The currently deserted monastery of Saint Savas (Agios Savvas) is located at a degraded location of Heraklion bay, next to the cement and fuel industries at Ellinoperamata, very close to the monastery of Pantanassa and not too far from the sea.
The temple was built in the 10th century by Nicephorus Phocas and a prosperous monastery soon was established around it. According to tradition it hosted 300 monks who were slaughtered by the Arabs on a raid and the monastery was then abandoned. The monks of Saint Savas who escaped the horrific massacre probably moved to a more protected area and founded the current monastery of Savvatiana.
The church was totally destroyed until 2002, when it was restored by the family Kefalogiannis. The interior of the temple hosts an old photograph showing the condition of the temple before its restoration and it is clear that it was for years without a roof and exposed to the weather conditions. This was the reason why the original frescoes that adorned the temple were almost completely destroyed and only a few specimens survive.
The stone-built church has undergone exemplary restoration and is now an ornament for the wider area. Pines were planted in its yard and a wooden roof was installed. The church of Agios Savvas in Ellinoparamata celebrates on December 5.


St Anthony (1195 – 1231) was born into a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal. He received his early education at the local Cathedral School and at 15, joined the community of Canon Regulars. After his ordination as a Priest, he was placed in charge of hospitality in the then Abbey of Santa Cruz.
St Anthony became interested in the simple Franciscan Friar way of life and, after hearing of the martyrdom of five Friars in Morocco, he sought a transfer to their Order. Delighted to be accepted, he embarked on his first missionary journey to Morocco but sadly, he had to turn back almost immediately due to a serious illness. Bad weather then forced his return sailing to Italy, so it was there that his missionary work truly began.
St Anthony spent much of his time preaching and praying while living a very simple life in cells and caves. During his final years, he taught Theology and served as envoy to Pope Gregory IX.
St Anthony died at the age of 35. He is the Patron Saint of Padua and lost articles. His Feast Day is June 13th.
St Anthony of Padua:
Pray for us that we will find everlasting faith in the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Glory be to the…


In R, tabular data is the most common data-type. For instance, you may have prepared data in an excel sheet and not you want to upload it into R. While there are R packages that can read xlxs files, we will work with the simpler csv (“comma separated values”) format. In a csv file each column is separated by a comma. For the purpose of this code, create a simple table in Excel and save it in your working directory as a csv file called “myfile”.
# Here I created a very simple table in Excel with three countries and some sample data and saved it as myfile.csv. I then load it into R.
As part of R’s inbuilt functions you can upload that csv file with the read.csv( ) command.
myfile <- read.csv("myfile.csv",header = TRUE, sep = ",",row.names=1)
To check that your data uploaded correctly, you can check its first couple of entries with the head() function.
|Data 1||Data 2||Data 3|
To save that file in your working directory, use write.csv( ).
access_time Last update May 8, 2020.


Hey, parents. If you’re interested in free things for your kids to do during summer, Wild About Wildlife is a free virtual program that’s entertaining and educational.
It features educators from Zoo Miami, Manatee Lagoon in Riviera Beach, and other local organizations. It’s free for individuals and families.
From Wild About Wildlife summer camp information:
“The weekly virtual summer camp sessions will feature half-day morning schedules filled with animal observations, experiments, games, crafts and educational lessons hosted by educators from each organization. Camp sessions will feature a mix of live, prerecorded and do-at-your-own-pace content. Although lessons are targeted for children ages six to nine, other ages are welcome to register and participate.”
“Registrants are not required to participate in every lesson during a session. The camp schedule is provided as a guide for the week; however, participants can choose which lessons and activities they want to join or complete throughout the week.”
Registering online is required. Donations are accepted.
Wildlife virtual camp includes
June 27 – July 1: Exploring from Sea to Shore
Campers will take a virtual voyage into the world of wildlife as they learn about animals in different environments, from the sea to the shore.
July 11 – July 15: Expedition: Florida Wildlife
From birds to sea turtles to manatees and more, campers will get an up-close view and learn some cool facts about the unique wildlife in Florida.
July 18 – July 22: Wild Animal Adventures
Campers will come along on a virtual adventure to hear about the intriguing stories of some amazing animals this week.
July 25 – July 29: Mission: Wildlife Conservation
Campers will go on an exciting mission to explore what scientists do to protect animals and learn how they can help conserve wildlife in their own lives.
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A Parent’s Guide to Concussion in Sports
A concussion is a brain injury which results in a temporary disruption of normal brain function. A concussion occurs when the brain is violently rocked back and forth or twisted inside the skull as a result of a blow to the head or body. An athlete does not have to lose consciousness (“knockedout”) to suffer a concussion.
Learn more here: http://ohsaa.org/Portals/0/Sports-Medicine/ParentsGuide.pdf
Ohio State Law, as well as NFHS rules and OHSAA policy, require a student who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors associated with a concussion to be removed from a practice or contest and not permitted to reenter practice or competition on the same day as the removal.
Authorization to Reenter
OHSAA Concussion Report
State Law, NFHS Rules and OHSAA policy require a student who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors associated with concussion to be removed from a contest and not permitted to reenter competition that same day. This form shall serve to document that a student has been removed from a contest in accordance with State Law, NFHS and OHSAA rules due to exhibiting signs, symptoms and/or behaviors consistent with a concussion. The contest official must complete this form and forward it to the OHSAA within 48 hours after the conclusion of the contest. It is recommended that the official keep a copy of this report. In addition, if required by NFHS rule, an appropriate entry shall be made in the scorebook or other document as prescribed.


What do you mean I need a beneficiary?
First things first, most of us have heard the term beneficiary thrown around but, how many of us actually know what it is? Generally, a beneficiary is a term used to describe someone who is the recipient of something. It could be money or property or almost anything else really.
So why is it so important to name one? Or, how do you become one? Well, to become one, someone has to decide they want you to be their beneficiary. You could be named as a beneficiary on a retirement account, a life insurance policy or a will. The beneficiary doesn’t always have to be a person, it could be a charity.
Good to knows about beneficiaries and life insurance policies
If a beneficiary is not named, your estate becomes the beneficiary. Meaning your family would have to go through the legal system to have any money or property distributed among them.
- There are two types of beneficiaries you can name. Revocable and irrevocable.
- Revocable means that you can change who your beneficiary is anytime without getting their consent.
- Irrevocable, on the other hand, means that if you want to change your beneficiary you actually need their consent to do so. In Quebec, if you name your legal spouse as your beneficiary, they are automatically irrevocable unless you specify otherwise or divorce.
Naming a beneficiary is so important because it can help take some of the stress away from your loved ones in the event of your death. You decide how you want your money distributed and your loved ones can focus on what’s important during such a challenging time.


Since 2006, Germany has issued a special 2 Euro coin from a Bundesland (province) every year, depicting an important object from that region. The theme of the 2013 German 2 Euro is the state of Baden-Württemberg.
Baden-Württemberg is a German state (Land) in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With a total area of nearly 35,752 km2, it is the third-largest German state (behind Bavaria and Lower Saxony). As a federated state, Baden-Württemberg is a partly-sovereign parliamentary republic. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Mannheim and Karlsruhe. The design of the Baden-Württemberg €2 coin features the Maulbronn Monastery, which is home to the most perfectly preserved medieval monastery complex north of the Alps.
Germany has five mints which strike circulation coins; they are distinguished by their mint marks - A for Berlin, D for Munich, F for Stuttgart, G for Karlsruhe and J for Hamburg. The set contains five coins with the same design, each struck by a different mint and with its respective mint mark. The quality is proof, which in German is called Spiegelglanz.


What is the CCS Long-Term Technology Planning Task Force?
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the District shifted to virtual learning, CCS administrators and teachers came together under the realization of several truths and realities involved with learning in the 21st century. The commitee sought to define goals of this rapidly changing learning environment:
- Empowering students and staff with flexible learning environments.
- Personalize student learning through a blended learning environment with a focus on college and career readiness.
- Personalizing education with equitable access to technology resources
- Increased communication and collaboration among students, families, and teachers.
The committee identified two stakeholders: the CCS student, and the community at large. For each, the realities of 21st century learning mean the following:
CCS Students CCS Community Preparing our graduates to become young professionals with 21st century life skills Students are digital natives Increase knowledge and critical thinking Create a blended classroom of digital and traditional learning Increase communication and collaboration across our schools Address inequities in students' access to technology Provide a jumpstart for college and maximize personal success Increase student engagement and achievement Provide an environment for fostering imagination, invention, and innovation Tap student creativity, allowing them to produce a variety of work that demonstrate understanding and preparedness for the future
With these realities in mind, the Long Term Technology Planning Task Force will seek to address what is needed to achieve these educational goals:
- A robust district-wide infrastructure that enables equitable access to technology.
- Devices that are durable, adaptable, and support blended teaching and learning.
- Increased access to the internet to enable online learning opportunities beyond the bell.
- Targeted and meaningful professional development for teachers and staff.
- Enhanced learning spaces that provide purposeful instructional design that drive learning through technology.
- Experiences-enabled learning throgh collaboration among students and teachers with a balance of face-to-face and interactive digital opportunities.


