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an opportunity for global education. Using the right tools for the authentic purposes of collaboration and communication, students can engage in innovative PBL projects. Student NET #3: Research and Information Fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate and use |
information. When we unpack this standard, one of the key words here is “inquiry.” Students are not simply doing research. PBL projects require students to engage in in-depth inquiry on a specific topic through posing questions, researching and interpreting data, |
and reporting it. However, as students move through this cycle of inquiry, they may find incomplete data, require further information or make mistakes. This NET lets students know that revision and reflection are critical to the inquiry process. In addition, |
it leverages higher-order thinking skills like synthesis and evaluation, which can ensure that PBL projects are stimulating deep learning. Student NET #4: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage |
projects, solve problems and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. PBL projects must engage students in critically thinking around content, and they often have students attempt to solve a problem. In addition, this standard really pushes for |
student-centered learning. It is on the students to manage themselves, make decisions and more. The teacher’s role is more of guide on the side, with “just in time” moments of instruction to help students with critical thinking and problem solving. |
PBL projects also leverage the 21st century skill of critical thinking and problem solving through assessment. Student NET #5: Digital Citizenship Students understand human, cultural and societal issues related to technology, and practice legal and ethical behavior. As students engage |
in technology-rich projects, it is important to model and practice digital citizenship. Explicit instruction, lessons and activities must take place to ensure that students are creating good “digital footprints.” In addition, this is a great theme inspiration for a PBL |
project. From a technology class to a language arts class, you can have students make recommendations about digital policy or teach other members of the school community and beyond how to be good digital citizens. As you build your PBL |
projects, consider how the ISTE NETS can support your work. The NETS will not only help to hone and refine a PBL project, but also serve as an advocacy piece to stakeholders and other “naysayers.” They can help you focus |
how to use the technology and keep that focus on student learning for the 21st century. Consider assessing these standards to leverage them! How are you using the NETS in your classroom? |
ANH Exclusive! Official EU data indicate lightning more likely to kill than herbs or vitamins Save the pictures within this news item to your computer so that you can spread them yourself via Twitter, Facebook and other social media networks. Following ANH-Intl’s release last month of UK data on some |
key causes of death, we’re now in a position to release data sourced from across Europe. These data, drawn from official European Union (EU) sources, reveals once more that natural health products are among the safest things we put into our bodies – confirming the UK data. The new figures |
show that EU hospitals are not only hundreds of thousands of times more likely to cause death than natural health products – they are twice as deadly as either cancer or smoking. So why are natural products under threat for ‘posing a risk to public safety’? Casting the net wider |
Just a few short weeks ago, we brought you exclusive data proving what natural health advocates have said all along: that products associated with natural forms of health management are among the safest substances that human beings put into their bodies. Compelling as they were, however, those data were for |
the UK only. Now we cast the net wider and bring you a comparable analysis using EU-wide data. And the new information paints a picture that is just as stark. Figure 1. EU relative risks of death bubble chart (click on image to open as a PDF, or save to |
your computer) Figure 2. EU relative risks of death bar graph (click on image to open as a PDF, or save to your computer) Exactly as with the UK data, the EU figures display the relative risks of death to an individual for a range of activities. A larger bubble |
on the bubble chart (Figure 1) represents a proportionately larger risk of death, as does a longer bar on the bar graph (Figure 2). Risk of death from food supplements has been assigned a value of 1 to allow calculation of the relative risk from other sources. The same clarifications |
apply here as to the UK data. The data only include risk of death from acute causes, and not from chronic, long-term exposure to any of the substances or activities we investigated. Also, the charts don’t include any data on adverse events that do not lead to death, i.e. sublethal |
acute effects. Where possible, all data are taken from official EU sources. The data were collated and presented by Ron Law, an independent New Zealand-based risk management consultant. Key points and comparison with UK data EU relative risk of death data UK relative risk of death data Preventable medical injury |
