 18 years, Maria thrives on giving children the knowledge and confidence they need to grow as strong social citizens. As a mom of a twice exceptional child for the past 13 years, she is an avid advocate for the educational rights of children for mental health supports, especially within the public school system. She is proud to serve as a key community resource in assisting clinicians, teachers, and families discover how to best support the social, emotional and cognitive development of the youth in their lives.
Greg has worked as a therapist for the last 20 years with adolescents in a variety of settings. He has worked as a primary therapist and as a clinical director in residential treatment, community mental health, and wilderness treatment. His current specialty is working with a neurodiverse population. He has the privilege of watching young people who have been in pain and are not able to navigate complex emotions in effective ways find a clear path to begin healing. He works with more severe acting out 2e individuals. They are the amazing students who can't stay in even nontraditional settings due to their level of dysregulation and acting out/escape style ways of dealing with their inner turmoil.
Greg regularly speaks at conference on topics related to the 2e population. He feels driven to challenge the status quo and standard methods of intervening with young people. He also believes in the sharing of ideas in ways that everyone can relate to and understand. He finds the science fascinating and loves making that information practical.
He believes in living a life of emotional growth and physical challenge without sacrificing relaxation and enjoyment. He is fond of saying that "it is a thousand times easier to be a therapist than to be a parent" and "if imperfect parenting caused the level of acting out to require wilderness therapy then… all children on the planet would require it." His desire is that we don't judge each other and that we don't excuse our influence on our children either.
Diagnosed with a learning disability in the third grade, LeDerick Horne defies any and all labels. He's a dynamic spoken-word poet. A tireless advocate for all people with disabilities. An inspiring motivational speaker. A bridge-builder between learners and leaders across the U.S. and around the world who serves as a role model for all races, genders, and generations.
The grandson of one of New Jersey's most prominent civil rights leaders, LeDerick uses his gift for spoken-word poetry as the gateway to larger discussions on equal opportunity, pride, self-determination and hope for people with disabilities.
LeDerick served as the Founding Board Chair of Eye to Eye (eyetoeyenational.org), the only national nonprofit mentoring program for students labeled with LD/ADHD, and continues to serve on the board today. And he is on the advisory board for The National Resources for Access, Independence, Self-determination and Employment (RAISE) Technical Assistance Center (www.raisecenter.org).
In 2016, he and co-author Margo Vreeburg Izzo, PhD, The Ohio State University, released the book Empowering Students with Hidden Disabilities: A Path to Pride and Success — the definitive compendium on transition support for students with LD / ADHD and other hidden disabilities — published by Brookes Publishing Co.
Renae D. Mayes, PhD, NCC, is the Director of the MA Program in School Counseling and an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and School Counseling. Her research focuses on the intersection of gifted education and special education for students of color in urban environments. Additionally, Mayes focuses on comprehensive school counseling models and interventions that support the holistic development and success of historically underserved student populations.
In response to a growing need for knowledge and expertise, a new institution has been born: the Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education. Licensed to operate in the State of California, this graduate school embraces the philosophy of celebrating human cognitive diversity and the belief that education should be strength-based and talent-focused. We offer a Master's and a Doctorate in cognitive diversity and a certificate in twice-exceptional education.
Celebrating 30 years as the only K-12 independent school in Southeastern Virginia dedicated to empowering children who learn differently.
The Davidson Institute serves our Nation's brightest youth through a variety of programs and services. Our mission is to recognize, nurture and support profoundly intelligent young people and to provide opportunities for them to develop their talents to make a positive difference. We recognize profoundly gifted students as those who score in the 99.9th percentile on IQ and achievement tests.
FlexSchool is the learning community for gifted and twice-exceptional students. FlexSchool is specifically and thoughtfully designed for students who are dyslexic, dysgraphic, ADHD, gifted, highly gifted, profoundly gifted or belong to the neurodivergent community for a reason not listed here and traditional school environments have not been a good fit. FlexSchool believes in embracing different because different is not broken. Different is beautiful. We offer rolling admissions because we understand school fit issues don't often conveniently line up with application season. FlexSchool's team of highly trained experts work with students to create a plan that removes barriers to their learning and allows them to soar. Teachers receive ongoing professional development throughout the year and each campus has learning specialists who work with students and teachers to make the classroom less frustrating. One on one courses are also available for classes that are not regularly offered or for students who require more assistance. FlexSchool serves grades 5-12 and post-graduate. Our campus locations are: Cloud Classroom (live online learning, Berkeley Heights, NJ, New Haven, CT, Rockville, MD, Bergen County, NJ (opening early 2019), Westchester County, NY (opening fall 2019).