Imagine you owned a business where half of your employees’ time was wasted or a restaurant where half of the food went unused. As illogical as it seems, this type of waste is commonplace when it comes to industrial “use” of energy. On average, 49% of the energy stored in coal and natural gas is lost as “waste heat” during the electricity generation and industrial heat processes.1 Through Combined Heat and Power (CHP), operators could capture and use waste energy from electric generators to heat or cool buildings or for industrial purposes. The most efficient CHP systems turn 80% of the energy in fuel into usable heat and electricity.2 Increasing electricity generation from CHP would allow businesses to do the same amount of work with less fuel, lowering costs and pollution at the same time.
Currently, CHP accounts for about 9% of all U.S. electricity generation capacity and could expand to 20%.3 Despite being environmentally4 and financially beneficial,5 CHP generation has actually declined in recent years.6 One of the most significant barriers to CHP deployment is onerous, inconsistent, and ill-defined standards for connecting to the electric grid.7 Additionally, as competition to traditional generation, it is often difficult for CHP operators to secure an interconnection to the grid, vital for selling excess power. Finally, CHP operators often have to sell excess electricity to utilities at rates that are below true market value while being forced to pay higher rates when they need to buy electricity.8
Despite President Obama’s executive order promoting CHP, more needs to be done to encourage its deployment.9 Standardizing interconnection policies and implementing more equitable pricing would make CHP a profitable option for a greater number of businesses to generate their own energy. Even modest gains can yield significant results: if CHP generation displaced an additional 3% of total U.S. generation, it would save 747 trillion BTUs (equivalent to 218,000GWh)10 per year.11 This would decrease CO2 emissions by 127 megatons, shaving off over 2% of U.S. energy-related carbon emissions.12 As many CHP component makers are based in the U.S., new investment would also translate into new domestic jobs,13 and lower fuel costs will free up money that firms could use for other investments.
To overcome the barriers and economic disincentives for CHP. The federal government should take several actions.


The Push Up to Contralateral Limb Raise to Flexion is a calisthenic functional training exercise for professional athletes to improve synergy of the neuromuscular system, core stability, body control and coordination.
During the Push Up Limb Raise to Flexion the focus is on improving neuromuscular system efficiency. The neuromuscular system works in sync when the athlete moves on the court and hits the ball.
Emphasis is on the synchronized activation of various muscle groups and stabilizer development to improve performance and avoid injuries.
Monitor the speed of the Push Up Limb Raise to Flexion and increase the speed or decrease the base of support (arm & leg position) accordingly as the athlete becomes more proficient with the exercise dynamics.
If the athlete cannot maintain balance increase the base of support!
Push Up to Contralateral Limb Raise to Flexion Progression
If you use additional weights…make sure you use appropriate weight so you can control the action throughout the entire range of motion. Otherwise you defeat the purpose of the exercise.
Very often, people use too much resistance and they become sloppy. Especially when it comes to maintaining core stability repetitively.
Also, don’t just progress with adding more weight. First, maximize the speed while maintaining perfect form.
Push Up to Contralateral Limb Raise to Flexion Description
- Face down and position arms and feet shoulder-width apart; place palm of the hand underneath the shoulders; extend elbows; hips are in neutral pelvic position; look forward
- Place tennis ball on the ground at sternum (nipple) level
- Flex elbows and lower upper-body until chest touches the tennis ball; maintain neutral pelvic position; look forward
- Extend elbows and elevate upper-body away from the ground; maintain neutral pelvic position; look forward
- Raise contralateral limbs off the ground; maintain neutral pelvic position; look forward
- Hold position for 1 second
- Bring contralateral limbs close together (knee & elbow) and hold position for 1 second
- Repeat and raise the opposite limbs
Related Functional Training Exercises
- Pushup to Single Limb Raise
- Push Up to Contralateral Limb Raise
- Physio Ball Push Up to Single Limb Raise
We provide you with some more workouts and training tips you may be interested in to optimize your training.
Also, make sure that you warm up properly before and stretch out after your training session.


The Astronomy Center has provided educational resources to introductory astronomy educators since 2003. Over the past 20 years, the rapid pace of discovery has rendered some of our linked resources obsolete. Thus, the Astronomy Center will be decommissioned on March 1, 2022. Our highest quality resources will be retained on ComPADRE.org.
Astronomy and Cosmology: The Description, Origin, and Development of the Universe is a section of a larger tutorial describing the uses of remote sensing. The author disscusses many topics in astronomy and cosmology like: a review of relativity, the origin of the universe, stellar astronomy, galaxies, the age of the universe, the expansion of the universe, dark matter, dark energy, and the philosophical implications cosmology has on religion. There are also numerous images, photos, and useful links incorporated in these tutorials.
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Low Dose Lung Screening
CT Lung Cancer screening helps evaluate the lungs for any signs of lung cancer or risks to develop lung cancer. This advanced procedure is designed to detect small nodules that might present but are not visible on a routine chest X-Ray. Recent studies present that detection of nodules are at a small size and may dramatically improve likely hood of surviving lung cancer.
Charter Radiology utilizes a state-of-the-art 128 slice Low Dose CT scanner that generates the images of the lungs with a reduction in radiation dose up to 60%.
Lung Cancer Facts
- Lung Cancer accounts for 1 of 3 cancer deaths, and is the leading cause of cancer deaths in all ethnic groups.
- Second most diagnosed cancer in men and women.
- According to Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) 87% of lung cancer cases are caused by smoking, however 60% of lung cancer patients have never smoked or quit years ago.
- Only 16% of lung cancer patients are diagnosed at the earliest and most crucial stage.
Who Needs Lung Screening
- Former or current smokers ages 55-77 years.
- Tobacco smoking history of at least 30 pack-years (one pack-year = smoking one pack per day for one year; 1 pack = 20 cigarettes).
If your results are normal you may be asked to come back in a year for a follow-up screening. If the radiologist discovers a pulmonary nodule you may have to get a diagnostic chest CT to evaluate the nodules or areas of interest. An initial positive screening does not mean you have lung cancer.


Colectomy is a surgical procedure to remove all or part of the colon (the large intestine). The procedure is also known as colon resection surgery, and there are three types: total, which as the name implies, is the removal of the entre colon; partial, which is the removal of part of the colon; and proctocolectomy, which involves removing both the colon and the rectum.
Colectomy surgery is performed to treat or prevent diseases and conditions that affect the colon, such as:
- Colon cancer – Early-stage cancers may require a small section of the colon to be removed. Late-stage cancers may require more of the colon to be removed.
- Uncontrollable bleeding – For severe bleeding from the colon, the affected part may be removed.
- Bowel obstruction – Depending on the extent of the blockage, a total or partial colectomy may be required.
- Crohn’s disease – When medication has proven ineffective, a doctor may recommend a partial colectomy as temporary relief from symptoms of the disease.
- Ulcerative colitis – Your doctor may recommend total colon removal if medications are not helping to control symptoms.
Colectomy can also be an option for people who have a very high risk of developing colon cancer due to precancerous colon polyps, or genetic conditions such as familial adenomatous polyposis or Lynch syndrome. As with all surgical procedures, colon resection surgery carries risks of complications that may vary depending on your overall health and which type of the surgery you undergo.
Nationally Ranked Care
If you are experiencing warning signs that you may need colectomy surgery, the highly trained and caring team of gastrointestinal specialists at Tampa General Hospital can discuss all your options and their benefits and risks.
Tampa General Hospital is proud to have been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Top 10% in the Nation for Cancer Care, and a high performing hospital for Colon Cancer Surgery by U.S. News & World Report for 2022-23.


Guardian.co.uk & Plan
Every year, around two million girls undergo excision (sometimes known as genital mutilation or cutting). Most of these girls live in sub-Saharan and north-eastern Africa.Historically, most girls were excised between the ages of 8 and 14 years. Today, the age of female genital cutting has a much wider range. It is performed on newborn babies, during childhood, during adolescence or even on mothers after they have given birth. However there is a general trend of declining age of excision in west Africa. In Mali, this tendency is particularly strong. In the past, the practice was a ritual for adolescent girls, but a recent study by Plan in five regions of the country found that the average age of excision was less than one year. In many cases infants were excised within their first week of life. Most excisions are performed without anaesthesia. For the great majority of girls, the first experience is extreme and unexpected pain. The most common immediate complication is excessive bleeding due to accidental cutting of a major vein or artery. Other typical complications include urinary retention, tetanus and other wound infections, sometimes resulting in septicaemia. The mental scarring can be just as significant. But for the women who practice excision it is often an important part of their tradition, a tradition they are reluctant to abandon because it helps them define who they are. Going into these communities and trying to impose western doctrine upon them won’t work. In the communities where it occurs, Plan is actively pursuing its abandonment – in the right way. Experience has taught its workers to respect the communities they work in and to listen to their members’ views and opinions. Changes of societal norms and behaviours have to come from within. Effecting such changes requires a constructive dialogue. Plan is continuing this dialogue in Mali and elsewhere, and is revolutionising women’s lives as a result.
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The skeleton of a possible sauropod dinosaur was discovered back in 2017 in a man’s backyard in Pombal, Portugal. The skeleton is now reported to possibly be the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Europe at 12 meters high and 25 meters long.
Five years ago, a man noticed fragments of fossilized bones in his backyard in Pombal while carrying out construction work. Since then, an international research team has been studying the findings and conducting excavation campaigns on site.
In August of 2022, Portuguese and Spanish paleontologists realized that the remains could correspond to the largest sauropod dinosaur discovered in Europe.
Dr. Elisabete Malafaia, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lisbon, has said that this finding is incredibly rare, as such preservation is unusual for large-sized dinosaurs.
She said in a statement, “It is not usual to find all the ribs of an animal like this, let alone in this position, maintaining their original anatomical position. This mode of preservation is relatively uncommon in the fossil record of dinosaurs, in particular sauropods, from the Portuguese Upper Jurassic”.
Parts of the skeleton have been collected, including vertebrae and ribs. The researchers found “the largest ribs of a sauropod that are currently known in Europe” and one of the largest worldwide. Each rib measured about three meters in length.
The skeleton is thought to be of a possible brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur, a large species that lived from the Upper Jurassic to the Lower Cretaceous around 100 million years ago.
The preservation characteristics of the fossils indicate to the researchers that there might be other parts of the skeleton around. This hypothesis will be tested in future excavations this year.