in EU hospitals poses the greatest risk of death to EU citizens – some 351,220 times the risk of consuming food supplements, and 206,600 times the risk posed by herbal medicines Preventable medical injury picked up during a stay in a UK hospital is 293,006 more likely to kill a |
UK citizen than taking a food supplement EU-wide, the risk of death from both smoking and cancer is around 173,000 times that of taking food supplements. Therefore, a hospital visit is over twice as likely as either smoking or cancer to take the life of an EU citizen Smoking is |
the riskiest activity for UK citizens, at 797,940 times the risk of taking a food supplement EU citizens taking pharmaceutical drugs run a risk of death from side effects that is 123,125 greater than the mortality risk experienced through taking a food supplement. Comparing pharmaceuticals with herbal medicines, meanwh... |
relative risk of death is multiplied 72,426 times The risk of death from pharmaceutical drugs in the UK is 62,000 times that of taking food supplements Food supplements and herbal medicines are ‘supersafe’, with a risk of death below 1 in 10 million EU-wide Food supplements and herbal medicines are |
‘supersafe’, with a risk of death below 1 in 10 million in the UK Preventable medical injuries in EU hospitals are in the ‘dangerous’ category of risk, i.e. a greater than 1 in 1,000 chance of death. Also in this category are adverse pharmaceutical drug reactions, smoking, cancer, illicit drug |
use and overweight/obesity Preventable medical injuries in UK hospitals are in the ‘dangerous’ category of risk, i.e. a greater than 1 in 1,000 chance of death. The only activities with a similar level of risk are active military service in Iraq or Afghanistan and smoking In the EU, pharmaceutical adverse |
drug reactions pose double the risk of death compared with lung cancer Someone having a motorcycle accident in the UK is around half as likely to die as someone who has an adverse reaction to a pharmaceutical drug The closest comparisons with food supplements or herbal medicines, in terms of |
risk of death in the EU, are with lightning strikes and passengers who experience railway or aeroplane accidents. However, they are still 26–68 times more likely to result in death than taking food supplements UK residents are about as likely to be hit by lightning or to be killed on |
the London Underground than to die from taking herbal remedies or dietary supplements A blatant lie These figures emphasise once again that the public safety-based justification given by European regulators and governments for increasingly restrictive legislation on ingredients and health claims for natural products is... |
genuinely interested in public safety, they would be promoting natural healthcare for all it’s worth, while clamping down on the many dubious aspects of mainstream medicine – starting with its over-reliance on poorly tested, unnecessary and dangerous pharmaceutical drugs that are greatly over-prescribed to the over-50s... |
diseases. Taking a long, hard look at how healthcare within hospitals is handled would also make the public a lot safer, but it’s difficult to see how this can be significantly achieved without a root-and-branch overhaul of the medical systems within which those hospitals operate. As with so many things, |
the first step toward change is for enough people to realise that change is needed. In this case, once the ‘public safety’ fiction that has been built up around natural healthcare is widely exposed, it will become impossible to maintain. Help us get the truth out there! Call to action |
- The most important thing with this information is to get the word out! Please share the charts and data sources on Facebook, Twitter and other social media, and email them to all your contacts – especially those in all corners of Europe! We can’t emphasise this enough: when enough |
people know the truth, it will become very difficult – if not impossible – for governments, regulators and others to tighten the screws on natural healthcare through the usual justification of ‘it’s a danger to public health’ - Both our UK and EU data sets show clearly that the last |
place you ever want to end up is in hospital. The best way to do this is to take responsibility for your own health and keep yourself healthy! Check our Food4Health campaign for some ideas on healthy eating and lifestyles |
Submitted to: International Journal of Food Microbiology Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: February 20, 2004 Publication Date: September 1, 2004 Citation: Liming, S.H., Bhagwat, A.A. 2004. Application |
of molecular beacon -- real-time PCR technology to detect Salmonella species contaminating fruits and vegetables. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 95:177-187. Interpretive Summary: Conventional methods in food may take up |
to one week to accurately predict the presence of human pathogens. Considering the limited shelf life of produce, rapid methods for pathogen detection are required. Real-time detection of Salmonella strains |
will broaden our ability to screen large number of samples in a short time. In this study, a DNA hybridization based detection method for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, based on |
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is developed to enable near-instantaneous detection and quantitative analysis. The modified protocol requires less than 24 hours and is compatible for future high throughput sample analyses |
