I have been so impressed by how quickly so many teachers adapted to the current situation. Most of us have never considered whether our teaching resources and strategies would work long distance. Many of us have had to adapt extremely quickly in order for our students to continue their learning from home.
Now normally I blog on strategies that I have tried, practiced or recommend. However, as we are only a week into online learning my initial attempts to adapt include Live Streaming on YouTube, Zoom department meetings and Microsoft Team interactions. So I decided to do some research into E-Learning, Online Teaching and Distance Learning to see what else is out there to make teaching online easier.
I have collated this research into the most popular websites, strategies and apps so that you can see what is available and how these might meet your current teaching needs. My plan is to try a number of these websites and strategies over the coming weeks and blog on whether they work or not.
My top to try:
- YO Teach: Create a student room with a discussion question
- Padlet: Create a padlet board for students to share ideas
- NowComment: Upload a document for students to comment on. One side is the document the other column is for feedback, interaction and engagement.
Strategies for Students:
- SelfCAD: Cloud based 3D software to support designing in STEM subjects
- Prezi: Presentations
- Scratch: Programming such as music, graphics and photos used in gaming, animations and slideshows.
Strategies for Teachers:
- PowerPoint: With a completed powerpoint, press ‘Slideshow’ along the top and then ‘Record Audio’ to record a voice over to be saved with the presentation.
- IDroo: Real time collaboration whiteboard
- Microsoft Teams: Live streaming and interaction with student comments
- BigBlueButton: Student conferences
- Google Jamboard/ Classroom
Don’t forget to join TES for free subject resources.
If you have any other strategies, websites, ideas or app recommendations please comment 🙂


Did you know that the term plankton refers to any living organism that drifts within a body of water? Plankton can be plant-like organisms, called phytoplankton, or animal-like organisms, called zooplankton. There is no restraint to how large or small plankton can be.
This module is the work of a COSEE Coastal Trends Scientist-Educator Team that conducted research on plankton at Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, MD during the summer of 2011. Browse the "Learn" and "Explore" tabs to learn more about plankton, the drifters, and how they are studied. If you are a teacher interested in incorporating plankton lessons into your classroom, check out the "Teach" tab. Here you can find a series of activities that meet National Science Education Standards. The information and lesson plans here can also be used in conjunction with the Dead Zone and Aquatic Food Webs modules.
Credits: Dr. Jamie Pierson, Allison Barba, Carol Smith, Lenise Goggins and the COSEE Coastal Trends staff


Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor was born in Selma, Alabama, on July 11th, 1897. Alabama was a hard-core Confederate state which was still coming to terms with the end of the American Civil War and the emancipation of the slaves. The Ku Klux Klan was strong in the state and the ‘Jim Crow’ laws were rigidly enforced. Lynching was a common way of keeping the African-American community ‘in their place’ and those responsible invariably simply got away with their crime. Connor is most associated with the civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama where to many the very public role of Connor and what took place in Birmingham seemed to epitomise the racial problems that existed in the South.
Connor was first elected to the Alabama House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1934. Connor remained a loyal Democrat throughout his career and life. In 1936 he was elected Commissioner of Public Safety of Birmingham, Alabama and served in that position for the better part of three decades. A white supremacist, Connor enforced racial segregation laws passed by the Democratic party-controlled state legislature and denied civil rights to black citizens. He is notorious for directing the use of fire hoses and police attack dogs against civil rights activists in the early 1960s, including against children supporting the protests. National media broadcast these tactics on television, horrifying much of the world. The outrages served as catalysts for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- ↑ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Connor.
- ↑ Eugene "Bull" Connor (en).
- ↑ Meet the Players: Other Figures | American Experience | PBS (en).


Antenna AS-27A/ARN-5 Localizer/Glideslope (Blind Landing)
Here is a WWII-era AS-27A aircraft navigational antenna used with the ARN-5 Radio Navigational System. This antenna combined the functions of Localizer (aft-pointing U-shaped antenna) and Glideslope (straight, lateral antenna). Signals received by the antenna from a air base ground station are transmitted to a radio receiver and immediately to a cross-pointer landing indicator, I-101, on the pilots instrument panel (see photo of indicator). The pointers on the indicator signal to the pilot to move left or right to align with the airstrip, and to raise or lower his glideslope.
The system was common on most multi-engine aircraft in both the US Army Air Force and US Navy in WWII, such as heavy bombers B-17, B-24, and B-29 (see photos). The system was also commonly used in commercial aircraft during the era, such as the DC-3 and DC-4.
The antenna is in very good condition given its age. Measures ~10 inches tall, ~20 inches long, and ~15 inches wide.


The Baptism quiz is designed to teach the Body of Christ Biblical truths about the history of Baptism. The quiz consists of twenty five true/false questions. After completing the quiz, print it out and give it to a friend. These Biblical facts about the history of Baptism make great Bible study materials by teaching the Word of God.
1. Water is always the agent used to perform baptism.


To solder the BlinkStick you will need:
Solder the resistors. There are 3 types of resistors:
Bend resistor pins so that they fit into their locations.
Solder the resistors and cut the excess wire near the solder joint.
Use the same technique when soldering the rest of the components.
Solder zener diodes D1 and D2. Make sure the polarity is correct! The black stripe on the diode is represented by a white stripe on the component's symbol.
Solder the electrolytic capacitor C1. Capacitors have polarity and the longer pin is positive. The negative pin is displayed on the board with a minus sign next to it. It should be the one closer to the edge of the board.
Solder the tantalum capacitor C2. It also has polarity as displayed in the picture with longer pin being positive and shorter - negative.
Solder USB plug JP1. The board and the plug should be nice and straight.
Solder the IC1 socket. The ATTiny85 chip will be placed into the socket at a later step. The socket has a cut-out on one edge. It should be aligned as displayed in the second image.
Solder the Piranha LED. The LED has a cut corner and the correct alignment is displayed on the board.
Plug in the ATTiny85 IC into the socket. Make sure that you plug the chip correctly! The dot on the chip should match the second image.


Vitamin D3 2000 IU is a product that brings many benefits to the body. Vitamin D can be synthesized in the body by exposure to UV radiation from the sun or can be obtained by taking food supplements. The synthesis of vitamin D in the skin by the action of the sun is insufficient to meet the requirements, especially in the winter months, when there is low exposure to sunlight. Vitamin D is important for the immune system / natural defense. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with low immunity as well as increased susceptibility to infection. The main physiological function of vitamin D is to maintain serum calcium and phosphorus concentrations in a range that supports cellular processes, neuromuscular function and bone ossification. Vitamin D deficiency can lead to thin, fragile or deformed bones, while a normal level prevents rickets in children, osteomalacia in adults and, along with calcium, helps protect the elderly who have osteoporosis. In women, one of the causes of osteoporosis is the lack of estrogen that occurs at menopause and causes increased bone resorption, but also decreased bone formation. In addition to estrogen, calcium metabolism plays an important role in bone growth, and calcium and vitamin D deficiency leads to dysfunctional bone storage.
Vitamin D3 2000 IU - film-coated tablets contributes to:
50 μg (2000 IU) Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), VNR = 1000% (VNR - Nutritional Reference Value cf Regulation 1169/2011)
Box of 30 film-coated tablets
Instructions for use:
For children over 12 years (on the doctor's recommendation) and adults: 1 film-coated tablet / day.
The film-coated tablets should be swallowed whole with a sufficient amount of water.
Notification: Notified to the Ministry of Health, Notification No. 4609 / 15.01.2021


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Researchers will be now able to locate gold and other mineral deposits in an eco-friendly and cost effective way, just by analysing small ant and termite mounds.
Researchers found that the West Australian gold fields termite mounds contained high concentrations of gold. It indicated that there were larger deposits underneath.
"We're using insects to help find new gold and other mineral deposits. These resources are becoming increasingly hard to find because much of the Australian landscape is covered by a layer of eroded material that masks what's going on deeper underground," said Aaron Stewart, entomologist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
Termites and ants burrow into this layer of material where a fingerprint of the underlying gold deposit is found, and bring traces of this fingerprint to the surface, the journals Public Library of Science ONE and Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, reported.
"The insects bring up small particles that contain gold from the deposit's fingerprint, or halo, and effectively stockpile it in their mounds," Stewart said, according to a CSIRO statement.
"Our recent research has shown that small ant and termite mounds that may not look like much on the surface, are just as valuable in finding gold as the large African mounds are that stand several metres tall," Stewart added.
Insects could provide a new, cost effective and environmentally friendly way of exploring for new mineral deposits, avoiding the traditional method of expensive and often inaccurate drilling.
Stewart's work has also found that insects carry metals in their bodies.