Approaching the Election of 1848, President James Polk did not have unanimous support amongst Democrats. In fact, quite the opposite.
Despite the fact that President Polk vowed to only serve one term as president, he had stirred signifiant discontent in the Democratic Party with his policies. See Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 831.
Whereas northern Democrats had given President Polk significant support throughout his term as president, by the end of his term, they “felt they had received little or nothing.” Id. The Democrats who had supported Martin Van Buren just a matter of years prior had become disenchanted with President Polk and his brand of Democratic politics. See id.
This anger culminated in the Van Burenite faction of the Democrats breaking away and calling themselves “Barnburners.” Id. This name derived from “the legendary New York Dutch farmer stupid enough to burn down his barn in order to drive the rats out of it.” Id. citing Sean Wilentz, The Rise of American Democracy (New York, 2005), 583; Joel Silbey, Storm Over Texas (Oxford, 2005), 99-111.
The Barnburners, the “Conscience” faction of the Whigs, and the small Liberty Party, held their own convention in Buffalo, New York in August 1848 to nominate their own candidate for president. See Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 831. The convention nominated Van Buren for president, with a platform centered on opposition to slavery and endorsement of improving infrastructure. See id. at 831-32.
While Van Buren would not come close to winning the election, the platform that the convention created would be remarkably similar to that of the Republican Party a decade later, which would win the presidency with Abraham Lincoln. See id. at 832.
The politics of the Election of 1848 set up the dynamics that would play out before the Civil War. While the Democrats regressed in their policies, both the Whigs and the third parties were more in tune with the needs and wants of ordinary Americans. The factions breaking out in the Democratic Party particularly reflected those regressive policies, and just a short decade later, the Democrats would be on the verge of extinction.


Remembering Milwaukee's four Calatravas that never were
Every week on Urban Spelunking , Radio Milwaukee’s Nate Imig and OnMilwaukee’s Bobby Tanzilo dig into the buildings and architectural features that help retain the city’s sense of history while it builds for the future.
When you think of Milwaukee's architecture, chances are your mind’s eye envisions the Milwaukee Art Museum and its iconic Brise Soleil, designed by world-famous architect Santiago Calatrava.
Completed in 2001, it was Calatrava’s first work in the United States. The kinetic, winged design has become a symbol for Milwaukee in the 21 years since its opening and has grown so iconic that locals refer to it simply as “The Calatrava.”
But, at least potentially, Milwaukee could have had four more “Calatravas.”
On this week’s episode of Urban Spelunking, we discuss the Calatravas that weren’t — the buildings, bridges and skywalks Calatrava had begun drawing but ultimately were abandoned, for different reasons in each case. Unfortunately, physical records in the forms of plans and sketches are scarce. But in one case — a planned athletic facility at MSOE — Bobby uncovered renderings and a 3D model.
Listen to this episode to learn what we know about all four designs, and visit OnM i lwaukee for even more history. If you have any information to contribute, we’d love to hear from you.


Forest School is a child-centered inspirational learning process,Forest
that offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions.
It is a long-term program that supports play,
exploration and supported risk taking.
It develops confidence and self-esteem through learner inspired,
hands-on experiences in a natural setting.
Forest School has a developmental ethos shared thousands of trained practitioners around the world,
who are constantly developing their learning styles and skills to support new and imaginative learners.
Its roots reach back to the open-air culture,
friluftsliv, or free air life, seen as a way of life in Scandinavia where Forest School began.
It arrived in the UK in 1993 and has grown from strength to strength since then.
Forest School is a child center
The process helps and facilitates more than knowledge-gathering,
it helps learners develop socially, emotionally, spiritually, physically and intellectually.
It creates a safe, non-judgemental nurturing environment for learners to try stuff out and take risks
Forest School inspires a deep and meaningful connection to the world and an understanding of how a learner fits within it.
What is quality Forest School?
There are many forms of outdoor education and all have enormous value, however, Forest School is unique in its reach, delivery and effect.
- Forest School is a long-term process of regular sessions, rather than one-off or infrequent visits; the cycle of planning, observation, adaptation and review links each session.
- Forest School aims to promote the holistic development of all involved, fostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners.
- Forest School offers learners the opportunity to take supported risks appropriate to the environment and to themselves.


Fall is quickly winding down – the air is crisp, the leaves are a changin’, and NextLesson has some great content for these brisk autumn days. Students will have a chance to learn their letters with leaves, bake a bevy of pies for their bakery, and site out settlements for the Pilgrims at Plimoth Plantation. Rumor has it that the Pilgrims might soon be preparing for a large feast – we’d best bake some extra pies for all the guests!
ELA; Grade K
Nothing says autumn more than the bright oranges and yellows of falling leaves. Students in this activity will take turns pretending to be Alphabet Trees and shedding their letter leaves, practicing uppercase and lowercase letter matching.
Pi for Everyone
Math; Grade 7
Your award-winning bakery is introducing a new line of delicious fruit pies, but there isn’t enough flour! You can’t possibly bake enough pies without first measuring areas and circumferences, and let’s not forget the butter!
ELA, Social Studies; Grade 2-4
Why did the Pilgrims choose to settle in Plymouth Rock? Play the role of a real estate agent and introduce the pilgrims to the landscape and geography of Plimoth Plantation. Students will also create maps, design real estate brochures, and learn about the First Thanksgiving.


While most people concern themselves with that other October 31 holiday (see previous post), I want to remind you that today is Reformation Day. On this date in 1517 an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of the cathedral in Wittenberg. The immediate cause of his frustration was clerical abuse – specifically the selling of indulgences. (Basically, an indulgence was a “get-out-of-purgatory-free” card; except they weren’t free. They were sold so people could spring relatives from purgatory or escape it themselves, with the proceeds used for various papal projects – in this case the building of St Peter’s basilica in Rome.
The Reformation, sparked by this German monk, was one of the great spiritual revivals of all time; one that continues to impact the world (and you and me) in a deep way. Of course there were a host of issues involved, but I submit that the chief benefit of Luther’s work was the return of the Word of God to the people. Prior to Luther, the Scriptures were not available in common language and most people, clergy and laity alike, had no access to them. Luther returned the Scriptures to the people and rediscovered in them the gospel by grace through faith alone.
So instead of getting fat on candy, sit back and watch the recent film “Luther” (starring Ray Fiennes and reviewed here) and get acquainted with Reformation Day.


Data from: Early stages of sea-level rise lead to decreased salt marsh plant diversity through stronger competition in Mediterranean-climate marshes
Noto, Akana E.; Shurin, Jonathan B. (2017), Data from: Early stages of sea-level rise lead to decreased salt marsh plant diversity through stronger competition in Mediterranean-climate marshes, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.pq84q
Climate change shuffles species ranges and creates novel interactions that may either buffer communities against climate change or exacerbate its effect. For instance, facilitation can become more prevalent in salt marshes under stressful conditions while competition is stronger in benign environments. Sea-level rise (SLR) is a consequence of climate change that affects the distribution of stress from inundation and salinity. To determine how interactions early in SLR are affected by changes in these two stressors in Mediterranean-climate marshes, we transplanted marsh turfs to lower elevations to simulate SLR and manipulated cover of the dominant plant species, Salicornia pacifica (formerly Salicornia virginica). We found that both S. pacifica and the subordinate species were affected by inundation treatments, and that subordinate species cover and diversity were lower at low elevations in the presence of S. pacifica than when it was removed. These results suggest that the competitive effect of S. pacifica on other plants is stronger at lower tidal elevations where we also found that salinity is reduced. As sea levels rise, stronger competition by the dominant plant will likely reduce diversity and cover of subordinate species, suggesting that stronger species interactions will exacerbate the effects of climate change on the plant community.


The Aboriginal Economic Benchmarking Report, published in 2012, was the first document to assemble a comprehensive group of indicators and to establish benchmarks to measure the social and economic well-being for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. The report provided evidence that Indigenous people in Canada are making measurable progress towards improving their economic outcomes in areas such as employment and income. The report sets out bold ten-year targets to help achieve the Board’s vision and advance opportunities for First Nation, Inuit, and Métis economic development.
In 2015, the NIEDB released the Aboriginal Economic Progress Report, the first update to the Aboriginal Economic Benchmarking Report, that tracks the progress and success of Indigenous people in Canada using the indicators in the Benchmarking Report. However, three years after the initial report, the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians remain large.
The second Indigenous Economic Progress Report was launched in 2019. It is meant to track and assess advancements made between 2012 and 2019 to closing the gaps. The Report concludes that while the overall economic outcomes for Indigenous peoples are improving in Canada, this is only to varying, and sometimes small degrees. Given the pace of improvements, outcomes are not on track to meet the 2022 targets of economic parity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. It is the NIEDB’s belief that more efforts by all are required to make these results attainable.