requirements. Detection of human pathogens from fresh produce is a crucial step in implementing food safety. Both the fresh produce industry and consumers will benefit from the results of this |
research. An oligonucleotide probe that becomes fluorescent upon hybridization to the target DNA (Molecular Beacon; MB) was used in a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to detect the presence |
of Salmonella species. A fluorogenic MB-probe was designed to recognize the iagA (invasion associated gene), which is highly specific to all Salmonella species that we tested. As few as 1 |
to 4 colony-forming units (CFU) per PCR reaction could be detected. The capability of the assay to detect Salmonella species from artificially inoculated fresh-cut produce such as cantaloupe, mixed-salad, cilantro, |
and alfalfa sprouts was demonstrated. In addition, a comparison of two commercially available kits utilizing MB-PCR (iQ-Check, Bio-Rad Laboratories) and conventional AOAC-approved PCR (BAX, Dupont Qualicon) was performed on artificially |
inoculated produce. As few as 4 CFU/25 g of produce were detected after 16 h of enrichment in buffered peptone broth. These assays could be carried out entirely in sealed |
PCR tubes, enabling a rapid and high throughput detection of Salmonella species in a large number of food and environmental samples. This is the first report of the application of |
MANAGING DISEASES AND PESTS OF HONEY BEES TO IMPROVE QUEEN AND COLONY HEALTH Location: Bee Research Title: Secreted and immunogenic proteins produced by the honey bee bacterial pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae | Antunez, Karina - | | Anido, Matilde - | |
| Zunino, Pablo - | Submitted to: Veterinary Microbiology Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: November 1, 2010 Publication Date: December 10, 2010 Citation: Antunez, K., Anido, M., Evans, J.D., Zunino, P. 2010. Secreted and immunogenic proteins produced |
by the honey bee bacterial pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae. Veterinary Microbiology. 141:385-389. Interpretive Summary: American foulbrood (AFB) remains an important and reportable brood disease of honey bees. Past work indicates that the bacterium causing AFB secretes proteins that then attack the |
bee gut. These proteins are poorly characterized, and we carried out these experiments to see which proteins are most important. Using data from the P. larvae genome project we were able to identify proteins that seem like good candidates to |
explain how this bacterium causes honey bee disease. The results from this work have bearing on bee immunity and the management and breeding steps bee breeders can use to reduce this and other bee diseases. American Foulbrood is a severe |
disease affecting larvae of honeybee Apis mellifera, causing significant decrease in the honeybee population, beekeeping industries and agricultural production. In spite of its importance, little is known about the virulence factors secreted by Paenibacillus larvae during larval infection. The aim |
of the present work was to perform a first approach to the identification and characterization of P. larvae secretome. P. larvae secreted proteins were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and identified by MALDI-TOF. Protein toxicity was evaluated using an experimental model based |
on feeding of A. mellifera larvae and immunogenicity was evaluated by Western blot, using an antiserum raised against cells and spores of P. larvae. Ten different proteins were identi.ed among P. larvae secreted proteins, including proteins involved in transcription, metabolism, |
translation, cell envelope, transport, protein folding, degradation of polysaccharides and motility. Although most of these proteins are cytosolic, many of them have been previously detected in the extracellular medium of different Bacillus spp. cultures and have been related to virulence. |
The secreted proteins resulted highly toxic and immunogenic when larvae were exposed using an experimental model. This is the first description of proteins secreted by the honeybee pathogen P. larvae. This information may be relevant for the elucidation of bacterial |
ROME.- Roman churches, funerary monuments and museums where artistic treasures are housed have been damaged in the Italian region affected by the earthquake. Even though the extent of the damage has not been calculated, David Rijser, an expert in Classic and Renaissance antiquities has tried to calculate the losses. "I... |
David Rijser to Radio Nederland. In 1985 I visited the Abruzzo region for the first time. At that time there were no tourists, he told reporter Philip Smet by telephone. These days there are few art lovers in the region even though there are a lot of places that deserved to be visited. In L' Aguila and its surroundings... |
Gothic churches and other buildings from the XIII, XIV and XV centuries. Italy today lives the tragedy caused by the earthquake that hit a region that is the birthplace of art and civilization. No other catastrophe can ever erase the memory of those who, throughout the centuries, marked the identity of their cities. Am... |
Collemaggio, built in the 13th century in the mountainous region of Abruzzo that was the epicentre of the quake. Sources from the Italian Superintendency of Cultural Heritage have stated that the Caracalla Thermal Baths, in Rome, have suffered damages due to the earthquake. Other Roman monuments in Rome have not suffer... |