Individualized Educational Services for Gifted Home Learning
Mr Gelston's One Room Schoolhouse offers these online homeschool programs for families of gifted and twice exceptional children. Because gifted learners need flexibility, challenge, and empowerment to own their learning, we offer online homeschool programs to help you enhance family collaboration, support your gifted learner to develop self-management and self-advocacy skills, and to explore mathematics on their own level.
Online Homeschool Programs in Math are offered by Barry Gelston, M.Ed.
Mr. Gelston offers joyful private math education for gifted and 2e learners to progress as they wish from 3rd Grade Math to introductory Calculus.
Our Learning Coach is Carol Malueg, M.A., GCT, 2e
Ms Malueg works with both in-school and after-school learners to find new tools for organization, self-management, and self-advocacy that work with their learning preferences and within environmental constraints.
OG Academic Math Training Courses are designed for teachers, instructional support staff, Orton-Gillingham practitioners and parents. Our courses will benefit your children and students!
The Motor Cognition2®Program (MC2®) is a structured neurocognitive program designed to improve executive functioning and academic skills in children and adults with executive function-based and related disorders, including Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Learning Disorders, Alcohol/Drug Related Neurodevelopmental Deficit, and asynchronous development observed in children and adults with gifted intellect.
People who have difficulty with executive functioning experience a variety of struggles that may include any combination of: inattention, distractibility, verbal and/or behavioral impulsivity, verbal and/or behavioral disorganization, poor ability to learn from experience, emotional dysregulation, poor initiation, inconsistent and/or poor academic performance, and social/interpersonal difficulties.
The MC2program uses a neuro-developmental approach to incrementally build foundation skills necessary for more efficient executive functioning, and to build upon those foundation skill-sets in a manner that facilitates automation (procedural memory) of those skills. The MC2program integrates research-informed and empirically-validated strategies from the fields of occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech/language therapy, and rehabilitative medicine with current neurological and neuropsychological research on neuro-developmental disorders. In this manner, the MC2 program offers a multi-sensory/multimodal approach to enhance how executive functioning skills mediate cognitive, emotional, and physical domains.
outBACK Therapeutic Expeditions is a highly effective, clinically informed treatment program dedicated to bringing families BACK together. Utilizing the wilderness as an alternative to traditional treatment settings, we guide students (13-17) and families in their process of reconnecting to Self, re-engaging with Family, and recommitting to Purpose. Our clinically sophisticated methods incorporate evidence-based psychological practices into an intentional program designed to yield the highest clinical value for students and their families. Unlike any other wilderness therapy program, our assessment and evaluation systems combine the work of multiple therapists for each student enrolled at outBACK. Primary therapists who manage and oversee the treatment process for students are set up to delve deeper into the psycho-social- emotional challenges of their students with the addition of our field therapists. Masters level Field Therapists are immersed in the group daily to teach and reinforce various clinical skills/workshops and work closely with Primary Therapists to provide additional layer of clinical insight. In addition to this unique treatment design, a purpose-driven adventure therapy, focused on transition readiness, is integrated into the program and all families work with a dedicated family therapist on family-focused interventions.
We at outBACK, believe in maximizing the amount of information, instruction, and insight gained by families throughout treatment. As such, we believe it is critical to utilize a strength- based approach without level systems, increase standards of clinical oversight throughout every aspect of programming, and assist families reapply what they know, reassess where they are, and realign to make necessary adjustments prior to transitioning out of our program.
Summit Center provides educational and psychological assessments, consultations, and treatment for children, their parents, and families. We specialize in gifted and twice-exceptional (2e) individuals and families. We use a strength-based approach to find your child's natural abilities and assets while also identifying and understanding your child's weaknesses and challenges. Our team of experienced professionals frequently collaborate, capitalizing on the skills of multiple experts to best support your child's complex needs. Summit Center was founded by licensed psychologist, author, and Parent Footprint podcast host Dr. Dan Peters (a past 2 Days of 2e presenter), together with Dr. Susan Daniels. Offices are located in Northern California (Walnut Creek, Burlingame, Cupertino, and Corte Madera) and Southern California (Torrance). Please visit our website for more details on Summit Center and our services at www.summitcenter.us.
The Amend Group is a comprehensive center for psychological, educational, and gifted services. We provide assessment and evaluation, counseling and therapy, and virtual educational and homeschool consulting. We have psychologists and educational consultants well-versed to help you understand your gifted and 2e student's needs and determine a good educational fit. Our founder, Edward R. Amend, Psy.D., is a Clinical Psychologist licensed to practice in both Kentucky and Ohio, who focuses on the social, emotional, and educational needs of gifted and talented youth, adults, and their families. He has worked in both private practice and community mental health settings, as well as in consulting positions with clinics, hospitals, schools, and other organizations. He also presents locally and nationally to on topics related to the needs of gifted children. Dr. Amend is co-author of two award-winning books: A Parent's Guide to Gifted Children and Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorders (second edition), and he has authored or co-authored a number of articles, book chapters, and columns about gifted children.