Scalding milk is bringing milk to just below a boiling temperature, then removing it from the heat. It is no longer needed these days: older recipes would have you do it before the days of pasteurization.
Some people, however, feel that scalding milk still serves a useful purpose — say, in bread recipes. They feel that scalding the milk breaks down a protein that can affect the texture of bread, and the filling in certain pies such as Pumpkin Pies. Milk contains serum proteins that could interact with flour proteins to form a weak dough. Scalding the milk (and then cooling before using, so you don’t cook your dough in the bowl) inactivates these serum proteins in the milk.
The skin that forms on the top of boiled milk is the protein in milk coagulating. When you skim this off, you are removing a great deal of the nutrients in the milk. The skin is caused by evaporation of water at the surface, which lets the protein molecules come together. You can help prevent this by covering with a lid, or whisking it just enough to produce a bit of foam. Whey protein particles fall to the pan bottom when milk is heated, where they scorch: so use medium heat or a double-boiler.


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MERRITT ISLAND, Florida — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service down-listed the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The agency touted the change in status as reflecting a highly successful conservation and recovery effort spanning three decades.
“The down-listing of the wood stork from endangered to threatened demonstrates how the Endangered Species Act can be an effective tool to protect and recover imperiled wildlife from the brink of extinction, especially when we work in partnership with states, tribes, conservation groups, private landowners, and other stakeholders to restore vital habitat,” U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said last Thursday.
Twenty-seven species have been delisted under the ESA since 1973 due to recovery, including the bald eagle, American alligator, and peregrine falcon. Meanwhile, 30 species have been down-listed from endangered to threatened. Under the ESA, a species is considered endangered when it is at risk of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. It is considered threatened when it is at risk of becoming endangered throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
When wood storks were listed as endangered in 1984, their population was dropping at 5 percent a year. Since then, the U.S. breeding population has shown substantial improvement in the numbers of nesting pairs as a whole and an expansion of its breeding range.
Since 2004, the three-year averages (2003 to 2012) for nesting pairs ranged from 7,086 to 10,147, all above the 6,000 three-year average identified in the 1997 recovery plan as the threshold to consider reclassifying the species to threatened status. However, the five-year average of 10,000 nesting pairs, identified in the current recovery plan as the threshold for delisting, has not yet been reached.
When the Service originally listed the U.S. breeding population, the wood stork’s range included Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. Breeding was primarily in Central and South Florida. Historically, the Florida Everglades and the Big Cypress ecosystems supported large breeding colonies. Since listing, its range has expanded north and west, and now includes portions of North Carolina and Mississippi, with significant nesting in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.


Submitted by: Miranda Vasquez
The Universe Inside
This year, the art teacher, Mrs. Valle, held the first Art Appreciation Gallery Walk, where the work of her students is proudly displayed on the walls. Many of the projects were made using eggshells and/or regular paper. However, the most eye catching pieces were made using aluminum foil and tempera paint mixed with glue.
The one I found to be most interesting was one that had a red upper torso, really just the shoulders, and the head severed from the neck; spurting out of the neck stub are celestial bodies, blue, green, and/or yellow in color. One of the planets looks very similar to Earth. There are ten black stars interspersed within the larger objects. I found this piece to be fascinating because I have an interest in space and astronomy, though it’s more based in aesthetics than the actual science and numbers. With the element of the aluminum foil, the lines drawn by the tempera-glue mixture look sharper as opposed to if it were done on a sheet of paper.
Overall, I am grateful for the Gallery Walk, as it lets us have a deeper look into what our peers enjoy and think about. There are many interesting pieces to be observed.
Since none of the projects were titled, I decided to name my chosen art piece “The Universe Inside.” It’s very literal and everything else I could think of didn’t quite fit.


Solar roof shingles are a great new way to harness to energy of the sun to generate electricity that can power your home. Almost everyone lives in a house where the rooftop shingles just sit there. That was fine for the past, but the future is now. It's time to put those shingles to work generating renewable energy for your household.
There is a new technology available, where thin photovoltaic cells are being used as roof shingles. This is a new building material that shows a lot of promise. Solar panels on a rooftop are bulky, and can be damaged in a storm. With solar roof shingles, you avoid these problems, but still get all the benefits of solar power in your home.
If you did not already know, photovoltaics are extremely clean and do not pollute the environment at all. They do not require any fuel, and they run quietly. All you need is sunshine to run these power generators. As long as you've got sunlight, this technology will keep generating renewable energy.
Believe it or not, solar roof shingles can save you nearly sixty percent on your home energy costs each month. If you've got a small business, this technology can work in this context as well. It will work wherever you've got a roof to install on.
There are a lot of advantages to using solar roof shingles. Of course, you get the same protection and durability as you would be standard asphalt shingles. Aside from this, they are aesthetically appealing. You can design your product to go with your roof and the rest of your house.
It's possible to completely replace the old roofing material on your home, and install photovoltaic cells that will start generating natural energy from solar power. If you are hesitant to consider doing this, do not worry. The costs to install such a system are surprisingly low, and the material is lightweight so there's no possibility of damage to your roof or the rest of your home.
If you have a roof that receives a decent amount of sunlight each day, then your property is ideal for solar roof shingles. Best of all, there are a bunch of options for financing such a project. The Department of Energy is willing to participate in offsetting the costs of solar power for homes in America.
There may be various incentives available to you if you decide to install solar shingle. Do more research online for further information or visit our website to learn more.


Question: I think my tortoise is constipated. What would cause this and how do I prevent it in the future?
Answer: The first thing we need to discuss is your tortoise’s appetite. Your tortoise will have a greatly diminished appetite if it is constipated. If the appetite decreased after the feces stopped your tortoise may truly be constipated. Many people think their tortoise is constipated, but fail to realize that the animal stopped eating so stool will not be produced.
How often your tortoise will pass stool is dependent on factors such as diet, how often you feed, the temperature of your habitat, the amount of exercise your pet gets and the general health of your tortoise.
One thing that can cause constipation includes intestinal parasites. The parasites can interfere with motility of the gut. A heavy load of parasites can block the lumen of an intestinal segment. Ingestion of foreign objects can cause either constipation or diarrhea. If the foreign object irritates the bowel without blocking diarrhea is the result. One cause of blockage that many people overlook is dog hair. If the dog hair is ingested with grass in the yard a blockage may result. Absorbent litter can also cause a blockage by pulling fluid from the bowel.
Conditions that cause pressure on the color or cloacal vent can also be the cause of constipation. Egg-bound tortoises are not able to pass stool. Tortoises with urinary stones in the bladder may be constipated. An abscess or tumor can also block feces. Once the stool becomes retained, fluid continues to be absorbed from the gut, the stool becomes even harder making passage difficult.
A home treatment for constipation would be warm water soaks. If this is not effective it is time to seek a veterinarian. They will probably recommend X-rays and a test for fecal parasites. Medical treatment may include enemas or a laxative. This should only be used under the direction of a vet. Please remember that many over the counter products made for humans can be lethal to reptiles.
I hope this information is helpful and that your tortoise recovers quickly.


Start with a conversation to build your child’s social skills
How do you communicate with a child who has autism about tough issues, including racism? Our research suggests that you should a start any tough conversation with your child by using these communication tips:
Use direct language. Autism can cause a very literal mind frame, meaning figures of speech and metaphors often do not make sense and can confuse and frustrate. Think about what you wish to say and how you can phrase it directly. This means the child is likely to understand immediately, rather than become frustrated.
Pick your moment. If your child is deeply involved in something else, it will be difficult for you to capture his or her attention. Providing a high degree of structure and routine reduces distractions and helps to keep children with autism focused on a learning activity. Interrupting this routine may be upsetting and result in a frustrating interaction between parent and child.
Don’t rush. When speaking with children, particularly those with ASD, you need to give them time to process what you are saying and react to it.
Try visual cues. Depending on the age, some children are more receptive to pictures and writing. Children with autism benefit from using visual support because processing language quickly can be difficult for them.
Pay attention to nonverbal signs. Certain actions might tell you more than words if you know how to interpret them. Nonverbal cues in children can tell you how they are thinking or feeling about what you are saying.
At Connec-to-Talk, our goal is to enable your child to successfully and naturally carry the skills acquired during therapy into everyday living. Social skills are an important part of ABA therapy and can significantly impact a person’s life.
To help lay the groundwork for your child’s social skills, we encourage you to start a conversation about racism with your child. It is commonly understood that children begin to identify others by race between that ages of 3 and 4. As our children’s earliest teachers, we can increase their understanding and acceptance of all human beings. These interactions will help improve their skills needed to build a positive awareness and acceptance of diversity.
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Evidence is provided from the joint application of tephrochromology and palynology in two Icelandic locations - the island of Papey off the east coast and Seljaland in the south. The Papey study relates to vegetation change around the time of volcanic ash deposition from the eruption of Katla in 1755. This produced various hypotheses concerning volcanic impacts and land-use activities, including changes in nutrient inputs, grazing activity, and climate. Similar data have been obtained from Seljaland, where a group of farms was affected by fall-out from the 1947 eruption of Hekla. The patterns of pollen-based vegetational change were similar at both locations, enabling a fuller exploration of floristic and anthropogenic responses to ash deposition. The Seljaland data are influenced by the known removal of livestock in order to guard against the effects of fluorosis. The resultant cessation of grazing was probably responsible for much of the vegetational change apparent in the pollen record, and this represents a credible recent analogue for processes that may have taken place in Papey in 1755.
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Small and surrounded:
How population size and land use can influence patterns of reproduction in a native plant across remnant serpentine barren grasslands of southeastern Pennsylvania
This webinar was held on October 7, 2021. View the archived video here
Fragmentation and habitat loss are well known to reduce population sizes and reproduction of remaining plants. In particular, the reduction in seed production is thought to be driven by a disruption in plant-pollinator interactions, but few studies have explicitly evaluated pollination dynamics across a fragmented landscape. Moreover, we understand little the extent to which fragmentation and land use alter connectivity of the remaining populations across the landscape and whether those populations experience divergent selection pressures. We have performed a series of field experiments and population genetic studies to address these gaps in the native biennial Sabatia angularis (Gentianaceae). These studies show that small populations surrounded by greater development are more likely to rely on self-pollination and that plants in populations with weak plant-pollinator interactions experience greater selection on traits related to pollinator attraction. Moreover, both agriculture and urban development reduce connectivity of S. angularis populations. These results have implications for understanding how plant populations may persist in an increasingly changing world.
Dr. Rachel Spigler received her BS in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from the University of Arizona and PhD in Botany from the University of Georgia. She is currently as Assistant Professor of Biology at Temple University, where her lab focuses on the evolutionary ecology of plant reproduction. Since moving to Temple, she has conducted her research in the serpentine barren grasslands in southeastern Pennsylvania, with the overarching goal of understanding how land loss and land use influence plant reproduction, connectivity of plant populations among remaining grasslands, selection on floral traits, and, ultimately, population persistence.


