By Kasia Michalik
When kidneys fail, the production of erythropoietin, the hormone that drives the production of red blood cells, stops. As a result, patients are provided with dialysis and an erythropoietin-stimulating agent (ESA). During each dialysis session, a patient loses anywhere from five to seven milligrams of iron and becomes iron deficient causing anemia.
Rockwell Medical, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on end-stage renal disease (ESRD), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and iron deficiency, discussed the alternative iron therapy for dialysis patients, Soluble Ferric Pyrophosphate (SFP) during the annual American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week that took place in San Diego from October 31 to November 4.
Originally the study into SFP began in the late 1990s. It was first published in 1999 in Kidney International. The single-center study took place in a hospital in Detroit and it took patients in one group on regular dialysis and the other group with a dose of SFP.
The study is now in its final phase 3. It will be complete in July/August 2013 and data will be released around November of 2013, pending approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
How it Works
The way a normal person receives iron is through food. When iron enters the body it looks for the transferrin so the iron can be taken to the bone marrow. During the same time, the healthy kidneys are producing erythropoietin, which also travels to the bone marrow. The combination of those two things creates red blood cells.
SFP mimics that, but it doesn't enter through food. It enters through a dialysate. Three times a week, when a patients is receiving dialysis, SFP crosses the membrane, immediately binds with the transferrin and takes it to the bone marrow.
Because a patient on dialysis doesn't have function of the kidneys they are receiving a dose of Epogen or Omontys.


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Elocution, Speech and Voice
Elocution - just the word is sufficient to conjure up images of Victorian
or Edwardian gentlemen getting their pupils to recite long poems and ridiculing
them for their mis-pronunciation of vowels and consonants.
Perhaps the most well know elocution teachers of the early 1900s were Samuel and
Alice Hasluck. This married couple ran the highly successful Polytechnic School
of Elocution situated on Regent Street, London. Gentlemen and gentlewomen of the
day would enrol for instruction in elocution, which involved students learning to
'roll their r sounds' and to project dramatic verses to the back of the theatre.
Elocution still suffers from these old images and many people who would benefit -
both personally and professionally - from speech and voice lessons are deterred by
these old ideas.Indeed 'Elocution' is an outdated word and no longer used by speech
and voice teachers.
There's been a great deal of research into linguistics, phonetics and phonology
since the days of the Haslucks. The Wooldridge School of Speech and Voice employs
the approach developed by Robin Wooldridge, based upon his postgraduate research
into linguistics. This is a new approach to the teaching of speech and voice and
is unique to the School. The simple approach can be learnt and applied by anyone
in a relatively short period of time.
Modern speech and voice lessons offered by the School give a practical way to learn
how to acquire a pleasant 'neutral' accent - without having to learn long, complicated
poems or difficult extracts of Shakespeare.


When it comes to healthy eating, dietary fat often tops the list of things that are "bad" for health. But such lists ignore the fact that some fats are good for you. What's more, scrupulously counting how much fat you consume or avoiding all fats indiscriminately are not helpful moves, according to the September 2013 issue of the Harvard Men's Health Watch.
"Focusing only on grams of total fat, whether in a food or in your diet, can lead a person to make poor decisions," says Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital.
One choice to avoid is eating processed foods and fast foods that bill themselves as low-fat, reduced-fat, or fat-free, explains Dr. Mozaffarian, an expert on how diet and lifestyle influence the risks for disease. Lowering total fat alone does not make a food healthier, and many of these products are high in salt, sugar, and refined carbohydrates.
Instead of obsessing about fats, focus on eating healthy foods—including those that contain healthy vegetable fats. "Eat fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish, vegetable oils, whole grains, and modest portions of dairy," Dr. Mozaffarian advises. "Avoid processed meats, sugary beverages, and foods high in refined grains, starches, sugars, and salt."
Read the full-length article: "Stop worrying about fat"


What did great minds like Marie Curie and Albert Einstein do when they weren't making groundbreaking scientific discoveries like the new radioactive element radium and the theory of general relativity? In some cases, they probably had the same favourite hobby as you do, the Perimeter Institute reveals.
After digging through biographies of great scientists, Colin Hunter, senior scientific writer at the Waterloo, Ont.-based theoretical physics research institute has compiled an infographic called "What great scientists did when they weren't doing great science" that reveals some surprising facts about what famous physicists did in their spare time.
For example, a friend of Enrico Fermi reported that the Italian physicist "played tennis with considerable ferocity."
"I love the idea that a quantum physicist who is regarded as one of the greatest minds in 20th-century science was a beast on the tennis court," Hunter said.
But he was most interested to learn that quantum physicist Erwin Schrodinger, famous for a thought experiment involving a cat who was dead and alive at the same time, made miniature dollhouse furniture and wove the upholstery on a tiny loom.
"That one in particular stood out," Hunter recalled.
The series was originally inspired by the Perimeter Institute's own scientists, many of whom are professional calibre musicians, artists, dancers and even skateboarders, Hunter said.
"Seeing that these scientists all have creative, imaginative outlets got me thinking about the great scientists, the biggest names in science history," he added. "Surely they had their own outlets, their own ways to get their creative juices flowing."
He thinks knowing a bit about the hobbies of famous scientists makes them seem more human against the backdrop of their extraordinary discoveries.
"They were people too and they were driven by some of the same inspiration and curiosity that everybody was."
The graphic is part of a public outreach series called Slices of Pi that are released monthly by the Perimeter Institute.


Racism refers to the devaluation and unequal treatment of people on the basis of their (ascribed) origin, nationality and "skin colour". Racism is subject to historical processes, social power relations and hierarchies and manifests itself in various forms.
Under the term racism we summarise different forms of misanthropy: anti-Muslim, anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti-gypsy, anti-Semitic - to name a few important forms. Using anti-racist language is about avoiding racist terms, linguistic demarcation and stereotyping.
Racist ideas and images are sometimes so deeply anchored in linguistic habits of the(white) majority society that the discriminatory structures behind them have to be pointed out first. We provide food for thought to break out of problematic thought patterns and enable people with experiences of racism and anti-Semitism to participate in society on an equal footing and to be appropriately perceived in language.


Google Earth is a virtual globe program that lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others.
Google Earth displays satellite images of varying resolution of the Earth's surface, allowing users to visually see things like houses and cars from a bird's eye view. The degree of resolution available is based somewhat on the points of interest, but most land is covered in at least 15 meters of resolution.
- Fly from space to your neighborhood. Type in an address and zoom right in. Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions.
- Save and share your searches and favorites. Even add your own annotations.
- Photo-realistic Buildings. You can access hundreds of buildings from the world's cities, including San Francisco, Boston, Orlando, Munich, Zurich and dozens more.
- Swoop Navigation. Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings. Fly seamlessly through the landscape with navigation controls. Swoop from outer space to street level and leap from one building top to another.
- Light and Shadow. With the new Sunlight feature, you can watch the sunrise and sunset from anywhere. Move the time slider to watch dusk, dawn and shadows move across the Earth.
- Street View. Street View, available in Google Maps, is now in Google Earth. Fly in to panoramic images of selected cities and take a 360 degree tour.
- Sky mode. Google Earth added a Sky tool for viewing stars and astronomical images.
- Wikipedia and Panoramio integration. When any of these dots are selected, the user will be shown the Wikipedia or Panoramio entry right in Google Earth.


Acid soil cannot tolerate
The bouldery, nutrient-poor soil, especially around the lakes Rogen, Femunden and Feragen, contains almost no lime or other minerals that neutralise or increase the pH level. This is why lakes in the area are very sensitive to acidification. When polluted acid rain fell over the area from the 1960s to the 1980s, the pH values decreased drastically. The lakes became so acidic that fish roe and fry found it hard to survive. To counteract the acidification, the Norwegian authorities started liming in the Femunden area in 1984. Liming of the catchment area of the river Storån in Sweden started in 1987, and a year later liming in the Rogen area was carried out from the air. The lime has given new life to the water, and both insects and brown trout have increased significantly. Fishermen can attest that the fish are biting again.


Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he defended and expanded. The Mencius
, in which he recounts his dialogues with kings, dukes and military men, as well as other philosophers, is one of the Four Books that make up the essential Confucian corpus. It takes up Confucius's theories of jen, or goodness and yi, righteousness, explaining that the individual can achieve harmony with mankind and the universe by perfecting his innate moral nature and acting with benevolence and justice. Mencius' strikingly modern views on the duties of subjects and their rulers or the evils of war, created a Confucian orthodoxy that has remained intact since the third century BCE.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.


Understanding lighting fundamentals is critical to successful lighting design.
Here are the key lighting terms and concepts:
• Efficacy – Energy shown in lumens per watt (lpw)
• Lumen – Intl Measurement for visible, spherical light – more accurate than watts.
• LPW – Lumens per watt- Lumens output divided by consumed watts
• Foot Candles – Measures light on a surface
• Foot Candle – One foot candle equals one lumen per sq. foot
• Candle Power – Measure light in a specific direction
• Lux – European – Shown as 10x Foot Candle
• Kelvin Temperatures – Colors of the spectrum
• Watts – Measures heat; not light output
• Lumen Maintenance/ Dep. – the degree in which LPW is maintained
• CRI – Color Rendering Index (1-100). Intl for light quality
• Lamp Delineation – MR, R, PAR, A, E12, E27, T, G and GU
• Watts to Lumens – Approx. 10-14 x factor (avg.)


