In 1622 Jacques Callot published a suite of 25 etchings of beggars that established a more humane image of the vagabond than had been current until then. The title print of Callot’s series is a lanky, insolent figure with a banner reading Capitano de Baroni. Schwartz hypothesizes that in Dutch eyes he would have been seen as a caricature of the “beggar” – the Dutch rebel – who was captain of the Barony of Breda. This was Justinus van Nassau, whom Callot was later to etch, and Velazquez to paint, as the vanquished commander of Breda. Continue reading “222 The captain of the Barony”
219 Rembrandt as eyewitness
The papers are full of long stories on a short letter in the New England Journal of Medicine. The authors, Harvard neurobiologists, claim that his self-portraits contain certain evidence that Rembrandt was wall-eyed and that this had consequences for his artistry. Schwartz begs to differ. The scientists simply ignore a mass of material in which no such aberration is visible, and they fail to notice that similar effects as they observe in Rembrandt portraits can also be seen in self-portaits by others. Continue reading “219 Rembrandt as eyewitness”
152 Rehabilitating Rembrandt
A confidently negative judgment of the original Rembrandt Research Project concerning a painting in Kassel has been reversed by the new leader of the Project. However, the arguments advanced by the Project have not been answered.


As SLPs know that we shouldn’t be choosing our articulation and phonology goals ONLY from Standardized Speech Sound Assessment Tests because:
There is often only one opportunity to demonstrate production of a speech sound.
Sounds are assessed at the single word level, so we don't have an idea about connected speech.
So, what’s another way that we can collect information during assessment?
Providing children with multiple opportunities to pronounce sounds in connected speech (conversation and play) and in single words!
Here are my top tips for using play to assess a child’s speech and language skills.
Have norms ready so you know what sounds to elicit during the assessment. The speech sounds you probe a three year old for will be different than for a five year!
Have an assessment engaging activity planned that you can use across the ages. Using the same activity for your play assessments can help you be consistent and familiar with the activity, so you can focus on the child (and not the task!).
Have a simple data sheet. Taking data during an assessment is crucial. Having an easy to access and easy to use data sheet will make your assessment run smoothly.
Have ideas of how to elicit different speech sounds. Plan what you will do before you head into the session so you don’t feel overwhelmed once you are in the session.
Consider what cues you will use to complete a Dynamic Assessment. That’s one of my favorite pros of a play based assessment - you can really figure out HOW to help the child - not just WHAT to help them with.
Have fun! Using play to assess speech and language is SO FUN (especially if you are used to pencil and paper tasks). Enjoy the time with your student and use this assessment time to build rapport.
If you aren’t sure where to start, you can grab this FREE Play Based Speech Sound Assessment from my Freebie Library by signing up for my email list! It includes instructions, props, data forms, and norms - everything you need to PLAY and assess speech sounds!
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Numbers and quantities are buzzing around our classroom left and right! The children’s love of working with large quantities has really boomed this year! The Montessori Method has a very unique and accessible way of helping children understand numbers. We start with concrete, sensorial representations of each place quantity (units, tens, hundreds and thousands) in the form of golden beads…
Once children can gather the appropriate quantity to a given card, or gather the card for a given quantity we begin playing the change game. In this game we gather a random quantity from the shelf- units, tens, hundreds and thousands. We then begin to count them in order to see how much we got, starting with units, of course. We learn that ten units is actually the same as 1 ten, so when you get that amount you have to go to the “store” to exchange those ten units for 1 ten. When you then don’t have enough units to go to the store you get the card that represents that amount. Once you have repeated this for tens, hundreds and thousands you put the cards together to see what amount you have!
Once children understand this exchange process we begin to introduce the operations. Children set up small number cards of their own and in each game the children play a concrete, sensorial game for that operation! So, in Addition each child (or pair of children) gets a quantity placed on their tray. They each gather that small quantity, then we put the two small quantities together (in a dramatic way of dumping them on the rug) to make a large quantity, and count it to see what we got!
As children play these games and can go through the processes on their own for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division we begin to introduce games that help them to understand them on an abstract level. For example, in the stamp game we do these same games but now they use small tiles that represent each of the quantities and begin to understand how to add, subtract, multiply and divide on paper!
These activities happen on a daily basis at Frog Song- so much that they are rarely on the shelf!