Recommended Practice on Materials, Equipment, and Systems Used in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres
What is NFPA 53?
NFPA 53 establishes recommended criteria for the safe use of oxygen (liquid/gaseous) and the design of systems for use in oxygen and oxygen-enriched atmospheres (OEAs).
Official document scope
What does NFPA 53 address?
Recommendations are provided for the selection of materials and components, design of new systems, and fire extinguishment associated with OEAs. Applications include gas and compressed air supplies, spaceflight operations, industrial processes, welding applications, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), medical applications, underwater tunneling and caisson work, and commercial and military aviation.
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Find Hindi meaning of Maneuver
. Build English vocabulary online and learn similar words, opposite words and uses of "Maneuver" in sentences with examples. "Maneuver" का मतलब हिंदी में जानिये और अंग्रेजी की शब्दावली सुधारें।
Definition of "Maneuver"
|noun||a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.|
|verb||move skilfully or carefully.|
Similar words, opposite words and meaning in Hindi of "Maneuver"
|Hindi Meaning of Maneuver||कौशल, युक्ति, युद्धाभ्यास, चालबाजी करना, युक्तियाँ|
|Synonyms of Maneuver||Remove, Shift, Navigate|
|Antonyms of Maneuver||Operate, Wield, Use|
Use of "Maneuver" word in sentences, examples
- Authorities used a PIT maneuver to stop and arrest a kidnapping suspect after a freeway chase that ended in the La Verne area Tuesday.
- Los Angeles County Tuesday with a textbook pit maneuver that sent a stolen pickup spinning off the freeway.
- At first, before the maneuver force gets to the objective, we will be observing the objective area
- Police used a PIT maneuver to stop the car a short time later at 2801 Dean Avenue. No one was injured.
- demonstrated a new maneuver that showed SpaceX can directly insert a payload into its final orbit, according to Todd Harrison
Learn more words starts by letter "M"


The nose serves three primary functions: to warm, humidify and filter air as it passes into the body. Breathing problems may impact one or multiple of these functions. Breathing problems can be temporary or chronic, mild or severe, but they usually increase with age. Breathing problems are assessed through physical examination along with breathing tests, such as lung function tests for diagnosing asthma or spirometry to determine how much and how fast you can blow air out of your lungs. X-rays and CT scans may also be taken to get a visual picture of your breathing apparatus. The most common breathing problems are discussed below:
The septum is the vertical structure that divides the two nasal passages in the nose. When the septum is crooked or bent, it is called a deviated septum, which can block the flow of air through the nose. If the constriction is serious, an outpatient surgical procedure can straighten out the septum and open the nasal airways.
Sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinus tissue behind the upper cheeks on both sides of the nose, between the eyes and above the eyes. It is characterized by congestion and a feeling of pressure, sometimes in response to moving up and down. Sinus pressure can also cause watery eyes. Many over-the-counter medications suffice in treating mild sinusitis. For more serious cases, prescription medications may be required to alleviate the pain and pressure and open up the nasal passages. Occasionally, surgery is required to remove chronically inflamed sinus tissue.
If you're experiencing persistent breathing problems, please contact our office and schedule an appointment with one of our otolaryngologists.


How do you teach fluency?
10 Strategies for fluency
- Record students reading aloud on their own.
- Ask kids to use a ruler or finger to follow along.
- Have them read the same thing several times.
- Pre-teach vocabulary.
- Drill sight words.
- Make use of a variety of books and materials.
- Try different font and text sizes.
- Create a stress free environment.
How do you speak continuously?
7 tips on speaking English fluently and confidently
- Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Your goal is to deliver a message, not speak perfect English, with the right grammar and vocabulary.
- Practise, practise, practise. Practice makes perfect.
- Celebrate success.
How do you build fluency?
5 Surefire Strategies for Developing Reading Fluency
- Model Fluent Reading. In order to read fluently, students must first hear and understand what fluent reading sounds like.
- Do Repeated Readings in Class.
- Promote Phrased Reading in Class.
- Enlist Tutors to Help Out.
- Try a Reader’s Theater in Class.
- Poetry Books for Repeated and Phrased Readings.
- Books for Reader’s Theater.
What are fluency activities?
Activities for students to increase fluency. There are several ways that your students can practice orally rereading text, including student-adult reading, choral (or unison) reading, tape-assisted reading, partner reading, and readers’ theatre.
What is an implied topic sentence?
The topic sentence is implied or unstated or hidden which mean you have to figure it out by yourself. Does, implied topic sentence is a topic sentence that are not directly stated on the paragraph.
How do you teach comprehension?
In that spirit, here is a step-by-step guide that can help your students improve their reading comprehension significantly.
- Discuss Reading Comprehension.
- Practice What You Preach.
- Discuss Each Assignment.
- Urge Thinking Before Reading.
- Teach Goal Setting.
- Urge Thinking While Reading.
- Urge Note Taking.
- Tell Them to Plan Ahead.


The Teacher’s Manual is centered on the ten-step framework developed by the UNCC research team. The Teacher Manual is organized by storybook title and includes a list of materials, AT suggestions, adaptation instructions, and scripted lessons. The Student Materials book has illustrated response pages with corresponding teacher scripts. It fosters vocabulary understanding, print awareness, listening comprehension, communication independence, and word knowledge.
Everything you need is included!
- 10 Storybooks
- 10 Story related manipulatives
- An Adapting Kit
- Repeating storyline stickers
- Student Materials book
- Teacher's Manual
- CD with printable PDFs
- Storage box
Incorporating Building with Stories in your classroom has multiple benefits: it aligns with state and national standards, provides students access to the general education curriculum, and gives you more time for teaching—less time needed for planning and adapting. The curriculum can be used with individual students, with small groups, or in inclusive classroom settings. Use in conjunction with the Early Literacy Skills Builder or as a stand-alone curriculum.
- Amazing Grace
- Anansi Does the Impossible
- The Boy of the Three-Year Nap
- Martha Speaks
- Officer Buckle and Gloria
- The Rainbow Fish
- Where the Wild Things Are
By Tracie Zakas, MS, and Linda Schreiber, MS, CCC-SLP. Student Materials: spiralbound full-color book, 300 pages; Teacher’s Manual: spiralbound book, 80 pages, includes PDF on Win/Mac CD with a Classroom License for printouts, 2010.
Building with Stories is also part of our Core Curriculum Solution: Elementary.
|Subject||English Language Arts, Literacy|
|Author||Tracie Zakas, MS; Linda Schreiber, MS, CCC-SLP|


Quantum Mechanics for Electrical Engineers
The main topic of this book is quantum mechanics, as the title indicates. It specifically targets those topics within quantum mechanics that are needed to understand modern semiconductor theory. It begins with the motivation for quantum mechanics and why classical physics fails when dealing with very small particles and small dimensions. Two key features make this book different from others on quantum mechanics, even those usually intended for engineers: First, after a brief introduction, much of the development is through Fourier theory, a topic that is at the heart of most electrical engineering theory. In this manner, the explanation of the quantum mechanics is rooted in the mathematics familiar to every electrical engineer. Secondly, beginning with the first chapter, simple computer programs in MATLAB are used to illustrate the principles. The programs can easily be copied and used by the reader to do the exercises at the end of the chapters or to just become more familiar with the material.
Many of the figures in this book have a title across the top. This title is the name of the MATLAB program that was used to generate that figure. These programs are available to the reader. Appendix D lists all the programs, and they are also downloadable at http://booksupport.wiley.com
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Bands and Subbands
The Schrödinger Equation for Spin12 Fermions
The Greens Function Formulation


Malathion, also called carbophos, mercaptothion, and maldison, broad-spectrum organophosphate insecticide and acaricide (used to kill ticks and mites). Considerably less toxic to humans than parathion, malathion is suited for the control of household and garden insects and is important in the control of mosquitoes, boll weevils, fruit flies, and lice.
Malathion is a colourless to yellow-brown liquid with a characteristic unpleasant odour. It is generally prepared by combining O,O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate with diethyl maleate. It is soluble in most organic solvents except paraffin hydrocarbons and is practically insoluble in water. Malathion is readily decomposed by alkalies. The chemical works by binding to the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) at nerve endings, thus disrupting the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) and ultimately causing death.
Malathion is highly toxic to bees and other beneficial insects, aquatic invertebrates, and some species of fish, notably bluegill and largemouth bass. It is of moderate toxicity to birds.


Definition of pied lemming
: any of various North American lemmings (genus Dicrostonyx) that have some claws much enlarged and a white winter coat — compare collared lemming
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Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle: What is a Generation?
The monarch butterfly life cycle goes from egg to larva to chrysalis to adult. During the breeding season, this cycle repeats itself over and over. Each complete cycle is called a “generation.”
How Long Are Other Animal Generations?
Four human generations are pictured here. Can you find the child, parent, grandparent and great-grandparent? These familiar names are used when we talk about generations. They describe the relationships between generations.
How long are human generations? Draw your family tree (children, parents, and grandparents is enough). Record the year each person was born in each generation. Next, go back and calculate the age of each person when their first child was born. Finally, calculate the average age at which each generation produced their first child. Back at school, compare the length of generations for the families in your class.
is a characteristic of all living systems; because no individual organism
lives forever, reproduction is essential to the continuation of every
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International Journal of Applied Research
Vol. 2, Issue 3, Part H (2016)
Sustainable development through environmental ethics
The continuous maintenance of quality environment for many years is called “Sustainable Development”. The environment and its resources are not allowed to degrade. The natural resources must be used in a limited way. It produces an ideal balanced ecosystem. All the components are available for the future generations. Sustainable Development recognizes that all development decisions must simultaneously consider aspects of Economy, Environment, and Equity. If future generations are to enjoy a high quality of life, then this generation’s plans must guarantee the integrity of our natural resources. Sustainability implies that adjustment of a system, to a foreseeable change in land use can be made without necessitating expensive construction, or that provisions are made for accommodating potential changes. Proper maintenance is one key condition to preserve utility of a system. To fail to develop ethically sound solutions to the population problem and our relationship with the biosphere is a mistake we cannot afford to make. Perhaps the most important factor in obtaining sustainable environmental systems is that the local people must take the responsibility for their environmental system, as they have been doing in many parts of the world. Environmental ethics, distinct from concern for animals or animal rights, outlines the development of a long- term, objective opinion about how we as humans ought to be dealing with our non- human environment to ensure its wellbeing. The emphasis of environmental ethics, the effect of human behavior, comments on how detrimental behaviours ought to be changed as to benefit the entire biosphere.
How to cite this article:
S Rajalakshmi. Sustainable development through environmental ethics. Int J Appl Res 2016;2(3):464-467.