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Hammer toe: Overview
A hammer toe is a toe that bends up at the middle joint, while the end of the toe points down. The problem usually happens to the second toe.
A hammer toe can hurt a lot, especially as the toe rubs against your shoe when you walk. Shoes that are too tight can cause hammer toes. If a shoe forces a toe to stay bent for a long time, the muscles in your toe get tight and the tendons that connect the muscles to the bone get shorter. Over time, the muscles cannot straighten your toe. Sometimes, diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis also can cause hammer toes.
Early treatment can help your toe straighten before it gets badly bent. You can wear roomy shoes and use pads to keep the toe from rubbing against your shoes. If your toe is badly bent, you may need surgery to straighten it.
An abnormal downward bending of the little toe is called hammertoe, a foot deformity caused by wearing shoes that are too small for ones feet.
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Is there such a thing as a lobster that's too big to eat? According to CBS New York, Long Island's Jordan Lobster Farms is currently babysitting a 23-pounder that is estimated to be an ancient 95 years old. While big lobsters are typically a fancy treat, customers at the restaurant are more interested in taking pictures with the huge crustacean than ordering it for dinner. Local patron Dennis Lynch told CBS, "It's more cool to watch it and look at it than eat it."
Stephen Jordan, owner of the wholesale business and restaurant, may be used to selling 10-pound specimens, but he says he hasn't seen a lobster this big in more than a decade. He explains how he got the oversized shellfish: "We received it yesterday morning from one of our fisherman, John Price, who's in the Bay of Fundy. He shipped it in, he didn't even tell us. He said 'look in the crate.' We opened it up and were like 'whoa!'"
A lobster's weight is what is used to estimate its age, and although one this size may seem rare, marine experts suggest that some in the deepest parts of the ocean can live to be 100 years old, reaching a similar size. That doesn't take away from the novelty of housing one of these huge sea creatures in a restaurant. Customers have become big fans and are happy to hear that instead of allowing it to end up in some fast-food lobster roll, Jordan plans to donate it to the Long Island Aquarium.


After complications from a previous kidney condition Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has passed away at Rio de Janeiro's Samaritano Hospital.
For 104 years, Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares (December 15, 1907 - December 5, 2012) lived a life of "intensity." Born in Rio de Janeiro, he is best known for helping to design the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 1947 and for designing much of the city of Brasilia. As he described his style: "I consciously ignored the highly praised right angle and the rational architecture of T-squares and triangles in order to wholeheartedly enter the world of curves..." He received the Pritzker Prize in 1988.
Niemeyer was one of those few architects who is recognized and admired by people from all walks of life, especially by those in his native Brazil, where he is considered an icon. Indeed, always motivated to design for his fellow man, Niemeyer was a Brazilian first, and an architect second.
In Niemeyer's words: "It is important that the architect think not only of architecture but of how architecture can solve the problems of the world. The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of privileged people."
The legacy of the Master of Brazilian Architecture


Life Is Like A Bunch Of Simile's, Writing Is An Ocean Of Metaphors
Updated: Feb 20, 2021
By, Wendiann Alfieri
So I wanted to write some examples of simile's and metaphors, so here they are:
- Smiling is like a light bulb, beautiful but sometimes blinding
- Forgetting is as hard as remembering
-This world is like a house on fire, from a distance it looks like an candlelight, up close it is as dangerous as can be
- My strength is as strong as a rubber band, its flexible and can be tested but stretch is too much and it breaks
- Why is strangeness like a waterfall, beautiful and overwhelming, but never fully understood?
-My brain is like it's in a sealed envelope, waiting for someone to open it and see the truth
-Happiness is like sadness it needs to be discovered for by you
- Stuffed animals are sometimes like friends, you find them, you love them, and you lose them
-Candy is like a necessary evil, it is sweet at first but afterward it can make you regret your decision
-Earth is as big as a speck compared to the universe
-Beauty is a poison that is sweet
-Love is a tree that falls down
-Minds are a maze that you cannot leave
-Sadness is a root that keeps growing
-Reality is a needle that sews its meaning so that its a mystery
-Time is a knife that does not stop
- Joy is a spring that lets you soar
-Anger is sometimes a breath of air
Well, that's a few examples. A simile is a device that compares two things with the words " like" or "as" in it. A metaphor compares an abstract and solid things.
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Text: Well, ever since my mom’s brother suddenly died at the age of 62– two years ago, I think this proverb has continued to provide my mom with a sense of comfort and release. “All in life is a dream walking, and all in death is a going home.” She passes this on to anyone in need of feeling at peace with recent tragedies or deaths. I think that for her, it’s a reminder to feel grateful for the joyful parts of life and that…when death comes, one part has fulfilled their purpose.
Context: K is twenty-one years old and of Chinese, Japanese, and Jewish descent. She was raised in San Francisco, California. Her maternal grandparents are Asian immigrants whose culture she was raised with.
Analysis: K’s mother told her the quote above is a Chinese proverb. K would frequently hear proverbs from her mother while growing up, typically used and repeated as little bits of advice or reminders throughout a day. In Chinese culture it’s considered a sign of a good education to include proverbs in your writing or advice to others. Proverbs speak on a range of topics– often moral, like patience or kindness to strangers. They intend to provide wisdom to its listeners, and are meant to be respected by both the speaker and the listener even if not always successfully followed. Many proverbs are accredited to Confucius or Lao Tzu (although some are miscredited), but many don’t have distinctive roots with one speaker or author. The majority of proverbs were passed down in oral traditions among the peasant class in China, and were not written down until years, sometimes hundreds of years after their inception. Many proverbs still haven’t been translated to English. This makes sense why there isn’t much available on the proverb above other than the quote itself. However, its ruminations on the meaning of life, death, and dreams are not uncommon topics for proverbs. It’s also interesting to note that traditional Chinese medicine believes that one’s dreams are directly related to their physical health, hence the proverb’s association with dream and “life” or the living, bodily world.


New research suggests there is a way to optimize treatments for inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. A team of scientists from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reveals that a potential target is a type of immune cells called innate lymphoid cells.
Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic condition where the gut experiences excess inflammation causing symptoms such as abdominal pain and weight loss. While the cause behind inflammatory bowel disease remains unknown, there are studies suggesting there could be genetic, environmental, and immunological factors in play. Since most people with IBD do not respond to treatments, understanding what promotes inflammation in the first place could help to create better medications.
The researchers pinpointed the innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) that maintain tissue function, including the production of the gut mucosa. However, ILCs change function during inflammation.
The current study took ILCs from tonsils and gut tissue of 48 patients who had resection surgery or an endoscopic exam. Of the 48, 31 had IBD. They studied the changes in ILC function during isolation and after cell culture.
Findings showed that a subgroup of ILCs involves a pre-stage of mature ILCs that build up in the gut of patients with IBD. The gut environment could speed up the metabolism of immature ILCs, promote cell division, and release cytokines to protect the intestinal tissue.
“The function of ILCs changes during inflammation and therefore ILCs represent a promising therapeutic target for conditions like inflammatory bowel disease,” says lead author Efthymia Kokkinou, a doctoral student at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge at Karolinska Institutet. “Insight into how these cells develop from immature cells into mature cells in tissue helps us understand how they influence tissue function or inflammation in mucosa and how they can be manipulated for therapeutic purposes.”
Future research will look to see if having immature intestinal ILCs could predict how effective drugs for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, two common types of IBDs are in the body.
“These studies are important since the right choice of effective treatment can reduce both personal suffering and societal costs,” says Jenny Mjösberg, associate professor at Karolinska Institutet and the study’s senior author.
The study is published in the journal Science Immunology.


