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On Track to a Healthy Life Special Olympics helps athletes succeed on the playing field and in life. Sixth-grader Johnathan used to be too heavy even for the scale in the nurse’s office. Coach and mentor Tonya Becnel helped Johnathan learn healthy habits and with her support Johnathan has already lost more than 100 pounds -- and gained confidence. At his heaviest Johnathan weighed in at 380 lbs. Now after eating right and regular exercise he has lost more than 100 lbs. When Tonya Becnel first met Johnathan, he was a sad-looking 6th grader, trudging slowly as he dragged his feet, keeping his eyes to the ground. “Johnathan was really shy and extremely obese,” says Tonya, a coach who was attending her first Special Olympics State Games. “He struggled to walk from our dorm to the cafeteria and we had to stop often for him to rest before our group could continue on.” One day in the cafeteria, Johnathan sat next to Tonya for lunch. That’s when she got a look at what he was eating. Nothing too terrible really -- jus

New Propulsion Method for Low-Cost Microsatellites February 16, 2012 Doctoral Candidate Kyle Godin Receives Abe M. Zarem Award for Research Paper Thanks to the development of microsatellites, universities and independents can now launch research craft for tens of thousands of dollars, rather than the multi-million dollar price tags of traditional launches. This new class of satellite is democratizing outer space exploration and offering NASA new opportunities to study little-known regions of the Earth’s atmosphere. Kyle Godin, an Interdisciplinary Engineering PhD student at Stevens Institute of Technology, recently demonstrated a new method for propelling some of these miniaturized satellites. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics presented Kyle with its annual Abe M. Zarem Award for Distinguished Achievement in Aeronautics for his inventive research on satellite propulsion. Weighing in at less than 1 kilogram, picosatellites offer incredible promise to budget-conscious space explorers, not t

Phonemic awareness is a subset of phonological awareness in which listeners are able to hear, identify and manipulate phonemes, the smallest units of sound that can differentiate meaning. Separating the spoken word "cat" into three distinct phonemes, /k/, /æ/, and /t/, requires phonemic awareness. The National Reading Panel has found that phonemic awareness improves children's word reading and reading comprehension, as well as helping children learn to spell. Phonemic awareness is the basis for learning phonics. Phonemic awareness and phonological awareness are often confused since they are interdependent. Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and manipulate individual phonemes. Phonological awareness includes this ability, but it also includes the ability to hear and manipulate larger units of sound, such as onsets and rimes and syllables. Studies by Vickie Snider have shown that phonemic awareness has a direct correlation with students’ ability to read as they get older. Phonemic awareness builds a foun

Take control of your health. Subscribe to MediResource’s It's hard to believe but before the 1970s, many babies did not ride in car safety seats. And if they did, their seats were simple plastic shells strapped in by a car's lap belt. Nowadays, it is against the law to allow a baby to ride in a car without a Health Canada-approved car safety seat. During their very first ride home from the hospital, a newborn must be safely strapped into either an infants-only safety car seat (also called rear- facing infant seat) or a convertible seat properly adjusted for a newborn. An infants-only seat is generally appropriate for babies up to 22 pounds (10 kg). This type of seat is only safe for use during travel, not for use as a sleeper. An infants-only seat should always be installed in the backseat of a vehicle in the rear-facing position. Rear-facing position provides protection for an infant in the event of a crash. A convertible seat would safely fit a child from birth up to about 40 pounds (18 kg). Convertible seat

Lt. Palmer H. Olson, Lt. Robert M. Williams, St. Nazaire, France, 1919 Tennessee earned the nickname “the Volunteer State” by sending 2,000 willing soldiers to fight in the War of 1812. Now a new exhibit at the Tennessee State Library and Archives chronicles the exploits of those soldiers – as well as other Tennesseans who have served in the military before and since. This new exhibit, titled The Volunteer State Goes to War: A Salute to Tennessee Veterans, covers everything from the veterans of the Revolutionary War who helped found our state to Tennessee men and women serving in the military today. The exhibit showcases the experiences of the state’s veterans and tells the stories of how ordinary men and women made America a better place through their courage and perseverance. Featured items include the World War I photographs of Luke Lea, a former U.S. Senator and founder of the Tennessean newspaper; a letter from George Washington to future Tennessean Colonel Meigs; and a resolution commemorating the firin

Gas in the Digestive Tract On this page: - What is gas? - What causes gas? - Which foods cause gas? - What are the symptoms of gas? - How is the cause of gas found? - How is gas treated? - Eating, Diet, and Nutrition - Points to Remember - Hope through Research - For More Information What is gas? Gas is air in the digestive tract—the large, muscular tube that extends from the mouth to the anus, where the movement of muscles, along with the release of hormones and enzymes, allows for the digestion of food. Gas leaves the body when people burp through the mouth or pass gas through the anus. Gas is primarily composed of carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and sometimes methane. Flatus, gas passed through the anus, may also contain small amounts of gasses that contain sulfur. Flatus that contains more sulfur gasses has more odor. Everyone has gas. However, many people think they burp or pass gas too often and that they have too much gas. Having too much gas is rare. What causes gas? Gas in the digestive t

The Orange-Senqu River Basin (ORB) Study provides details of the data, sources, methodology, and maps for 14 water-related indicators across the Orange-Senqu River Basin in Southern Africa. The ORB Study is primarily designed for research organizations for analysis and research purposes. Prior to the creation of the global Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, indicators were developed and tested in a number of river basins worldwide. The results of the Orange-Senqu River Basin Study helped inform and shape the global Aqueduct Water Risk Framework. The Orange- Senqu River Basin study contains 14 indicators of water quantity, water variability, water quality, public awareness of water issues, access to water, and ecosystem vulnerability.

Pattisson’s visits have been devoted to documenting the persistence of a dreadful pre-modern phenomenon: slavery. It is rarely recognised as such, even by many slaves. But Pattisson has an unarguable, no-nonsense definition of slavery. People are slaves when they are not free to leave their place of work. By that standard, millions of Indians—by the estimate of one American NGO, perhaps 20m—are slaves. THE LONE SURVIVOR When he was 13, Madam Rai came to Punjab to look for work, with six friends. The others all died in farming accidents—breathing lethal fertiliser fumes, or being bitten by snakes. Rai survived, but was disabled trying to fix an electric fuse for his landlord.

ArticlesNutrition to Help Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis Health TipsGoing With Healthy Fat Drug ReferencesCod Liver Oil Fish Oil, Omega-3 Fatty Acids Most Americans eat too much fat--and too many calories. That, along with a lack of exercise, has led to an epidemic of obesity and diabetes and contributed to keeping heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States. But what about omega-3 fatty acids? Omega-3s are a beneficial and essential form of fat, one that your body needs but can't make. Although your body needs two forms of omega fatty acids--omega-3 and omega-6, it is the omega-3s that get high marks from researchers. They believe that omega-3s help prevent coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy people and slow progress of the disease in those who already have it. CHD is caused by atherosclerosis, a long-term process in which fatty deposits of plaque build up on the inside of the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with oxygen and nutrients. Eventually, the coro

The latest part in NIWA’s summer series… Lurking in the depths of freshwater waterways, all around New Zealand, longfin eels are the most common fish in our rivers. The native longfin eel, at up to 1.6 metres in length, is something to be in awe of, especially when there’s a crowd of them — and they aren’t the most attractive thing you’ve ever seen. There are three native species: the longfin eel, shortfin eel, and the Australian longfin. ’Both shortfins and longfins are widespread throughout New Zealand with shortfins preferring slow flowing rivers and lowland lakes, while longfins prefer faster water and are found further inland than shortfins. The Australian longfin eel is found only in the upper half of the North Island,’ says NIWA Principal Scientist Dr Don Jellyman. Wriggly, long, slippery fellows, characterised by a thick layer of slime on their skin, longfin eels aren’t the best to touch. Dark brown or grey coloured, they have tiny scales like most fish, yet feel smooth. The longfin eels are great cli

More than 570 million years ago, Precambrian sand and mud deposits blanketed the land that would become western Montana, before the supercontinent of Pangaea broke up into Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Traces of blue-green algae are the only fossils found in Precambrian-era rocks, which can still be seen in western and central Montana, where later movements forced them to the surface. Glacier National Park is almost entirely Precambrian in origin. Toward the end of the Mesozoic era, tectonic plates were scudding all over the earth. According to plate-tectonics theory, as the Atlantic Ocean widened, the North American Plate was shoved into the Pacific Ocean Plate, which slipped under the western edge of the continent. The crust of western Montana, then at the leading edge of the continental plate, crumpled, cracked, and faulted as it rammed into the Pacific plate. The crust of Montana eventually over-rode the Pacific plate and was then lifted high above sea level. About 70 million years ago, the Rocky Mou

21st Century : Science : SETI@home Are we alone in the Universe? This is the question which has baffled and fascinated mankind for centuries. One only has to look at the plethora of popular Science Fiction TV shows and films to see that we are fascinated by the idea of other intelligent life "out there".We still have no conclusive proof that we are, or are not alone, for that matter. Discounting the thousands of unsubstantiated UFO reports, as far as we know, E.T. has not dropped in, and Mr Spock has not popped by to see if we are living long and prospering. But now, mankind has the technology to search the heavens, if on a somewhat limited basis; but then, there is rather a lot of ground to cover. This search has a name: SETI, or the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, which is a scientific effort aiming to determine if there is intelligent life out in the universe. There are many methods that SETI scientific teams use to search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Many of these search billions of radio