Charisma™ is a virtual learning platform to help youth ages 8 to 18 navigate social situations in the real world. Clinicians, game developers, and cognitive neuroscientists at the Brain Performance Institute at The University of Texas at Dallas have created an innovative way to provide guidance and individualized support which equips individuals with evidence-based strategies. Our twice-exceptional learners practice social communication, cognition and control in an online environment guided by social coaches specifically trained in Charisma™ for Youth Social Learning Program. This program provides an evidence-based approach for measuring, coaching and maximizing the social potential of youth. Now enrolling nationwide!
Joan Cass is an Innovative Functional Nutrition Consultant offering various health supports. She possesses a gift for connecting the dots of gifted/2e children in a way that conventional methods often cannot by filling in the gaps between traditional and holistic medicine. She provides a simplified support for the overwhelmed while integrating functional nutrition, diet & lifestyle awareness including the latest scientific bio-hacks for invaluable support.
She has been blazing this trail, while homeschooling her sixteen year old gifted 2e son. Currently enrolled at Functional Medicine University and A Graduate of FBS-Functional Nutrition, Kharrazian Institute trained in Neuroinflammation, Gastrointestinal & Autoimmune. Joan's unique expertise helps reveal root causes, find the best solution creating a positive shift in healthy alternatives with results that allows our incredible children to shine in this world!
The 2e Center is a first-of-its-kind multi-disciplinary hub where professionals, scholars, and practitioners combine expertise to enhance understanding of the growing population of 2e students. With the unique opportunities afforded by working with a lab school, the Center can encourage and undertake much-needed research, provide courses and workshops for educators and parents, and share resources about the best practices that serve this cognitively diverse, at-risk population.
The primary goals of the Center are to create awareness, offer professional development, provide outreach, and generate projects that will improve services for the special population of children known as twice exceptional (2e). The 2e Center operates within a positive psychology framework, emphasizing that more is to be gained from understanding and acknowledging what a child can do than from focusing on deficits and problems –– an approach all-too-common in many schools."
Exceptional Educational Solutions
InterIQ is a recruitment agency for gifted people. The agency continuously looks for the best match between a company and a gifted employee. We look at the employees potential and motivation rather than their diploma's while finding them a suitable job. InterIQ is currently available in The Netherlands and Belgium.
Labeled with a learning disability in third grade, LeDerick Horne defies any and all labels. He's a dynamic spoken-word poet. A tireless advocate for all people with disabilities. An inspiring motivational speaker. A bridge-builder between learners and leaders across the U.S. and around the world who serves as a role model for all races, genders, and generations.
The grandson of one of New Jersey's most prominent civil rights leaders, LeDerick uses his gift for spoken-word poetry as the gateway to larger discussions on equal opportunity, pride, self-determination and hope for people with disabilities. His workshops, keynote speeches, and performances reach thousands of students, teachers, legislators, policy makers, business leaders, and service providers each year.
He regularly addresses an array of academic, government, social, and business groups, including appearances at the White House, the United Nations, Harvard University, the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, and the State Departments of Education across the US. His work addresses the challenges of all disabilities, uniting the efforts of diverse groups in order to achieve substantive, systemic change. You can learn more about him and his work at www.lederick.com
My goal is simple: to help you enrich a child's life. Having been in the field of education for more than 30 years as a teacher, district administrator/coordinator, university professor, author, and consultant, I am keenly aware of the demands placed on teachers to improve student achievement, while also trying to create rich learning environments. That is why I started nRich Educational Consulting, Inc. I want to share with you the many years of experience and the knowledge I've gained as an educator. I also work with an amazing network of exceptional educators who can offer a wide range of personalized services to meet the needs of your students.