From the series: Developing Wind Power Systems Using MATLAB and Simulink
Steve Miller, MathWorks
Engineers designing yaw and pitch actuators for wind turbines need to take into account many of the other components in the overall system to produce an optimized design. Selecting a technology requires doing tradeoff studies in early stages to determine which will provide enough force or torque while drawing the least power. The actuator must be developed together with the control systems, and there may be multiple control systems that must interact with the actuation system. For the development process to be efficient, engineers must have the ability to determine which details will be included in the simulation and which will be neglected. The models that they produce must be realistic and reusable.
The model of a complete wind turbine (including mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems) will be used to show:
• How to use simulation to determine detailed, up-to-date requirements based on the overall system design
• How to develop electrical and hydraulic actuation systems based on those requirements
• How to define custom, reusable components using the Simscape language
• How to use optimization algorithms and measurement data to automatically determine realistic parameter values
These points will be illustrated with demonstrations using the model and the simulation software. Experience with MATLAB and Simulink is helpful, but not required to learn from this webinar.
You can download the model used in this webinar from MATLAB Central.


OvercriminalizationOvercriminalization refers to the idea that laws regulating public morality may result in a substantial diversion of police, prosecutorial, and judicial time, personnel and resources (Course Syllabus, 2008). While legislative views on morality may, legitimately, be included in crimes such as murder, rape and other violent crimes, they may inappropriately extend to other areas of our lives, such as our sexual preference (sodomy) and use of intoxicants (i.e. Prohibition).
How far into the private lives of citizens may government-sanctioned views of morality properly intrude?Some states have different laws that apply only to those who are of a different sexual orientation, and in some cases of age. While in some cases age is understandable, sexual orientation is not, provided it is with two consenting adults. While all this makes enough sense to the common person, why would you want the government in your business, regardless of your sexual orientation? Or even worse should the government be able to treat you differently based on your sexual preference?As laws are passed and views are imposed on us, by those laws that are presented we presume that we are supposed to go with the flow or the majority so to speak.
People do not want to seem as though they are different. It is far easier to follow the majority without flack, than it is to be in the minority, and receive the repercussions of being different.
Now that we have deemed what is inappropriate for the government sanction morally incorrect, we will discuss what is appropriate for the government to have a say in. There are of course laws and rules for a reason, to maintain order among the masses. Without laws and rules, people would not have order, and things would be in chaos. Although it may seem that I feel law...


Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
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Happy Heart Health Month! While exercise is important, heart healthy food is more essential in order to maintain a happy and healthy heart.
In an article by Health Essentials, here is some heart healthy food that can easily be part of your everyday meals.
15 foods that are good for your heart
- Fish high in omega-3: such as salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring, and trout.
- Healthy nuts such as almonds or walnuts will satisfy your hunger and help your heart.
- Berries are chock full of heart-healthy phytonutrients and soluble fiber. Try blueberries, strawberries, cranberries or raspberries in cereal or yogurt.
- Milled or Ground Flaxseeds contain omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and phytoestrogens to boost heart health.
- Kidney or black beans which are high in fiber, B-vitamins, and minerals
- Wine lovers rejoice! A 4-ounce glass of red wine (up to two for men and one for women per day) can help improve good (HDL) cholesterol levels.
- Try marinated tofu in a stir-fry with fresh veggies for a heart-healthy lunch or dinner.
- Red, yellow and orange veggies such as carrots, sweet potatoes, red peppers and acorn squash are packed with carotenoids, fiber and vitamins to help your heart.
- Use spinach in sandwiches and salads instead of lettuce.
- Fruits such as oranges, cantaloupes, and papaya are rich in beta-carotene, potassium, magnesium, and fiber.
- Tender, sweet asparagus is filled with mighty nutrients such as beta-carotene, folate, and fiber, and only provide 25 calories per cup or 5 calories per large spear.
- Tomatoes – even sun-dried varieties in winter months – provide lycopene, vitamin C and alpha- and beta-carotene.
- Dark chocolate is good for your heart health, but just be sure that it’s at least 70 percent cocoa.
- Crisp, fresh broccoli florets dipped in hummus are a terrific heart-healthy snack with a whopping list of nutrients, including vitamins C and E, potassium, folate, calcium, and fiber.


Ripple marks in Precambrian sedimentary rock.
Just as ripples on a beach or in a river bed indicate flowing water, so do ancient preserved ripplemarks in rock. These ripple marks formed over a billion years ago and are preserved in the Grinnell Formation of Glacier National Park, Montana.
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What are the two major components of the integumentary system
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Integumentary system is the organ system that protects the body from damages that can be made by external factors and prevention to loss of water in the body system. It also plays a big role in maintaining the temperature of the body, protection of internal tissues, plays a role in excretion and it is the site of attachments of sensory receptors.
The two main components of integumentary system are the skin and the appendages.
The skin is the largest organ in the body. It has layers which have different functions of protecting the body: the epidermis, dermis and hypodermis.
The appendages are the external body parts of an organism. This includes the hair, nail, scales, feathers and hooves.
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Drug derived from Chinese herb aided brain tumor-stricken mice
A drug made in part from the Chinese medicinal herb Angelica sinensis doubled the life expectancy of mice with a rare brain tumor, according to research from China Medical University.
The China News Service, via Focus Taiwan news channel, reports on the finding concerning preclinical tests to treat the glioblastoma multiform tumor, a particularly lethal and aggressive form of brain cancer with a 5-year survival rate of just 3.4 percent, the story explains.
Of the mice tested in the trial, 35 percent lived for up to 250 days after one treatment, apparently double the span without the drug. And the mice, according to the story, showed no side effects.
The article presents some alarming statistics: This tumor is fast and dangerous, with the ability to grow 16 times its normal size in just 30 days, and patients don't always get diagnosed until the cancer is already highly advanced. As a result, they often live no more than 18 months on average after the diagnosis. So a viable drug to treat this kind of cancer is necessary. Human trials will follow, but the process can take years and there is no guarantee, unfortunately, that the treatment will work effectively in humans with the rare brain tumor.
China Medical University's Harn Horng-jyh led the research, which involves the testing of a drug with z-butylidenephthalide as the main ingredient. The compound is drawn from the Chinese medicinal herb Angelica sinesis. Horng-jyh is working with an unnamed biotechnology company to develop the compound, the article states.
- here's the story
Radiation-infused nanoparticles wiped out brain tumors in rats
New drug blocks brain cancer advance, making chemo kill easier
Team finds 2 mutations that cause pediatric brain cancer


The high resolution sampling across the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary of the most expanded and continuous sections located in Spain and Tunisia allows us to test and elucidate the extinction model of Cretaceous planktic foraminifera in subtropical and temperate latitudes. The planktic foraminiferal extinction occurred over a short period, with 5% of the species disappearing in the late Maastrichtian, 70% of the species became extinct at the K/T boundary and about 25% of the species are ranging into the early Danian. The species that became extinct at the K/T boundary were large, complex tropical and subtropical forms that dwelled in deep and intermediate water depths. Their disappearance constitutes the largest and most sudden extinction event in the history of planktic foraminifera. Nevertheless, the small cosmopolitan surface dwellers with simple morphologies appear to have survived and the last of them gradually disappeared in the early Danian. The planktic foraminiferal extinction model can be interpreted as a catastrophic mass extinction that was centred at the K/T boundary, and was superimposed on a less evident and controversial gradual mass extinction which apparently began in the late Maastrichtian and continued into the early Danian. The catastrophic pattern of extinction of 70% of the species at the K/T boundary is very compatible with the effect of a large asteroid impact.


Newly published research suggests that when it comes to obesity, it's not just what's in our food that matters, but what's in food packaging as well.
The FDA is currently considering a ban on the use of BPA in infant formula containers. The chemical has already been banned in Canada, the E.U. and China.
The FDA will vote on whether or not to ban BPA from all food packaging by the end of March.
Cooking your beans so they can be frozen is a great way of ensuring cheap and easy access to BPA-free beans.
Bad news for BPA -- the Breast Cancer Fund has announced their "Cans Not Cancer" campaign after finding BPA in children's canned soup.
An effort to ban BPA in baby beverage containers passed the California Senate Tuesday, but it still has hurdles to clear before becoming law.
Part of a class action suit against several baby bottle manufacturers has been settled. The companies failed to disclose that their bottles contained BPA.
The Food Safety Bill gets moving in the Senate, but some concessions had to be made. A BPA ban no longer appears in the bill and sperm counts might suffer.
Food and liquid containers just got safer. Canada leads the way worldwide in declaring bisphenol A (BPA) a toxic substance.
The Senate Health panel released a new bipartisan version of a food safety bill this week, which seeks to give the FDA more authority in food safety matters.
The Natural Resources Defense Council has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. FDA for failing to respond to the group's petition to ban BPA.