Filed underWebMD News For more trusted health news and information, visit CBS San Francisco's Aug. 13, 2012 — Preschool-aged kids who snore loudly on a regular basis may be at a greater risk for behavioral problems, a study shows. The behavioral issues include hyperactivity, attention problems, and depression. The study is published in Pediatrics. In the study, 9% of 249 children snored loudly two or more times a week when they were ages 2 and 3. These kids were more likely to have behavior issues at age 3 than kids who didn’t snore or who snored at age 2 or age 3, but not both. “The effects we see in older kids who snore a lot also hold in 2- to 3-year-old kids,” says researcher Dean Beebe, PhD. He is the director of the neuropsychology program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio. “This is not on many parents’ or pediatricians’ radar.” Researchers don’t know exactly how snoring at ages 2 and 3 increases the risk for behavioral problems. But poor-quality sleep is likely at least partly re

The basics of heat stress When the thermometer rises, it can-and often does-create a multitude of problems. Anyone, given the right (or wrong) conditions, can get heat stress. Some are lucky enough to suffer only from heat cramps, while those who are less fortunate may be laid up by heat exhaustion or devastated by heat stroke. As the long, hot days of summer approach, it is helpful to review the effects of warm weather on the human body, the illnesses that may result and what you can do. How the body stays cool Unknowingly, you constantly engage your body in the life-and-death struggle to disperse the heat it produces. If allowed to accumulate, this heat would quickly increase your body temperature beyond its comfortable 98.6oF. This does not normally happen because your body is able to lose enough heat to maintain a steady temperature. You become aware of this struggle for heat balance during hard labor or exercise in hot environments, when your body produces heat faster than it can lose it. Under certain c

Individual differences | Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology | In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a group of people with a culture (whether distinct or hidden) which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong. If a particular subculture is characterized by a systematic opposition to the dominant culture, it may be described as a counterculture. As early as 1950, David Riesman distinguished between a majority, "which passively accepted commercially provided styles and meanings, and a 'subculture' which actively sought a minority style ... and interpreted it in accordance with subversive values". In his 1979 book Subculture the Meaning of Style, Dick Hebdige argued that a subculture is a subversion to normalcy. He wrote that subcultures can be perceived as negative due to their nature of criticism to the dominant societal standard. Hebdige argued that subcultures bring together like-minded individu

With the 219th anniversary of the adoption of the document known as Bill of Rights only hours away, every American who has graduated from high school should be able to explain the original intent of the Amendments in ten minutes or less. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The last thing the statists want is a constitutionally educated populace. Thus, government and the education system it controls continue to distort and hide the true intent of the Amendments. For many years the statists have been attempting to convince the people of these United States that the document known as the Bill of Rights is the source of their rights and government was granted the power to determine the extent of those rights. Fortunately, there is a quick and simple way to disprove this assertion and show the true intent of the Amendments. When the Bill of Rights was submitted to the States for ratification it contained a preamble declaring the purpose of the proposed amendments. The preamble contained three paragraphs, but most

If there's one thing emblazoned across every science writer's desk, it's the eternal quote "correlation is not causation". As if to prove the eternal validity of this quote, we have a study from Sweden that tracked oral hygiene and cancer deaths over a period of 24 years for 1,400 individuals. Lo and behold, there's a link between plaque levels and cancer mortality. Top image: Smabs Sputzer/Flickr. Even the authors are quick to note that they're not saying that plaque causes cancer: "Our study hypothesis was confirmed by the finding that poor [mouth] hygiene, as reflected in the amount of dental plaque, was associated with increased cancer mortality. Further studies are required to determine whether there is any causal element in the observed association." However, the way that failing to brush your teeth could potentially be linked to cancer is because of the nasty things which can grow in your mouth. Uncontrolled biofilm buildup causes pockets of microbial cells, toxins and enzymes, which carry a high bacte

When the world first learned of AIDS, there was a lot of justifiable confusion over what could cause such a confusing array of symptoms. But, over time, the confusion slowly subsided. A virus, HIV, was found that infected the right cells and spread in the right ways to explain the progression of the disease. Public health measures that targeted it slowed its spread, and drugs designed to target the virus helped extend the lives of those infected. By now, the Nobel Prizes have been awarded and the evidence that HIV causes AIDS is so comprehensive, it's treated as a fact. But not by everyone. As attention first focused on HIV, a handful of scientists very publicly raised questions about whether the scientific evidence was as solid as others thought. And, years later, at least one's still at it: Berkeley molecular biologist Peter Duesberg. Last month, after his latest effort to see his arguments published ended up in a retraction and the firing of an editor-in-chief, Duesberg managed to get it published in the I

If you've been diagnosed with high cholesterol, you may be worried about reducing your intake of high cholesterol foods. Studies suggest, however, that the cholesterol in our food has little effect on blood cholesterol levels. The cholesterol in your blood comes mostly from the liver, and is effected by your saturated and trans fat intake, rather than your intake of cholesterol containing foods. Government guidelines do, however, state that you should limit your average cholesterol intake to less than 300 milligrams per day. But, if you have been diagnosed with heart disease, this should be reduced further to an intake of less than 200 milligrams per day. And, although this is the care, you should be most concerned about replacing the saturated and trans fat sources in your diet, with healthier monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, to help protect your heart health, rather than worry too much about the cholesterol sources in your diet. There are only a few foods which contain a high amount cholesterol. In

Researchers report progress in quest to create objective method of detecting pain A method of analyzing brain structure using advanced computer algorithms accurately predicted 76 percent of the time whether a patient had lower back pain in a new study by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The study, which will be published online Dec. 17 in Cerebral Cortex, reported that using these algorithms to read brain scans may be an early step toward providing an objective method for diagnosing chronic pain. "People have been looking for an objective pain detector—a 'pain scanner'—for a long time," said Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine and professor of anesthesiology, pain and perioperative medicine, and of neurosciences and neurology. "We're still a long way from that, but this method may someday augment self-reporting as the primary way of determining whether a patient is in chronic pain." The need for a better way to objectively measure pain instead of relying so

This ClipArt gallery offers 56 illustrations of both metal and wood engravings. Engraving is an intaglio process in which printmakers creates depressions in the plate in areas they want to print. The entire plate is inked and then the ink is wiped off the surface, leaving only the engraved areas inked. The inked plate and a sheet of paper are run through a press with high pressure, transferring the inked areas from the plate to the paper. "Albrecht Dürer's House in Nürnberg. From the engraving in Dibdin's 'Biographical Tour.'"… An engraving, The Annunciation, where the angel Gabriel tells Mary she would conceive the Son of God. "Antoine Macault Reading his Translation of Diodorus Siculus to King Francis I. Designed by Holbein.… An engraving from the block book, Apocalypsis Sancti Johannis, one of the earliest block books. A tail-piece engraved by Thomas Bewick from 'The Quadrupeds' shows a small boy "pulling a colt's tail… The tenth page of Biblia Pauperum (Paupers' Bible), a picture Bible. At the top and bot

The Temple of Jupiter in Baalbek, Lebanon, was the largest Roman temple ever constructed. Although much of the temple was destroyed under the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius, 6 of its original 54 columns still stand today. First established as a holy site by the Phoenicians, Baalbek, once known as Heliopolis, became a Roman colony in 47 B.C. There the Romans constructed three temples in honor of the gods Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury. The complex that includes the well-preserved ruins of these temples is a major archaeological site in Lebanon. But as fighting escalated after a Hezbollah raid into Israel on July 12, many people feared for Baalbek and Lebanon's other archaeological and cultural treasures. Now that a tentative cease-fire has been declared, experts returning to the country say that the siteswhich have successfully survived decades of violence in the war-torn regionappear to have once again emerged unscathed. See photos of Baalbek and other ruins in Lebanon that have been designated World Heritage Site

Conversations - use this space to communicate about this project Only logged in users are allowed to comment. register/log in November 23, 2010 | 8:17 AM | Farewell and Best Wishes As this research project is now in the final stages of wrapping-up, we wish to thank everyone who participated in this inquiry; the students, mentors, teachers and others behind the scenes. We appreciate all of your efforts and contributions to this online learning community. Scientific exploration is a process of discovery that can be fun! There are many unanswered questions about plants just waiting for new scientists to consider, investigate, and share. Please come back and visit the PlantingScience Research Gallery Archive anytime to view this project in the future. You can search the Archive by key word, team name, topic, or school name. Good bye for now. The PlantingScience team November 19, 2010 | 8:07 AM | 3 things confusing: -The time allotted was too short -The refraction of the light made it difficult to see which disks

Identifying and Developing Objectives The Importance of Learning Objectives in Economics Because most faculty receive little training as educators, course design is traditionally relegated to what we know best- content. Such objectives are necessary for establishing the foundational knowledge to be covered throughout a course, however economics is more than facts and figures, it is a way of knowing (Siegfried et al 1991). Understanding how to think like an economist can be enhanced when complementing content objectives with learning objectives. What is a Learning Objective? Taxonomies of learning can be traced back to the work of Bloom (1956). This taxonomy suggests a hierarchal development of learning as students progress from knowledge to comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and finally to evaluation. In economics, Hansen (1986, 2001, 2004, and 2006) has developed a taxonomy based on proficiencies that suggest by the time students have completed the economics major they should be "effectively eq

Lesson Plans and Worksheets Browse by Subject Dance Teacher Resources Find teacher approved Dance educational resource ideas and activities Combining art, music, dance, and reading comprehension, this instructional activity is geared to reach all ability levels. After reading a variety of fables and discussing story elements and character traits, class members select a moral to use as the basis of their own fable about two characters, one with foibles and one without. Your fabulists then collaborate on a class mural, a music composition, and a dance which reflect the traits of characters in their stories. Document it all on a class website. Study the dances of many cultures with this technology-based history unit. After reviewing technology tools in-depth, class members gather information online and make a presentation of the steps of their chosen dance, including slides on the origination and evolution of the dance. This activity could be modified to include group work to cut down on presentation time. The l