View Full Version : Font display problem
06-12-2004, 04:03 PM
can opengl display Chinese character font ?
thanks for directions
06-12-2004, 05:11 PM
OpenGL doesn't display fonts.
Or, alternatively, OpenGL can display any font you program it to.
06-13-2004, 09:55 AM
Since font specs vary they are handled separately from core OpenGL spec which would expect that font glyphs be loaded into GL rendering contexts as 1-bpp bitmaps.
For Win32, there are WGL helper functions wglUseFontBitmaps() and wglUseFontOutines() to download such fonts as GL bitmaps which would be used for drawing text characters. Once the font is loaded, you would draw individual characters or strings of characters just like you would call alphabetically indexed display lists of glBitmaps.
If you've seen the Windows OpenGL Text3D screen saver, you could also see how font outlines can be used as extruded 3D objects. The source is part of the Win32 platform SDK if you're intereted, though a similar generic version is posted as one of GL programming examples at this site.
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Nicholas of Cusa
Nicholas of Cusa (1401 to August 11, 1464) Nicholas of Cusa (or Nicolaus Cusanus) was a German Cardinal who died nine years before Copernicus was born. He was an important figure in the history of medieval philosophy. In fact, he was really more of a theologian and philosopher than a scientist. For theological and philosophical reasons, Cusa suggested that the universe is infinitely large and has no center and that all bodies in the universe, including both the earth and the sun, are in motion in infinite space. He also speculated about the existence of intelligent life on other planets and celestial bodies and thought it was probable due to God’s creativity. Historians of science rightly admire the boldness of Copernicus and Galileo in suggesting that the earth was in motion and that the sun rather than the earth was at the center of the universe, and rightly disapprove of those who rashly condemned these ideas. Yet it is not often realized that even before Copernicus, Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa had proposed even bolder and more modern ideas.
Copyright Information on Picture of Nicolas of Cusa Nicholas of Cusa, by Master of the Life of the Virgin
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It is our hope that this curated set of biographies will be useful to teachers, students, and the general public.


Additional signs include redness in the affected ear and discharge with a foul odor. The outer ear canal may become thickened and hard to the touch from chronic inflammation and the lymph node at the base of the chin on the affected side may become enlarged.
The Peripheral Vestibular system in the inner ear controls balance. When affected your dog. eye movement. Treatment may include caring for an ear infection.
Infections or problems in the middle or inner ear require prompt diagnosis and. Signs of facial paralysis include difficulty swallowing, drooping eyelids and .
Dog Ear Infection – Symptoms and Treatments. of the dog's middle ear, while otitis interna refers to an inflammation of the inner ear, both of. Signs may range from no visible symptoms whatsoever, to apparent nervous system involvement.
The first is called otitis media, which affects the middle ear, and the second is known as. The symptoms of ear infections in dogs range from mild to complicated,. If you see any of these signs in your dog, it is time to call the veterinarian for an .
Ear infections in dogs are common and most dogs suffer from this painful. Scratching and rubbing at the ear(s) and head shaking are common signs.. skin (Think of the skin inside the ear of a dog with an ear infection as a rash), After the ear .
Grass seeds will cause infection and migrate into the inner ear if not removed.. Sometimes inflamed ears are the only sign that the dog has allergy. Bacteria .


The inclusive classroom – what does this mean? Our faculty participated in a training last week dedicated to learning about the inclusive classroom and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The trainer, a longtime educator, was informative and passionate about inclusive classrooms – and happy to hear how Harbor has been ahead of the curve in terms of welcoming children with different learning styles. While I was glad to see how much our small classrooms and dedicated teachers benefit each of our unique children, I left the meeting feeling unsettled. My feeling of discomfort was because I realized how much more we could do, as a school and community, to continue valuing learning differences.
The inclusive classroom benefits everybody in the community. The children, who are inherently non-judgmental and welcoming, learn to accept and celebrate differences. Actually, “learn” is not entirely accurate. Really, it is that they continue to accept and celebrate differences. They enter our classrooms loving everybody. Our job as a school, and as a community, is to foster and nurture this fundamental predilection toward kindness.
To watch a young child cover her ears when the noise is too loud is an unremarkable occurrence in an early childhood setting. To witness her classmates pat her on the back as if to say, “You’re okay. I’m here for you.” is heart-warming. I often say to the children, “We are all working on something,” be it reading, or speaking up, or keeping our hands to ourselves…and that is ok. We support each other.
Our teachers and I will continue having deep conversations about inclusive classrooms – strategies, supports, teachable moments. We are cultivating an amazing group of children – children who, as our school pledge describes, work hard, are kind, and are mindful.


She treasures them because they helped set her on the road to becoming a writer. When she was a little girl, Hurston was visited in class by a couple of young white ladies from Minnesota. Along with a group of other children from fifth grade, Nora is chosen to read to the visitors from the Ancient Greek myth of Pluto and Persephone. Some of the other children struggle, and mumble and stumble over their words. But not Zora. She's already familiar with the story having read her reader from cover to cover.
The young ladies are suitably impressed and invite Zora back to their hotel room, where they give her a cylinder, which she later discovers is full of a hundred shiny gold pennies. But that's not all they give her. Because about two months' later they send Zora a box full of clothes and books. Zora likes the clothes, even if they're not new; but it's the books that really tickle her fancy. These are some of the classics of Western literature, books such as Gulliver’s Travels, Grimm's Fairy Tales, and Dick Whittington. As well as giving her enormous pleasure, they introduce Zora to a whole new world in which she can let her imagination run wild.


Black Forest, Germany
The Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. It is not only one of the most varied, but also one of the biggest and best known holiday regions in Germany.
There are many old towns in the Black Forest. Popular destinations include mountains like the Feldberg, the Belchen, the Kandel, and the Schauinsland. The highest peak is the Feldberg with 1,493 meters (4,898 ft) above sea level.
Other attractions include lakes like the Titisee and Schluchsee and waterfalls like the All Saints Waterfalls and the Triberg Waterfalls.
Thermal baths like Baden-Baden, Badenweiler and Bad Wildbad have a long and rich tradition. Nowhere else in Germany you will find as many springs in such close proximity. The location, at the border of Germany, Switzerland and France places guests within easy reach of diverse cultures and varied landscapes.Related posts


Tectariaceae, the buckler fern family, containing 8–15 genera and about 230 species, in the division Pteridophyta (the lower vascular plants). Tectariaceae is distributed nearly worldwide but is most diverse in tropical regions. Most species are terrestrial or grow on rocks. Leaf morphology is extremely variable, but most commonly the sori are round and often covered with a membranous protective flap of tissue called an indusium. The spores are bean-shaped (bilateral).
Most members of the family are classified in Tectaria (also known as the halberd ferns; 150 or more species), but this morphologically variable genus may be separated into four or more smaller units that display greater homogeneity.


National Tell A Lie Day is observed on 4th April of every year. It is a unique and fun day to celebrate. Lie means nothing but to make a false statement intended to deceive others. Being dishonest prevails around us in every single form. Being away from saying or hearing lies is difficult. Bluffing during a game, the myth that is told for one’s amusement or to make others feel good and a false statement said without their knowledge are considered to be acceptable lies. So this day is to let go of it and celebrate the day by happily lying without any guilt, like the way one enjoys.
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”- Charles Spurgeon
History of National Tell A Lie Day
The origin of the day remains anonymous. The reason for the celebration also remains unknown. However, this day should have been created to spread the importance of speaking the truth or to use their creativeness in lying, or just have fun lying without any regret.
Other Celebrations on April 4
April 4 is also celebrated as
- International Carrot Day
- National Walk Around Things Day
- National Cordon Bleu Day
- World Rat Day
- Vitamin C Day
How to celebrate the day
National Tell A Lie Day can be observed in a fun way. On this day you can play silly pranks with your friends or can use your creativeness to cook up a story and share it with your kith and kin. Who knows, you would even be capable of writing a Harry Potter. One can also play games that might involve bluffing. You can also confess to the lie you have told before or during your youth. It is also essential for one to understand the consequences of lying. Post pictures and share your thoughts on social media about National Tell A Lie Day by using the hashtag #TellALieDay.
Thank you for reading the post. You can celebrate every day with Happydays365.org and Happy National Tell A Lie Day 2021.


While attending a technology conference, I ran across the classroom chef. No, he's not someone you'll see competing on chopped, cake wars, or American's worst cooks. You will find him in the math classroom.
He has a menu page with appetizers, entrees, side dishes, desserts, and the take out menu. Each type is composed of several different activities. I checked out the page on triangle congruence where students created away to prove they knew all the postulates without necessarily being totally dry.
In case you don't know the name, you may have heard of his Mullet ratio study. The Mullet ratio compares the part of the haircut that parties/the business part. This is a great 5 to 6 day activity which he said got student participation.
He also has a whole collection of "Would you rather?" an activity which presents students with a choice of two things and the student has to justify their selection. For instance "Would you rather 5 6cm pencils or 7 5cm pencils. Explain your choice."
Those "Would you rather" will make some great warm-ups when I get back. There is no right answer and it requires my students to justify their answers. Many students need to practice explaining their choices. Often mine will state they just guessed which is really what they did.
Another activity is one where they take a Desmos graph and play with numbers to see how these change the original creation. I find it cool to play with the graphs.
Yes, the author made a book and I'm going through it slowly. The author goes with the idea of getting students to take over their learning rather than teachers doing the leading. So far, the material in the book is great.
Between this book and an all day session I attended yesterday, I feel like I am finally understanding how to create a more student focused learning. I'll keep you posted. Have a good day.