One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
A treatment for phobias in which the patient is exposed to progressively more anxiety-provoking stimuli and taught relaxation techniques.
- ‘Treatments effective in alleviating math anxiety include systematic desensitization and relaxation.’
- ‘The present study was a first attempt to examine the use of humor in systematic desensitization.’
- ‘Therefore, therapy of the couple dances must provide systematic desensitization by blocking the collusive dance and helping partners experience that their specific anxieties about intimacy do not happen.’
- ‘Behavior treatments include systematic desensitization, relaxation training, emotive imagery, contingency management, and social skills training.’
- ‘The technique is quite similar to systematic desensitization in behavior therapy.’
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What Is Amateur Radio?
Amateur radio is a popular technical hobby and volunteer public service that uses designated radio frequencies for non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, and emergency communications.
Amateur Radio is the only hobby governed by international treaty.
As a radio amateur you are able to transmit radio signals on a number of frequency bands allocated specifically to the radio amateurs.
Radio amateurs make use of their frequencies in a number of ways:
- Contacting people all over the world by radio which often leads to developing international friendships
- Competing in international competitions to test how effective your equipment is, and how good you are as an operator
- Technical experimentation — many of the leaps forward in radio technology have been initiated by radio amateurs
- Communication through amateur space satellites or with the International Space Station (which carries an amateur radio station)
- Providing communications at times of emergencies and undertaking exercises to ensure you keep the capability to do so.
There is no better way to explore the fascinating world of radio communications than by becoming a radio amateur.
A 1910 announcement by the then HM Postmaster General licensed “experimental wireless”, which still uniquely gives radio amateurs the ability to innovate without commercial or statutory controls even in the closely regulated environment of the 21st century.


Reading is one of the most important things a child will learn. Many parents want to know what they can do to help their child become better readers. While there are many options for caregiver to choose from, I love the 3 B's suggested by Jim Trelease, author of "The Read Aloud Handbook. "
The first B = BOOKS
Children need to be exposed to reading materials in their home. They need to see books on a daily basis. They have to be read to on a regular basis. Most importantly, a child needs his or her own book, with his or her name inscribed inside the book.
The Second B = Baskets
A basket full of books located in different areas of the home will give children the access to reading they need. Place these baskets in areas where they will be used most often. A few suggestions include: the bathroom, on or near the kitchen table, or in the car.
The Third B = Bed Lamp
Allow your child to read before he or she goes to bed. Give them a lamp and the option to read a little bit past "bedtime." I know that my little girl will look at books before she goes to sleep, so her "bedtime" is about 15 minute early. I love checking in on her and seeing her soundly sleeping next to a pile of books. I hope she is dreaming of adventures with the nutcracker, peas and princesses, elves making fancy shoes, and cleaver cats who talk.


Cattle Electronic Id Tags - Beef Cattle Product Reviews
The National Animal Identification System covers most livestock species, including cattle, poultry, horses, donkeys, mules, sheep, goats and swine, as well as bison, deer, elk, llamas, alpacas and even some fish species, under the heading of aquaculture.
Household pets such as cats and dogs are not included. The first step in the system is identification of locations, or premises, where these animals are housed or otherwise handled, while identification of the individual animals is the second component. The final part of the program is to track animal movement between the various premises.
The USDA claims the ultimate goal of NAIS is traceback within 48 hours of a diseased animal's movements, which would be possible once the three components of NAIS are fully implemented. This traceback would enable animal health officials to identify all the animals and locations that have had direct contact with the animal and take appropriate measures to prevent the further spread of disease.


Goals and methods
The Information Literacy Reflection Tool (ILRT) is a metacognitive self-assessment instrument consisting of curated statements prompting students to reflect on their own approaches to information use, and to reflect on foundational concepts that constitute information literacy. The ILRT study builds on previous work (Catalano, 2017; Mokhtari, 2002; Schraw & Dennison, 1994) to develop a new self-report measure, and is designed to assess first and second-year college students’ awareness and perceived use of information literacy strategies while engaging in college-related research.
Based upon the evidence gathered to date, the ILRT consistently communicates the essential components of each of the threshold concepts as defined in the ACRL Framework (ACRL 2016) when used with a novice researcher population. Further testing would support the broader application of the ILRT in service to students – we offer it for your use! If you would like to partner with us in additional research on the ILRT as you use it in your context, please do not hesitate to contact us.
A User Guide, including a technical report with further details is available at: https://bit.ly/ilrtuserguide
Introducing the Information Literacy Reflection Tool, ACRL-OR Webinars on April 6, 2021, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=513acZobSIU


In 2015 the life expectancy in Uruguay increased to 77.13 years.That year, the life expectancy for women was 80.76 years and for men 73.68 years.
Uruguay’s position improvened with respect to the 191 countries we publish life expectancy, dropping from the 47th in 2014 to 46th in 2015.
If we look at the change in life expectancy in Uruguay over the past several years, we find that it is higher than in 2014, when it was 76.98 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 2005, when it was 75.63 years.
In this page we show you the progression of the life expectancy in Uruguay. You can see the life expectancy in other countries in life expectancy and see all the information about Uruguay in Uruguayan economy.


A fun set of worksheets to work on number writing and color words.
Each worksheet shows how to make the number. Students will trace the number and number word and then practice writing the number and number word. There is a simple sentence with school supplies and color words (sentences listed below.) Students will follow the directions and color the picture(s) accordingly.
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1 - I see one yellow bus.
2 - I see two red apples.
3 - I see three blue scissors.
4 - I see four green backpacks.
5 - I see five orange pencils.
6 - I see six purple markers.
7 - I see seven blue and green globes.
8 - I see eight brown glue sticks.
9 - I see nine black rulers.
10 - I see ten colorful books.


I learned that storyboarding is a very fun and easy presentation for any student of any grade. Storyboarding is also very helpful, it allows you to brainstorm and think creatively. The key ideas, are to get the theme, setting, point of view, and dialogue correctly behind this political cartoon. I'd expect it to influence the audience, because Storyboarding, deals with real life problems/conflicts that happened in the past or present time. I'd expect the audience to walk away with knowledge of seeing how the colonists advocated for their rights of not paying Great Britian's war debt- the colonist were not having that.
The British is taxing the colonists for PAPER!!! Marriage licenses, diplomas, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, court documents, legal proceedings, fines, legal licenses, shipping bills, contracts, liquor licenses, public appointments, grants, deeds, warrants, almanacs, and calendars!
That's not fair that we should have to pay for pay down Great Britain’s war debt from the French and Indian War!!!
Hey John! Have you heard about the Stamp Act?!? The British is taxing the colonists to pay for their debt from the French and Indian War! We have to stand up for our right, and fight this!
What!? We have to protest this! We will not allow the British to come into our country with stamps to pay their taxes from the war! Let's get everyone together, and start a riot!
WE THE PEOPLE, WILL NOT TOLERATE PAYING YOUR DEBT, WE ALREADY PAY OUR TAXES, PAY YOUR OWN! WE DISOBEY THE GOVERNMENT'S RULE OF THIS MAD MATTER!!!!


Join Margaret Simon at “Reflections on the Teche” for additional #DigiLit Sunday reading here.
Kylene Beers and Bob Probst are both speakers that I can listen to time and time again I’ve seen them at ILA, NCTE, and Kylene more than once at #TCRWP. One strategy that I participated in that has stuck with me is “Possible Sentences”. As a workshop participant, it went as Melanie Swider of “Two Reflective Teachers” described here although the session I attended was on a different date.
How can students more “authentically” USE vocabulary words and do more of the vocabulary “heavy lifting” in understanding and owning the words?
Possible Sentence Basic Process:
The teacher chooses vocabulary words.
The students, doing the work, predict and use the words in sentences.
*Then as a class, all the sentences are compiled and then questions are generated for each sentence.
Students return to their sentences and questions to revise them based on the understanding of the topic after reading.
How could we start using “Possible Sentences” in Book Clubs or in Content Area classes and add in some meaningful, very purposeful, use of technology?
Here’s what I proposed for our first learning practice:
You can go to the actual documents through the links below and save your eyesight:
Google Drawing Student Task Card link
Tools: NewsELA article, Wordcounter.com, Google Drawings cards, Google Docs – Response


In 1871, the Schiller Monument was built in the center of the square. It was a creative vision of the famous architect of Berlin, Reinhold Begues, who had designed many other world famous monuments. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. He was looked up by the Berlin people. This classic-style monument stands in front of the Schinkel's Theatre, now called as Konzerthaus.
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Production of biofertiler by the use of rhizobium species-a symbiotic nitrogen fixer in cost effective carrier materials
The aim of the given project is to explore and use the alternative carrier materials FYM and vermicompost for the production of Rhizobium bofertilizers and the viability test of Rhizobium in them. Various information regarding this project were collected from different sources like magazines, journals, books etc. The Rhizobium species of Cow pea group was chosen for this project. The bacterial strains were isolated from the root nodules of the Cow pea plant. They were cultured in YEMA media. The two alternative carrier materials i.e. FYM and vermicompost were chosen for the production of biofertilizer. 20 packets of Rhizobium using FYM as a carrier material ad 30 packets using vermicompost as a carrier material were prepared. The viability of Rhizobium sp. in both the carrier materials were tested which showed its presence. One of the important physiological character of the bacteria was tested by Gram staining, which gave the result of the concerned species as Gram negative. To create the awareness among the villagers of adopting Rhizobium biofertilizers, demonstrations and meetings were organized at the villages like Gatalsud, Parastoli etc. 50 farm families were visited and about 20 prepared packets of Rhizobium biofertilizer were distributed among the innovators. In the market survey, to know the status of the present market, about 10 fertilizer shops situated at Kutcheri Road, Ratu Road and Court compound, Ranchi, Jharkahnd, were visited.
Key words- Cow pea, Rhizobium, Biofertilizer, Carrier material.