Rabbi Nachmun of Breslov teaches:
“The Exodus from Egypt occurs in every human being, in every era, in every year, and in every day.”
The chaos of our escape from an oppressive overlord in the Passover story is not just a piece of our past but a part of our present. We all, at one point in our lives, have found ourselves in some kind of Egypt, where we felt burdened by the weight of something we never thought we would be free from and, even when offered the chance to escape, didn’t believe was possible. These might be stories about challenging relationships, difficult work or living situations, chronic physical illness, or mental health conditions. They are stories we often prefer to bury in our past rather than relive. In a way, locking those experiences up and living in fear of those parts of ourselves is like constructing an inner “Egypt.” But unlike the original Egypt we had to escape from, we need to open ourselves up to let it out.
By telling those stories — both to ourselves and to others — we can Quiet the Silence surrounding our inner “Egypts,” release those inner “Egypts,” and encourage others to do the same.
We created this Haggadah to help individuals utilize the themes and motifs of Passover traditions to examine their internal stories of slavery and experience true freedom.


Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a crucial part of modern-day technology. Machine learning algorithms, in particular, are being used to power various applications such as virtual assistants, fraud detection, and personalized recommendations. However, as machine learning algorithms become more complex, it becomes increasingly challenging to understand how they arrive at their decisions. This is where Explainable AI comes into play. In this blog post, we will discuss the concept of Explainable AI and why it is essential.
What is Explainable AI? Explainable AI (XAI) is the practice of making machine learning algorithms transparent, interpretable, and understandable to human users. XAI helps users understand how a machine learning algorithm works, what data it uses, and how it arrives at its decisions. This level of transparency is vital for applications where the stakes are high, such as in healthcare, finance, and law enforcement.
Why is Explainable AI important? In many cases, the consequences of an AI decision can be severe, and therefore, it is essential to understand how an algorithm arrived at its decision. For example, if an AI algorithm denies a loan application or makes a medical diagnosis, it is crucial to know why the decision was made. XAI can help ensure that these decisions are fair, ethical, and unbiased.


The earliest sources of history of bagpipes in Poland mention mainly the circumstances under which they were played. Iconographic sources confirm the presence of the instrument in Poland from at least the first half of the 14th century. Two centuries later, chronicles mention bagpipe players in cappellas employed at the courts of kings and nobles, sometimes also in city and military bands. From such sources as tax censuses and literature of the period it is known that bagpipe players provided dance music during weddings and parties at city and country inns, accompanied religious processions and welcoming celebrations. Traces of information about the repertory of Polish bagpipe players during the first Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania are found in extant compositions, as reminiscences of bagpipe melodies, mostly in works associated with pastoral themes. Particularly in the 17th and the first decades of the 18th centuries Polish bagpipe music was fashionable. Among those who appreciated it were Ph. Telemann and J. S. Bach. The nature, repertory, performances styles, and place of bagpipe music in later epochs are also described, taking into account changes in the contemporary folklore practice.
Zbigniew J. Przerembski, Instytut Sztuki PAN, ul. Dluga 26/28, 00-950 Warszawa, Poland
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Zero knowledge means that the cloud storage provider cannot read the data its users have stored, even if they wanted to or were required to do so by law. It is also known as private key encryption, or personal encryption.
It is an optional setting with some cloud storage services. In rare cases it can be a requirement, if the entire service is built around zero-knowledge privacy with no option for a provider-managed key.
Zero-knowledge encryption works by encrypting your files with a randomly generated key. This key may be stored on the cloud provider’s servers, which is encrypted with a passphrase known only to you. This passphrase becomes the key to accessing your files.
If you forget your passphrase in a zero-knowledge scenario, you will not be able to decrypt your private key, and thus you will be unable to decrypt your files. You data will be useless – so don’t forget your passphrase!
Not everyone should use a zero-knowledge service. If you think you may forget or lose your passphrase (and you’re not using a password manager), enabling private key encryption would be a bad idea. Stick with the default option to let the cloud storage service manage the encryption key, to allow for password recovery.
However, if you want the absolute best privacy for your cloud files, a zero-knowledge encrypted service is the only solution.


When you have completed this module, you should be able to:
- Give examples of kinetic and potential energy and their interconversions
- State and give examples of the First Law of Thermodynamics
- Define a system and point out where energy and work enter and leave it
What is energy? What is work? Energy and work are two terms it seems everyone knows but nobody can define. In chemistry, work is defined as movement opposed by a force. For example, when you lift a box into the air against the force of gravity, you are doing work. When you slide the same box across the floor against the force of friction, you are also doing work. When you blow up a balloon against the force exerted by the atmosphere, you are doing work. When you pull two magnets apart against the magnetic force holding them together, you are doing work.
Energy is defined as the capacity to do work. In each of the examples above, energy has to be spent to do the work. Thus, energy and work are really the same thing, just in a slightly different form. Energy is the cause and work is the result.
This module will introduce you to work and energy and show you how to set up problems relating objects and the energy and work they exchange with their surroundings.


Andvord Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Andvord Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Bay 9 mi long and 3 mi wide, which lies between Beneden Head and Duthiers Point along the W coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache, and named by him for Rolf Andvord, Belgian consul at Christiania (Oslo) at that time.
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BOB HIRSHON (host):
Making sense of dreams. I’m Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update.
Today’s Why Is It question comes from Julie de Chalendar of Oundle in Peterborough, England. She wants to know why we can’t remember all of our dreams.
We asked MIT neurobiologist Matthew Wilson. He says dreaming is our brain’s way of sorting through, organizing, and evaluating previous events. That process occurs in the deeper parts of the brain, and maybe isn’t meant to percolate up to the surface.
MATTHEW WILSON (MIT):
In fact, the things that we don’t recall may be the things that are the most important for processing of memory. So I think that simply because we don’t remember it, doesn’t mean that it’s not making changes or organizing memory in important ways.
If a science question’s keeping you awake at night, call us at 1-800-WHY-ISIT. If we use it, you’ll get a free Science Update mug. I’m Bob Hirshon for AAAS, the science society.


Astronomers Spotted Earth-like Exoplanets That Could Support Alien Life
More than 4,000 other planets have been observed as they orbit their local star. Raw statistics infer that more than 100 billion planets could be found within the Milky Way. As expected, they are present in a rich selection of sizes and traits, with many being thought to be impossible before the existence of exoplanets was discovered in the 1990s.
Many researchers hope to track down a planet that features life that is more complex than microbes, with the ultimate goal being a planet that features intelligent life.
One of the most significant factors that have to be taken into account when searching for habitable planets is the existence of compatible stars that contribute to the development of complex organisms.
It is essential to the take into account that life evolved for more than 4 billion years on Earth before the current stage was achieved.
Earth-like Exoplanet That Could Support Alien Life Were Found
Previous research has shown that only 10% of the stars present in the Milky Way are similar to our Sun, and most of them have a very short lifespan. On the other hand, it is estimated that the Sun has reached only half of its anticipated ten billion-year lifetime.
To accelerate the pace at which research takes place, scientists have decided to focus more on orange dwarfs, a type of starts that can support complex alien life and will continue to generate energy for billions of years. Some estimation infers that for any regular star found within the galaxy, there are at least three orange dwarfs.
While red dwarfs tend to surface more often, they are quite inhospitable as they release lethal radiation in the form of X-rays and ultraviolet light at a rate that is up to 500 times higher than that of the Sun.
A team of researchers has discovered that K stars are more suitable for habitable planets since they release a considerably lower amount of radiation. More data can be found in a scientific journal.
As our second lead editor, Anna C. Mackinno provides guidance on the stories Great Lakes Ledger reporters cover. She has been instrumental in making sure the content on the site is clear and accurate for our readers. If you see a particularly clever title, you can likely thank Anna. Anna received a BA and and MA from Fordham University.