Students love to get up and move around and students love technology! This activity implements the use of both! Cut out each box on the dotted line. Display them around the room. Students can use a QR code reader app on their phones or a laptop/tablet or they can go to free QR reader websites such as webqr.com. Students will select any code to start at. They will scan the code to get their first question. When they get their answer, they will look for it on another card somewhere in the room. Once they find that answer, they will scan the new code on the card. I laminated my cards so I can use them for years to come.


Leaders in the global fight against tuberculosis reported historic progress at a Senate briefing on TB.
Archive - March 2012
Alarming scale of multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis requires rapid response to prevent emerging global crisis
Of the 9.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases diagnosed each year, approximately 5% are multidrug resistant (MDR).
According to representatives of Aeras, a Rockville, Maryland-based non-profit dedicated to developing new vaccines for tuberculosis
United Nations-backed campaign will seek to vaccinate more than 111 million children under the age of five against polio in 20 African countries in just four days.
Updated WHO guidance scales up effective public health interventions to reduce TB deaths for people living with HIV.


Power boating describes activities performed in a motorized boat. Generally, a power boat has a high power-to-weight ratio and a hull design that allows for easy planing, which allows for higher speed and improved handling. Also, the shape of the actual boat is usually very streamlined, which minimizes air resistance and drag, therefore increasing speed. Power boats are used in yachting, waterskiing and wakeboarding.
Powerboating is generally considered to have begun in 1863 when Frenchman Jean Lenoir used a petrol engine in the small boat. The first major race took place in 1903 across the English Channel and the sport appeared as an event in the 1908 Olympics.


Anchoring question: How does Baby Yoda help us explain the behavior of magnets and static electricity?
Using the phenomenon of the Jedi power of Yoda, students explore the non-contact forces of magnets and static electricity and apply the learning to solve an engineering challenge.
Students will perform experiments to see the power of magnetism and static electricity with their own eyes. Integrating learning from the experiments and class discussions, students will work to use their knowledge to solve an engineering task. Students will attempt to stop a wooden car traveling down a ramp using magnetic forces.
What's in the Kit
Kit includes: magnet wands, cups for salt and pepper, magnets for vehicles, wooden vehicles, masking tape, paper plates, shredded paper, ramp, ramp blocks, nylon cloth, wool, yarn.
View kit inventory here
Kit cost: $40
- NGSS Standards Addressed
3-PS2-3 Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
3-PS2-4 Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
3-5-ETS1-2 Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
- Non-Contact Forces


A Zeer Pot is an ancient device used to cool things. It was invented by the Egyptians about 2500 years before Christ was born. It works on the principle of evaporative cooling. It’s still in use today in North Africa and I’m going to tell you about it and show you how to make and use one.
Interesting notes: More wind speed can improve cooling efficiency. Hotter air flowing over the pot might improve the efficiency. Airflow coming off a hot parking lot might improve efficiency if your pot is in the shade because hotter air can hold more moisture which means that it can increase evaporation of the pot’s moisture.


Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Siluriformes
(Catfish) > Mochokidae
(Squeakers or upside-down catfishes)
Etymology: Chiloglanis: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335). More on author: Roberts.
Environment / Climate / Range
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical; 4°S - 6°S
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3202)
Africa: only known from the rapids of the Lower Congo River between Inga and Bulu, in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 42510, 78218).
Gosse, J.-P., 1986. Mochokidae. p. 105-152. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels, MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2.
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)
Threat to humans
ReferencesAquacultureAquaculture profileStrainsGeneticsAllele frequenciesHeritabilityDiseasesProcessingMass conversion
CollaboratorsPicturesStamps, CoinsSoundsCiguateraSpeedSwim. typeGill areaOtolithsBrainsVision
Estimates of some properties based on empirical models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01260 (0.00378 - 0.04204), b=2.97 (2.71 - 3.23), based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278
): 3.2 ±0.4 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 69278
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .


1909 – Birth of Valentina Stepanovna Grizodubova, one of the first female pilots in the Soviet Union and a World War II pilot.
1913 – First bombing attack against a surface ship: Didier Masson and Captain Joaquín Bauche Alcalde, flying for Mexican Revolutionist Venustiano Carranza, dropped dynamite bombs on Federalist gunboats at Guaymas, Mexico.
1961 – A Convair B-58 Hustler (shown above) cruises at a speed of 1,302 mph and wins the Blériot Trophy after becoming the first airplane to maintain a speed of more than 1,200 mph for more than 30 min. in a 669-mile closed circuit.
1972 – U.S. Navy Lts. Randy Cunningham and J.G. William become the first USN aces of the Vietnam War, adding three Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s to their tally on this day alone.
1991 – First flight of the Bombardier CRJ100, a regional airliner; more than 1,000 are eventually built before production ends.
2012 – The women’s international record-holder for number of flight hours logged as a pilot in a lifetime, Evelyn Bryan Johnson, dies at the age of 102. Between her first solo flight in 1944 and her retirement from flying in the mid-1990s, she had logged 57,635 hours (about 6½ years) in the air, flying about 5,500,000 miles. Only one person, Ed Long (1915-1999), had logged more hours in the air during a lifetime.


The most eye-catching health claims for superfoods tend to be associated with particular groups of compounds: the glucosinolates in kale and broccoli, for instance, or the anthocyanins in blueberries.
Trouble is, although we can study how isolated compounds act on cells in a dish or in mice, it’s much trickier to get a grip on what foods containing these ingredients do inside the human body.
“The way we do experiments is almost like a drug trial, testing one nutrient against something that doesn’t contain that nutrient, says Duane Mellor, a nutrition scientist at the University of Canberra in Australia. “Randomised controlled trials are good for drugs, but we don’t eat foods in isolation.”
Trendy foods like wheatgrass and goji berries are lauded for their miraculous


The world’s first cheetah smart park equipped with new technology to monitor animals and assets of Namibia’s Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) has been established, a statement said.
The Dutch technology enterprise Smart Parks will help CCF manage more than 40 permanent resident cheetahs on CCF’s 67,000-hectare private reserve, model farm and field research and conservation centre in Otjiwarongo, situated in central-north Namibia.
“We are very excited to have this new technology to help CCF staff keep an eye on our cheetahs,” said Laurie Marker, CCF Founder and Executive Director.
According to Marker, with the Smart Parks LoRaWAN network in place, CCF can easily deploy collars and other sensors in the landscape and receive near-real-time location updates at an affordable cost.
“The LoRaWAN network for CCF will enable us to deploy battery-powered sensors and devices across its entire wildlife reserve for real-time monitoring and fine-scale data collection,” she said.
She added that staff would be able to optimise efficiency in operations and scientists can collect data for research in new, more efficient ways.
CCF is a global leader in the research and conservation of cheetahs and dedicated to saving the cheetah in the wild and currently, Namibia has the largest wild cheetah population with 30 per cent of the animals in the wild.


When you start out learning a foreign language, you should stick to simpler sentences. However, when you start feeling more and more comfortable with your French language learning, you’ll want to start combining related sentences into one. This is done through conjunctions. When that time comes here is a list of some of the most common conjunctions.
Children in France learn these through the following [OptiLingo’s Online French Course is Quick and Easy]mnemonic device:“Mais ou et donc or ni car”, which sounds like “Mais où est donc Ornicar?” (“But where on hell is Ornicar?”)—Ornicar isn’t a real first name.
The following are a few examples of conjunctions in use.
Do you have a cat or a dog? Avez-vous un chat ou un chien?
The think that rap is interesting but tiring music. Ils trouvent que le rap est une musique intéressante mais fatigante.
Jean does skate-boarding and listens to music. Jean fait du skate-board et écoute de la musique.


How to check if a MOSFET is bad
We are going to explain to you how to check if a MOSFET is bad, and MOSFET is a common electronic component we used in most applications.
But most of us don’t know how to check a MOSFET and confirm them works well or is bad, in this article we are going to list some common MOSFET checking procedures using the multimeters.
Check if a MOSFET is bad
Before going to the checking procedure of MOSFET, we need to know some of the common failures that happen at MOSFET.
- One of the most common failures in MOSFET is the gate-source breakdown, this can easily determine by setting the multimeter in resistance mode.
- We know that MOSFET had a body diode internally, so we can check the body diode is faulty or not by connecting the multimeter into MOSFET’s source to drain terminals (resistance mode).
- And the MOSFET can handle high temperatures, the fault-finding due to temperature rising will be check with the diode mode of the multimeter.
- We need to set diode mode at multimeter to check diode, if a reading appears without any variation, the MOSFET is good.
- Or if the meter indicates zero, MOSFET is faulty.
- And also this process will be the same for all MOSFET types, but with different probe connections.
- We need to set the multimeter in resistance mode and connect the probes between the drain and source terminals of MOSFET.
- If a multimeter indicates high resistance, which is a clear indication for a good MOSFET.
- If the multimeter indicates zero, the MOSFET is faulty.
- We need to set the multimeter in continuity mode and connect the positive to drain and negative to the source.
- If the reading will be zero, with a buzzer sound, the MOSFET is faulty.