Bury St. Edmunds Bury St. Edmunds (bĕrˌ sənt ĕdˈməndz) [key], town (1991 pop. 30,563), Suffolk, E central England. It is the market and processing center for the surrounding rich farm region. The town also has engineering works, a brewery, timber yards, and a beet-sugar factory. In 903 the remains of King Edmund were interred here in a monastery, founded c.630, which later became a famous shrine and Benedictine abbey founded by Canute. In 1214, English barons struggling against King John took an oath in the abbey to compel him to accept their demands. The result was the Magna Carta (1215). Among the buildings of historical interest in the town are a Norman gate, ruins of St. James Cathedral, and a 15th-century church. Moyses Hall, a Norman residence, has been made into a museum. More on Bury St Edmunds from Fact Monster: See more Encyclopedia articles on: British and Irish Political Geography

Packing on the pounds gets a well-deserved bad rap. Most Americans understand that excess weight contributes to heart disease and diabetes, not to mention the urge to hide behind the kids in family photos. But obesity as a risk factor for cancer? That seems to be the case. An increasing number of studies are finding that overweight and obese people are more likely to develop cancer of various kinds. At least half a dozen types of cancer are believed to be directly affected by weight. "As time goes on, we're realizing that obesity is related to more cancers than we originally suspected," said Dr. Donald Hensrud, an associate professor of preventive medicine and nutrition at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Researchers are unable to prove that obesity actually causes cancer because requiring people to either gain weight or keep their weight down in clinical trials would be impossible. Most of the data come from observational studies, in which people who are thinner are probably doing many things differently

- For Teachers Just have a simple question: Is there a place in our USINGENGLISH.com where I can find definitions of relative clause, adjective clause and attributive clause? Are they the different names of the same thing? Thanks. Form (what it looks like): relative clause Function (what it does): adjective clause Position (where it sits): attributive clause Have a look here. All the best.

Logger Lite makes collecting science and math data easier than ever. The simple interface makes learning intuitive by making science visual. Learn Visually and Intuitively Rather than tell students that water changes state at 0°C, let them see it for themselves! You can also investigate magnetic fields, gravity, and force with hands-on exploration and activities to help reinforce scientific concepts. Predict Before You Collect The prediction tool allows you to sketch your prediction before the experiment. Encourage your students to evaluate their assumptions just like real scientists! Animated Real-time Displays Choose between three styles of meters for the most intuitive visualization of live readouts. Customize between analog and digital meters, colors, and more. Science and Math Analysis Tools Examine details about each data point, calculate statistics on your data, draw a prediction onto the graph, and more! Want to Go Pro? Explore the full range of data collection and analysis possibilities such as video

The idea of generating electricity from garbage is certainly not new as can be seen here in an excerpt from the 1905 publication, Heat and Light: From Municipals Waste. Electricity From Garbage The first consideration with all municipalities should be the safety and health of its citizens, and next, to secure for them at a reasonable cost those necessities controlled by public grants. There is no more serious menace to the health of any community than its refuse, nor a greater necessity to the comfort and welfare of its citizens than plenty of heat and light at a moderate cost. [see here items that were being recycled from a New York refuse site in 1899] For the last twenty-five years this country, like all other countries, has been trying to meet these requirements of its citizens, by a better system of garbage disposal, and by more heat and light at less cost. What has been the result of these efforts, I have attempted to set out in this work, without bias, and –with but one purpose in view, that of calling

To understand a person, or a people, it helps to know what childhood was like for them and how family relationships were formed. According to Lawrence Stone, author of The Family, Sex, and Marriage in England, 1500-1800 (1977), 16th-century English family relationships tended to be weak, that is, relationships bound by genuine love and affection were weak. The social group of most importance was the extended family, the community. Personal relationships were submerged in this wider group to an extent we see today only in a few isolated communities like the Amish or the Hasidim. That these communities could be spread over a wide geographic area, particularly on the higher levels, that, considering the difficulties of travel then, relatives might go years without meeting, adds to the picture of a collection of emotionally cool relationships, connected by blood and self interest but little else. If the Elizabethans were a hardy lot, withstanding the plague, malaria, wars, duels, the little Ice Age, and a diet th

Head of a Woman Oil on canvas. 38.5x36 cm France. Circa 1876 Source of Entry: State Museum of New Western Art, Moscow. 1935 This study was painted at the height of the Impressionist movement, around 1876, by Renoir, one of the leading members of the group. Portraits form perhaps the most important part of Renoir's work, and women are by far the most important of his subjects, embodying vivid, natural charm. This sitter has a likeness to a number of figures who appear in the artist's other works of this period, both in her general appearance and in hairstyle. It is possible that this is Anne, one of Renoir's models. In the study, as in the artist's finished pictures, the image is tinged with lyricism and full of the charm of femininity. The freedom and fluidity of the separate brushstrokes, the soft nuances of colour and the attention paid to effects of light and air are characteristic of Renoir's style during these years.

Soft tissue sarcoma facts: - Soft tissue sarcoma is one of the rarest types of cancer. About 9,400 cases were expected in the United States in 2005, representing less than 1 percent of all newly diagnosed cancers. - Soft tissue sarcoma is slightly more common in males (5,500 cases) than females (3,900 cases). - About 3,500 Americans were expected to die of soft tissue sarcomas in the past year. - The five-year survival rate (percentage of people who live at least five years after their cancer is diagnosed) is about 90 percent for people with soft tissue sarcomas that are found when they are small and have not spread. For patients with sarcomas that have spread (metastasized), the five-year survival rate is 10 percent to 15 percent. Advances in treatment in the past five years, however, may result in improved prospects for recently diagnosed patients. Soft tissue sarcoma is the growth of abnormal cells that form a mass (tumor) in the body's soft tissues. These tissues include muscles, tendons, fat, blood vesse

Foundation of Anthropology Collections The first Aboriginal artefacts were acquired in 1835 Museums are dedicated to collecting, caring, studying and exhibiting the objects of lasting value and interest. Collections are the museum’s essence. The Australian Museum was established in 1827 but the beginning of its collections cannot be precisely dated. Probably the Museum already had some collections when William Holmes was appointed Museum Keeper in 1829. Three years later some collections were accessible for public viewing, when Dr George Bennett visited the ‘Sydney Museum’ [Australian Museum] in 1832. In his opinion the best in ‘presentation and numbers’ was the collection of birds, followed by mammals and reptiles. Bennett recommended extending the collections by the addition of ‘native weapons, utensils and other specimens of the arts as existing among Aborigines’ (Wanderings in New South Wales … London 1834, p. 67-9). In 1835 Bennett himself became Secretary and Curator of the Museum, a role similar to a d

Once a year we all have an opportunity to recognize the contributions of the country's nearly 2 million farmworkers, and support their efforts to gain the dignity and rights they so deserve. Next Monday, March 27 marks the beginning of National Farmworker Awareness Week, a series of events and activities organized by Student Action with Farmworkers to spotlight these issues and honor the work of legendary labor rights activist Cesar Chavez. These activities are close to my heart, as it was as a graduate student in the early 1980s that I was politicized by the farmworker movement. I remember fondly the days of surreptitiously putting “Boycott Campbell’s Soup” stickers on Kroger shelves in Ann Arbor, Michigan. That national boycott resulted in the precedent-setting, three-way contract with the farmworkers, the growers, and the Campbell's Soup Company — a huge victory won by the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. Leading up to next week's activities is this week's celebration of United Farm Workers of America vict

Belt Pkwy., Williams Court bet. E. 12 St. and Homecrest Ave Directions via Google Maps This playground is named for the surrounding neighborhood, a 20th century extension of the town of Gravesend. Gravesend derives its name from either Dutch or English colonists; the Dutch words Grafes and Ande, meaning “end of the grove,” could refer to the eastern location of Gravesend, but the name also might reflect the wishes of English settlement founder Lady Deborah Moody (c.1583-1659). Gravesend was the name of a city near her former home in England at the mouth of the Thames River. Lady Deborah Moody was a wealthy widow when she left England for America in 1639. Initially arriving in Massachusetts, she was coldly received by the Puritans due to her adherence to Anabaptism. According to the religion’s basic tenets, followers could not hold government office, bear arms, or perform childhood baptisms. Moody and her fellows were expelled from Massachusetts in 1643 and traveled to New Netherland in 1645 in search of a pla

Poems & Short Stories: 4,271 Forum Members: 70,634 Forum Posts: 1,033,546 And over 2 million unique readers monthly! Literature as a profession has hardly existed in the United States until very recently. Even now the number of those who support themselves by purely literary work is small, although the growth of the reading public and the establishment of great magazines, such as Harper's, the Century, and the Atlantic, have made a market for intellectual wares which forty years ago would have seemed a godsend to poorly paid Bohemians like Poe or obscure men of genius like Hawthorne. About 1840, two Philadelphia magazines—Godey's Lady's Book and Graham's Monthly—began to pay their contributors twelve dollars a page, a price then thought wildly munificent. But the first magazine of the modern type was Harper's Monthly, founded in 1850. American books have always suffered, and still continue to suffer, from the want of an international copyright, which has flooded the country with cheap reprints and translation