Since 2006 Seed Starter Educational Consulting founder Heidi Molbak has helped families from around the United States and overseas find appropriate educational options for their gifted and twice-exceptional children. Heidi specializes in working closely with boarding schools and therapeutic schools and programs that support gifted and 2e students. She is a frequent presenter at national conferences on the education, social- emotional and treatment needs of gifted and twice-exceptional children. Her family's gifted schooling story includes supporting three sons through sixteen schools in seven states and three countries as well as running her own small school from home including independent day and boarding schools, home school, online schools, the self-directed Beach High School, public magnet and public charter foreign-language immersion schools and a one- room, multi- age school. In 2016, Heidi co-founded FlexSchool, a growing national network of accredited learning communities for gifted and 2E middle and high school students. Heidi served as opening Head of School at FlexSchool New Haven as well as Head of Admission and Outreach. In June 2018, she returned full-time to Seed Starter. She holds an M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Loyola University New Orleans and an A.B. in English from Stanford University. She is the recipient of the Regina Matthews Oehmig Award for Excellence in Counseling. Heidi is a Certified Educational Planner (CEP) and a National Certified Counselor (NCC). She is a member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA Professional Member); Enrollment Management Association (formerly SSATB); and National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP). Seed Starter is an SSAT test center.
With Understanding Comes Calm, LLC provides compassionate guidance and durable strategies for the 2e community. Julie Skolnick, M.A., J.D., founder, is passionate about empowering parents and educators to bring out the best and raise self esteem in their twice exceptional children and students. We meet one-on-one around the world in person or via video conference to support, guide and mentor parents, educators, 2e adults, and clinicians. Ms. Skolnick is a frequent speaker and prolific writer who feels honored to make an impact on her clients and audiences.
NAGC's mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research. We aim to help parents and families, K-12 education professionals including support service personnel, and members of the research and higher education community who work to help gifted and talented children as they strive to achieve their personal best and contribute to their communities.
SENG's mission is to empower families and communities to guide gifted and talented individuals to reach their goals: intellectually, physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. For 40 years, SENG has envisioned a world where gifted, talented and creative individuals are supported to build gratifying, meaningful lives and contribute to the well-being of others. To this end, SENG reaches out to diverse communities that share our mission across the nation and the globe.
2e News Online is a print and online publication that provides information, research, and perspectives to promote understanding of neurodiversity and twice-exceptional education. Our mission is to foster and maintain a fruitful conversation among educators, parents, researchers, and other professionals to improve the lives of gifted students with learning differences. Founded in 2003 as the "Twice-Exceptional Newsletter," 2e News Online covers a broad range of topics from talent enrichment and classroom support to social issues, psychological development, and parenting. We welcome contributions from writers with experience and insights about twice-exceptional and neurodiverse populations. For information about subscriptions or editorial inquiries, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit www.2eNews.com
Combining high-tech, state-of-the-art equipment with innovative approaches to exercise, Fitness for Health helps people of all ages and abilities enjoy the benefits of physical activity while having fun at the same time through therapeutic exercise, occupational therapy, and physical therapy. Our goals are that our clients are engaged, inspired, and having fun while working to improve their motor capabilities and, in turn, improving their self-confidence and self-esteem.
GRO is conducting an in-depth literature review of the existing research on the neuroanatomical, gastrointestinal, metabolic, hormonal, genetic and sensory differences in the bodies of gifted individuals. This review of thousands of peer reviewed studies has already revealed tremendous insight into physiological differences found in gifted individuals and how those differences may impact both their internal experience as well as their behavior.
GT Discover will build the capacity of schools to identify and serve more gifted and talented students, especially those who are historically underrepresented, serving as a repository of resources, learning opportunities, and a collaborative community for stakeholders.
GT Discover is a website being developed under federal funding through the U.S. Department of Education's Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Education Grant. The website is co-owned by the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Curriculum, Instructional Improvement, and Professional Learning (MSDE), and the IDEALS Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Education. A public launch is planned for August 2020.
The website is free to use. We seek content from a variety of contributors, who will receive authorship attribution and links to their organization.
Don Ambrose, PhD, is professor of graduate education at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA, and editor of the Roeper Review. He serves on the editorial boards of most of the major journals in the field of gifted education and for several book series. He has initiated and led numerous interdisciplinary scholarly projects involving eminent researchers and theorists from gifted education, general education, creativity studies, cognitive science, ethical philosophy, psychology, political science, economics, law, history, sociology, theoretical physics, and critical thinking. Some topics addressed by the many books he has published include interdisciplinary explorations of creative intelligence; the moral-ethical dimensions of giftedness; 21st-century globalization and its effects on creative intelligence; innovative, holistic education for the gifted; and applications of complexity theory to high ability. Books currently under construction describe new creative and critical thinking strategies inspired by constructs from various academic disciplines. He has done invited keynote presentations throughout the world.
Defying popular myths that assume most gifted people are wealthy, white, and will do fine on their own, THE G WORD reveals the economic, cultural and gender diversity of our nation's gifted and talented population at every stage of life, highlighting their educational challenges, social isolation, and deep emotional sensitivities. It puts a face to the physical threats experienced by many in our schools and society at large. It also reveals a large and lively community of people around them working hard to meet their needs while challenging the prejudice that comes with being labeled "smart" in the 21st century.