L’art pour l’art.
Why is art here? For the sake of the good, the true, and the beautiful? For its own sake? Victor Cousin, attributed with the first use of the phrase, explains it thus, “We must have religion for religion’s sake, morality for morality’s sake, as with art for art’s sake…the beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.”
Art history is the foundation on which the artist stands, whether or not he or she likes it. Not contained by the walls of museums, art history fills our visually based culture. It will only benefit one to learn to understand art history, as it is as present at the written word. Within its line and contrast, it holds not the history of art, but history through art. It is a record keeper of world events, philosophy, religion, politics, deaths, births, culture, and fashion. George Sand disagrees with Cousin, writing to a friend, “Art for art’s sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of the true, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.” Whether you agree with Cousin or Sand as to its purpose, the by-products of art include the good, true, and beautiful. For art!


New Species of Pliopithecus Gervais, 1849 (Primates: Pliopithecidae) from the Middle Miocene (MN8) of Abocador de Can Mata (els Hostalets de Pierola, Catalonia, Spain). 2010. D.M. Alba, et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141: 52-75.
Pliopithecus primate, considered an extinct family of primitive Catarrhini primates (or "Old World monkeys"). The fragments of jaw and molars found in this large site demonstrate that Pliopithecus canmatensis belongs to this group, which includes the first Catarrhini that dispersed from Africa to Eurasia.
Named Pliopithecus canmatensis, in honour of the place they were discovered in Catalonia, the new fossil species sheds light on the evolution of the superfamily of the Pliopithecoidea, primates that include various genera of basal Catarrhini, a group that diverged before the separation of the two current superfamilies of the group: the cercopithecoids (Old World monkeys) and the hominoids (anthromorphs and humans); and which prospered in Eurasia during the Early and Late Miocene (between 23.5 and 5.3 million years ago).


Today we’re going to finish going over preliminaries and notation from
the Mochizuki masterpiece, Geometry of Frobenioids I: The general theory.
If we are successful at this, we may then be in a position to read the definition of Frobenioid.
Our groups will be Hausdorff topological groups. Subgroups have centralizers.
To a given profinite group is associated a category of finite sets with a action. This category is a Galois category. If every open subgroup of has trivial centralizer, we say that $\Pi$ is slim. This is all we need to know about group theory.
Next we learn about categories. We consider their objects and arrows. We think about one object and one morphism categories. Has anyone ever read Paul Pot’s book, “The one bullet manager?”
We discuss some restrictions of categories to single objects by looking at morphisms all of whose images (or all of whose domains) are a single object. Morphisms of the original category form functors between these restricted categories.
We define what it means for an arrow to be fiberwise surjective. (Basically when it can be put in a commutative diagram with any other arrow having the same target.) A category is of FSM type if every fiberwise surjective morphism is an isomorphism. We define that an endomorphism is a sub-automorphism if there is an automorphism and a map so that applying the automorphism then the map is the same as applying the map then the endomorphism.
Various other notions on categories are discussed. It’s hard to see where this is going. Time for the definition of Frobenioid.


What is Financial Literacy?
From the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
Financial Literacy as the ability of consumers to make informed decisions that will best suit their situation.
A financially literate person is someone who understands how the financial system works, how to manage their money and how to make choices that best suit their needs and income. A financially literate population helps build a strong economy, which in turn makes all our lives better.
From the Investor Education Fund:
Financial literacy is the set of skills and knowledge that allow you to understand:
- The financial principles you need to know to make informed financial decisions, and
- The financial products that impact your financial well-being
- Understand the key financial products you may need throughout your life – including bank accounts, mortgages, retirement savings plans and basic investments like stocks, bonds and mutual funds
- Understand basic financial concepts like compound interest, investment return, risk, diversification and so on
- Discuss money and financial issues – even if you don’t really like to talk about them
- Make good financial choices about saving, spending and managing debt throughout your life: for example, when getting an education, starting a job, buying a house, starting a family, getting ready to retire and living out your senior years
- Respond competently to changes that affect your everyday financial well-being – including events in the general economy like the recent collapse of financial markets, rising unemployment and the threat rapid inflation.


Wetlands in Minnesota are regulated by the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act (WCA) established in 1991. The Wetland Conservation Act regulates activities that could impact wetlands.
Prior to starting a project, anyone proposing to drain, fill or disturb an area that could be a wetland should contact the local government unit responsible for administering the Wetland Conservation Act in Minnesota. Enforcement of violations is done by the local unit of government and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
In Blue Earth County there are three local units of government that regulate wetlands within their jurisdiction:
Blue Earth County Wetlands Contact:
Blue Earth County Environmental Services Email
Ph: (507) 304-4381
City of Mankato Wetlands Contact: Paul Vogel
City of Mankato
Community Development Email
Ph: (507) 387-8599
Public Right-of-Way Wetlands Contact: Ryan Thilges Blue Earth County Public Works Department Email
Ph: (507) 304-4025


Susceptibility to Laurel Wilt and disease incidence in two rare plant species, Pondberry and Pondspice Plant Disease.
Laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola, has been responsible for extensive losses of redbay (Persea borbonia) in South Carolina and Georgia since 2003. Symptoms of the disease have been noted in other species of the Lauraceae such as the federally endangered pondberry (Lindera melissifolia) and the threatened pondspice (Litsea aestivalis). Pondberry and pondspice seedlings were inoculated with R. lauricola from redbay, and both species proved highly susceptible to laurel wilt. Field assessments found substantial mortality of pondberry and pondspice, but in many cases the losses were not attributable to laurel wilt. R. lauricola was isolated from only 4 of 29 symptomatic pondberry plants at one site, but the fungus was not recovered from three plants at another site. R. lauricola was isolated from one of two symptomatic pondspice plants at one site, and from five of 11 plants at another site, but not from any plant at a third site. Insect bore holes, similar to those produced by Xyleborus glabratus (the vector of laurel wilt), were found in some pondberry and pondspice stems, but adults were not found. Damage caused by Xylosandrus compactus was found in pondberry stems, but this ambrosia beetle does not appear to be a vector of R. lauricola. Xyleborinus saxeseni adults were found in a dying pondspice with laurel wilt, and R. lauricola was recovered from two of three adults. Isolates of R. lauricola from pondberry, pondspice, and X. saxeseni had rDNA sequences that were identical to previously characterized isolates, and inoculation tests confirmed that they were pathogenic to redbay. Because pondberry and pondspice tend to be shrubby plants with small stem diameters, these species may not be frequently attacked by X. glabratus unless in close proximity to larger diameter redbay.


Grammar Lesson 3:Measure Words
Chinese makes frequent use of so-called "classifiers" or "measure words".
Measure words also exist in the English language (even if they are not so frequently used).
Examples for measure words in the English language:
- a cup of coffee
- a box of cereal
- a loaf of bread
- a tube of toothpaste
- a flock of birds
In these examples cup, box, loaf, tube and flock act as "measure words".
Here is a list of frequent Chinese measure words:
隻 / 只 / zhi1 = a measure word for animals and insects
間 / 间 / jian1 = a measure word for rooms, flats, houses, schools, restaurants, hotels, companies
張 / 张 / zhang1 = a measure word for flat objects like paper, tickets, stamps, records, tables
部 / 部 / bu4 = a measure word for works of literature, films, movies, machines, cars
首 / 首 / shou3 = a measure word for poems, songs
輛 / 辆 / liang4 = a measure word for vehicles like cars, motorbikes, truck, vans
位 / 位 / wei4 = a measure word for people
(The order on the left is: Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese / Pinyin)
If in doubt use the most common classifier, which is "ge" (Traditional: 個, Simplified: 个). This measure word is used for people or objects.
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Uraicecht Becc – The Short Primer
This poetic manuscript declares the King of Munster to be be supreme and makes reference to monastries in Emly and Cork; both counties of that province. For this reason it is believed to be of Munster origin.
It has been argued by D.A. Binchy to have been an extension of the Bretha Nemed (the Judgements of the Privileged Classes) due to the similar subject matter and style of writing used.
Though it is called the 'Short Primer' the text stands out among other texts on status due to its wider scope. Where other status texts tend to narrow their focus on certain professions or sectors of society, such as the Bretha Nemed's focus on the upper privileged classes, the Uraicecht Becc covered most lay proffessions from Kings to Smiths,
It first divides society into the ‘free-privileged’ and ‘free-base’ classes. Of the former it lists scholars, clergy, nobles, and poets. Of the latter it lists smiths, braziers, chariot-makers, furniture-makers, weapon-makers, artisans, and other skilled professions.
It further lists the corresponding honour prices which were varied according to the importance given to the profession and the level of skill possessed by the worker in their craft. In fact, by looking at the amounts of compensation and remuneration paid to the varying grades we get an obvious indicator of the importance society had for each of the varying positions.
Its main focus, however, deals with the profession of the Filíd or Poets (also known as Bards). The Uraicececht Becc divides these into seven different grades according to the level of skill, training, and ancestry of the individual filíd.
If an individual was more skilled, or if they were more highly qualified, they became naturally more valuable to society and vice-versa, for, as one line of the tract reads:
Nadbi cainfoltach nibi cainfuillmech,
He who is not well qualified is not well remunerated.
Another Maxim states:
Bes Ildánach bid Ildírech
Whoever is highly skilled is highly valued.
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Technological Device Research Assignment
Technology is changing constantly. We use devices daily that were not even dreamed of as little as five years ago. (using a palm pilot or cell phone to surf the web and e-mail pictures across the planet).
Select a computer related device and trace its development from its inception to its present development and what kind of future you think the device may have (if it has a future –eg. floppy disks)
Discuss how the device has changed the way in which people use computers.
How have computers and specifically Operating Systems changed in order to work with the device.
Create a powerpoint presention that will be presented to the class.
See points on presentions