|Why are these strange little spheres on Mars? rover Opportunity chanced across these unusually shaped beads earlier this month while exploring a place named Kirkwood near the rim of Mars' The above image taken by Opportunity's Microscopic Imager shows that |
some ground near the rover is filled with these unusual spheres, each spanning only about 3 millimeters. At first glance, the sometimes-fractured balls appear similar to the small rocks dubbed blueberries seen by Opportunity eight years ago, but these spheres |
are densely compacted and have little iron content. Although it is thought that these orbs formed naturally, which natural processes formed them remain unknown. Opportunity, an older sibling to the recently deployed Curiosity rover, will continue to study these spheres |
Adult General Education Career & Technical Ed. Information & Resources Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Adult & Career Technical Education programs are designed to prepare you to enter the career of |
your choice through our Career Technical Education training. Additionally, our courses can help you prepare to take the citizenship exam, learn English as a second language and/or help you prepare |
for the GED® or High School Diploma. Whether you decide to learn technical skills or get a college education, our Adult Basic Education Program will provide you with the foundation |
needed to begin your new career. Furthermore, our programs offer GED® Test preparation and high school completion courses. Programs are specifically designed to help adults boost their levels of understanding |
with reading, writing, arithmetic and the basic knowledge required to enter post-secondary education training. Our post-secondary training is designed to support the local workforce. The Adult & Career Technical Education |
programs will provide you pathways in the areas of Industrial/Technical, Health/Medical, Business/Computers, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Public Service. Miami-Dade County Public Schools is the fourth largest school district in |
the United States, comprised of 392 schools, 345,000 students and over 40,000 employees. Located at the southern end of the Florida peninsula, the school district stretches over 2,000 square miles |
COUNTIES:BOUNDARIES FORMED BY RIVERS -- RIVERS: CHANGING COURSE OF, AS AFFECTING COUNTY BOUNDARY A sudden change in the course of a river which forms the boundary between counties does not change the boundary to conform to the new course of the river. - - - - - - - - - - - - - May 6, 1957 Honorable George |
W. Sibbald Prosecuting Attorney of Cowlitz County Cowlitz County Court House Kelso, Washington Cite as: AGO 57-58 No. 57 Attention: Mr. Richard L. Norman, Deputy By letter of April 15, 1957, previously acknowledged, you have requested the opinion of this office concerning the location of the boundary between Clark and ... |
when primary state highway No. 1 (U.S. 99) was constructed, the Lewis River was diverted and a horseshoe bend was left high and dry. This diversion involves approximately 65 acres of land and a few home sites. Said property, before the diversion, was considered part of Clark County and is on Clark County assessment rol... |
since the course of the Lewis River was moved that said property is now properly within the boundaries of Cowlitz County and should be on Cowlitz County's assessment rolls." Your question may be paraphrased as follows: [[Orig. Op. Page 2]] Is there any legal basis for the institution of an action by Cowlitz county to e... |
and Clark counties along the present course of the Lewis River? We answer in the negative. The common law rule with regard to changes in the course of a river that forms a boundary of a piece of land is stated as follows in Hirt v. Entus, 37 Wn. (2d) 418, quoting fromHarper v. Holston, 119 Wash. 436: "'. . |
. when grants of land border on running water, and the course of the stream is changed by that process known as accretion‑-that is to say, the gradual washing away on the one side and the gradual building up on the other‑-the owner's boundary changes with the changing course of the stream. . . . "'On the other hand, it |
is equally the rule that, when a stream which is a boundary, from any cause, suddenly abandons its old channel and creates a new one, or suddenly washes from one of its banks a considerable body of land and deposits it on the opposite bank, the boundary does not change with changed course of the stream, but remains as ... |
was before. This sudden and rapid change is termed in law an avulsion, and differs from an accretion in that the one is violent and visible, while the other is gradual, and perceptible only after a lapse of time.' . . ." Although our Washington cases dealing with this question have been concerned only with privately-ow... |
boundaries as created by statute, this common law rule has been consistently applied by other courts in cases involving shifting river courses forming boundaries between counties. See, for example,Blair v. U. S. (Okla.), 32 F. (2d) 130;Witt v. Willis, (Ky.), 85 S.W. 223; Fitzsimmons v. Cassity (La.), 172 So. 824; Rando... |
(2d) 834;Nothstine v. Feldmann (Mo.), 8 S.W. (2d) [[Orig. Op. Page 3]] 912;Jacobs v. Stoner (Mo.), 7 S.W. (2d) 698; andState v. Huffman (Mo.), 2 S.W. (2d) 582. It is our opinion that the facts as you have related them present a clear case of avulsion, and that therefore the boundary between Clark and Cowlitz counties c... |