Directed and produced by Marc Smolowitz, and produced by Ron Turiello, learn more about the film: http://thegwordfilm.com
TiLT Parenting was founded in 2016 by Debbie Reber as a podcast, educational resource, and community aimed at helping parents raising differently-wired kids do so from a place of confidence, connection, and joy. Debbie is passionate about the idea that being differently wired isn't a deficit —it's a difference. She hopes to change the way difference is perceived and experienced in the world so these exceptional kids, and the parents raising them, can thrive in their schools, in their families, and in their lives.
The TiLT Parenting Podcast is a top podcast, with more than 1.5 million downloads, and regularly features high-profile parenting experts and educators, as well as insightful conversations between Debbie and her 15-year-old twice exceptional son. Debbie's book inspired by TiLT Parenting, DIFFERENTLY WIRED: Raising an Extraordinary Child in a Conventional World, was published with Workman in June 2018.


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You may feel absolutely burned out if you are not enjoying optimum health. Where can you get help when your doctor and family do not even know? What if the solutions presented are worse than the ailments? To keep out of this situation, learn what you can about acupuncture.
Don't be frightened of acupuncture; it is usually not painful. In fact the needles are so fine that they are actually no larger around than a human hair. Pain will not even be an issue.
You should not let your fear of needles keep you from trying acupuncture. It has been proven that acupuncture relieves pain and helps patients enjoy life. Don't let a little anxiety get in the way of living with less pain!
Know as much as you can about acupuncture before engaging in the procedure. No one likes needles, but they are necessary in this type of treatment. These needles are extremely fine and generally do not cause any discomfort. If you are nervous, remember these needles are not like normal needles. They are very fine, about the diameter of one strand of hair. It can help if you find other people who have undergone acupuncture and are able to tell you what to expect.
It might appear to be a painful process, but this is entirely visual. The needles differ from regular needles in a doctor's office; they are incredibly thin. You can hardly see them a few feet away. You may be slightly uncomfortable, but it is nothing that should cause you extreme pain.
Review any medications you are taking to determine if any of them are contraindicated during acupuncture. Consult with your chosen acupuncturist or physician about any you may want to discontinue before your first session. You don't want the results to not happen correctly if you're taking things you shouldn't have during, before, or after the treatment.
If you take prescription medications, have the list of them ready, before seeing an acupuncturist. That knowledge will help them devise an appropriate treatment plan for you.
Wear comfortable, adjustable clothing to your acupuncture appointment. It is important that the acupuncturist can access any spot needed. You can simply disrobe, but you may feel more comfortable if you just wear loose clothing.
Before your first acupuncture appointment, have a consultation with the therapist. Your acupuncturist should sit you down to get an idea of what type of pain you are experiencing. Walk the practitioner through what's going on in your body. Inform them of how your pain is affecting your daily life. You never know which bit of information could be helpful for them in designing a plan for your care.
There will not be much pain during your session. This treatment does not hurt at all. The needles are very tiny. Although you may feel some discomfort, acupuncture is accompanied by very little if any pain.
By using natural remedies for treating pain, we need not worry about harmful side effects. Acupuncture, coupled with healthy foods and moderate activity levels, can make you feel so much better. Take the information here, and use it to move forward.


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SUNDEK has been resurfacing concrete driveways at homes and commercial properties for more than 50 years.
See more driveways in our driveways gallery, and take a look at our award-winning driveways, too.
Reasons to resurface your driveway
If your driveway has any of the following problems, we can repair it in a matter of days:
- Unsightly cracks
- Salt damage
- Pitting
- Potholes
- Discoloration
- Crumbling surface
Cost of resurfacing a concrete driveway
The cost of concrete resurfacing varies by region, and the cost of your project will depend on the current state of your driveway. When working with one of our dealers, you will receive a custom quote based on a price per square foot. You can contact your local dealer to get an estimate.
Frequently asked questions
What is concrete resurfacing?
Concrete resurfacing begins with an existing concrete surface. After preparing the surface, a concrete overlay (also called a concrete coating) is applied to the existing concrete. See some of the colors, textures, and masonry effects that can be added.
How long does a resurfaced concrete driveway last?
A concrete overlay will last for many years when it's correctly applied and protected by a sealer, even if there's heavy vehicle and foot traffic. After having concrete driveway resurfacing done, keep up with maintenance and reapply sealer when necessary to keep your driveway looking fresh longer.
How thick should a concrete driveway be?