The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to introduce the rotavirus vaccine in its routine immunisation programme which is expected to protect 57 lakh children from diarrhoea.
At the launch of the scheme, the state’s Women and Child Welfare Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi said “Rotavirus can cause extreme diarrhoea in children and can even be fatal in some cases. I am extremely happy that we have inducted the rotavirus vaccine in the routine immunisation programme which will protect our children from this deadly virus.”
Data indicates that almost 40 per cent of diarrhoea among children below the age of five years is caused by rotavirus and this causes approximately 78,000 deaths in the country.
The global disease burden of rotavirus has assumed such alarming propositions that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that all national immunisation programmes include the rotavirus vaccine. With UP including rotavirus under its immunisation programme, it becomes the eleventh state in India to launch a crackdown on the spread of this dreaded disease.
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TRADITIONAL varieties of major US food crops have been widely contaminated by DNA from genetically modified crops. Some scientists have gone as far as to suggest that this may pose a serious risk to human health.
Crops engineered to produce industrial chemicals and drugs - so-called "pharm" crops - could already be poisoning ostensibly GM-free crops grown for food, says a study by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "If genes find their way from pharm crops to ordinary corn, they or their products could wind up in drug-laced cornflakes," says microbiologist Margaret Mellon, the report's co-author.
In trials, crops have been genetically engineered to manufacture antibodies to fight cancer, vaccines against rabies, cholera and foot and mouth disease, and proteins for healing wounds and treating conditions such as cystic fibrosis. But while conventional pharmaceutical factories are subject to stringent controls to prevent drugs entering the ...
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2,4-D is a proven technology; effective, inexpensive, with vast amounts of supporting data and a history of being found to have no adverse effects on human or environmental health.
2,4-D keeps costs to farmers low and crop yields high, across multiple agricultural sectors.
2,4-D has been in use for 70 years, but only 7 species of weeds in the US have developed resistance. It is therefore an important tool in managing weeds resistant to other herbicides.
2,4-D has a wide range of important uses in other sectors; helping to maintain infrastructure and leisure spaces across the United States.
2,4-D Research Task Force’s Updated Study
The 2,4-D Research Task Force commissioned an update and expansion of the 1996 National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (NAPIAP) report "Biological and Economic Risk Assessment of Benefits Phenoxy Herbicides in the United States."
Leading experts, academics, and scientists from a wide range of disciplines contributed to the 14 chapters found in this website.


Mark and Dave are hiking. The hikers surprise a mother bear and her two cubs on the trail. The mother bear makes it clear about being unhappy that she was surprised by the two hikers. Mark is taking a medication that specifically blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and Dave is taking a medication that specifically blocks nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. How would the effects differ between the drug that blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and the drug that blocks nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in terms of the physiological response Mark and Dave are likely to experience when they encounter the angry mother bear and her two cubs?© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com December 20, 2018, 9:35 am ad1c9bdddf
Nicotinic ACh receptors are found in the autonomic nervous system as well as in skeletal muscle. Muscarinic ACh (mACh) receptors are found only in the autonomic nervous system. In the autonomic nervous system, mACh receptors can be found in the parasympthetic system where they upregulate the parasympathetic nervous system, thereby decreasing the fight or light ...
The expert examines acetylcholine mother bear experience is examined.


The recent warm nights are just what strawberries need to ripen. Soon you’ll see fresh local strawberries in the grocery store, at the Farmer’s Markets and roadside stands. These plump, luscious, naturally sweet fruits are packed with nutrition and can be an excellent part of your healthy diet.
One cup of strawberry halves delivers:
- only 49 calories and only 4 calories from fat
- 12% of your recommended daily value of fiber
- a whopping 149% of your recommended daily value of Vitamin C
These little jewels are sweet and tasty and provide your body with lots of good nutrients like:
- Antioxidants which help reduce the chance of heart disease and cancer.
- Fiber which lowers the risk of heart disease and supports digestion.
- Phyto-nutrients that aid in the prevention of cancer and diabetes.
- Potassium which helps maintain blood pressure, aids muscle contractions.
- Vitamin C which promotes healthy gums, teeth and bones.
A recent study in American Heart Association’s journal, Circulation suggests that women who ate the most strawberries (and blueberries), three or more servings weekly, were 32% less likely to suffer an early heart attack than were women who ate fewer berries.
Strawberries can be part of any meal.
- Top your morning Wheaties with sliced strawberries
- Add sliced strawberries to your lowfat yogurt
- Slice them and top your toast with the berries instead of jam
- Dice them and add them into muffins
- Toss them in a salad (See Ora Aselton’s Spinach and Strawberry Salad)
- Dip them in antioxidant rich dark chocolate for a decadent, but healthy dessert
- Add them to a smoothie
Did You Know? Strawberries do not ripen after they are picked, so strawberries grown and sold locally are picked riper and travel shorter distances to market. Local berries are your best bet for the freshest and tastiest berries!
Do you have a favorite strawberry recipe you’d like to share? Consider sharing it here.


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Poltergeists are ‘noisy ghosts.’ They have the ability to manipulate the physical environment. They can open windows and drawers. They can move chairs and push books off shelves. They can turn on bathtubs and turn off lights. They can slam doors and even start fires.


Home Remedies for Mouth Ulcers
Mouth ulcers are also known as canker sores. They are normally small, painful lesions that develop in your mouth or at the base of your gums. Mouth ulcers make eating, drinking, and talking more uncomfortable. Mouth ulcers are caused in Women, adolescents, and people with a family history.
Mouth ulcers usually go away within one week or two weeks. Sometime you may get a canker sore that is large or extremely painful, or if it lasts for a long time without healing, you should seek the advice of a doctor.
Mouth ulcers are sores that appear in the mouth, often on the inside of the cheeks, tongue, gums and under the tongue. They are also known as aphthous ulcers, and they are usually harmless and clear up on their own.
No one knows what are the causes of these small, painful blisters inside your mouth. The triggers include hypersensitivity, infection, hormones, stress, and not getting enough of some vitamins.


Approximately 400 species of Clerodendron are native to Africa and Asia.
This native of China
is evergreen in mild years and may die to the ground in cold winters,
recovering the following spring. Stems grow to about four feet tall. Leaves are
large and somewhat heart-shaped. Showy clusters of pink flowers top the stems in
summer. The flowers are attractive to butterflies.
See plants in the planters west of building 14 along Candycane Lake.
A spreading herbaceous plant with stems to about four feet tall.
Light: sun or part shade
Water: drought tolerant when established
Soil: adaptable to a wide range of conditions
In northeast Florida,
this is an aggressive grower that spreads rapidly by underground shoots. It may
not be appropriate for a small garden.
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(KMSP) - Saturday is a big day for students in St. Paul with an affinity for history.
Over 500 students from 17 St. Paul schools present their History Day projects, exhibits, documentaries and performances. These projects are the result of a major assignment integral to St. Paul public schools social studies curriculum.
Students in grades 6-12 are invited to participate, and can essentially choose a topic from any time in history to dive into.
On Saturday, the History Day Competition started with current events, "Taking a Stand in History." Other projects ranged from exploring the critical role women played in the American Indian Movement, to an in-depth look at the suffrage movement in England.
Winners at the regional competition have the chance to compete at National History Day in Washington D.C. in June.