A handout accompanies most lessons. Each handout contains the important messages from the corresponding lesson and sometimes food storage guidelines. The handout is used at the end of the lesson to review important content. The handout is an essential material to teaching Eating Smart • Being Active. Handouts are available in English and Spanish.
A couple of important notes about handouts:
- Lesson 1 – Welcome to Eating Smart • Being Active and Lesson 9 – Celebrate! Eat Smart & Be Active DO NOT have a handout. They only have a worksheet.
- Lesson 2 – Get Moving! has 2 handouts and 1 worksheet. The 2 handouts are 1) the standard lesson handout; and, 2) the Physical Activity handout. The Physical Activity handout is sold separately from the Get Moving! worksheet and handout but is an important piece of the lesson. This handout includes all of the moves for the physical activity segments of the lessons and serves as a reference for participants to be active when at home.
- Lesson 4 – Fruits & Veggies: Half Your Plate also has 2 handouts and 1 worksheet. The 2 handouts are 1) the standard lesson handout; and, 2) the Farmers’ Market handout. The Farmers’ Market handout is sold separately from this lesson’s worksheet and handout but is an important material to the lesson during the months of the year in which educators will be teaching participants about Farmers’ Markets. The Lesson 4 lesson plan describes in detail when to teach about Farmers’ Markets.


Here's a simplified diagram of our pellet stove. There's a hopper for pellets on the left, the burn box on the right, two separate fans (the left, purple, one for the crucible, the right, green, for blowing hot air into the house), and of course the exhaust pipe in black.
The crucible is where all of the real action happens. With just a few pellets it is able to generate a lot of heat and burn the pellets at incredible efficiencies. In fact pellet stoves are exempt from the EPA's smoke emissions requirements because they put out so few pollutants.
How do they do this? The answer is pretty simple, pellet stoves burn in "inferno" mode all of the time. It's just a smaller, more manageable inferno. Combined with the relatively consistent and low moisture content fuel the stove is able to pretty much burn each pellet up completely. It does this by blowing a jet of air across the burning pellets creating a little blast furnace.
You achieve something similar in a wood stove when you open up all of the dampers and allow the fire to pull in lots of air to fan the flame. This puts out lots of heat and burns the logs quite thoroughly, but you will also be burning through the available fuel quickly and generating more heat than you can transfer into the room.
A pellet stove is able to control how fast the fuel is added. Think of a pellet stove as a normal wood stove with little micro-logs that are automatically fed into the stove by some micro-wood-stove-gnome.
Micro is actually a pretty good description of the pellet wood stove process. By breaking the fuel into small, manageable units you can add a little bit of electronic smarts, some sensors, and micro-manage the stove to extract the exact amount of heat desired while wasting as little fuel as possible.
To do this with a wood stove you crank down the damper, restricting the flow of air. It's just the opposite with a pellet stove, you leave the air alone and reduce the amount of fuel by slowing down the auger. The fuel burns normally but it puts out less heat since there is less of it burning. No smoldering involved.
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Writing out protonotation and converting it into musical notation
Note durations and rests
UPDATE: Watch my quick video (last video embed below, or go to http://youtu.be/SY7Tk6tO0qk) for more about transcribing the songs in protonotation.
and transcribe the following two songs in protonation and musical notation (songs are available on the CD that accompanies the textbook, or via the embedded SoundCloud player below):
Use the worksheet
Ah Poor Bird Here’s an example of the first four beats of
Watch this video on conducting patterns, and be able to conduct the duple meter pattern (p. 13) and say the words to the two songs in time
Prepare for a
quiz at the beginning of class next week. You will hear one line of a nursery rhyme. Be ready to 1) memorize it and sing it back, and 2) transcribe this line using protonotation and musical notation. Prepare for the quiz by transcribing other familiar nursery rhymes.