Because driveways need to bear a lot of weight, it's important to get the thickness right. At a minimum, a concrete driveway needs to be at least 4 inches thick. According to the Concrete Network, making your driveway 5 inches thick will add to the cost, but it will also increase its load-bearing capacity by 50%. The SUNDEK dealer you work with can help you figure out what will be best for your needs.
Is stamped concrete good for driveways?
Yes. Stamped concrete is a great option and is just as durable as a smooth, flat surface. In fact, SUNDEK has many other design options available.
Can a damaged driveway be resurfaced?
Yes. Before applying the concrete coating, we will repair any existing damage. See more about why resurfacing your driveway is better than replacing your driveway.
Design options
Your driveway is the first thing people see when they get to your home or business, and SUNDEK can help you design one with a look you love. We have a variety of colors, patterns, textures, and masonry effects to choose from. If you're having a hard time deciding, take a look at our Driveways photo gallery. You can also contact your local SUNDEK dealer to discuss options.
Installation of a SUNDEK driveway coating
Here's an overview of the installation process (details vary depending on which products are used):
- Prepare & Repair. Etch, grind, or shot blast the concrete surface to make it porous. Fix cracks or other existing damage.
- Clean & Prime. Pressure wash and let surface thoroughly dry. Apply primer if necessary.
- Mix Product. Following instructions, mix the product to prepare it for application. Mix in color if necessary.
- Apply overlay. Depending on the desired look, apply the overlay by spraying, rolling, or troweling.
- Add Patterns & Texture. This is completed using hand-trowels, rakes, stamps and other specialty tools.
- Cure & Seal. After the overlay cures, add a sealer for additional protection. Customers often ask us if a concrete driveway needs to be sealed, and our answer is always yes. A sealer will preserve the look of your driveway for longer. It also enhances its stain resistance and makes it easier to maintain.
Resurfacing a concrete driveway is not easy. Our professional dealers can do it for you. Find a local dealer.
The best way to lengthen the lifespan of your concrete driveway is to invest in a sealer. Keep in mind that even high-quality sealers need to be reapplied (reapplying a sealer is less expensive than having to get your driveway resurfaced again). Talk to your SUNDEK dealer about how often you'll need to reseal your driveway.
Aside from applying a sealer, maintenance includes using an ordinary broom or mop to remove dust, grass clippings, or other debris every so often. You can also spray off the surface with a hose to resolve any dirty spots. We suggest using our product Sunspot to remove various stains, and we also have suggestions for removing tire marks.
Although several of our top coatings are chemical and moisture resistant, we recommend that you clean chemical spills as quickly as possible. For stubborn spots, you can use commercial cleaners, but they need to be non-abrasive and formulated for the surface. You can also use a pressure washer if necessary.


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February 13, 2008
Human rights has inspired more cant than any other political debatee
The Independent, London
11 February 2008
In Imperial China, lesser beings were required to prostrate themselves
in the presence of the Emperor, the kowtow, many will argue that the
British Olympic Committee might be about to impose a modern equivalent
of that archaic humiliation on our athletes, by forbidding them from
commenting on human rights in China.
It was clumsy of the BOC to issue 32 pages of instructions. What has
happened to that effective if old-fashioned practice, a quiet word in
the ear? The document was bound to leak and cause controversy, which
will inter alia irritate the Chinese. There is a risk that the BOC
could end up looking like the current government, bossy and
incompetent. The Committee is right to reconsider its decision.
That said, it had two good points. The first is that very few British
athletes are qualified to opine on China. Second, that even if they
were, it would be counter-productive to do so. The notion that Chinese
policy might be influenced by lectures from foreign athletes is as
childish a fantasy as has ever blundered into public discourse: more
absurd than the worst fatuities of the ethical foreign policy.
There is a paradox. Almost everyone can agree about human rights. We
are all in favour of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Yet
human rights has inspired more cant than any other political debate.
In the UK, this usually expresses itself as a post-imperial delusion.
Even if many former colonies are still waiting for the new dawn, the
sun did set on the British empire. The navies have melted away. The
era when we could take unilateral action to suppress the Atlantic
slave trade is over. But a lot of people appear to believe that
gunboat diplomacy could be replaced by press-release diplomacy, as if
the rest of the world was waiting expectantly for a sermon from the
If only that were true, but it is self-evident nonsense and nowhere
more so than in China. We can regret many aspects of recent Chinese
history. The Cultural Revolution turned into a cultural holocaust, in
which much of the legacy of five millennia of Chinese civilisation was
destroyed. That is an irreparable loss to China and to all mankind.
To be fair to the post-Maoist leaders of China, they deplore the
Cultural Revolution as much as we do. This helps to explain Tiananmen
Square. In the West, we saw idealistic students calling for change. In
Beijing, the leadership saw a mob which to them resembled the student
hordes who were the shock troops of the Cultural Revolution. So the
savage over-reaction was at least explicable.