Monday, October 20, 2008
Ret & Kidney Development
The Ret gene plays an integral role in kidney development. As is covered in any basic embryology class, the cross-talk between the ureteric bud (destined to become the collecting system of the kidney) and the metanephrogenic mesenchyme (destined to become the renal parencyma and tubules) is a prime example of how reciprocal signals from two distinct tissue types can influence the development of the other. In the case of the kidney, GDNF (glial-derived neurotrophic factor) secreted by the mesenchyme interacts with the Ret receptor, a membrane tyrosine kinase, on the ureteric bud. This interaction is critical for branching morphogenesis, the process by which the kidney serially reiterates in order to create an organ with a million nephrons, as demonstrated by the fact that mice deficient in the Ret gene have a congenital absence of the kidney.
Ret is important other human diseases as well. It is a proto-oncogene, as gain-of-function mutations lead to various forms of multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN). Loss-of-function mutations in contrast can lead to either Hirschprung's disease (a congenital absence of the enteric nerves) or renal hypoplasia.


Time-bases ACLs are Access Lists that enable you to restrict or allow resources based on time periods. For example you as a network administrator are asked to restrict web browsing to some particular servers during working hours. To implement an time based access lists there are few simple steps:13055 views
This article describes what Reflexive Access Lists are, how they work, and how to configure Reflexive ACLs on Cisco routers in GNS3. Reflexive Access Lists are used to allow IP traffic for sessions that originates from inside the network, and deny IP traffic that originates from outside the network.7698 views
Dynamic (Lock-and-key) Access Control Lists are used to block user traffic until the user telnet to the router. Dynamic Access List is based on Extended ACL which starts with an entry that blocks traffic through the router. When the user try to telnet to the router a dynamic entry is added8120 views
Extended Access lists give us extra features in comparison with standard ACLs. They check packet for source address, destination address, protocol and port number. Like Standard ACLs, Extended Access Lists can be numbered or named. Ranges used by numbered extended ACLs are from 100 to 199 and from 2000 to 2699.16514 views
In previous article we discussed about Access Control Lists, generally. Here we’ll focus on Standard Access Lists on Cisco devices and will give you an example.
With standard ACLs you can permit or deny traffic from source IP addresses. The destination of the packet and the port doesn’t matter. They can be named or numbered.4687 views


Grade Levels: Professional (high school teachers)
Program Duration: 4:15 -7:15 pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays
This New York City Department of Education After School Professional Development Program course on teaching finance is designed to help educators understand and present finance-related subjects to high school students in grades 9-12. Over six weeks, the course covers 10 topics in broad categories that are related to Common Core.
History: Money, Exchanges, Development of Markets, US Financial System
Biographies: Andrew Carnegie, Alexander Hamilton and 19th Century Industrialists
Finance & Economics: Time Value of Money, Stocks, Bonds, Commodities, Recent Recession
Financial Literacy: Federal Reserve, Banking, Saving & Compounding, Education & Your Career
Each of the 12 sessions is designed to:
1) Teach educators about each subject
2) Provide educators with unique, engaging and high-quality material developed by experts
3) Give educators the confidence to present the material to their students.
Mid-term and final exams will determine competency and provide feedback. Finally, lesson plan materials will be developed by the educators with the assistance and oversight of the Museum’s Senior Educator to ensure quality and accuracy. This is a three-credit course, and the educational partner fee is $125.


In addition we can say of the number 4618 that it is even
4618 is an even number, as it is divisible by 2 : 4618/2 = 2309
The factors for 4618 are all the numbers between -4618 and 4618 , which divide 4618 without leaving any remainder. Since 4618 divided by -4618 is an integer, -4618 is a factor of 4618 .
Since 4618 divided by -4618 is a whole number, -4618 is a factor of 4618
Since 4618 divided by -2309 is a whole number, -2309 is a factor of 4618
Since 4618 divided by -2 is a whole number, -2 is a factor of 4618
Since 4618 divided by -1 is a whole number, -1 is a factor of 4618
Multiples of 4618 are all integers divisible by 4618 , i.e. the remainder of the full division by 4618 is zero. There are infinite multiples of 4618. The smallest multiples of 4618 are:
It is possible to determine using mathematical techniques whether an integer is prime or not.
for 4618, the answer is: No, 4618 is not a prime number.
To know the primality of an integer, we can use several algorithms. The most naive is to try all divisors below the number you want to know if it is prime (in our case 4618). We can already eliminate even numbers bigger than 2 (then 4 , 6 , 8 ...). Besides, we can stop at the square root of the number in question (here 67.956 ). Historically, the Eratosthenes screen (which dates back to Antiquity) uses this technique relatively effectively.
More modern techniques include the Atkin screen, probabilistic tests, or the cyclotomic test.
Previous prime number: 4603
Next prime number: 4621


The revolution in the winter and spring of 1918/19 decided in the streets of the imperial capital Berlin. On November 9, 1918, Berliners celebrated the Emperor's abdication with demonstrations in front of the Reichstag and the Schloss. In January 1919, the barricades of the Spartacists against the advancing government troops were erected in the newspaper district. The Frankfurter Allee moved across the Frankfurter Allee after the end of the fighting large funeral church to the cemetery in Friedrichsfelde. It was always the press photographers who recorded the speakers in the crowd with their large plate cameras, the soldiers behind the machine guns, the parties' poster cars for the elections to the National Assembly, and the destroyed houses and devastated places. But at the same time, everyday life in the city continued, people visited the many cinemas with their expanding film offer, amused themselves in revues and cabarets, danced two-step and foxtrot. The exhibition in the Museum of Photography shows a photographic history of the revolution in Berlin as well as a panorama of the entertainment culture of those months.
Held at the Museum für Fotografie / Helmut-Newton-Stiftung
Entry €10, concession €5
Einzug der Jäger-Division, Vorbeimarsch der Garde-Jäger vor General Arnold Lequis, links der Pressefotograf Walter Gircke mit seiner Kamera, 10./11.12.1918
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek – Photothek Willy Römer / Willy Römer
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09 July 2013
University scientists have made a significant advance in their ability to target skin cancer.Researchers at the School of Medicine are part of a team that has developed an artificially enhanced molecule called a T-cell receptor, derived from a white blood cell that targets and kills melanoma cells.
Working in collaboration with an Oxford-based biotechnology company (Immunocore), scientists at the University were able to solve the molecular structure of the enhanced T-cell receptor, bound to a fragment from a melanoma cell.The T-cell receptor was engineered to bind to cancerous cells with a 30,000-fold improved affinity using technology developed by partners, Immunocore. Molecular visualisation using X-rays (the technique used to solve the structure of DNA) enabled them to understand how this molecule targets melanoma cells with high specificity and affinity.Dr David Cole of the Institute of Infection and Immunity at the School of Medicine said: "We wanted to visualise these novel molecules at the molecular level to better understand how they work. We hope that these experiments will provide the information we need to safely improve these T-cell receptors to target cancer and other types of human diseases."Dr Ian Lewis, Associate Director of Research at the Welsh Cancer Charity Tenovus, said;
"We are extremely proud to be associated with this research that seeks to improve the treatment of malignant melanoma, one of the most aggressive and increasingly common cancers in the UK.
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Taking fitness seriously not only means training regularly but also means paying attention to the vitamins and nutrients that our body needs. While working out is often half of the battle towards increasing fitness, enhancing health and protecting against anti-aging, getting the right amount of nutrients is a long term battle.
Most of us know about the ‘headline’ vitamins such as vitamins C and D but B is often talked about much less, and specifically B12 is one of the most under discussed vitamins, that a growing number of people are deficient in. B12 plays a vital part in many of our body’s core functions such as the production of red blood cells and nerve cells.
Not only that, being deficient in B12 is likely to make you tired, sluggish and prone to getting headaches. To find out more about vitamin B12 and the symptoms, causes and treatments check out the below infographic by psysci:


The quote above is from my first blog post as the "Contemporary Teacher." It models my educational philosophy.
Recently I had what I consider an educational victory. You see, Colorado has integrated physical, earth, and life sciences in their middle school standards. However, not all school districts jumped on board, having separated the three in the past. Mine was right along with the rest in avoiding the change. We're three years into the changed standards and my pushing has finally resulted in discussions about actually changing our curriculum to match. I had all my arguments and brought resources and it paid off. Much to my surprise, all but 2 teachers were on board. Democracy can be a beautiful thing.
In case you're wondering, here are my reasons for using the state standards as written:
- Integrated science allows me as a teacher to develop units that show the complexity of the real world
- There are more opportunities for interdisciplinary learning with a greater variety of sciences
- the vertical alignment and spiraling of learning developed by the standards designers is intact
- better retention by students as they are building on these concepts (versus learning earth science in 6th grade and not seeing it again until 9th grade)
- process skills are written at a grade appropriate level
Here are some things I am working on for myself and my fellow science teachers:
- a very complicated concept map showing connections between the concepts I will teach as well as vertical alignment (MindMaple Lite is a free software which is GREAT for this purpose)
- a google sites web page which includes file folder pages that teachers can use to share materials
Read some of my other blog entries to see how to integrate literacy, math, and social studies into your science content (or vice versa).