Tue November 15, 2011 Keynes' Consuming Ideas On Economic Intervention On his deathbed the year after World War II ended, John Maynard Keynes is said to have remarked that his only regret in life was that he did not drink more Champagne. For Keynes, consumption — economic or otherwise — was what made the world go 'round. A long-dead British lord and economic theorist seems an unlikely subject for a rap video, but this one, made last year by George Mason University economist Russ Roberts and filmmaker John Papola, has been a hit on YouTube: There's not much that survives of Keynes' own spoken words, but he can be heard in an old British newsreel, in which he delivered a stern admonition. "We must free ourselves from the bondage of old ideas," he said. One of the "old ideas" Keynes sought most to debunk was the notion that economies in trouble would naturally fix themselves, thanks to the magic of the marketplace. Princeton economist Alan Blinder says Keynes put his finger on a key economic problem — namely, th

by Gary North by Gary North The debate over inflation versus deflation has been going on in hard money circles since about 1973. The debate has gone on within academic circles for well over a century. The economists are as confused as the general public, but they are confused in a far more sophisticated way. They turn confusion into a science. I follow the Austrian School of economics on monetary theory. The most important study of the theory of money within the Austrian School camp was published in 1912, The Theory of Money and Credit, written by Ludwig von Mises. You can download it for free here. More popular and more readable books have been written on this by his disciple, Murray Rothbard. His book, What Has Government Done to Our Money? is the clearest exposition ever written. You can download it here. I have also written a short book on the topic, Mises on Money. Download it here. Finally, there is my more detailed book, Honest Money. Austrian School economists define inflation as follows: "an increase

Just when you thought the BPA issue couldn’t get any more confusing…Consumer Reports just published a study where they found BPA in food from nearly all cans tested – including those marked “BPA-Free.” According to the release: “Consumer Reports’ latest tests of canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans, have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand foods we tested contain some BPA. The canned organic foods we tested did not always have lower BPA levels than nonorganic brands of similar foods analyzed. We even found the chemical in some products in cans that were labeled “BPA-free.” The debate revolves around just what is a safe level of the chemical to ingest and whether it should be in contact with food. Federal guidelines currently put the daily upper limit of safe exposure at 50 micrograms of BPA per kilogram of body weight. But that level is based on experiments done in the 1980s rather than hundreds of more recent animal and laboratory studies indicating serious health risks could re

Keep learning fresh and fun with printables to celebrate the start of Spring, Easter and more! Lion and Lamb Calendar They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Test that theory with our calendar activity! Springtime Connect the Dots What is Dash doing on this beautiful spring day? Connect the dots to find out! Inky's Favorite Season Practice matching words with pictures to reveal the hidden answer in this fun springtime printable. April Showers Bring May Flowers Turn these raindrops into Spring flowers in this tracing and drawing activity. Help your child celebrate Spring and National Poetry Month by creating a springtime acrostic poem. The Rainbow Song Encourage your child to find all seven colors of the rainbow in a pack of crayons. Then sing "The Rainbow Song" from the Touch Magic Rockin' Guitar to remember what these colors are. Baby Animal Coloring Pages Color 15 adorable baby animals from our popular Touch Magic toys. Where's My Mommy? Match the babies to their mommies in this sweet

Short for Liquid Crystal on Silicon, it is micro-display technology related to LCD, where liquid crystal material has a twisted-nematic structure but is sealed directly to the surface of a silicon chip. * The electronic drivers controlling the crystals' alignment are etched into the silicon. Using these, several million pixels can fit in an area as small as one square inch. The chip is coated with an aluminized layer, which means that LCoS is highly reflective allowing more light to pass on. [Adapted from Digital Home magazine] There are two classes of LCOS. - In a single-chip system, light is filtered through a color-wheel system where the sequence of colors produced is coordinated with the modulation of light by the liquid crystals, producing subtle color variations. - In a three-chip system LCoS uses a system of prisms to split a single light source into its red, green and blue components. Video modulations are applied individually to the three resulting light paths, which are then recombined by another pr

Snowy owl spotted in Cairngorms A rare sighting of a snowy owl has been made in the Cairngorms. The birds of prey are native to Arctic regions, including parts of Norway and North America. The snowy owl in the Cairngorms was seen on 17 February and reported on the nature website iSpot earlier on Tuesday. RSPB Scotland said that to see snowy owls in Scotland was rare. The last pair of snowy owls to breed in the UK was on Shetland in 1975. A spokesman said: "I believe that over the years snowy owls have been seen occasionally in the Cairngorms during the summer months. "It is unusual to see one high up on the plateau during winter as there would be relatively little food for them - particularly up around Ben Macdui." He added: "Spotting a white bird like a snowy owl in such a extensive snowy landscape would be a quite a challenge." Alan Anderson, head of reserves at the Scottish Wildlife Trust, said at least one snowy owl a year was recorded in Scotland.'Quite dramatic' He said: "They can turn up anywhere in th

If you can get a child of any weight more fit, you stand a good chance of improving that child’s academic performance, Wood County researchers have proven in a West Virginia’s first serious research on the subject. By KATE LONG | Feb. 18, 2012 | Charleston Gazette| PARKERSBURG — In 2005, Wood County school nurse Karen Northrup wanted to show that a child performs better academically if that child is physically fit. “There was an easy way to do that: compare fifth-graders’ scores on the FITNESSGRAM and their BMI with their academic scores on the WESTEST standardized achievement test, to see how they correlate,” she said. The FITNESSGRAM is a yearly test of each child’s physical fitness. Body mass index is measure of fat calculated from a person’s weight and height. Northrup joined forces with Dick Wittberg, Mid Ohio Valley Health Department director and Lesley Cottrell, a West Virginia University pediatric researcher. Seven years later, they have published four major research papers full of hard data, with thr

Gettin' down with cap 'n trade Next month, California will hold the first auction as part of its carbon cap and trade program. The program, which will be the second largest CO2 emissions trading system in the world, has been in the works since 2006, when the Golden State passed the Global Warming Solutions Act, a piece of legislation that mandated chiseling down greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. A cap and trade system puts a limit on the total amount of carbon dioxide polluters can emit – that’s the cap. For its initial cap, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) set a CO2 limit of 162 million tons. That goes into effect next year, when the program kicks off. At first, only electrical utilities and large industrial plants will be capped. In 2015, companies that distribute fuels -- gasoline, diesel, natural gas and the like -- will be added. (The cap will rise when they enter the program.) The cap amount is divvied up into a number of “allowances” or “credits” -- each allowance entitles the o

Glossitis is an inflammation of the tongue that causes it to swell in size, change into different shades of red, and develop a smooth appearance on the surface. The tongue is the small, muscular organ in the mouth that helps you chew and swallow food. It also helps with your speech. This condition can cause the papillae—the small bumps on the surface of the tongue—to disappear. Your papillae are very important to how you eat. They contain thousands of tiny sensors called taste buds. Severe inflammations that result in swelling, redness, and pain, may change the way you eat or speak. There are several different types of glossitis Inflammation of your tongue that appears suddenly, often with severe symptoms, is acute glossitis. This type typically occurs during an allergic reaction. Chronic glossitis is an inflamed condition of your tongue that appears often. This type of glossitis may begin as a symptom of another health condition. Idiopathic Glossitis (Hunter’s Glossitis) The cause of idiopathic glossitis is

Louise Chang, MD Diarrhea is inconvenient, unpleasant, and happens to nearly everyone. Of all reported illnesses in the U.S., diarrhea is the second most common. The average adult has diarrhea four times a year. American children typically have seven to 15 cases of diarrhea by the time they reach age five. Everyday things such as food, medication, or stress can cause diarrhea. However, diarrhea sometimes may signal an underlying medical condition. If diarrhea keeps you running for the toilet, read on to learn about some common triggers and how you can cope. Bacteria are part of everyday life, and normally bacteria and humans live together peacefully. However, some bacteria can wreak havoc on your digestive well-being. These tiny bugs find fertile breeding ground in raw meats, eggs, shellfish, and unpasteurized milk. Cases of food contamination causing diarrhea are rare in the U.S., says Alexander Rapisarda, MD, a specialist in gastroenterology and hepatology at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in East

10 Easy and Functional Crafts Preschoolers Can Do with Minimal Assistance Welcome to the August Carnival of Natural Parenting: Creating With Kids This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared how they make messes and masterpieces with children. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants. When I need to get work done during the day and Kieran is having a hard time playing alone, I can usually engage him in a craft next to me. He likes to work alongside me – it’s still connection, even though we’re not engaging in a high level of interaction. Craft activities for preschoolers often require quite a bit of parental involvement, so we’ve figured out some fun ones that he can do with little help. Following are ten easy and relatively inexpensive craft ideas that your preschooler can engage in with little assistance. Added bonus: all of these ten ideas double as s

Year 1st Created: 8½ x 11 Recommended Age Group: The Alpha Dots Connect the Dots puzzles are a series of regular dot-to-dots that use 3 letter words instead of numbers. The 3 letter words need to be connected in alphabetical order to reveal the final image. This puzzle design is an original by David Kalvitis. Start with the three letter word " a _ _ " and connect all the words in alphabetical order, ending with the word " z _ _ ". Our instructional video is under production and will be posted soon.