No such excuses can be made for Tibet. The Prince of Wales is not
alone in deploring the ravaging of that ancient and picturesque
theocracy, set in the world's most magnificent landscape. That damage
too is probably irreversible. Even if China became a liberal democracy
tomorrow, so many Han Chinese have been settled in Tibet as to make it
almost impossible for the Dalai Lama and his people to resume their
serene seclusion from the pollutions of modernity.
We can also wish that the Chinese were more amenable over Africa. In
recent years, the West has become a little better at using trade and
aid to encourage good governance and discourage corruption. Then along
come the Chinese with an insatiable appetite for raw materials, and
absolutely unconcerned if their royalty payments go straight to the
ruler's Swiss bank account.
But if our government, or any official body, were to make public
criticisms of the Chinese, the response would be predictable. China
would draw on the textbooks of the international left to denounce our
exploitation of Africa in the colonial period. All baloney, of course,
but it would be eloquent baloney, fuelled by Chinese anger at the way
they were treated by the West.
That is not baloney. We forced them to import opium. We and other
powers seized ports and imposed treaties. Although we also created
Hong Kong, which has shown China how to prosper and be free under the
rule of law, Beijing is more inclined to recall the circumstances in
which we acquired Hong Kong than to pay tribute to the way we ran it.
In the late 1980s, in private, Chinese leaders assured our government
that they did not want to turn Hong Kong into China; they wanted the
rest of China to resemble Hong Kong. Thus far, they have been true to
their word. There has been remarkable economic progress. We can only
hope that this will be followed by political progress. In one respect,
China resembles the former Soviet Union and white South Africa. The
ruling ideology is no longer intellectually sustainable. To become
legitimate, the Chinese government will have to become democratic.
There is nothing that Britain's Olympic athletes can do to accelerate
this desirable outcome. Instead, they should take Prince Philip's
advice. He thinks that the Olympics should be about young people
enjoying themselves: an admirable contemporary version of the Olympic
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May 17, 2019
Chinese authorities in Tibetan Prefecture in Qinghai to drastically cut Tibetan language education
- Radio Free Asia
The CCP rewrites history in order to justify its repression of Tibetan language and culture.
- Bitter Winter
Tibetan man and his aunt sentenced for calling the release of Panchen Lama
- Radio Free Asia
China has been running global influence campaigns for years
- The Atlantic
2018 Annual Report on Human Rights in Tibet
May 2, 2019
Setting up astroturf "Tibetan Associations" in the West is China's latest ploy to mislead the world on Tibet
Three Tibetans Are Detained For Calling For Panchen Lama's Release
- Radio Free Asia
Report: Religious freedom conditions worsening in China
- Freebeacon
China is attempting a large-scale rewriting of history
- Telegraph India
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County and club bid fond farewells to Matt Golding
DEVON won't be seeing all-rounder Matt Golding for a while after he confirmed his intention to remain in Australia instead of returning home.
Golding, 24 played 52 games in all competitions for Devon from his debut in 2012. His ability to bowl seamers and spin as well as bat in the top order made him a must-pick for every captain he played under.
Golding's usefulness to the side was shown in his selection record. He played every three-day game for five seasons in a row and 17 successive matches in one-day cricket.
Golding said he would miss playing league cricket for Bovey Tracey and Devon, but the chance to live and work in Australia was one he could not pass up.
"I am going to miss it all and it is gutting to miss the new Unicorns T20 competition with white balls and coloured kits," said Golding.
"I have made some very close friends, not just in the two teams but the Devon League, and the Minor Counties competition.
"I have messaged Keith Donohue at Devon and the Bovey boys yesterday to let them all know."
Golding is waiting for his two-year visa to come through, then he starts the process of getting work.
"I have to apply for working rights, then I will find a job," said Golding.
"Not to sure what yet, but over time I want to start a coaching clinic."
Golding has been shuttling back and forth from Devon to Melbourne for the past five years, playing cricket all the time.
Having a season off to settle into his new situation suits Golding just fine.
"I keep getting asked to play winter cricket, but after five years solid I think my body needs a break from cricket," said Golding.
"I have become an armchair AFL watcher, and play a bit of basketball to get me through the winter."
Keith Donohue, Devon's director of cricket, said he was sad to lose Golding but had to look forward rather than back.
"It has been like having three cricketers rolled into one and any side would miss a player of his ability," said Donohue.
"He has made his decision and now we will be looking at other young players and giving them a chance.
"That's how Goldy would have been selected when he started and that's the way it always will be.