The growing role of the Quebec government
In 1980, the state was very active in Quebec’s economy and society in general. This was not the case in 1905, when it had not had much involvement in Quebec’s economy. At that time, the government had left the door open to companies and relied on them to advance the province’s economy. It also allowed the Church to care for the poor and sick. In 1980, it was different. The Quebec government managed fifteen Crown corporations that were active in various fields such as hydro, lotteries, mining and economic development.
A welfare state
As it became more and more involved in society, the Quebec government became known as a “welfare state” by providing health services and education to citizens. A welfare state intervenes in the economy by supporting small businesses and businesses in difficulty. To fulfill these new tasks, the Quebec government created several new departments each in charge of its own particular field, such as the Ministries of Environment, Education, Immigration and Cultural Development. Many people worked for these organizations. In the late 1960s, an estimated 16.6% of Quebec’s workforce worked directly or indirectly for the government.
Health and education
Starting in the 1960s the Quebec government played the main role in matters related to health and education. It created health insurance so that all Quebeckers could have access to free hospital care. It also took over administration of hospitals from the Church. In 1964, the Quebec government created the Ministry of Education, taking over the administration of Quebec’s schools and colleges which had also previously been under control of the Church.
The Quebec government also tried to stimulate Quebec’s economy through a variety of means. First, it nationalized electricity in 1962. This had two effects: It made electricity available to all citizens at a reasonable price, and it made Hydro-Quebec the largest company in Quebec. It also created the Caisse de dépôt et placement and the Société générale de financement (SGF), two organizations that stimulated the economy by investing money in Quebec businesses.
Author: Alexandre Lanoix
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Fires are obviously one of the major responses to climate change, but fires are not only a response -- they feed back to warming, which feeds more fires...The scary bit is that, because of the feedbacks and other uncertainties, we could be way underestimating the role of fire in driving future climate change.
, University of Arizona, in a press release
for the review Fire in the Earth System
In The Republic, Plato likened the human condition to life in a cave, illuminated only by flames. But the allegory is deeper than Platonic idealism. In Swartkrans, a South African cave, the oldest deposits hold caches of bones, the prey of local carnivores. Those gnawed bones contain the abundant remains of ancient hominids. Above that record rests, like a crack of doom, a stratum of charcoal; and atop that burned break, the proportion of bones abruptly reverses. Above the charcoal, the prey have become predators. Hominids have claimed the cave, remade it with fire, and now rule. That, in a nutshell, is what occurred throughout the Earth. What has happened with early prey relationships happened also with fire. As humans successfully challenged lightning for control over ignition, the whole world has become a hominid cave, illuminated, nurtured, warmed and controlled by the flame over which humanity exercises its unique power and through which it has sought an ethic to reconcile that power with responsibility.
-- from Fire: A Brief History
by Stephen Pyne.
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Honey bees and other social insects perform many altruistic (self-sacrificing or selfless) behaviors such as sharing their food and giving up their lives to defend their nest, group mates, and queen. Another cool altruistic behavior that ants and bees perform is self-removal behavior. This refers to when an individual can tell that they are infected with an illness or are in some other way health-compromised and decide to then leave the nest for good so that they do not put others at risk of potentially contracting their illness. This altruistic self-removal consists of a suite of changes where unhealthy individuals leave the nest quickly, are hesitant to exchange food with others (a potential source of disease transmission), and will quickly leave the nest again if experimentally reintroduced to the colony. The “self” part of the term is pretty important too as this ejection does not occur due to aggressive interactions with other nest mates. Instead, these insects pack their bags and leave of their own accord, never to return again.
Sketch contributed by Lea Pollack
Fact contributed by Adrian Perez
Source: Rueppell, O., Hayworth, M.K. and Ross, N.P., 2010. Altruistic self‐removal of health‐compromised honey bee workers from their hive. Journal of evolutionary biology, 23(7), pp.1538-1546.


I love teaching students how to make desserts that look elegant, but sound difficult! After learning about The History & Science of Cream Puffs, they are always surprised to learn how simple they are to actually make. Read on to learn how to incorporate this into your pastry or dessert unit.
- Create a Flippity WordMaster game template using the word CHOUX to introduce this pastry. After students have figured out the word, ask if anyone is familiar with it or has eaten a form of it. My students did not know it by the term, however, many had eaten cream puffs before.
- To learn more about cream puffs, assign students The History & Science of Cream Puffs where they use the provided resources to answer the questions. Resource #1: History of Cream Puffs & Resource #2: Cream Puff Science.
- iPad or Laptop
- Projector & Screen
- Silicone Baking Mats (affiliate link)
- To better prepare students for the lab, I have them complete the pre-lab questions associated with the recipe. After going over the answers, students fill out their lab sheets with their kitchen group, assigning prep and clean-up jobs.
- The next day students prepare and bake a small batch of the cream puff shells and mix up their vanilla pudding filling, storing them properly overnight.
- The following day students fill and garnish their cream puffs with powdered sugar and sauces before eating. As part of their lab grade, I have them take a picture of their plated dessert and share it with me on Google Classroom. Many students also think this is an Instagram worthy dessert to share with their followers and are pretty proud of their finished products!
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Awareness of one’s thoughts and feelings represents one of the highest mental processes in humans. Its dysregulation leads to rumination, which involves repetitively focusing on negative experiences and mental events. Rumination is consistently and strongly related to depression as both a precursor and a symptom, and therefore has important treatment implications. Given the high rates of relapse and treatment dropout in depressed individuals, a need exists for ongoing and immediate feedback in cognitive therapies that could facilitate learning and treatment compliance, and thereby improve clinical outcomes in people with depression. Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), can add ongoing and immediate feedback to mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to increase its effectiveness. Mindfulness, a relatively successful treatment for depression, is an adaptive moment-to-moment awareness of mental events without controlling or elaborating (i.e. ruminating), and recruits both the anterior prefrontal cortex (PFC), (associated with cognitive and emotional self-awareness and self-regulation), and the anterior insula (associated with awareness of the self in the present moment). Previous studies show that people can successfully use real-time fMRI feedback along with awareness of their thoughts and emotions to modulate activation in the anterior PFC and the anterior insula separately. Melissa Ellamil is using real-time fMRI to examine whether it can help increase a person’s modulation ability over the functional connectivity between their anterior PFC and insular cortex and thereby improve the outcome of the strategies taught in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Ms. Ellamil’s research complements ongoing investigations using real-time fMRI to define functions and interactions of various regions of the brain. Her results could fine-tune the real-time fMRI feedback and self-awareness strategies and thereby enhance and prolong the results of cognitive treatments for depression.


Learn Shortcuts to Navigate through Your Computer
Shortcuts are always helpful time savers, and they are particularly helpful when it comes to computers. Here are a few computer shortcuts that can make things easier and faster for you…
For Excel and Word:
- F7 will bring you to spellcheck.
- F4 repeats your last action.
- Ctrl + B will bold highlighted section.
- Ctrl + I will change to italic.
- Ctrl + U will underline.
- Ctrl + K will insert a link.
- Ctrl + S will save your open document.
- Click, hold and drag will select text where you click and allow you to pick it up and drop it elsewhere.
- Double clicking after text in a line will set up a tab stop.
- Triple clicking selects a line or paragraph.
- Ctrl + mouse wheel zooms in and out
Keyboard shortcuts for Windows:
- Page up and down keys allow you to scroll up and down.
- Ctrl + C and Ctrl + Insert will copy highlighted text or items.
- Ctrl + X will delete.
- Ctrl + Z will undo any change.
- Ctrl + backspace will delete a full word at a time instead of a single character.
- Ctrl + S will save your file.
- Ctrl + C will copy
- Ctrl + V will paste.
Apple users can substitute Cmd key for Ctrl key to complete any of the above actions.
The more you practice and use these shortcuts, the more they will become second nature – enabling you to glide through your projects with ease


Did Hurricane Nicole unearth a Native American burial ground? Hurricane Nicole made landfall as a category 1 hurricane early morning Thursday, November 10. The storm may have unearthed a Native American burial ground. Beachgoers found SIX skulls and other body parts in Martin County after inspecting impacts of the storm.
The bones are expected to be at least 200 years old, according to the medical examiner in Martin County. This leads investigators to believe that they belong to Indigenous people. NBC News reported that this isn’t the first time remains of Native Americans have been found after a storm. More bones of Native Americans were found in the same area after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
Martin County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy John Budensiek stated that based on other findings, they believe the area is likely an old Native American burial site. To help preserve the history of the area and the bodies, the county is very careful about searching for more remains. Budensiek commented “We are not exploring and digging any further into the area where the remains were found. We only recovered what’s been exposed by the water.”
The Martin County Sheriff’s office has been in contact with the Seminole Nation of Florida about the discovery. If the site is a confirmed Native burial ground, then it is federally protected. Budensiek stated that anyone who attempts to disturb the area will be met with criminal charges.


A marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) and a great egret (Ardea alba) in an outdoor zoo aviary died without premonitory signs of illness. Gross necropsy revealed internal hemorrhage and liver samples from both birds tested positive for brodifacoum, a potent second-generation rodenticide.
Bait stations were used within the aviary to control a heavy infestation of rodents, but the bait blocks were not directly accessible by birds. Stations consisted of a 12” x 14” plastic box with a single, round opening where rodents had to enter the box completely in order to access the bait within. The bait consisted of 0.005% brodifacoum in a solid, cereal-laced block. Bait blocks were checked every day by zookeepers and replaced when almost completely consumed. A zookeeper noted that she often saw slugs on the bait blocks. Slugs were likely attracted to the cereal component of the bait.
A stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) and a black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) were found dead 1 month and 6 months respectively, prior to the teal and egret but were not tested for rodenticide levels at time of necropsy despite evidence of internal hemorrhage at necropsy.
Molluscs (slugs and snails) randomly caught throughout the aviary tested positive for brodifacoum. Subsequent feeding experiments illustrate that slugs and snails can bioaccumulate brodifacoum and bromadiolone, suggesting that they could serve as vectors for rodenticides in molluscivorous birds. It is important to note that sensitivity to rodenticides varies tremendously depending on bird species.1
The authors would like to thank zookeeper Dina Pettit for her observations, and for collecting slugs and snails for the bait feeding experiment.
1. Godfrey MER. An evaluation of the acute oral toxicity of brodifacoum to birds. In: Proceedings of the Twelfth Vertebrate Pest Conference. 1986:78–81.


