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The problem with editing (or, I expect, writing) test-prep books that have to match state standards is that they often list the state standards, presumably for reference or to impress whoever makes the purchasing decisions. Thus, when something stupid has gotten into the state standard, I can't mark it for correction. Today's annoyance was, in an otherwise reasonable statement about climate change, a list of "minor" atmospheric gases whose increased concentrations are leading to global warming. The list includes O2. Not a typo for O3 (ozone). I double-checked. And then left a note on the manuscript so the next person wouldn't also spend time checking.
Clarification: The actual text is "Describe how changes in concentration of minor components
(e.g., O2, CO2, ozone, dust, pollution) in Earth's atmosphere are linked to climate change." So it doesn't specify "increase" but it does call oxygen a minor component of the atmosphere, and asserts that there are measurable changes in the oxygen concentration of the atmosphere over, say, the last couple of centuries.
I went to the gym after work, but edited the workout because my back is still bothering me some. I walked in there figuring I would at least do cardio (having shorted myself last time) and crunches (on the theory that exercising my abdominal muscles might help my back). I did a bit more.
Cardio, 21 minutes, top heart rate 153
Chest press, 65 pounds, 12, 9
Calf raise, 82.5 pounds, 13, 5; 75 pounds, 8, 11
~fly, 50 pounds, 2 sets of 15 with each leg forward
Leg press, 270 pounds, 15; 250 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}
Balance lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15; 2.5 pounds each, walking in place, 15
Bicep curls, 10 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 20; 8 pounds each, 17. I stopped because I noticed that my left hand hurt, in a way that suggests I should have stopped two or three reps sooner: it was a middle-of-hand pain, I think the muscles that grip the dumbbell, not the old wrist ache.
Stretches
Clarification: The actual text is "Describe how changes in concentration of minor components
(e.g., O2, CO2, ozone, dust, pollution) in Earth's atmosphere are linked to climate change." So it doesn't specify "increase" but it does call oxygen a minor component of the atmosphere, and asserts that there are measurable changes in the oxygen concentration of the atmosphere over, say, the last couple of centuries.
I went to the gym after work, but edited the workout because my back is still bothering me some. I walked in there figuring I would at least do cardio (having shorted myself last time) and crunches (on the theory that exercising my abdominal muscles might help my back). I did a bit more.
Cardio, 21 minutes, top heart rate 153
Chest press, 65 pounds, 12, 9
Calf raise, 82.5 pounds, 13, 5; 75 pounds, 8, 11
~fly, 50 pounds, 2 sets of 15 with each leg forward
Leg press, 270 pounds, 15; 250 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}
Balance lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15; 2.5 pounds each, walking in place, 15
Bicep curls, 10 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 20; 8 pounds each, 17. I stopped because I noticed that my left hand hurt, in a way that suggests I should have stopped two or three reps sooner: it was a middle-of-hand pain, I think the muscles that grip the dumbbell, not the old wrist ache.
Stretches