On November 1st, 2011, Canada Post began issuing three new stamps as part of its Christmas 2011 series. This year’s theme for the new stamps is ‘Stained Glass’. The craft of colouring glass goes back to ancient times. In ancient Egypt, colouring glass was used to make beads and jewelery, as well as ornamental and decorative pieces. The ancient Romans are also known to have manufactured coloured glass; some of these artifacts can still be viewed in various museums.
Of course, stained glass has been commonly used to embellish large windows in churches and cathedrals since medieval times. Early stained glass was made by adding salts or metals to the glass during the manufacturing process. Depending on the additive, different colours could be achieved during the firing of the glass. The glass was then cut to the right shape and all of the small bits arranged together in a design. The bits were then held in place within a frame with lead strips. With time, the technique and colours were improved, some even began painting the glass before firing it.
The subject matter of stained glass windows was often Bible stories or traditional stories of the saints of the church. In fact, the expression ‘Poor man’s Bible’ is used to describe a large window, or a series of windows, whose stained glass pictures portray a narrative of the Bible in illustrative form. This was especially useful for the illiterate who could not read the Bible, or for those who did not have access to one.
The stained glass illustration on this month’s stamps depicts a highlight from a window in the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Kingston, ON.


Harmful Effects Of The Sun
Wouldn’t you just love to head outside on a bright sunny day, just to enjoy the beauty of the great outdoors? Well, of course you would. However, too much sun can be very harmful to you. This is relevant especially during summer as you would be spending most of your time on the beach or just shopping. The exposure to UV rays can cause major health problems such as skin cancer, premature aging, skin damage etc. So here are some detailed harmful effects of the sun on you.Sun damage to the eyesThe UV rays can harm the retina causing blurred vision and blindness. The retina is the part that creates visual images and sends them to the visual centres of the brain for identification. You may also develop cloudy bumps on the cornea which may then enlarge and cover it, causing blindness.
Cataracts are also a common symptom of sun damage on eyes. Always wear protection over your eyes such as glasses frames Runaway Bay when you step out in the sun. carry and umbrella and do not look directly at the sun. The burning sensation you feel when you directly look means it is too much for your eyes to handle so prevent it.Heat strokeHeat strokes are very serious and can be life threatening. This is caused by prolonged presence under the sun.
Your body will soon give in to the immense heat and you will feel dizzy, while your body temperature rapidly increases in just 10 to 15 minutes. If not treated immediately, you may experience slurred speech, confusion and altered mental status, loss of consciousness, seizures etc. If you always feel weak even if you spend a minimal time under the sun, it means your body does not react well to the heat hence try staying indoors. WrinklesSunlight boosts the appearing of wrinkles in an early age. The UV rays harm and deteriorate collagen that keeps the skin intact. As it deteriorates, the skin becomes saggy and fragile, causing it to make you look older than you actually are. Also, wrinkles around eyes will appear as you keep squinting while under the sun. Well, you cannot hide behind sunglasses forever, so avoid going in the sun and see a dermatologist.Skin cancer


Clinical decision making is not always rational. Both clinicians and patients alike can sometimes make “irrational” treatment choices based on reward, risks, time, and potential trade-offs associated with therapy, as reported in an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
There is a sweeping assumption that clinicians are able to make decisions on alternative treatments based on a comprehensive set of data regarding the clinical and economic worth of these approaches. Unfortunately, comparative data often do not exist or are inadequate, which can result in less-than-ideal clinical decision making throughout the treatment process.
Rather than relying on an “integrated overview of all the data,” many clinicians may make their treatment decisions on the basis of pharmaceutical promotional materials.
Academic detailing is an approach to help minimize “irrational” clinical decision making and involves educational outreach professionals who meet with physicians to discuss specific medication use scenarios. These educators use physicians’ biases and knowledge gaps to improve evidence-based prescribing practices. In addition, it has been suggested that the elimination of copayment requirements may improve patients’ clinical decision making in terms of adherence to medication. This increased adherence may subsequently improve outcomes and reduce total healthcare expenditures.
There exists a need to develop strategies that influence clinical decisions that are driven by economic factors. For example, payment incentives can result in dialysis centers overusing or underusing erythropoiesis-stimulating agents, and the increased revenue associated with gray-zone chemotherapy treatments may increase the therapies’ use in oncology centers.
The study of “behavioral economics and the psychology of decision making can help us improve the outcomes of medical care and contain its costs,” the authors noted, as well as shift medical care to a primarily evidence-based approach.
Avorn J. The psychology of clinical decision making — implications for medication use. N Engl J Med. 2018;378(8):689-691.
This article originally appeared on Medical Bag