Experiment # 1
Does the disease causing bacteria produce a poison?
Mouse LivedInjected into
Summary: The mouse lived, this suggests that disease
causing bacteria (smooth) does not release a chemical poison.
Experiment # 2
Summary: By themselves neither should of made the mice sick,
however, many of the mice got pneumonia and died. The lungs
of the mice were filled with the disease causing bacteria.
These experiments showed that one strain of bacteria
could be transformed into another type of bacteria.
Griffith hypothesized that when the live, harmless
bacteria and heat killed bacteria were mixed, some
factor was transferred from the heat killed cells
into the live harmless cells. This factor may contain
“information” that could transform the harmless
This was the first evidence that DNA stores and
transmits genetic information.
Oswald Avery - 1944
Oswald Avery led a group of scientists to further
investigate the work of Griffith. They wanted find out which
molecule in the heat killed bacteria was the most important
Edwin Chargaff – 1947
Studied DNA in various species
Nitrogen bases are proportionate within a species
Ratio of bases are various between species
•Adenine and Thymine were found in proportionate amounts
•Cytosine and Guanine were found in proportionate amounts
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase -1952
Their experiments concluded that the genetic material
of the bacteriphage was DNA and not protein.


Guelph remembers fallen First World War soldiers through digital memorial
GUELPH, ON, October 5, 2017: Guelph Museums joins 60 other locations across Canada and around the world in presenting The World Remembers, a nationwide commemoration of the First World War. Leading up to Remembrance Day, a digital memorial at McCrae House will display the names of 700,000 people killed in action in 1917, including 20,400 Canadians, serving at Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele and Hill 70. The World Remembers is an initiative of remembrance, education, and international understanding.
Names of the fallen First World War soldiers from Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, the United States, Turkey, Belgium, Australia, the Czech Republic, Italy, New Zealand, Slovenia, China and the former British Indian Army will appear one by one.
Each name will appear at an exact day, hour and minute found on The World Remembers website, theworldremembers.org. Viewers are encouraged to search the names to explore the history behind each name.
The World Remembers is a Canadian non-profit organization whose purpose is to build and facilitate this initiative.
Names will be displayed via monitor at McCrae House National Historic Site during regular museum hours, Tuesday to Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Names will also be projected at Guelph Civic Museum during Remembrance Week, November 5 until the conclusion of the presentation at sunset on November 11.
McCrae House is located at 108 Water Street, Guelph. Guelph Civic Museum is located at 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph.
Sarah Ball | Community Relations Coordinator | Guelph Museums
Public Services | City of Guelph
T 519-836-1221 x 3392
E [email protected]


ELA/ Extended Learning Area
Gives Students the opportunity to continue collaborating and working
outside of the classroom
Today’s style of learning has changed over the past decade. The traditional classroom set-up consisting of desks and chairs lined up in rows has become a thing of the past. One of our recent blogs highlighted movement in the classroom and this would apply to our newest blog topic of Extended Learning Areas outside the classroom.
ELA’s or Extended Learning Areas are instructional spaces or “breakout“ spaces designed to provide places outside of the classroom where students can work collaboratively or individually on ideas presented in the classroom. Teachers often take smaller groups of students to these flexible areas for small group activities, as well.
The ELA spaces contain furniture that is flexible and comfortable allowing students to work in a relaxing atmosphere. Similar to media centers over the past 20 years, ELA spaces can often include various types and styles of soft seating and lounge furniture such as sofa pieces, soft guest chairs, seating with movement, bean bag style furniture as well as mobile tables / media tables. Students using the area should be able to gather in groups or have individual seating, so they can discuss what they are working on, or complete an individual project away from the classroom. However, students are still close enough to the classroom so that teachers can supervise their work. These areas work best with the use of soft seating, along with café height tables and or low height tables, as shown in the picture. It is important to remember that the space will be used in many ways and by a variety of users, so choosing furniture that is flexible is key. This type of area brings the learning outside of the classroom, encouraging cooperation and collaboration.
Most newly constructed buildings offer ELA spaces within their building. Older buildings are incorporating ELA spaces into their libraries / media centers. Our experience, is that architects are also starting to include these spaces in their new build designs.


What part of you is angry and why?
Nine Inner Voices
- Autonomy speaks for self interest. It gets really angry when people step on your toes and tell you what to do.
- Self-doubt speaks for confidence. That’s the fear of failure.
- The relational part of you deals with relationships. One part of you may want to put you first. The need to serve others and make a connection is strong.
- Adventure wants to take risks and make changes. You may want to spread your wings if you feel bored or stagnant.
- The meaning maker is slower and more thoughtful. You have a yearning to tune into the wisdom of the moment. This part is active during meditation and prayer.
- The body regulator is the voice for good health and physical vitality. Your body needs nutrition, fitness and care to operate at its best. This part understands sustainability. It aches with the damage to nature.
- The standard setter sets the bar. Where does perfectionism set in?
- Executive manager helps you organize your activities. Why wasn’t that done on time?
- Creativity stirs curiosity. Creativity is taking a hit by technological distractions.
Listen in as Margaret Moore shares how you can understand and utilize these inner voices.


~ 1500 BC
The cacao tree is discovered in Mexico.
~ 1150 BC
Honduran pottery fragments dating from this era bear traces of cacao.
~ 1000 BC
The Mexican Olmec people are the first to use cacao as a liquid food.
300 – 900 AD
The Maya revere the cacao tree as a gift from the gods. Using its fruit, in combination with various spices, they create the first chocolate beverage. This beverage, they believe, fosters life and fertility.
from 1200 AD
The Aztecs, too, set great store by cacao. Like the Maya, they enjoy it as a bitter drink, from which they derive virility and wisdom.
After landing on the central American coast, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to hold cacao beans in his hands.
Only a short time after Columbus, the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortés begins to cultivate cacao and use the beans as currency.
Cacao is finally brought to Europe as a foodstuff.
18th and 19th Centuries
In the 18th but above all in the 19th Century, the methods of chocolate production are revolutionised. Rolling machines are built during the Industrial Revolution. Later on, means of extracting cacao butter are invented. In 1875, powdered milk becomes an ingredient, producing the first milk chocolate. Towards the end of the 19th Century, Swiss chocolatier, Rodolphe Lindt, unveils the first conche machine, significantly improving the quality of chocolate confectionary.


Children of the East
est (bene qedhem): A term which in a general way designated the inhabitants of the country East of Palestine The Hebrews thought of their own country as occupying the central place, and of the other parts of the world in relation to this. They spoke of the "queen of the south" (Mt 12:42), and of the "king of the south" (Da 11:5-6). They spoke of people coming from "the east and the west" and sitting down with the patriarchs (Mt 8:11).
The term "children of the east" seems to have been applied to the inhabitants of any part of the country East of Palestine It is stated that Jacob, when he fled from Esau, "came to the land of the children of the east" (Ge 29:1), and the place to which he came was Haran in Mesopotamia. In Jer 49:28 the inhabitants of Kedar are called "the children of the east," and in later Jewish literature, Kedar is identified with the Arabs (see KEDAR). Job was designated as "the greatest of all the children of the east" (Job 1:3), and the land of Uz was mentioned as his home (Job 1:1). While it is impossible absolutely to locate the land of Uz, it must have been on the edge of the desert which was East of Palestine. The children of the east seem to have been famous for their wisdom. It is said that "Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east" (1Ki 4:30), and "Wise-men from the east" came to Jerusalem seeking the one that was born king of the Jews (Mt 2:1).
Many of the inhabitants of the east country were regarded as descending from Abraham (see Ge 25:6), and hence, they were related to Israel.
A. W. Fortune


Digestion of fat
The digestion of fat, unlike other nutrients, does not happen mainly in the mouth and stomach, but only in the small intestine 칸 코레 다운로드. For this purpose, the fats, together with the not entirely broken down carbohydrates and proteins are passed in portions through the duodenum into the small intestine 다운로드. Here, the stomach acid is first neutralized through alkaline fluids (e.g. from the pancreas), so that the enzymes of the pancreas and certain glands in the small intestine can also aid digestion with enzymes 탑 건 다운로드.
Subsequently, the fats are broken down by the bile acids into the smallest fat droplets and then decomposed by the pancreatic enzyme lipase. The decomposed fats are absorbed by the intestinal mucosa and reassembled on site into fat molecules 다운로드. The fat then enters the bloodstream via the lymphatic vessels and eventually reaches the body’s cells, where it either serves to build up structures in the body (hormones, cell membrane, etc), burned for energy (like simple sugars) or deposited in the fat deposits of the body (body fat) 다운로드.
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Background: Intestinal helminth is a public health problem with high mortality in pre- school and school aged children and affects the overall physiological and mental development of a child. The key objective of this work is to determine the prevalence and intensity of intestinal helminths in primary school pupils.
Methodology: Blood and Stool specimens were collected from 557 pupils and were examined for intestinal helminthiasis and anaemia respectively. Formol acetate concentration method was used to analyse the stool, after which positive ones were further analysed using Stoll's method of counting helminth egg which is expressed per gram of stool, while anaemia was screened using cyanmethaemoglobin method.
Result :There were 288(51.7%) pupils infested with one or more intestinal helminthes, while 206 (37.0%) were anaemic (haemoglobin < 11g/dl). Ascaris lumbricoides was the highest 119(21.4%) intestinal helminth recorded while Strongyloides stercoralis was the least 8(1.4%). The percentage of pupils with helminthic infestation coupled with anaemic were 140(25.1%) and is statistically significant (p < 0.05). Pupils infested with hookworm had the highest prevalence of anaemia than other species.
Conclusion :This study showed that intestinal helminth is still a public health concern in the study area. This suggests that there is still need for awareness on their existence and control measures to curb the menace.
Keywords: intestinal helminth, anaemia, infestation, pupils.