Pocket Guide to Pregnancy
Pocket Guide to Pregnancy features Beautiful Illustrations of Stages of Pregnancy, Bilingual
The Pocket Guide to Pregnancy is a Bilingual teaching aid that features beautiful art from the With Child series. The front panels of this pocket-size flip chart illustrates the stages a woman's body goes through from before pregnancy to full term. The back panels illustrate conception and implantation, choices that protect a growing baby, good posture, resting positions, methods for relieving back pain, and characteristics of warm-up contractions.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- 16 pages
- Measures: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"


Saxifraga are another beautiful rosette forming alpine plant that performs well in gritty well drained soil, makes a colony over time and throws out long bloom stalks with white, pink or even a dark red bloom.
Known by their common name of Saxifrage, these have long been a collectors favorite. They are also called 'Rock Breaker' which is the translation of the botanical name - who would have thought that something so fragile seeming could break rocks?
Although technically not a succulent they are used as companion plants to many hardy succulents and other alpines adding a new dimension to trough gardens, crevice gardens and rock gardens or give them the opportunity to strut their stuff in a hypertufa creation.
There are many types of Saxifraga, including the encrusted types with their curious lime deposits on the leaves, flowering with tumbling waterfalls of white blooms and the lovely rose shaped pink blooms of Saxifraga arendsii. Based on a simple description, these are usually clustered into guilds, or groups.
"Mossies" such as Saxifraga arendsii ‘Purple Robe’ are tiny clusters of bright green rosettes; one of the first to emerge in the spring they bring a welcome shaft of brightness, followed by rose like blooms on tall stems in May or June.
These are in many shades of pink, changing as they age.
As a companion plant for other alpine plants in trough gardens, planted with some of the other beautiful rare hardy succulents like the miniscule varieties and species of Sedum and the tiny cobweb Sempervivum Saxifraga are exquisite.
Growing Saxifraga from seed is lots of fun - even though the plants are tiny, you can see their forms take shape and then the flowers start. These are mostly white in the case of the ones I grew, but they range from white to pink or red in many species.
See more about growing seeds to make more plants.


Space is normally thought to be a place of silence and emptiness, but the new technology we now use to look up at the sky is allowing us to see and hear the universe in ways never before possible. There are two sides to the project: Exoplanets and Gravitational Waves. Exoplanets are sometimes Earth-like, potentially life-supporting planets orbiting other suns which we can now see using the Hubble space telescope. We have now identified approaching 4000 of these new worlds. Gravitational Waves are a new way to listen to the universe. Predicted by Einstein in 1916, we are now in a position to listen out for these waves. When super-dense objects like neutron stars smash together, the shock waves are so violent that they make the actual universe ripple outwards. As when a stone is dropped into a pond, the ripples eventually reach us and tell us about the birth of new black holes.


Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
This section includes summaries of the lessons featured in the video programs.
The lessons explore the literature through a cultural
Session 5: Cultural Studies: Ishmael Reed
Betty Tillman Samb uses a cultural studies approach
in her literature class by comparing trickster figures in Ishmael Reed's
"Railroad Bill, A Conjure Man" and "High
John de Conquer," from Zora Neale Hurston's The Sanctified
Church. Using literature circles, students read magazine articles
and stories that help to make clear the meaning of "Railroad Bill."
Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens uses a cultural studies approach to help students
understand Graciela Limón's novel Erased Faces about the
Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico.


What does this sentence mean?
Happy birthday to Besse Cooper, the world’s oldest person who turned 116 today.
a. It’s a birthday greeting for Besse Cooper. She is the oldest person in the world and she turned 116 today.
b. It’s a birthday greeting for Besse Cooper. She is the oldest person in the world and she is the eldest of some unspecified number of people who all turned 116 today.
Besse Cooper actually turned 116 yesterday and the greeting went out on Twitter. You need to add a comma after “person” to indicate that “who turned 116 today” modifies Besse Cooper. The comma is what indicates a parenthetical phrase, so that the sentence means “Besse Cooper turned 116 today. She is the world’s oldest person.”
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For some children, getting ready for school means jazzy new sneakers, a colorful backpack, and a cool lunch box. For parents, it may be setting a morning routine, shopping for those new sneakers, or locating a bus stop.
August is a time of transition from the less structured days of summer vacation, to the very structured routine of the school year. Here are three simple tips and strategies to help your child ease the transition from summer to school:
- The relaxed summer schedule often means that a child stays up later than normal. We all know that a good night’s sleep is critical for school success. Try this: Two weeks before the start of school, start putting your child to bed ten minutes earlier each night, and get him or her up ten minutes earlier each morning. By the first day of school your child will be rested and ready to go.
- To help your child get ready for the "morning rush," try color-coding bureau drawers. Socks in the "red" drawer, shirts in the "yellow" drawer, etc. You can use small colored stickers or pieces of construction paper. Color-code the closet as well. Hang all "pinks" together, all "blues," etc. This is an easy and fast way for a child to find their clothes.
- If your child has a tendency to misplace things (e.g. sneakers), try tracing and cutting out the outline of their sneakers on construction or contact paper. Then place the tracing on the closet floor. Each night make sure the shoes are sitting on their "feet" in the closet. (The same can be done for lunchboxes, backpacks, books, etc.)
Next week I’ll share some more "tried and true" tips and suggestions to help ease the summer-to-school transition!


Vital stuff, zinc.
Yes, really vital. It's the twenty-fourth commonest element on earth, and yet a lack of zinc is linked to the deaths of about 800,000 children every year.
Good grief. Just think it. Eight hundred thousand children.
And zinc's not even expensive. You'll find it in batteries, toothpaste, paint, anti-dandruff shampoo and brass. If you see something metal that has a dusty grey look about it then it's most probably galvanised, which means covered in zinc. This stops it rusting.
Zinc was used in ancient times, but in Europe it wasn't named until the 16th century, when Paracelsus (known here as Paracelsus the Bighead) came up with zincum or zinken.
And even then no one really knew what to do with it. P the B gave it to alchemists, who burned it to produce stuff they called philosophers' wool.
You'll find zinc in mineral pills, naturally: and, good heavens, how difficult would it be to hand out those at every third-world school?
Spot the frippet: zinc. This word was made up by Paracelsus the Bighead. It might be because the German Zinke means toothlike and zinc crystals look like needles, and it might be because zinc is quite like tin, and the German for tin is Zinn.
Eight hundred thousand children...


1. Students were to first draw two parallel lines on their paper, either horizontally or vertically – no diagonals to keep this simple. When complete, they colored in this “pipe” a single main color, whatever they preferred.
2. When the “pipe” was filled with color, the students used a white pastel and add it on top of one side, and black pastel on the other. It was important that they go back and mix the main pastel color on top so that everything blended together and the colors didn’t look too striped. Soft gradations of color are the goal.
3. This step was repeated at least three times so that the students ended up with a picture that had one “pipe” in front, one in the middle, and one in the background. This project is packed with learning objectives (tinting and shading and layering).
CA Visual Arts Standard: Grade Four
2.1 Use shading (value) to transform a two-dimensional shape into what appears to be a three-dimensional form (e.g., circle to sphere).


To identify a thing requires contrast: 'A' with 'Not-A'. The greater the contrast the easier it is to identify a thing. A cathedral surrounded by open fields is more prominent than if it were surrounded by skyscrapers.
A given 'spiritual' minded person may develop different views on what is important in the cosmos depending on where he lives:
If he was born in a city, then he will have little exposure to living organisms (plants and animals) relative to someone living in a jungle who is surrounded by them. Thus living beings will be more prominent (like a cathedral on an open plain), and possibly perceived as more valuable because of that scarcity (think of Jainism, or modern vegetarianism which is largely an Urban culture).
If he was born in a desert environment (be it the arctic desert or the sand desert), then he will have little exposure to people relative to someone living in the city.
If he was born in the jungle, then he will have little exposure to advanced technology relative to someone living in the city, thus will value it more than someone who experiences it everyday (think of cargo cultists).
To reiterate, the mindset intention of the person is more important than the environment he is born in. The environment simply allows him to explore his own beliefs. Without the intention the mind to explore, discover, understand the environment, then no spiritual world view will be developed by him.
An alternate theory is that a more blank environment will allow him to explore his own beliefs and thoughts in the same way that sensory deprivation (such as a floatation tank) allows one to experience and explore their own thoughts more intensely because they are not being distracted by outside noises. (One of Odin’s name is 'Hattr' which is derived from the hat that he wears, to cover his eyes, when in his mantic state; which is a form of sensory deprivation).


Sayan Mountains (säyänˈ) [key], central Asia, chiefly in S Siberia. The Eastern Sayan Mts. extend c.680 mi (1,090 km) from the lower Yenisei River to the southwest end of Lake Baykal and rise to 11,686 ft (3,562 m) in the Munku-Sardyk; they form part of the Russian-Mongolian border. The Western Sayan Mts., rising to 10,206 ft (3,111 m) in the Kyzyl-Tayga, extend c.400 mi (640 km) NE from the Altai range to the central section of the Eastern Sayan Mts. There are a variety of mineral deposits in the Sayan Mts. Lumbering, agriculture, and hunting are the chief occupations there.
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A clever new video is speaking kids’ language about how to walk safely to school, in the neighborhood or on city streets. The stars are cartoon characters just snarky enough for real kids to relate to.
Way back when you might have walked or bike to school. But do you know today’s rules of the road?
Walk with or against car traffic?
How old is old enough for a kid to walk to school alone?
Those answers and more are here in English or Spanish:
Walking and biking is a fun and easy way for kids to be outdoors, get exercise and learn durable skills they can’t in the classroom, like how to navigate without a GPS.
Even if your school doesn’t have Walk to School Day, you can always help them out and plan it yourself.
Want inspiration for parenting active, creative kids? Read The Durable Human Manifesto (it only takes 10 minutes, plus it’s mostly pictures!)