Golding was a key player in the Bovey Tracey team that won the Premier Division last season. He scored 711 runs at an average of nearly 60 and took 25 wickets at less than 20 runs each.
Peter Bradley, who led Bovey to the title, said Golding would be missed by club and county as a player and a person.
Said Bradley: "Matt was four players in one for us over the last few seasons.
"He was one of the best opening bowlers, the best leg-spinner, one of the best batsman and one of the best fielders in the league.
"Matt always played with a smile and brought the best out of others. Always offering advice - tactically or technical - and helped with coaching all ages, adult and youth.
"It's a real shame someone with his huge talent he was never given an opportunity at a professional level.
"We wish him the very best of luck and would welcome him back at any stage."


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We're gonna tell it again…
by Jhos Singer
Shalom Chaverim—
A few weeks ago Julie and I were blessed to be celebrating our daughter's graduation from college. It was the first time in a few years that we were able to be together with all three of our kids and a good time was had by all. Given the once-in-a-lifetime nature of the trip, we decided to take a hop, skip and a jump to NYC to continue the festivities by seeing a Broadway show together. We saw Hadestown, a brilliant and relevant spin on the myths of Hades, Persephone, Orpheus, and Eurydice. No spoilers, but it is a tragedy.
The last song in the show captures one of the great tenets that undergird the maggidic tradition:
It's an old song
It's an old tale from way back when
It's an old song
And we're gonna sing it again and again…
It's a sad song
It's a sad tale, it's a tragedy
It's a sad song
But we sing it anyway…
Cause, here's the thing:
To know how it ends
And still begin to sing it again
As if it might turn out this time
I learned that from a friend of mine…
With a love song
With a tale of a love that never dies
With a love song
For anyone who tries.
That's exactly what we do: we tell the tale again and again. You see, Torah is a tragedy because it's about humanity. And, yes, we all know that our story—the human story—is going to end tragically. We know that we are temporary denizens of this beautiful, glorious, delicious world. Certainly, we are aware of our impermanence on an individual level, and it is pretty much a given that at some point the planet itself will die and desist. But we love it anyway, we sing our song, live our lives, and tell our tales as if it might turn out this time…
This week we begin the book of Numbers/BaMidbar. In Hebrew, the title translates as "In the wilderness", and from a literary point of view, it is the last book of the Torah—the last book that introduces new material that is. Following BaMidbar is the book of Deuteronomy/Devarim. The Greek translates as "Second telling" while the Hebrew translates as "Words". It's just so evocative that we start the retelling of the story as part of the telling of the story—because we know that this life we live is a series of interconnected cycles—repeating, retelling, reviving a little more universal and eternal truth even as each turn around the wheel brings only finality and death.
And therein lies the phantasmagorical paradox!! Each of us contains in us the tiniest little spark of that eternal energy we call God. Each of our lives is a burning off of the klipah, the husk that hides that light, and if we live our lives full out—with integrity, and courage, and honesty—the husk is shattered and shed. And when we die our physical death, we have returned, restored, and revealed one grain of God's gorgeous glitter.
This month begins the annual Pride celebration. The queer community has embraced the task of breaking free of those husks, of liberating hidden light, and healing the world through it (and a fair amount of glitter, too!). Jews know a thing of two about what it means to be marginalized, criminalized, and rejected by those who live in fear of their own inner light. And Jews have, by and large, chosen to tell our stories, tragic as they are, again and again, as a pathway to liberation.
Let us embrace the task of redemption!! Let us emancipate ourselves and each other from the clutches of fear and oppression! Let us parade, glimmering with truth and shining oneness into the world. And let us celebrate this ill-fated thing called life with reckless abandon, unbounded hope, and faith that the story we tell and light we bear was meant to be shared.
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We are pleased to share with you the details about the roll-out of the ROC pilot program. We received over 80 applications for our pilot program and are proud to share the list of trailblazing brands and farms who are leading the path to regenerative organic certification. The pilot participants must comply with the three pillars of Regenerative Organic Certification: Soil Health and Land Management, Animal Welfare and Farmer and Worker Fairness in order to achieve ROC certification. The goal of the pilot process is to develop a greater understanding on how the ROC standards can be implemented at the farm and ranch level in addition to providing information that will help to inform the creation of training materials, audit tools, guidance documents and more.
NSF International serves as the Oversight Body for the ROC program. NSF also functions as the scheme manager for the ROC program, which includes creating documentation, systems and processes to support the successful launch and implementation of the ROC program during the pilot phase and beyond. Our goal is to conclude our pilot audits by summer 2019 and be ready to open to general ROC applications by September.