far as the disputed 65 acres are concerned, along the course that the Lewis River followed prior to the construction of primary state highway No. 1. We trust this opinion will be of assistance to you. Very truly yours, JOHN J. O'CONNELL DAVID S. BLACK Assistant Attorney General |
Endometriosis is one of the most common causes of female fertility problems. And in the largest study to date on the link between diet and endometriosis, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have found that fats in a woman's diet play a deciding role in whether or not |
she will develop the condition. Published online March 24, 2010, in the journal Human Reproduction, the study of over 70,000 women showed that women who ate the most trans fats—hydrogenated oils found in fried foods from restaurants, margarine, and some chips and crackers—had a 48 percent increased risk of developing |
endometriosis, compared with those who ate only small amounts of these "bad fats." On the flip side, women who ate the most omega-3 oils—"good fats" found in foods like salmon and tuna—were 22 percent less likely to develop the fertility-impairing condition. Endometriosis occurs when pieces of uterine lining (endometri... |
outside the uterus. Some women experience no symptoms, but for many, the condition causes severe pain and infertility. As the study authors explained, the cause of endometriosis is poorly understood and there is no cure. Symptoms are usually treated with pain medication, hormone drugs, or surgery. Researchers hope next... |
investigate whether diet changes—reducing trans fats and increasing omega-3 oils—can alleviate symptoms in women who already have endometriosis. "Millions of women worldwide suffer from endometriosis. Many women have been searching for something they can actually do to reduce the risk of developing the disease, and the... |
changes may be something they can do," says Stacey Missmer, ScD, of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Channing Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital. You can take steps right now to boost your omega-3 fat intake by eating a few servings a fish each week, snacking on |
walnuts, or adding a little ground up flax seed to your morning yogurt. Other good sources of omega-3s include tofu, soybeans, shrimp, and winter squash. Eliminate trans fats by avoiding foods made with partially hydrogenated soybean oil and other hydrogenated fats. Check labels carefully and when eating out, avoid fri... |
of a tree with some specimens reaching over 38 metres high with a crown diameter of 35 metres so be sure to give it enough room! A fast growing, large and broadly oval tree, which does well in most fertile, moisture-retentive soils, but is especially good for use close to rivers and lakes in parkland setting. It has de... |
bark and very long summer catkins, which produce two-winged nut fruits. Its deciduous dark green leaves can be up to 60 cm I length and separated by numerous toothed leaflets. Mature height: 20m+ |
We are banishing darkness from the night. Electric lights have been shining over cities and towns around the world for a century. But, increasingly, even rural areas glimmer through the night, with mixed – and largely unstudied – impacts on |
wildlife. Understanding these impacts is a crucial conservation challenge and bats, as almost exclusively nocturnal animals, are ideal subjects for exploring the effects of light pollution. Previous studies have confirmed what many city dwellers have long noted: some bats enjoy |
a positive impact of illumination by learning to feed on insects attracted to streetlights. My research, however, demonstrates for the first time an important downside: artificial lighting can disrupt the commuting behavior of a threatened bat species. This project, using |
a novel experimental approach, was supported in part by BCI Student Research Scholarships. Artificial lighting is a global phenomenon and the amount of light pollution is growing rapidly, with a 24 percent increase in England between 1993 and 2000. Since |
then, cultural restoration projects have brought lighting to old docks and riversides, placing important river corridors used by bats and other wildlife at risk of disturbance. Studies of bats' foraging activity around streetlights find that these bats are usually fast-flying |
species that forage in open landscapes, typically species of Pipistrellus, Nyctalus, Vespertilio and Eptesicus. Such bats are better able than their slower cousins to evade hawks, owls and other birds of prey. For our study, we chose the lesser horseshoe |
bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros), a shy, slow-?ying bat that typically travels no more than about 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) from its roost to forage each night, often flying no more than 16 feet (5 meters) from the ground. The species is |
adapted for feeding in cluttered, woodland environments. Its global populations are reported decreasing and the species is endangered in many countries of central Europe. The United Kingdom provides a European stronghold for the lesser horseshoe bat, with an estimated population |
of around 50,000. These bats' slow flight leaves them especially vulnerable to birds of prey, so they leave their roosts only as the light fades and commute to foraging areas along linear features such as hedgerows. Hedgerows are densely wooded |
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