Complete the following test so you can be sure you understand the material. Your answers are private, and test results are not scored.
If you click this button
in Word 2010, what happens?
You temporarily hide the ribbon so that you have more room for your document.
You apply a bigger font size to your text.
You will see additional options.
You will add a command to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Where is the Quick Access Toolbar, and when should you use it?
It is in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you should use it for your favorite commands.
It floats above your text, and you should use it when you need to make formatting changes.
It is in the upper-left corner of the screen, and you should use it when you need to quickly access a document.
It is on the Home tab, and you should use it when you need to quickly launch or start a new document.
The Mini toolbar will appear if:
You double-click the active tab on the ribbon.
You select text.
You select text and then point at it.
Any of the above.
You can apply bulleted lists by using the ____ tab and the _____ group.
Page Layout tab, Paragraph group.
Home tab, Paragraph group.
Insert tab, Symbols group.
Insert tab, Text group.
In the new version of Word, which of the following procedures is the way to choose settings for features like document display, proofing, and language?
On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the File menu, click Options.
Right-click anywhere on the ribbon and choose Options.
On the View tab, click Properties.
Your friend sent you a Word 2000 document as an attachment in an e-mail message. Can you open the attachment in the new version of Word?
Yes, but you’ll get a warning telling you to get a converter.
Yes, but the document will open in Compatibility Mode.
Yes, if you first turn on Compatibility Mode with the Quick Access Toolbar.
No, only files from Word 2002 and later can be opened in the new version of Word.


Studies provide new insights on mosquito-borne chikungunya virus infection
The frequency of chronic joint pain after infection with chikungunya in a large Latin American cohort was 25% at a median of 20-months post-infection. In the Arthritis & Rheumatology study, significant predictors of persistent joint pain included being a college graduate, headache, knee pain, missed work, normal activities effected, four or more days of initial symptoms, and four or more weeks of initial joint pain.
The finding of chronic joint pain in one fourth of the patients infected with chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness, approximately two years after initial infection has important implications for prediction of the magnitude of disability and health system costs after the Latin American epidemic.
The investigators hypothesized that persistent active chikungunya is responsible for chronic arthritis and joint pain and that chikungunya viral RNA would be present in the synovial fluid; however, in another study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, the researchers did not detect viable virus after culture of synovial fluid in any of the participants who were studied for a median 22 months after infection.


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A seizure is a sudden event caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Although most people think of a someone having a seizure as being completely unconscious and shaking in all four limbs, seizures can actually manifest in many different ways. Sudden periods of staring or unresponsiveness, jerking, "muscle tightening," sudden drops to the floor and muscle twitching can all be seizures. Seizures that occur in individuals with developmental disabilities may be particularly difficult to diagnose.
The term "epilepsy" refers to a high predisposition to having seizures and is typically diagnosed when someone has more than one seizure. About two million Americans have epilepsy. Of the 125,000 new cases that develop each year, up to 50 percent are in children and adolescents. Individuals with disabilities may have a significantly higher predisposition to having seizures than other individuals.
Epilepsy can be managed in most cases with medications. Other treatments, such as surgery or special diets, may be appropriate for some individuals for whom medications are not effective.


Anchieta, Juan de
- Robert Stevenson
(b ?Urrestilla, nr Azpeitia, 1462; d Azpeitia, July 30, 1523). Spanish composer. He was the second son of Martín García de Anchieta and Urtayzaga de Loyola (an aunt of Ignatius Loyola) and may have studied at Salamanca University, where the music professor from 1481 to 1522 was Diego de Fermoselle, the elder brother of Juan del Encina. After his appointment on 6 February 1489 as a singer in Queen Isabella's court chapel at an annual salary of 20,000 maravedís Anchieta travelled constantly, for Isabella often moved her court (15 times between 1491 and 1503).
Anchieta's salary was raised to 30,000 maravedís on 30 August 1493. Two years later Isabella named him maestro de capilla to her 17-year-old son Don Juan (1478–97). His excellent services to the young prince prompted the queen to reward him with several ecclesiastical preferments. After her death in 1504 Anchieta was transferred with other members of the Castilian royal household to the service of her daughter Joanna, whose consort was Philip the Fair; in their entourage he visited Flanders, and from January to ...


This is a large tree, growing to the height of eighty feet, and about four feet in diameter. It is found in its greatest abundance east of the AUeghanies. It is not at all common in our Western States. It is called the toughest of the whole hickory genus, and is used where toughness and durability are most needed. The nut is small, roundish, ovate, hull very thin, and when ripe splits in the centre, and adheres to the nut after it has fallen from the tree. Kernel very small and usually bitter. It is only fed to animals, and is never marketable.


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Childhood isn't all fun and games. Even young children can feel worried and stressed.
Stress can come from outside, such as family, friends, and school. It can also come from children themselves. Just like adults, children may expect too much of themselves and then feel stressed when they feel that they have failed.
Adults can help children and teens with stress in many ways. Three important things you can do are to:
It is important to help children learn positive coping skills. These skills are often carried into adult life.
Finding ways to get stress out of their systems will help children feel better. The best ways to relieve stress are different for each person. Try some of these ideas to see which ones work for your child:
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Wafer direct bonding is an attractive technique for the integration of different materials. In a previous study, the bonding between InP and several kinds of garnets which are essential to an optical isolator was demonstrated. When the optical isolator is integrated with the laser wafer as shown in Fig. 1, the surface of garnet wafer where a rib waveguide is formed is to be bonded with an etch stop layer for the vertical alignment. This paper reports the direct bonding between GaInAsP etch stop layer and Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) which is used as a substrate for magneto-optic crystal growth. The bonding is also described between InP and the garnet rib waveguide.
|出版ステータス||Published - 1996 1 1|
|イベント||Proceedings of the 1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe - Hamburg, Ger|
継続期間: 1996 9 8 → 1996 9 13
|Other||Proceedings of the 1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe|
|Period||96/9/8 → 96/9/13|
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The massive investment needed for buried drinking water infrastructure in the United States totals more than $1 trillion between now and 2035, according to an American Water Works Association report. The need will double from roughly $13 billion a year today to almost $30 billion (in 2010 dollars) annually by the 2040s, and the cost will be met primarily through higher water bills and local fees.
“Because pipe assets last a long time, water systems that were built in the latter part of the 19th century and throughout much of the 20th century have, for the most part, never experienced the need for pipe replacement on a large scale,” the report states. “The dawn of an era in which the assets will need to be replaced puts a growing stress on communities that will continue to increase for decades to come.”
Nationally, the infrastructure needs are almost evenly divided between replacement and expansion requirements.
Buried No Longer: Confronting America's Water Infrastructure Challenge analyzes timing of water main installation and life expectancy, materials used, replacement costs, and shifting demographics. It includes more than 35 tables and graphs detailing information by region and utility size. Visit www.awwa.org.


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During the 69th General Session of the OIE in May 2001, the consternation caused by the dramatic upsurge in the occurrence of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Europe particularly, but also in South America, east Asia and southern Africa was the subject of much debate. Questioning the traditional approaches to the control/eradication of the disease and especially the justification for ‘stamping-out’ which had been documented in all its horror by the media in the United Kingdom was the popular topic. This concern was so intense that many drawn into the debate had little knowledge of the nature of FMD or of the behaviour of the disease and there was an understandable search for a readily available and authoritative source of such information. This special edition is primarily an attempt to respond to this need and provide an up-to-date source of information for both animal health specialists and others seeking a compendium of information on the subject.


Yasir H. Ahmed-Braimah, Andrea L. Sweigart
The genetic basis of species differences remains understudied. Studies in insects have contributed significantly to our understanding of morphological evolution. Pigmentation traits in particular have received a great deal of attention and several genes in the insect pigmentation pathway have been implicated in inter- and intraspecific differences. Nonetheless, much remains unknown about many of the genes in this pathway and their potential role in understudied taxa. Here we genetically analyze the puparium color difference between members of the Virilis group of Drosophila. The puparium of Drosophila virilis is black, while those of D. americana, D. novamexicana, and D. lummei are brown. We used a series of backcross hybrid populations between D. americana and D. virilis to map the genomic interval responsible for the difference between this species pair. First, we show that the pupal case color difference is caused by a single Mendelizing factor, which we ultimately map to an ~11kb region on chromosome 5. The mapped interval includes only the first exon and regulatory region(s) of the dopamine N-acetyltransferase gene (Dat). This gene encodes an enzyme that is known to play a part in the insect pigmentation pathway. Second, we show that this gene is highly expressed at the onset of pupation in light-brown taxa (D. americana and D. novamexicana) relative to D. virilis, but not in the dark-brown D. lummei. Finally, we examine the role of Dat in adult pigmentation between D. americana (heavily melanized) and D. novamexicana (lightly melanized) and find no discernible effect of this gene in adults. Our results demonstrate that a single gene is entirely or almost entirely responsible for a morphological difference between species.