Joseph Sabine (British Army officer) |Died||24 October 1739 |Allegiance||Kingdom of Great Britain| |Battles/wars||Nine Years' War War of Spanish Succession Military career He subsequently served in Flanders throughout the War of Spanish Succession, commanding his Regiment at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704, at the Battle of Oudenarde in 1708 and then at the Siege of Lille later that year. He was given command of the Citadel at Ghent where he had to put down a mutiny in 1712. Then in 1716 he commanded a Brigade sent to confront the Pretender's Army at Perth. Later that year he became Commander of the British Army throughout Scotland. In 1719 he was appointed Governor of Berwick and of Holy Island, He entered Parliament in 1727 as member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing that constituency until 1734. He was promoted to General in 1730, and was subsequently appointed Governor of Gibraltar; he died there on 24 October 1739. - Joseph Sabine at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - "Sabine, Joseph (1662?-173

As to why a hurricane can survive that far north on the Atlantic Seaboard, while the Pacific Northwest, at about similar latitudes, has never had a hurricane, it all has to do with ocean temperatures. The Atlantic Ocean has a warm current that runs along the East Coast and keeps summer and fall ocean temperatures much warmer than the Pacific coast, which has much colder temperatures in the 55-60 range. Here is the entire article, written by AP writer David Sharp. ----- MACHIAS, Maine (AP) - It threatened to be the first hurricane in 17 years to make landfall in Maine. Instead, Kyle delivered little more than a glancing blow equivalent to that of a classic nor'easter. Heavy rain pounded the nation's northeastern tip Sunday night as residents accustomed to winter blizzards hunkered down while the weakening storm moved through the Gulf of Maine and into the Canadian Maritimes. Maine emergency responders braced for wind gusts as high as 60 mph and waves up to 20 feet, but the Category 1 hurricane took a turn to t

Journals published by the IEEE will soon join the Virtual Journals in Science and Technology (VJ), sponsored by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the American Physical Society (APS), the three societies have announced. Articles and abstracts from the IEEE's 120 journals will appear in the VJs in early 2004. Virtual Journals are online publications that collect papers from a range of science journals. The series currently includes five VJs including nanoscale science, biological physics, quantum information, superconductivity, and ultrafast science. The Virtual Journals (www.virtualjournals.org) will now link to articles from the latest issues of more than 175 participating source journals, including Science and Nature. The American Physical Society is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. APS represents more than 42,000 physicists worldwide and is a creator of ejournals. It publishes international physics journals, organizes scientific m

Healthy eating, exercise reduce heart disease risks for Oklahomans, expert says Heart disease isn't just a “man's disease.” The leading cause of death for women in the United States, heart disease can be improved with a healthy diet. Learning to eat nutritiously is one of the best things a person can do to ensure good health. “Here in Oklahoma, we still have a much higher than average number of overweight and obese residents,” said Amanda Horn, a registered dietitian and a family and consumer sciences educator for the Oklahoma County OSU Cooperative Extension Service. “And these residents have a much higher risk for heart disease and other conditions related to poor nutrition.” We may not be able to avoid some risk factors that are hereditary, but we can all improve our health by learning to eat better.” Registered dietitian and a family and consumer sciences educator for the Oklahoma County OSU Cooperative Extension Service Though other risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and

Case Number # 7717 Millions of gallons of polluted water coming off of half a million acres of sugar cane fields and cities are pumped into Lake Okeechobee by the South Florida Water Management District. The discharge contaminates drinking water supplies and fertilizes toxic blue-green algae blooms. Earthjustice filed suit demanding the district obtain Clean Water Act permits for its discharges and comply with water quality standards in the lake. On December 11, 2006, a federal district judge in Miami ruled that the district must comply with the Clean Water Act. And on Jun 15, 2007, a federal court issued an injunction requiring the South Florida Water Management District to apply for pollution permits to engage in pumping dirty water into the lake. As a result of our victory in court, one of the larger landowners near Lake Okeechobee, U.S. Sugar -- which farming operations resulted in polluted water being pumped back into Lake Okeechobee -- negotiated with the state of Florida to sell its 185,000 acres of la

WASHINGTON -- December 7 -- The United States is facing a looming waste crisis with a conservative estimate of 70 billion pounds of PVC plastic (polyvinyl chloride) slated for disposal in the next decade. Disposal rates are expected to sharply increase as an estimated 125 billion pounds of PVC installed in the last 40 years in construction and other long lasting uses will need to be disposed of as it reaches the end of its useful life. This pervasive poison plastic is used in thousands of products including pipes, building materials (such as vinyl siding), consumer products (such as toys or tablecloths) and disposable packaging, and cannot be disposed of safely. From 1966 to 2002, an estimated 250 billion pounds of PVC was used in the U.S., with a doubling of use in the past 15 years alone. A new report, PVC: Bad News Come in Threes, documents the health and environmental hazards during manufacturing, product use and disposal, and provides detailed state and national estimates on PVC waste incinerated and lan

For some applications, this shield’s default Arduino pin mappings might not be convenient. For example, maybe you want to use the 16-bit Timer 1 for making music on a buzzer and would rather use PWMs from Timer 0 to control your motor speed. Or maybe you don’t care about monitoring the motor current and would rather use all of your analog inputs for reading sensors. With this in mind, we designed the shield to have break points in the connection between the Arduino pins and the motor drivers. It is easy to cut the connections at these points and establish new connections to replace the broken ones if desired. The connections between the Arduino pins and the VNH5019 motor driver pins are each made through a pair of 0.1″-spaced holes that are connected on the of the shield by a thin trace: The following two diagrams show the default pin mapping for motor drivers 1 and 2: In all cases, the top through-hole of the pair connects to the Arduino pin and the bottom through-hole connects to the motor driver pin. To ch

Monday, February 25, 2013 By Genevra Pittman Tanning facilities often given inconsistent or incorrect information about the risks associated with indoor tanning and may let kids as young as 10 or 12 tan, according to a new study from Missouri. Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has some guidelines on proper safety precautions for indoor tanning, those aren't enforced by states if the state government doesn't pass its own regulations, researchers explained. Missouri is one of 17 states without any age or safety restrictions on indoor tanning -- a trend that has become increasingly popular, and some say addictive, among young women. "It's not just, ‘I'm going to look good for the prom.' It's something that's a very common practice among lots of kids, particularly Caucasian girls," said Dr. Sophie J. Balk, an attending pediatrician at Children's Hospital at Montefiore in Bronx, New York. "Teenagers in general, particularly the younger ones, may not understand the risk," Balk, who co-wrote a com

November 22, 2010 | CUNY Lecture Series, Graduate Center Two Cuban revolutionaries, Félix Varela and José Martí, would find both prosperity and purpose in New York City during the 1800s. “They were drawn to Gotham because of its tolerance for political expression,” says Carmen Boullosa, a Distinguished Lecturer at City College, “and by the possibility of winning moral and financial support.” Varela, a Catholic priest who fled a death sentence by the Spanish crown, went on to publish a Spanish-language newspaper in New York that advocated the independence of Cuba and the abolition of slavery, and Martí, a beloved poet and essayist, became a national hero of the Cubans. Boullosa explores the historical and cultural connections of the Spanish-speaking world with New York City during the past two centuries, in a panel moderated by Mike Wallace and presented by the Gotham Center for New York City History at the CUNY Graduate Center. Listen Now >>

If you're a parent, you know some issues aren't always easy to explain to your children. In today's world, your child will meet another child with autism. What will you say about the condition? How will you explain it to your child? Autism advocate Eileen Crompton is a learning support teacher at Lincoln Elementary in the East Penn School District. She's used to talking to kids about autism. She says parents need to educate themselves so they can education their children. "It's almost like a child with a peanut allergy. We need to let the children know what to expect," Crompton says. She says children with autism process information differently. And while it may be difficult for them to communicate, they still want to make friends and enjoy other people. Blake Barbarics is a freshman at Emmaus High School and has autism. He says, "People should just like me for who I am and not look at my disability like I am any different from anyone else." But it's been a long road for Blake to get to the place he is today.

Critical Reflection Resources What is Critical Reflection? Critical reflection is the process in which volunteers make sense of the service they performed and how it fits into the bigger picture. Reflection is NOT: - All about personal, "touchy-feely" sharing - Sitting in a circle singing Kumbaya - Finding specific, concrete answers to big questions - Negative comments made about the group or service - Asking thought- provoking questions - Connecting service to content learned in the classroom - Thinking about how to continue serving - Constructive comments or insights about partners or service - Evaluating the service project - A process What's the point of reflection? Reflection helps give meaning to the experience by providing a background context for volunteers about the organization or the need for the service performed or larger global contexts. It helps volunteers evalute their own experience and consider how they could continue serving and perhaps improve their service. It provides closure to the servi

Have you ever heard the saying, "attitude is everying?" Well if you have not, you just did! Your attitude often determines the course of your entire day. If you think positive, positive things tend to happen. Have you checked your attitude today? Here are a few questions to ask yourself: - How clear are you about your own educational goals? - Is school really important or worthwhile to you? - Do you have a “Plan B” or second major in mind? - Are you able to eliminate negative “self talk? ?’ Success in college depends on your: - Attitude and interest in college - Approach to college, is it facilitative or debilitative in respect to getting academic work completed - Beliefs as to the importance or relevance college has for your longterm goals If you have problems with your attitude, you may want to: - Develop a better understanding how college and their academic performance relates to life and goals - Find ways of looking at their academic experiences which is more connected to their specific interests - Comple

Potassium Iodide (KI) - You should only take potassium iodide (KI) on the advice of emergency management officials, public health officials, or your doctor. - There are health risks associated with taking KI. What is Potassium Iodide (KI)? Potassium iodide (also called KI) is a salt of stable (not radioactive) iodine. Stable iodine is an important chemical needed by the body to make thyroid hormones. Most of the stable iodine in our bodies comes from the food we eat. KI is stable iodine in a medicine form. This fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives you some basic information about KI. It explains what you should think about before you or a family member takes KI. What does KI do? Following a radiological or nuclear event, radioactive iodine may be released into the air and then be breathed into the lungs. Radioactive iodine may also contaminate the local food supply and get into the body through food or through drink. When radioactive materials get into the body through br