Well-known Italian painters from the 20th century include Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Giorgio Morandi. These artists made significant contributions to modern art, participating in various artistic movements that have included surrealism, Arte Povera, COBRA and metaphysical art.Continue Reading
There are many great Italian artists of the 20th century who have greatly affected the trajectory of modern art. Futurists such as Gino Severini and Carlo Carra were at the forefront of the futurism movement during World War I, presenting their vision of reinvigorated nationalism. Artists such as Morandi and de Chirico offered a return to more classical Italian ideas and were significant influences to the surrealism.
Manzoni is considered one of the godfathers of contemporary art. While he worked in a variety of media, he is well-known for his series of achromes or white paintings, which represented a radical and avant-garde aesthetic at the time and would become a major inspiration for minimalism thereafter.
Fontana and Pistoletto rank among the most acclaimed modern artists. Their work often appears to achieve staggering results. Fontana is best known for his incised or slashed monochromatic canvases, while Pistoletto is renowned for his portraits of individuals that he painted on mirrors.Learn more about Painting


Check out today’s Step 2 CK Qmax Question Challenge.
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A 10-year-old boy with Down syndrome is brought to his primary care physician by his parents. They have noticed that he has been more fatigued and short of breath over the past few months. On physical exam, multiple enlarged lymph nodes are palpated. X-ray of the chest reveals a large mediastinal mass. Following bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, he is diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and requires placement of a permanent intravenous access device.
Which sets of laboratory values above will allow the boy to undergo the procedure safely?
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The brain is supposed to be the most sophisticated piece of electronics. It can do things we can't dream with our current computers. I want t know how many of the worlds most sophiticated computers would it take to equal the output of our brain proccesing. Is our extreme computational power do to our internal programing or that we have far more neurons than chips have transistors> From what I heard todays most powerful cumputer doesn't have the brainpower of a housefly. Is it because neurons are so much smaller than transistors? Which is faster our brain or a computer? I'm guessing our brain has far more memory.


Shark Island was founded in 1795 off the coast of Luderitz, Namibia. Originally named Star Island, the land sat amidst immense winds and crashing waters of the Atlantic for a century before being connected to the mainland and used as a concentration camp by the Germans from 1904 to 1908.
During this time, the Shark Island Concentration Camp—also known as Death Island because of the stories of its brutal conditions, minuscule food rations, and the death toll—was home to German physician, Dr. Bofinger, who was said to conduct sinister racial ‘science experiments.’ Dr. Bofinger would conduct inhuman trials such as testing whether scurvy was contagious by injecting prisoners with opium and arsenic. More than 3,000 skulls belonging to the Herero and Nama people were sent back to Germany for further experimentation.
The camp closed in 1907 and prisoners were transferred to an open area near Radford Bay where mortality rates eventually declined. Today, the harrowing peninsula is the site of a small memorial and plenty of open space for history buffs to go camping.


Acronyms that contain the term qcd
What does qcd mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: qcd.
We've found a total of 1 shorthand for qcd:
What does qcd mean?
- quantum chromodynamics, QCD(noun)
- a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together


The VCTS is a Permanent Electrical Safety Device that allows workers to quickly and safely validate zero electrical energy from outside an electrical enclosure. It takes the guesswork out of verifying electrical energy and enhances your workplace safety and productivity. Adding an additional layer of protection, the VCTS provides a safer and more productive method of performing LO/TO.
The VCTS provides three totally independent means to confirm zero electrical energy prior to opening the enclosure; whereas typically, only one means is employed. That means normally requires exposure to an arc flash potential that exceeds the rating of the PPE available to the technician. Those three means are:
*The VCTS is able to be customized to your specific applications. Multiple voltage connectors can be added for monitoring input, bypass, and output voltages. The flexible current transformer can be left in the equipment or removed after the measurements are taken. One single set of current transformers can be used in multiple types of equipment.
The VCTS exceeds NFPA 70E and meets the OSHA energy isolation principle. The voltage and current ports specifically address verification of a de-energized state in equipment applications where the arc-flash exceeds 40 cal/cm2.
The VCTS provides safe, convenient connections for monitoring both voltage and current without opening doors or removing panels. Specifically, power quality analysis and calibration measurements can be made without power interruptions.
Here are some typical applications of the VCTS
Features and Benefits of the VCTS
The VCTS is user Friendly, no additional tools
required, and there are visual abnormal power
It is able to install on "line" or "load" side of
electrical disconnect, detect both AC and DC
voltage, and it tests three-phase circuits up to 600 V
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The City of Alexandria installed a bike signal light where the Mount Vernon Trail meets the intersection of South Washington and South Alfred Street to improve the safety and flow of bike and pedestrian traffic. With peak rates of more than 300 bicycles per hour on this part of the trail, the City made a proactive effort to work with the National Park Service to improve the safety at this section of the trail. Prior to signal installation, bicyclists were required to come to a full stop on a moderate slope as they approached the Porto Vecchio driveway and the evaluation of traffic counts revealed problems at the intersection. In response, the City implemented its first Bicycle Signal with approval from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
● This bicycle signal is the first in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Similar signals are being used in Washington, DC, San Francisco, and many European cities.
● In the summer of 2010, the City’s request to the FHWA to use a bicycle signal and evaluate its effectiveness modifying bicyclist and motorist behavior was approved and implemented. The signal has increase bicyclist compliance with the traffic signals on the Mount Vernon Trail and improves traffic flow and safety for both trail users and motorists.


Mental Health Rights
Those with mental health conditions do not often consider themselves ‘disabled’ however they often do have rights under the Equality Act 2010.
The Mental Health Act 1983 details the treatment, assessment, and rights of those with mental health conditions.
The Mental Capacity Act is set out to protect those with learning disabilities as well as mental health conditions. The framework offers guidelines for professionals, careers and family regarding various decisions and situations.
The Equality Act 2010 entitles disabled people to rights that prevent discrimination or harassment within access to health services and social services. This is inclusive of the services provided at GP’s and hospitals.
Adjustments must be made to allow disabled access where it is reasonable for the service provider. This can include healthcare and social services information in an accessible format.
The Equality Act 2010 also prevents unlawful discrimination of education providers against disabled pupils, students and adult learners.


How many grams are there in a cup?
236-237 grams for liquid measures and between 120 to 280 grams for dry measures.
The number of grams in a cup vary depending on the density of the object being measured. Liquids weigh 236-237 grams in one cup. For dry weights, however, you have to account for the different densities of different materials. A cup of fine wheat flour, for example, may weigh 120-140 grams, while a cup of denser table salt will weigh 280 grams. All this is measured in terms of the U.S. customary cup, and measures for the imperial cup in the UK (283-284 grams liquid and 230-340 grams solid) and the metric cup in Australia, Canada and New Zealand (249-250 grams liquid and 200-300 grams solid) vary slightly.


Abstract: The birth of the field of Artificial Intelligence was primarily due to the curiosity of researchers and inventors to create a perfect replica of the human mind. The thought of being able to simulate the human brain on a machine captured the imaginations of many, enticing and assimilating a wide array of research in the field, leading to a constant string of breakthroughs and new discoveries. With each breakthrough, our understanding of the boundaries and limits of the field were pushed, making it impossible to accurately estimate the complete scope of any project, with the only limitation being the technology available at the time. The primary purpose of any device implementing AI today, i.e. automation, was merely an application of the technology stumbled upon. As automation takes over our daily lives, it leads us to the main concern of where the line of ethics needs to be drawn and when does our pursuit for an ideal rational agent end with us questioning the morality of the decisions made by the machine. This paper tries to understand a model that weighs each choice with itís moral conformation to truly decipher if a machine can understand each choice beyond the simple weighted values of desirability and goal reachability. After all, are we still trying to create the perfect human intelligence or just a perfect machine?
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Brain Hierarchy, Morality, Ethics, Kantís Laws, Responsibility.


In an effort to make these bananas last as long as they could, giving me more time to not eat them, I thought back about tips that I had heard of to make fruit last longer. I knew that you were supposed to put bananas in a paper bag to make them ripen more quickly, but couldn’t quite pin how you were supposed to slow it down. I came across the thought that maybe you were supposed to separate the bananas, because teamwork makes them turn brown faster.
A quick internet search could have probably told me that they only need to be disconnected from the stems, because it’s the attachment to the others that make them ripen, or maybe would have even told me that bananas being stuck together doesn’t have any effect on ripening anyway.
So I separated them… but how far away did they need to be from each other to slow the ripening? A few inches? Different rooms? Who knows?!?! (spoiler alert: at least half the people on the internet probably know. I could have found the answers I wanted through any of my FOUR internet-connected devices in my house. Too much work, though. None of those devices were right in front of me at that second.)
And that’s why there are bananas spread around my entire kitchen right now.
UPDATE: After I finally had to sit directly in front of the computer (after dividing all my bananas), I did a search and found out that I was RIGHT! Separating bananas DOES help slow the ripening, because of banana gasses or something that sounds slightly more scientific. [science things about banana gasses] Thanks, Internet!