Members of the public are being invited to test a fleet of driverless pods as part of the final phase of the GATEway Project.
Launched in 2016, the GATEway Project is a research programme led by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) and funded by government and industry.
Much of the early work focussed on exploring public perceptions and understanding of driverless delivery vehicles – including the first autonomous grocery delivery trial in June 2017.
However, the focus has now switched to public interaction with the technology, culminating in an open public trial of driverless pods – for which more than 5,000 people have registered to participate.
Taking place over the next four weeks, the trial will see four driverless pods navigate a 3.4km route around the Greenwich Peninsula, using advanced sensors and software to detect and avoid obstacles.
Members of the public who have not registered will still have an opportunity to take part during a series of drop in sessions.
TRL says GATEway has helped ‘advance the UK’s position in the autonomous vehicles revolution’.
Richard Cuerden, academy director at TRL, said: “As we explore the future of mobility solutions, it is essential that we consider the experience and benefits delivered to the consumer.
“This is why understanding and exploring the public perception of automated services has always been at the heart of the GATEway Project.
“This Project is enabling us to discover how potential users of automated vehicles respond to them, in a real-world environment, so that the anticipated benefits to mobility can be maximised.
“We see driverless vehicles as a practical solution to delivering safe, clean, accessible and affordable mobility and we are proud to be part of creating our future transport system.”


Technology is evolving and expanding at a very rapid pace. To this end, organizations are finding it difficult to maintain current business practices while updating technology initiatives and at the same time ensuring the data and systems are secure. Organizations that will not only survive but thrive are those which embrace the technological changes as they occur, and at the same time, implement measures to ensure data security.
The Information Assurance and Security Strategies curriculum is designed to meet this need. Students will be required to complete a core set of classes which prepares them in the following disciplines: networking, operating systems (e.g., Windows, Linux, etc.), security, and penetration testing. Upon completion of the course work students will also be prepared to sit for certifications such as: CCENT, Linux+, Security+, and Network+.
Mastery of skills will prepare the students for employment in positions such as: Network Security Analyst, IT Security Engineer, Senior Network Security Analyst, Information Security Analyst, Computer Security Technical Specialist, or Network and Computer Systems Administrator.


This visualization shows how varied well-being measures can be within a country and consequently how country-wide statistics can over-simplify. While it’s convenient to characterize whole populations by talking about national averages, we are often masking a lot of important complexity. This visualization attempts to make understanding this complexity approachable by allowing users to view the overall distribution of different well-being indexes as well as let them focus on a particular area. Additionally, being able to select one index and filter based on another allows you to see how the correlation between indexes is distributed.
It is important to understand that there is significant inequality in well-being within countries and I think this visualization let’s people discover that by exploring. There are also several “case studies” at the bottom of the page which focus on a particular region and have some comments. These also provide the user with examples on how to read and interact with the graphic.
From the Judges: The interactive winner “Scattered Well-Being” impressed us with a reduced, yet rich visualization of regional differences in Well-Being in Mexico. This interactive cartogram appropriately scales regions by number of inhabitants (rather than mere geographic area, as on a choropleth map) and invites deep exploration of the underlying variables income, education, housing, health, jobs and safety across Mexico. Despite its depth of information, the application is visually reduced and snappy in performance. Overall, a great way to represent large regional data sets in a digestible and interesting form. Additionally, more complex data is effectively revealed through drilling down into data.


Copper is a metallic trace mineral essential in human nutrition. A versatile mineral involved in numerous biological functions, copper is most concentrated in brain and liver tissues, but significant amounts are also found in muscle, bone, and skin tissues. Over 90% of the body's circulating copper is found in ceruloplasmin, a plasma protein instrumental in iron absorption. Copper is a key component of many vital enzymes, most notably lysyl oxidase (an enzyme involved in the formation of collagen structures) and the antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase. Supplemental copper is found in many forms (e.g. sulfate, gluconate, picolinate) and is commonly included in multi-vitamin/mineral formulas.
Copper is found in a wide variety of foods, with the richest sources being oysters and other shellfish. Nuts, legumes, mushrooms, whole grains, and meats are also good sources. Because it is commonly used in plumbing, significant amounts of copper are often present in tap water.
- Antioxidant protection
- Bone strength
- Cardiovascular health
The reference daily intake (RDI) for copper is 2 mg, which most people consume in their regular diet. Vitamin C and zinc interfere with copper absorption, thus people supplementing their diets with these nutrients should also include copper. Because most excess copper is excreted, copper toxicity is rare, occurring mostly in people with Wilson's disease. Copper intake above 10 mg per day may cause nausea. Because it inhibits zinc absorption, copper intake above 3 mg per day is generally not recommended.


29 Feb amnesia
Forgetting what we once remembered, often in bulk. Amnesia is usually associated with some traumatic event in which the memory-access mechanism of the brain is damaged. It doesn’t typically mean that the memory has been “erased,” just that one can no longer read it. There are many documented instances of total amnesia and some of total recovery.


- Vindication is defined as the act of justifying or clearing someone of blame.
The result of a trial that cleared a suspect of a crime is an example of vindication.
- Vindication is the feeling that someone’s opinion or belief was justified.
An example of vindication is appreciation given to a mother for her strict discipline after her children are older.
- a vindicating or being vindicated
- a fact or circumstance that vindicates, or justifies
Origin of vindicationLate Middle English vyndycacion ; from Classical Latin vindicatio, a claiming ; from vindicare: see vindicate
- The act of vindicating or condition of being vindicated.
- Something that provides evidence or support for a claim or argument: “The swim was a vindication of women's capability as athletes” (Glenn Stout).


Toni Morrison, 88, Passed Away
Toni Morrison, one of the most prolific writers of our time, reportedly died at Montefiore Medical Center in New York Monday night following a brief illness. She is said to have passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and friends.
Among her most widely known works are "Beloved" and "Song of Solomon," and Morrison became the first black woman to receive the Nobel literature prize. She also won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for "Beloved."
Though she was nearly 40 when her first novel was published, Morrison is acclaimed as instrumental in raising American multiculturalism to the world stage and helping uncensor the country's past. She saw race as a social construct and used language to create the better world her characters sought. Source.
While Morrison's name today is honored and she is revered for her work, let her life's story inspire us all. She was a single mother who faced lots of rejection before and after publishing her first novel, and in the following two to three decades, she fulfilled her life's purpose, in that her legacy will be known for future generations.
Rest well, Nobel laureate. Rest well.


In The Pioneers, McCullough, perhaps best known for his books John Adams and 1776, traces the lives of several of the early settlers of America's Northwest Territory from just after the American Revolution to roughly the Civil War. In case you're not familiar with the term, the "Northwest Territory" is in reference to the giant piece of land that today mostly makes up Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
The book primarily revolves around the story of a handful of characters--most of whom are white New Englanders--who settled in and around Marietta, Ohio on the Ohio River. Chief among these are a minister named Manasseh Cutler and his son Ephraim. The book does a notable job of helping readers really understand what life, with all its many dangers, was like for those early settlers, and readers begin to comprehend just how much courage it must have taken to leave everything you know to start a new life on "the frontier" of a young country.
All that said, the book undoubtedly has flaws. The first of these is the relatively limited scope of the book. While the book ostensibly is about the pioneers of the Northwest Territory in general, for the most part, all of the book stays in Ohio (and usually in Marietta). This isn't bad per se, but might come as a surprise to readers.
Of greater concern though for me with this book was how it handles the story of the Native people's inhabiting Ohio. While the book does mention the violence which took place between Natives and American settlers, never does it inhabit the perspective of anyone from the Native side in any meaningful way. I understand that that wasn't what the book was primarily about; still, the almost complete absence of Native perspectives felt like a gaping hole in the book. To be clear, that doesn't mean the book is without merit, only that it tells an incomplete story.
Bottom line: The Pioneers is a worthy read for fans of American history, but probably will require additional reading to get a full perspective on the events being depicted.


1 Pigmanship in the New Guinea Highlands
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If there is one topic of conversation heard throughout New Guinea with all its fabled cultural variety it is pigs in my experience. Nearly everyone has something to say about pigs. Many ethnographers will be familiar with comments in Pidgin such as ‘Pik i namba wan samting bilong mipela’: ‘Pigs are the ﬁrst thing to us’. Yet strangely enough the ethnography of the region is largely silent on issues surrounding pig management, with some notable exceptions (see Pospisil 1963: 203-18; Rappaport 1968; Hide 1981; Boyd 1984, 1985; Kelly 1988; Dwyer 1993). We have taken pig-keeping for granted, and made some poorly substantiated assumptions about the structure of herds, their ecological relations and their control. These are not new observations. In the early 1970s Hughes opened a paper on pigs commenting that the social and religious aspects had been studied ‘more frequently and in more detail than the economic aspects, and the widest gaps in our knowledge concern the animals’ place in the subsistence economy’ (1970: 272), and Vayda (1972: 907) concluded an encyclopaedia entry on pigs stressing the urgent need for research into pig husbandry.1 When we consider the cultural signiﬁcance of pigs and the prominent part they play in social life, the overlooking of their management seems a stark ethnographic omission.


minimalism: Minimalism in Music
In music, the minimalist movement was, like minimal art, a reaction against a then-current style, with composers rejecting many of the dry intellectual complexities and the emotional sterility of serial music and other modern compositional approaches. Generally, minimalist compositions tend to emphasize simplicity in melodic line and harmonic progression, to stress repetition and rhythmic patterns, and to reduce historical or expressive reference. The use of electronic instruments is common in minimalist music, as are influences from Asia and Africa. Among minimalist composers are the more prominent Philip Glass , Steve Reich , Terry Riley, La Monte Young, and John Adams and the less well-known Terry Jennings, Dennis Johnson, and Julius Eastman.
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WILD PARSNIP, Pastinaca
sativa L. 1, top of plant showing leaves, seeds, and flowers;
2, seed; 3, flower; 4, root. Biennial, reproducing
by seeds. Produces a rosette of large upright leaves and a large fleshy
root the first year. Stem (second year) usually somewhat hairy,
grooved, erect, 2 to 5 feet (0.6 to 1.5 rn) tall. Leaves alternate,
pinnately compound, with coarsely saw-toothed edges, not hairy. Flowers
small, with 5 yellow petals, in umbels at the top of stems and branches.
Seeds flat, rounded, smooth, straw-colored, with low ribs across
them. Found in wastelands and pastures. This is not poisonous but
sometimes has been thought to be.