What Are Bonds And Why Are They Used? Government agencies sell bonds to finance a variety of projects and activities. When investors purchase bonds, they essentially lend money to the bond seller, or issuer. In this way, a bond is similar to an IOU. In return for the bond proceeds, the issuer promises to pay the investor a specified rate of interest over the life of the bond and to repay the bond when it comes due. Bonds issued by government agencies are called municipal bonds. The funds are used to finance projects that benefit the community such as roads, schools, bridges, sewers, parks, water treatment or low- income housing. Most bonds issued by government agencies are tax-exempt. This means bondholders do not have to pay federal income taxes and, in most cases, state income taxes on the interest they earn. In addition to the tax-exempt status, investors benefit from the taxing authority of the government agencies. That authority strengthens the security of municipal bonds, giving investors greater assuran

The Internet makes millions of images, videos, and audio clips available for students to use in their projects, providing rich examples and evidence. Many of the resources available on the Internet, however, have some form of copyright protection. Under certain circumstances, students and educators can use these resources under the protection of the Fair Use provisions of the 1976 Copyright Law; however, students and educators do not have carte blanche to use these resources in any way they choose. This makes the citation process more in depth than ever before. One strategy as an educator for dealing with the complexities of copyright is to devote time to teaching it and to helping students understand their rights under fair use and the rights of copyright holders. This approach can be further integrated into research projects and the process of creating a more detailed Works Cited page. However, new web-based citation generators offer numerous advantages over the traditional system of using note cards for re

PURPOSE: To prevent the occurrence of cavitation, by a method wherein oil chambers across a cylinder to support a load are communicated to oil chambers across a compensation cylinder to which a means to exert a spring force in any displacement of a piston is mounted, and a ratio between the areas ot corresponding oil chambers of the one of the two cylinders is coincided with that of the other. CONSTITUTION: Oil chambers A and B across a tilt cylinder 1 are communicated to an accumulator 2 through check valves 13 and 14. With the check valves 13 and 14 forcibly opened by means of a handle 15, the piston ot the cylinder 1 is displaced to an arbitrary position, and is fixed in a closed state. A compensate cylinder 3 is partitioned into oil chambers C and D on both sides by means of a piston 21, a spring force is exerted in any displacement of the piston 21 through the forces of springs 29 and 30, and the oil chamber C is communicated to the A and the oil chamber D to the B. An effective sectional area is set so

Cincinnati, Society of the Cincinnati, Society of the [Lat. pl. of Cincinnatus], organization formed (1783) by officers of the Continental Army just before their disbanding after the American Revolution. The organization, with a constitution drafted by Gen. Henry Knox, was founded for fraternal, patriotic, and allegedly nonpolitical purposes. George Washington was made president of the national society, and auxiliary state societies were organized. Membership was limited to officers of the Continental Army, certain officers of the French army that assisted the Continentals, and the eldest male descendants of both. The society provoked much opposition among the zealous Republicans of the time, who attacked it as the beginning of an aristocratic military nobility. The Tammany societies of New York, Philadelphia, and other cities were founded partly in opposition to it. Beginning in 1893 a successful revival of many of the defunct state organizations was made, and the society is still active as a patriotic servi

Prove scientifically that all that glitters is not gold Mold your own geode and create a beautiful crystal cavern inside – this is just one of 15 experiments composed of four chemically different crystals: potassium alum crystals create regular octahedrons; rapidly growing sodium sulfate crystals; long needle-shaped sodium acetate crystals; and plaster made from gypsum crystals. Create plaster casts of shapes and then grow layers of crystals on them. Mix the dyes (included) and custom color your creations – then display them in the included clear plastic treasure chest. Includes 15 experiments, locking treasure chest and instructions. Recommended for ages 12+. WARNING! — This set contains chemicals and parts that may be harmful if misused. Read cautions on individual containers and in manual carefully. Not to be used by children except under adult supervision.

Assurance is insurance against events that will inevitably occur. The common example of assurance is life assurance. There is often no real difference between assurance and insurance, for example with term life assurance (which only pays out in the event of death during the term of the assurance) although the long term over which life assurance is taken complicates all the actuarial calculations linked to it. This means that than insurance company's life business is harder to value, and has a less certain value, than its general business. Some life assurance policies are a blend of insurance and savings. These are often complex making it difficult to value them, and returns are unlikely to be better than market rates for funds with a similar level of risk, however they can have tax advantages so may be worth considering for some investors. Note that in many countries the amount received by investors is tax free because tax has already been paid by the fund.

- Cigna Medicare - Individual & Family Plans - International Plans - Offered Cigna Through Work? - Find a Doctor - Informed on Reform - Health and Wellness » - Cigna Home Delivery Pharmacy Fetal Alcohol Effects: Behavior and Learning Problems Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) can cause a wide range of behavioral problems and thinking and reasoning (cognitive) problems that can affect a child's school performance. The child may have: - Inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. These may also be symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). - Extreme mood changes, aggressive behavior, or temper tantrums. - Poor ability to think in abstract ways. - Difficulty with math skills. - Trouble learning. This can be related to intellectual disability. The problems can be mild to severe, depending on how bad the child's alcohol effects are. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is one of the most common known causes of intellectual disability. - Hearing problems. - Speech problems, if the child has jaw de

Alarming accounts of abuses of womens human rights appear regularly in todays media. Accounts tell of families who sell daughters for sex or servitude, of honor killings, of forced or prevented abortions, of the growing problem of aids among women, of worldwide incidences of domestic violence - and these are only a few of the issues of concern. However distressful, the prevalence of such sensational reports offers a unique opening to explore historical attitudes about about women and their position in society. Integrating primary source readings and student awareness activities into commonly taught topics are two ways to do so. In this article I model these approaches by discussing two short internet available source readings, and provide follow-up discussion questions. I also direct teachers to links to internet sources on this topic from commonly taught world history periods, and a list of suggestions for their use. Women's human rights - a new concept: Only relatively recently has the fact that womens righ

Listening and Learning From kindergarten through third grade, kids' ability to read grows by leaps and bounds. Although teachers provide lots of help, parents continue to play a role in their child's reading A child first learning to read gets more information from listening to books than from reading them independently. This is especially true of vocabulary - your child will learn more about what words mean by hearing books read aloud and discussing words with you than from reading on his or her own. And even as a child's reading skills improve, reading aloud together can foster a sense of closeness and help improve vocabulary and reading skills. Encouraging kids to talk about characters or share reactions to books reinforces the connection between books and their own lives. You also show that you take their reading seriously and care about what they read. Positive, loving attention from you helps your child feel safe, accomplished, Your Growing Reader Here's how reading usually progresses from kindergarten

What is a BMP? A storm water BMP reduces water pollution and can reduce flood risks. It can be: Storm water runoff is rain that is not absorbed into the earth. Instead, it runs off streets, rooftops, parking lots, even lawns. As it flows, storm water picks up pollutants such as pesticides, fertilizers, bacteria, oil and sediment. In Charlotte-Mecklenburg, storm water is piped directly to creeks. It does not go to a wastewater treatment plant. 70% of the pollution in our streams, rivers and lakes is carried there by storm water. How can BMPs help? BMPs are designed to improve water quality by reducing pollution in our streams, rivers and lakes.

Comet PANSTARRS Approaches Sun, Visible Throughout March Comet PANSTARRS is the closet to the sun today which makes it bright but difficult to see. Comet PANSTARRS might be at its brightest tonight, reports NASA. Scientists say the ability to see a comet without the aid of a telescope usually happens only once every five to 10 years. In 2013 however, sky watchers might have the opportunity to see two comets with the naked-eye, including the comet PANSTARRS (or Pan-STARRS) which is visible throughout March and Comet ISON, which will be in our skies this fall. The opportunity to see Comet PANSTARRS is only available every 100 million years, reports space.com. PANSTARRS will be be visible in the Northern Hemisphere for about 15 minutes after sunset until the end of March. To see Comet PANSTARRS, look to the west after right after the sun goes down. On Sunday, Mar. 10, the comet will make its closest approach to the sun, about 28 million miles away, which might obscure the view of PANSTARRS until about Tuesday, M

Communism had a profound effect on nearly every aspect of life in America during the last half of the twentieth century. First and foremost are the political effects such as Containment and the Truman doctrine. There is also the habit of lying to the people the government developed during the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts. Perhaps the most lingering effects communism had on America in the last half of the twentieth century were the increased mistrust of the Unites States government and the subsequent rise of the American counterculture that resulted from the combined strain of both the Korean and Vietnam wars had on the American people. The counterculture gave rise to many things; most dominate in today’s society being jam bands. The American government’s response to the threat of communism set the stage for the rise of the Hippie movement in the last half of the twentieth century along with their new kind of music. The Korean War undoubtedly set the foundation for the hippie revolution by planting the firs

The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students Browse all Photographs Jews from the Lodz ghetto are loaded onto freight trains for deportation to the Chelmno extermination camp. Belgian officials at the gangplank of the "St. A group of Jewish partisans in the Rudniki forest, near Vilna, between 1942 and 1944. British troops land on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, the beginning of the Allied invasion of France to establish a second fr Passport photograph of Raoul Wallenberg. A first-grade class at a Jewish school. Two German Jewish families at a gathering before the war. Units of a German armored division on the eastern front in February 1944. Prisoners during a roll call at the Buchenwald concentration camp. A group portrait of some of the participants in the uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp. Three generations of a Jewish family pose for a group photograph. German soldiers capture Jews hiding in a bunker during the Warsaw ghetto uprising. The Jewish refugee ship "Pan- York," carrying new citizens to t