What is Special Educational Needs (SEN)?
Visual Impairment refers to a functional loss of vision. Significant visual impairment refers to loss of visual acuity (VA) and/or loss of visual field that makes it difficult or impossible for people to complete daily tasks without specialized adaptations.
According to the Rehabilitation Programme Plan, Visual Impairment can be categorized as follows:
- Total Blindness: persons with no visual function, i.e., no light perception.
- Low Vision:
- Severe Low Vision: Persons with VA of 6/120 or worse and persons with constricted visual field in which the widest field diameter subtends an angular subtense of 20 degrees or less, irrespective of the VA
- Moderate Low Vision: Persons with VA from 6/60 to better than 6/120
- Mild Low Vision: Persons with VA from 6/18 to better than 6/60
(Remarks: VA of 6/60 means that the subject can only see at 6 metres what a normal sighted person can see at 60 metres)
- Never leave a conversation with a person without saying so
- Use accurate and specific language when giving directions
- Always ask first to check if help is needed


Sitting Bull : Dakota boy
- 1 of 1 copy available at LARL/NWRL Consortium.
0 current holds with 1 total copy.
|Location||Call Number / Copy Notes||Barcode||Shelving Location||Status||Due Date|
|Red Lake Falls Public Library||j 921 SIT (Text)||35500003349725||Main||Available||-|
- ISBN: 0689806280
192 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Edition: 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
- Publisher: New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1996.
|General Note:||Originally published: Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1956.|
|Summary, etc.:||A biographical look at the childhood of Sitting Bull, one of the greatest Sioux warriors to fight against the white man.|
Augusta Stevenson was a writer of children&;s books and a teacher. She wrote several Childhood of Famous Americans titles, including books about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Paul Revere, Sitting Bull, Benjamin Franklin, and Molly Pitcher.
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There’s no Such Thing as Gravity:
The World Just Sucks!
A slightly different approach to general relativity
for high school physics students
By Mark Sowers
Table of Contents
Gravitational lensing is just one of the interesting topics in cosmology that this approach to gravity helps explain. In a future installment I hope to explore how viewing gravity as simply a result of variations in the clock-rate provides insight into black holes, the expanding universe, dark energy and more.
© Copyright 2009 Mark Sowers. All Rights Reserved.


Cardiology, Heart Surgery Abroad
Cardiology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. We have grouped together treatements related to the heart and blood.
The goal of cardiac surgery (often referred to simply as heart surgery) is to improve the overall health of the heart. Heart disease often involves clogged or constricted arteries as well as other hindrances to healthy circulation.
Recovery from these procedures depends on the level of invasiveness. Modern heart surgeries often utilize robotic implements that can operate with minimal incisions, meaning patients are back on their feet in less than a week.


When you incorporate external sources in your paper, you’ll usually do so in the form of quotations (a.k.a. quotes)—in other words, you’ll take the information, place it within quotes, and say who said it and where. And you can quote us on that.
Always follow these steps when incorporating quoted material into your paper:
- Have a sentence before the quote that sets it up. Then the quote can come along and spike it over the net.
- Attach a little bit of your own language to the quote itself: According to Dr. X, “….” Unless you’re setting it out from the rest of the paper (indentation and all), avoid a stand-alone quotation, which will feel like it came out of nowhere. A good quality in a ninja, but a bad one in a quotation.
- Include a sentence—or two or three—after the quotation that explains how the quote proves your point. Don’t get cocky about it, though.
- Finally, your teacher may have given you a specific set of instructions for how to cite your sources. You may have the page number in parentheses after each quote; you might be using footnotes (a very difficult way to play the piano, by the way); or you might be providing the reader with a complicated cipher they can decode if they really want to know the source. Check the info your teacher has given you and make sure you have cited everything. Or else the citation fairy may visit your house this evening. And she doesn’t leave money—she takes it.
Example (in MLA format)
Perhaps the perspective of an experienced entomologist can shed more light on this matter. In his bestselling book Bees, not Birds, Dr. Weatherbee says, “Bees cannot vocalize or verbalize. Many people assume that bees make buzzing sounds with their mouths in order to communicate, when in fact what we hear as a buzz is the rapid sound of their wings beating” (67). Therefore, bees do not buzz angrily just before they sting, as many people believe.


The children in KS2 came to school dressed as if they were from the 1940s. They had packed their belongings into a small suitcase, were carrying their gas masks in boxes and their Identity Cards safely in their pockets all ready to be evacuated!
The children were lined up on the playground with their siblings and they set off on their journey. After a walk around the village, their evacuation destination was known - St Mary's Church! There they were `billeted' and put into small groups where they heard what life was like during World War II from those who had had first hand experience - local residents and grandparents. The stories told were fascinating and the children sat enthralled listening to the tales.
After eating their war time packed lunch the children made their way back to school having learnt a great deal from the experiences shared by our guests.


How does hearing loss affect perception and cognition for other senses?
When someone has hearing loss, they begin to rely on help from other senses to navigate the world. For example, if listening to speech is hard, visual information from a person’s face and mouth can make speech listening easier. This is especially true when a person is trying to listen in a noisy place, like a crowded restaurant or in a workplace. The long-term brain consequences of this multisensory reliance, sculpted by principles of neural plasticity, change the way that visual information is represented: remarkably, brain areas that normally process sound are now activated by visual stimulation. Although these cross-modal neuroplastic changes can affect visual processing, we do not know if hearing loss is associated with the way we attend to and remember visual information, or what the corresponding brain changes might be.
One line of our research examines how visual information is stored in working memory or impacts the attention system, and how that relates to changes in the brain, and the degree or type of hearing impairment a person has.
Prince, P., Paul, B. T., & Dimitrijevic, A. (In preparation). Neural Correlates of Visual Working Memory in Cochlear Implant Users are Related to Speech Perception in Noise.
Paul, B. T., Srikanthanathan, A., & Dimitrijevic, A. (In preparation). Loss of high-frequency hearing acuity is associated with modified neural oscillations during visual verbal working memory.


Spatial Representation presents original, specially written essays by leading psychologists and philosophers on a fascinating set of topics at the intersection of these two disciplines. They address such questions as these: Do the extraordinary navigational abilities of birds mean that thesebirds have the same kind of grip on the idea of a spatial world as we do? Is there a difference between the way sighted and blind subjects represent the world 'out there'? Does the study of brain-injured subjects, such as 'blind seers', tell us anything about the working of normal spatialconsciousness? The essays are arranged into five sections, each of which reflects a central area of research into spatial cognition, and opens with a short introduction by the editors, designed to facilitate cross-disciplinary reading. The volume as a whole offers a rich and compelling expression of the view thatto advance our understanding of the way we represent the external world it is necessary to draw on both philosophical and psychological approaches.


Developing Digital Game-Mediated Foreign Language Literacies
Project Directors: Drs. Jonathon Reinhardt (U Arizona) and Julie Sykes, (University of Oregon)
Description: Digital games are socio-cultural practices and products, and gaming has become a mainstream, global cultural force. Applied linguists and FL educators have noted that gameplay is mediated by language use and social interaction, thereby also making it a potentially rich context for language acquisition. Off-the-shelf and online digital games are produced by a diversity of countries in a variety of languages.
Despite the interest in and availability of these games, ways in which their benefits can be harnessed to enhance FL learning have yet to be fully explored.
The primary goal of this project is to provide FL educators the material and pedagogical resources to design, implement, and assess digital game-mediated learning activities that have the potential to develop FL multiliteracies.
The original Games to Teach site was hosted by CERCLL, but it was transferred to our partners at the the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) at the University of Oregon. It exists there as a resource to aid both instructors and learners interested in accessing the benefits that games offer for language learning and provides several different areas for you to explore:
- Learn what is new in the field of game-mediated learning and pedagogy by reading blog posts from a host of international collaborators.
- Download practical classroom activities, evaluations of games for use in language learning, and other insightful publications free of charge.
- Expand your knowledge of game-based learning by discovering everything from scholarly journals to free downloadable games.


The most common disease in dogs and cats is dental disease. It affects approximately 68% of cats and 76% of dogs. Periodontal disease impacts the teeth and gums, and is given a score of grade 1 to grade 4, based on severity. (A grade of 0 indicates no periodontal disease).
Brody had Grade 1 dental disease. This is the grade given when there is mild inflammation of the gums and some plaque covering the teeth.
When told that their pet has Grade 1 dental disease, many Pet-Parents choose not to treat the disease, in stead opting to wait until it has progressed to a Grade 2 or even a Grade 3. While every person’s and pet’s situation is different, there are several reasons why it is better to treat sooner, rather than later.
- It is less costly. Many Pet-Parents choose to wait on dental treatment for their dog or cat because they need to save money. While this is an understandable concern, many times waiting will cost more in the long run. The largest cost involved in treatment is anesthesia, and the lower the grade, the less time your pet will need to spend under anesthesia. This leads to point #2:
- It is safer. We do everything we can to ensure your pet’s safety during any medical procedure. Dentistry is no exception! However, there is always some risk involved with anesthesia. The less time your pet spends under anesthesia, the better! This is another reason we recommend treating dental disease as soon as it is detected, rather than waiting until it is a higher grade.
- It prevents pain. A Grade 1 is generally not painful, but a Grade 2 is likely to be painful, and Grades 3 and 4 almost certainly are. This pain may also influence eating behaviors and overall health and well-being of the pet.
- It saves teeth. By waiting until a later stage of the disease process, we increase the risk that there will be irreversible damage to a tooth and that the tooth or teeth will need to be extracted.