Graceful grasses add movement and softness to landscapes and containers
With clumps of long, wispy leaves, Carex adds instant movement and softness to gardens of any style.
A large group of grass-like plants, Carex, also known as sedge, is grown for its attractive foliage which fits easily into both containers and larger landscapes. Flowers are insignificant.
Colors: Carex’s evergreen leaves come in shades of dark to silvery green, as well as blue, bronze, gold, and striped.
Size: Most varieties stay within 1 to 3 feet tall and wide, though some can reach 5 feet tall or wide.
Care: Carex likes full sun with some shade in hot regions. Water needs vary, though most look best with moderate to regular watering.
Planting: Plant Carex anytime the ground can be worked. Cut or comb out dead foliage when necessary and, in later winter or early spring, prune back by up to one-third to reshape and revitalize plants. Cut back flowering types after bloom to avoid unwanted reseeding. Divide poorly performing clumps in fall, winter, or spring.
Companions: Grow Carex along with other ornamental grasses like Miscanthus, fountain grass, and fescue; phormium; heuchera; and annuals like pansies in the cool season and million bells in the warm season.


1. Fundamental concepts; 2. Quantum dynamics; 3. Theory of angular momentum; 4. Symmetry in quantum mechanics; 5. Approximation methods; 6. Scattering theory; 7. Identical particles; 8. Relativistic quantum mechanics; Appendix A. Electromagnetic units; Appendix B. Brief summary of elementary solutions to Schroedinger's Wave Equation; Appendix C. Proof of the angular-momentum addition rule given by equation (3.8.38).
A comprehensive and engaging textbook, providing a graduate-level, non-historical, modern introduction of quantum mechanical concepts.
J. J. Sakurai was a noted theorist in particle physics. He received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1955 and his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1958. He was appointed as an assistant professor at the University of Chicago, where he worked until he became a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1970. Sakurai died in 1982 while he was visiting a professor at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. Jim Napolitano earned an undergraduate Physics degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1977, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University in 1982. Since that time, he has conducted research in experimental nuclear and particle physics, with an emphasis on studying fundamental interactions and symmetries. He joined the faculty at Rensselaer in 1992 after working as a member of the scientific staff at two different national laboratories. Since 2014 he has been Professor of Physics at Temple University, Philadelphia. He is author and co-author of over 150 scientific papers in refereed journals. Professor Napolitano maintains a keen interest in science education in general, and in particular physics education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has taught both graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in Quantum Mechanics, as well as an advanced graduate course in Quantum Field Theory.


Education Secretary Arne Duncan released this week the Department’s plan for transforming American education through technology, a process that would create an engaging, state-of-the-art, cradle-to-college school system nationwide. The National Education Technology Plan was written and refined over a year and a half by leading education researchers, with input from the public, industry officials, and educators and students from across the country. It is a crucial component of the Obama Administration’s efforts to have America lead the world in college completion by 2020 and help close the academic achievement gap so that all students graduate from high school ready to succeed in college and careers.
“We’re at an important transition point…we need to leverage technology’s promise to improve learning” the Secretary expressed in remarks. The plan, “Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology,” presents a model with key goals in five areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. Each section outlines concepts for using technology to holistically transform education, with the aim to achieve each goal by 2015. Overall, the plan addresses trends that could transform education, such as accessibility and mobility, the rise of digital content, and the rise of online social networks for information, collaboration, and learning. Also, it stresses that technology in the classroom only works when paired with effective teaching.
More information can be found here


Cerrado ecosystems in the region of the Triângulo Mineiro and Southeast of Goiás - Brazil
Cerrado ecosystems in the region of the Triângulo Mineiro and Southeast of Goiás
The site consists of 13 Cerrado fragments formed by five conservation areas and 8 remants of semideciduous forests. All these areas are within the basin of the Rio Paranaiba and thus share similar ecological conditions. These areas have similar human interference processes with already traditional agricultural use, impacts of hydroelectric facilities and recent intensification of the urbanization process.
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Knights of Columbus Film Review
May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012
For Greater Glory tells the story of the persecution of Catholics in Mexico during the 1920s, including the death of Father José María Robles Hurtado.
When the Mexican government of Plutarco Elías Calles began persecuting the Catholic Church in the 1920s, priests were not immune. In fact, they became targets of the regime.
One of the hundreds of priests killed during that time for simply carrying out his priestly ministry was Father José María Robles Hurtado. His martyrdom in 1927 at the hands of Mexican troops is depicted in the film For Greater Glory, which opens in the United States June 1.
The film sets the story of his martyrdom in the broader context of the persecution of the Church in Mexico at that time. . . .
“For many years, this period of history has been all but forgotten on both sides of the border,” said Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson. “This year, with the release of For Greater Glory, the story of the struggle for religious freedom in Mexico will begin to be told. With religious freedom now an important issue of discussion here in the United States, every American who values faith and freedom should see this film. As we watch it, we should rejoice that we live in a country where we settle debates over religious liberty with ballots, not bullets, and in courtrooms rather than on battlefields. Seeing how Catholic Mexico remains today, this film also serves as a timely reminder that — from the earliest days of the Church’s history to the present era — persecution does not stifle the faith, but emboldens it.”


Presentation on theme: "The Great Gatsby. Inherited wealth When families have had money for three or more generations Money is not a big deal because it has always been in their."— Presentation transcript:
Inherited wealth When families have had money for three or more generations Money is not a big deal because it has always been in their family. People from old money are considered to be classic, conservative, traditional, and less modern
The Rockefeller's The Vanderbilts Kennedys Carnegies
Money acquired in a persons lifetime or generation Emphasizes idea that an individual was previously part of lower socioeconomic rank The new money has allowed the individual to acquire goods or luxuries that were previously unattainable Can be seen as a derogatory term for the purpose of social class distinction
Movie stars Musicians Professional athletes Lottery Winners
Directions: Look at the pictures given to you. Each one represents a characteristic of either old money or new money. 1. Number your paper 1-13, and then label whether each picture is old money or new money. 2. Explain whey EACH picture represents old money or new money.


Hammering for Freedom by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by John Holyfield (9781600609695)
Born into slavery in 1810, Bill Lewis grew up on a plantation in Tennessee. There, he was taught to be a blacksmith and soon earned so much money that his owner, Colonel Lewis, allowed him to keep some money for himself. Bill worked for years saving his coins, determined to purchase freedom for himself and his family. Eventually he asked Colonel Lewis if he could rent himself out. The Colonel agreed and charged Bill $350 a year for his limited freedom. Bill purchased a blacksmith shop in Chattanooga and became the first African-American blacksmith in the city. He worked long hours and eventually paid for his wife’s freedom, ensuring that all future children would be born free. He then purchased his own freedom and that of his one son born into slavery. But Bill Lewis was not done yet and keep on working hard until he freed every member of his family, including his siblings and mother.
The determination and tenacity of Bill Lewis is indescribable. In a society designed to hold him down, he managed to find a way forward to freedom. Hubbard makes sure that readers understand how unusual this arrangement was and how gifted Lewis was as a blacksmith. The text keeps the story of Lewis’ life focused and well paced. It is a very readable biography.
The illustrations are rich and luminous. The sharing of emotions and holding emotions back play visibly on the page, demonstrating how much had to be hidden and not disclosed in order to purchase freedom. It also shows in a very clear way how limited that freedom was.
A great addition to nonfiction picture book shelves. Appropriate for ages 6-9.
Reviewed from e-galley provided by Lee & Low Books.


According to the CNBC report, the National Health Service facilities in South Warwickshire, England, are using tech developed by U.K. firm Everyware and U.S. organization Hedera Hashgraph. Everyware uses sensors to monitor equipment in real-time, while Hedera is a blockchain consortium backed by the likes of Google and IBM. Originally intended as the digital ledger underpinning bitcoin, blockchain has since been adopted by various industries for applications outside the realm of finance.
Blockchain would help keep a tamper-proof digital record of temperature-sensitive vaccines.
These hospitals are using blockchain to keep a tamper-proof digital record of temperature-sensitive vaccines, like the ones developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The U.K. hospitals would, in theory, be able to pick up on any irregularities in the storage of the vaccines before administering them to patients. Pfizer’s vaccine must be stored at subzero temperatures (-70 degrees Celsius). It can only last at two-to-eight degree Celsius conditions for up to five days, creating big hurdles for the logistics in distributing it. However, vaccines developed by Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca, however, can be stored at temperatures that are within reach of the average home refrigerator for longer.
Regulators around the world acknowledge the potential of blockchain tech.
Singapore had reported that it witnessed a 30% growth in its blockchain sector. Not just Singapore, many other countries witnessed substantial growth in the blockchain industry. Regulators across countries have acknowledged blockchain tech’s potential, and many are onboard with its mass adoption. Blockchain tech, which was launched as a technology to underpin the leading cryptocurrency, bitcoin, is now being used in many sectors. The technology is currently being used in fields, including healthcare and logistics. South Korea recently revealed its plan to use blockchain in the healthcare sector.