What is Computer Forensics? Computer forensics is a computer investigation and analysis technique used to acquire civil, criminal or administrative evidence from a computer system. Some reasons for seeking this type of evidence may include: theft of trade secrets, destruction or theft of intellectual property, criminal misuse, or fraud. Kimmons utilizes numerous methods for discovering data on a computer system. These methods can also recover encrypted, damaged or deleted files. The information found can be useful in depositions, litigation, or discovery. Who can Benefit from this Type of Investigation? Criminal prosecutors use computer evidence when prosecuting crimes involving financial fraud, child pornography, and illegal drug related cases. Civil Litigants use personal and business records found on computer systems when litigating divorces, discrimination, or harassment cases. Corporations use computer forensics specialists to gather evidence relating to embezzlement, misappropriation of funds or trade s

Weak Land Reform in South Africa -- A Failure The democratically elected South African government (led by the African National Congress) committed itself to undertake broad and sweeping efforts to reverse the deprivations institutionalized by apartheid. These efforts were outlined in the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP). The RDP is a policy framework developed through extensive consultation between the African National Congress, its tri-partite alliance partners (Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party) and other mass organizations in the broader civil society. Three years after the promulgation of the Reconstruction and Development Programme, its implementation has been both a spectacular success and an abysmal failure. The successes of the RDP can be measured in several accomplishments that concretely improve the health and well-being of South Africa's poorest citizens. Free healthcare has been instituted for women and children; a nutrition program now reac

Dr. Young Addresses The Big Question - Chapter 1: Deductive and Inductive Logic - Chapter 2: The Scientific Method - Chapter 3: The Forensic Scientific Method and the Inferential Test - Chapter 4: Application of the Forensic Scientific Method and the Inferential Test, Part 1 - Chapter 5: Application of the Forensic Scientific Method and the Inferential Test, Part 2 - Chapter 6: Inductive Arguments - Chapter 7: Analysis of Counterarguments Chapter 2: The Scientific Method Up to this point, we have covered rudiments of deductive logic, particularly forms of logic that involve conditional statements. We have covered two valid argument forms that involve conditional statements — modus ponens (MP) and modus tollens (MT) and one invalid argument form (affirming the consequent). Next, I will discuss the Scientific Method, and how that looks in the context of logic. But before I go on with that … How did you do on the homework assignment I gave you in Chapter 1? There is no need to respond to that question. I already

Location and TopographyKenya lies astride the equator on the eastern coast of Africa. It is a medium-sized country by continental standards; covering an area of about 586,600km sq. Inland water bodies cover some 10,700km sq, the bulk of this in Lakes Victoria and Turkana. Kenya is bordered by Somalia and the Indian Ocean to the east, Ethiopia to the north, Sudan to the northwest, Uganda to the west and Tanzania to the south. The coastline, about 550km long, faces the Indian Ocean. Kenya has tremendous topographical diversity, including glaciated mountains with snow-capped peaks, the Rift Valley with its scarps and volcanoes, ancient granitic hills, flat desert landscapes and coral reefs and islets. However, the basic configuration is simple. Coastal plains give way to and inland plateau that rises gradually to the central highlands, which are the result of the relatively recent volcanic activity associated with the formation of the rift valley. To the west the land drops again to the Nyanza plateau that surro

Researchers believe that ancestors of the rare Exmoor ponies may have been used by warriors in service to Queen Boudicca in the first century CE. The ponies are being imported to the Drumburgh Moss National Nature Reserve, maintained near Carlisle, England, by the Cumbria Wildlife Trust. According to naturalists, invasive grasses threaten to dry out the peat bog and destroy native mosses and other plant life. Six of the Exmoor ponies were moved to Drumburgh on June 8, 2006. The ponies provide a natural way to remove the invasive grasses, and they are unusual in their ability (and willingness) to wade belly-deep into the bog to graze. They also are unusually resistant to the hoof-rot that would afflict many other equine species. Thanks to David Boyes, Justin's modern-world boss, for providing this story lead.

Start Talking Now! It's Never Too Soon to Discuss Drugs and Making Good Decisions with Your Kids By Pat Brannin, Certified Prevention Consultant Arkansas Department of Human Services Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention It only takes a moment to help children stay drug-free and healthy. Setting clear expectations and repeating them consistently ensures that youth know your standards. That understanding has proven to help them make good decisions. Healthy habits, including decision- making and self-esteem, develop during the preschool years. Now is the time to celebrate your child's decision-making skills to help him learn problem-solving skills that lower frustration levels. Help your child understand the difference between make- believe and real life by discussing TV programs. Let your child know your likes and dislikes and how violence or bad decisions hurt real people. There is never a bad time to give your child a self-esteem boost by letting him know how proud you are when he helps you. In the early

San Diego County -- indeed all of California -- is an orthopedic basket case. For millions of years, the ground beneath us has been shattered by slow but sure, incremental changes that can be read, by subtle observations, in the jumbled topography existing here now. Tectonic forces have bent, broken, displaced, and distorted our county's granitic bones; fractured its backbone (the Peninsular Range of mountains); sliced and crumpled its sedimentary skin; and altered the circulation of its surface water. While California's most wrenching and violent movements tend to take place east and north of here, close to the great San Andreas Fault, even coastal San Diego bears the obvious marks of a landscape broken into sliding strips during geologically recent time. Faults with monikers such as Coronado, Silver Strand, Rose Canyon, Florida Canyon, and Texas Street cut north-south across the geologist's maps. Most are considered to be relatively moribund, but not so the Rose Canyon Fault, which may muster a magnitude 6.

|LACKEY - sometimes used as a nickname for Elizabeth, Adelaide, Eulalia, or other names containing an "L".| LAGENIA, LOGENIA - a Southern U.S. invention that is probably a variation of Eugenia. LAURA, LORA - this name, which has Latin origins (from laurus, laurel tree), has long been popular in Spain and Italy. "Lora" can be found in English records from the Middle Ages. The spelling "Laura" became popular during the Classical Revival period, probably due to the influence of Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch), a 14th-century Italian poet who wrote 366 sonnets about his unrequited love for a woman named Laura. LAVINIA - a Latin name that first became popular in England during the Middle Ages. In Roman mythology, Lavinia was the wife of Aeneas and the mother of the Roman people. The name is of pre-Roman origin. Var: Lavina, Louvena; nickname: Viney. LEAH - Old Testament; the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister of Rachel. She was married to Jacob through the trickery of her father, as recounted in Genesis 29:16-35.

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. December 31, 1997 Explanation: Some stellar nebulae are strangely symmetric. For example, every major blob of gas visible on the upper left of NGC 5307 appears to have a counterpart on the lower right. This picture taken by the Hubble Space Telescope was released last week. NGC 5307 is an example of a planetary nebula with a spiral shape. Spiral planetary nebulae are thought to be caused by a bright central white dwarf star expelling a symmetric wobbling jet of rapidly moving gas. It takes light about 10,000 years to reach us from NGC 5307, and about 6 months just to go from one side to the other. In contrast, light takes only about 8 minutes to reach Earth from the Sun. Authors & editors: NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC &: Michigan Tech. U.

WASHINGTON — Federal scientists studying the history of water contamination at Camp Lejeune, N.C., have learned of another source of leaking fuel — this one less than a football field away from a drinking well that once served thousands of Marines and their families. The well was closed in December 1984 after benzene was found in the water. The source of contamination that scientists now are exploring was once an on-base refueling station within an area of the Marine base known as Hadnot Point. The refueling facility, Building 1115, contained seven underground storage tanks that ranged in size from 1,000 to 5,000 gallons. The extent of the contamination on the Marine base — and its sources — are important to federal scientists at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, an arm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, who are trying to understand the health effects of the contaminants in the base's water. Officials at ATSDR were unable to respond Thursday to e-mailed questions

Legos stand at Christmas in Davidson raised $4,500 Lubo Mijak has known a hard life. He was 8 years old in 1987 when he saw enemy tribesmen kill his parents and older brother. He was forced to flee from southern Sudan for his safety, and in the following three months, he walked along the Nile River, hiding from the enemy tribe during the day and hungry lions at night. He has known starvation and seen friends killed. He and others like him who survived are known internationally at the Lost Boys of Sudan. But Mijak survived, and the comfort, joy and support he missed growing up changed forever when Catholic Social Services brought him to Charlotte. In recent weeks, he experienced another miracle, when he and other Lost Boys traveled to Atlanta and Nashville to cast their votes for independence for his native land, southern Sudan. Mijak is determined to use his good fortune to help family, friends and others in Southern Sudan. He has a vision to create a school in his hometown of Nyarweng, so that little boys an

Veterinary Technician's Manual for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care January 2012, ©2012, Wiley-Blackwell Coverage focuses on dogs and cats, with special considerations for handling exotic and avian emergencies covered in a dedicated chapter. This in-depth material in an easy-to-navigate format is an essential resource for veterinary technicians and assistants, emergency and critical care veterinary technician specialists, and veterinary technician students. Section 1: Initial Patient Management 1: Triage and Initial Assessment of the Emergency Patient 5 Amy N. Breton 2: Shock and Initial Stabilization 25 3: Venous Access 45 Kara B. Trent 4: Monitoring the Critical Patient 63 5: Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation 83 Christopher L. Norkus Section 2: Specifi c Organ System Disorders 6: Cardiovascular Emergencies 101 Christopher L. Norkus 7: Respiratory Emergencies 127 Dana Heath and Lori Baden Atkins 8: Gastrointestinal Emergencies 151 9: Urogenital Emergencies 177 Andrea M. Steele 10: Endocrine and

These are links having to do with protecting your computer from security breaches, hackers and security flaws. Links below are alphabetized by name and address viruses, spyware and other intrusion attempts. Spyware is becoming more and more of a problem on the Internet. It is relatively new and may be the cause of problems such as your start page changing automatically, new toolbars added to Internet Explorer, you can connect to the net but cannot view websites (page cannot be displayed error) or causing your browser to crash. Spyware can also be programs that track your activities on the net and websites that you visit often, so as to market you with pop up ads or email Spyware can be contracted by simply visiting websites or opening emails that contain spyware. Windows 95, 98, NT, ME, 2k & XP are vulnerable to getting Spyware. Ad-Aware Cost: Free www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/ (Download size: 1654 kb) AdAware is a program that will scan any memory drives in your computer (hard drives, disk drives, etc) f

Hubble spies earliest galaxy cluster ever seen by Nicola Guttridge for Astronomy Now Posted: 12 January 2012 Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered a distant cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of construction. The developing proto-cluster, located 13.1 billion light years away, consists of five tiny galaxies – all very young at just 600 million years old. Astronomers imaged the cluster during its initial stages of development, and it is seen as it appeared some 13 billion years ago. As the cluster is observed at such an early stage in its evolution, it is likely that if viewed today it would be significantly more impressive, comparable to “galactic cities” such as our neighbouring Virgo cluster of nearly 2,000 galaxies. The observations were part of the ‘Brightest of Reionizing Galaxies’ survey, run using Hubble’s wide field camera WFC3. The team conducting the study deliberately hunted for very bright galaxies, as this signifies a cluster construction zone; the team expects man

Constructive Learning | Infusion Level | Social Studies - Students will create a new country on an existing continent. - Students will use the Internet and Google Earth to do research on their continent. - They will use Inspiration to take notes. - They will upload their notes to Think.com. - Students will create a PowerPoint presentation to share with the class trying to persuade them to visit their country.

Southern New Castle County has a land area of 190 square miles in north-central Delaware. It is predominantly a rural area with a population of about 9,000 people who are engaged chiefly in agriculture. By and large, the residents are dependent upon ground water as a source of potable water. This investigation was made to provide knowledge of the availability and quality of the ground-water supply to aid future development. The climate, surface features, and geology of the area are favorable for the occurrence of ground water. Temperatures are generally mild and precipitation is normally abundant and fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The topography of the area is relatively flat and, hence, the streams have low gradients. The surface is underlain to a considerable depth by highly permeable unconsolidated sediments that range in age from Early Cretaceous to Recent.

In less than a decade, that smartphone you’re holding could have 32 times the memory, 20 times the bandwidth and a microprocessor core no bigger than a red blood cell, the CTO of chip design company ARM said on Thursday. ARM has already helped develop a prototype, implantable device for monitoring eye-pressure in glaucoma patients that measures just 1 cubic millimeter, CTO Mike Muller said at ARM’s TechCon conference in Silicon Valley Thursday. The device includes a microprocessor sandwiched between sensors at the top and a battery at the bottom. Strip away those extra components, rearrange the transistors into a cube and apply the type of advanced manufacturing process expected in 2020, and you’d end up with a device that occupies about the same volume as a blood cell, Muller said. ARM designs the processor cores used in most of today’s smartphones and tablets, and smaller cores are generally more energy efficient, he said. That helps to extend battery life. That’s a good thing, because battery technology is

Science to Support EPA’s Response to the BP Oil Spill EPA scientists and engineers are supporting the coordinated response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided full support to the U.S. Coast Guard, the leader of the coordinated federal response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. EPA’s efforts are being informed and supported by EPA scientists and engineers from across the Agency. EPA’s cadre of scientists are uniquely positioned to provide immediate and ongoing technical advice and expertise, as well as work to facilitate the gathering and analysis of data from air, water, waste and sediment samples from the affected area. In coordination with the Joint Incident Command , Agency scientists are communicating results and information to emergency responders, citizens, and others in need of the latest scientific information. In addition, EPA researchers are laying the groundwork to provide both the near- and long-term scientific support needed for

Remember the man-eating plant in “Little Shop of Horrors?” Fiction meets fact as the invasive kudzu plant advances from the southeastern U.S. to Canada. You’ve seen it smothering bushes, trees and even abandoned homes along highways. It might also be sneaking through local meadows, woods or climbing garden fences. Kudzu can grow one foot per day and up to 90 feet in a single season. It throttles native species, including trees, which are girdled by the vine, broken by its weight or killed by lack of light. Kudzu also produces isoprene and nitric oxide, which, when combined with nitrogen in the air, form ozone. Ozone irritates the eyes, nose and throat and can damage the lungs, sometimes causing asthma or worsening asthma symptoms. As a mutagen, it can cause lung cancer. Ozone also hinders the growth of many plants, including crops grown for food. What should you do to save your property from being swallowed up? Here are several methods of control. Whatever you decide, do it right away. The longer kudzu occupi

The future king was highly intelligent but physically weak, with pale skin and a thin, ill-proportioned body. He made a sharp contrast to his father — who was tall, strong and sandy-haired — and gossip at the time suggested he was not John's son. Similar rumors would pursue Charles' grandson, Charles VII. A contest of wills followed. In an attempt to raise money, Charles tried to devalue the currency; Marcel ordered strikes, and the Dauphin was forced to cancel his plans and recall the Estates in February, 1357. The Third Estate presented the Dauphin with a Grand Ordinance, a list of 61 articles that would have given the Estates-General the right to approve all future taxes, assemble at their own volition and elect a Council of 36 — with 12 members from each Estate — to advise the king. Charles eventually signed the ordinance, but his dismissed councillors took news of the document to King Jean, imprisoned in Bordeaux. The King renounced the ordinance before being taken to England by Prince Edward. Charles ma

Halloween is Monday night, October 31st. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided some helpful tips for parents and kids planning to venture out for trick or treating reminding all to have a S.A.F.E. H.A.L.L.O.W.E.E.N. S - Swords, knives, and similar costume accessories should be short, soft, and flexible. A - Avoid trick-or-treating alone. Walk in groups or with a trusted adult. F - Fasten reflective tape to costumes and bags to help drivers see you. E - Examine all treats for choking hazards and tampering before eating them. Limit the amount of treats you eat. H - Hold a flashlight while trick-or-treating to help you see and others see you. Always WALK and don't run from house to house. A - Always test make-up in a small area first. Remove it before bedtime to prevent possible skin and eye irritation. L - Look both ways before crossing the street. Use established crosswalks wherever possible. L - Lower your risk for serious eye injury by not wearing decorative contact lenses. O - Only walk on

Padnos College Outreach Get With the Program - TBD This camp is part of a continuum of technology-based opportunities for girls at Grand Valley State University, starting with the Science, Technology and Engineering Preview Summer Camp for Girls (STEPS). "We look forward to the opportunity to share our enthusiasm for programming and robotics, in innovative and interesting ways, with a new group of young women each summer." Program Activities include designing, building and programming autonomous robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS®. Campers will also build and program two robots from kits that they will take home at the conclusion of camp. Campers will do programming in Alice (a GUI-based 3-D modelling language used by K-12 schools and universities to introduce object oriented programming to students) and write "stories" and small "movies" using 3-D objects. The campers will go on a field trip to local industries that use computing and robotics. Financial SupportPast funding for Get with the Program has been provide

By S.L. Davis, Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Published in the Proceedings of the Third Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics, 2001, pp 440-450. Although the debate over the moral status of animals has been going on for thousands of years (Shapiro, 2000), there has been a resurgence of interest in this issue in the last quarter of the 20th century. One of the landmark philosophical works of this period was the book by Regan (1983) called “A Case for Animal Rights.” In that book, Regan concludes that animals do have moral standing, that they are subjects-of-a-life with interests that deserve equal consideration to the same interests in humans, and therefore have the right to live their lives without human interference. As a consequence, he concludes that humans have a moral obligation to consume a vegan (use no animal products) diet and eliminate animal agriculture. However, production of an all vegan diet also comes at the cost of the l

Key Literacy Component: Text Comprehension Text comprehension allows readers to extract or construct meaning from the written word. Students who misread words or misinterpret their meanings are at a disadvantage. Proper instruction can boost students’ skills in this key area. In this article: Comprehension is the process of extracting or constructing meaning (building new meanings and integrating new with old information) from words once they have been identified . Many struggling adolescent readers do not have difficulty reading words accurately; they have difficulty making sense of the information and ideas conveyed by the text [2, 3]. Comprehension varies depending on the text being read. Even proficient readers may have difficulty comprehending particular texts from time to time. Difficulties with comprehension may result from a reader's unfamiliarity with the content, style, or syntactic structures of the text [1, 4]. Even as adults, many people struggle when reading Shakespeare or the manual for install

On the day that we commemorate the 76th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King Jr., his message remains as relevant as it was in 1968 when he was assassinated, or 1963 when he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech or 1955 when he rose to national prominence as the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott. Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead for 37 years. He was only 39 years old when he was assassinated and had only been on the national stage as an advocate for justice for 13 years. But in that short time he articulated the frustrations of black Americans, who still lived under Jim Crow laws in the South and were held back by more subtle forms of racism in the North. He called for a peaceful uprising against injustice throughout the land. As every school child knows, the dream King articulated in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963, was a dream that his children would one day live in a nation where they would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character