By ChatGPT| Published: 06th April 2023
In 2023, gamification is likely to continue to be a popular and effective approach in education. Here are some potential trends and developments in gamification in education in 2023:
Increased Use of Immersive Technologies: As mentioned earlier, the integration of AR and VR into gamification is likely to increase in the education sector. This could include virtual field trips, simulations, and interactive lessons.
Gamification for Soft Skills Development: In addition to teaching hard skills, gamification can also be utilized to develop soft skills such as teamwork, communication, and problem-solving. Games can be designed to encourage collaboration and communication among students, and provide opportunities for them to practice these skills in a fun and engaging way.
Personalized Learning through Gamification: With the help of AI and machine learning algorithms, gamification can be tailored to meet the individual needs and preferences of each student. This could include personalized feedback, content, and challenges that are specific to the student's learning style and level.
Integration of Game-Based Assessments: Traditional assessments can be replaced with game-based assessments that provide a more engaging and accurate measure of a student's knowledge and skills. Game-based assessments can also provide immediate feedback to help students identify areas for improvement and motivate them to keep playing and learning.
Overall, gamification in education in 2023 is likely to be even more engaging, interactive, and personalized, providing students with a fun and effective way to learn and develop new skills.


Sermons on Sacraments
1 Samuel 4:1-11
In 1 Samuel 4:1-11 the people of God are defeated at Aphek. After the defeat, they bring the ark of God to the battle and believe they will win merely because the ark is with them. This, however, does not help them and they are once again defeated. What are we to learn from this? God’s people ought to trust in the God of the ark rather than the ark of God.
In Hebrews 13:7-16 the author explains that christians ought to obey their leaders rather than be led away after the false teachings of others who emphasize an earthly altar. The passage is a reminder that our faith focuses on the world to come rather than this one.
Deuteronomy 30:1-10 (Part 4)
In Deuteronomy 30:6 Moses prophesies that God will circumcise the hearts of his people. By speaking of this inward circumcision that God will sovereignly accomplish, Moses distinguishes between outward circumcision, which all the Jews received, from inward circumcision, which God gives through Christ. Baptism, the new circumcision, has the same outward/inward dichotomy. The Scriptures teach us to look to God to grant the new heart sovereignly, rather than placing our hope merely in the outward sign as the Catholics and…


A Lecture by Barbara Lamprecht, PhD, Architectural Historian
Richard Neutra (1892-1970) insisted that his designs were not buildings but “soul anchorages,” “habitats,” and “constellations,” environments that fused constructions and site. While renowned for his cool, sleek interpretations of Modernism, his first job after World War I was as an assistant to a gardener, on his knees planting seedlings in boxes. His employer, though, was no ordinary gardener, but one of Switzerland’s most famous early purveyors of Modern landscape design. At the time, landscape architecture as a profession was emerging from garden design, horticulture, and botany; it was an exciting time when new theoretical positions were established. Neutra was introduced to other now-iconic figures in the field, later integrating his knowledge of plants with ideas about evolutionary biology’s role in human well-being.
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As an organization devoted to better mental health, Perry Wellness Center knows that a healthy mind and body begin at home. Many of our readers are parents dealing with school-age children who are unexpectedly at home during the COVID-19 outbreak. Parents are suddenly taking on new roles, such as teachers, while trying to work at home or cope with their own stress about the current health crisis.
As a support to all the multi-tasking parents out there, we’re offering this series of online resources to help moms and dads navigate the perils of parenting during this time of increased anxiety and disconnection:
Talk to Kids about Coronavirus, WikiHow. This common-sense guide for parents offers specific communication tips in four keys areas: beginning the conversation, explaining the coronavirus, reassuring your child, keeping your child informed but calm.
Supporting Kids During the Coronavirus Crisis, Child Mind Institute. The article provides practical tips on helping children manage their stress during the coronavirus pandemic. It offers how-to info on subjects such as keeping daily routines in place, managing parental anxiety, and keeping things positive.
Caring for Children, Centers for Disease Control. The CDC’s COVID=19 series on Daily Life and Coping includes this article on parenting during the pandemic. In addition to advice on avoiding or managing the coronavirus in children, it provides guidance on topics such as monitoring stress in children and helping them stay socially connected during shelter-in-place restrictions.
Helping Children Cope with Changes Resulting from COVID-19, the National Association of School Psychologists. This professional organization covers such topics as offering age-appropriate explanations about the virus, providing reassurance to young children, and serving as a role model.
We hope that parents will find such resources helpful to them as we all deal with the challenge of staying mentally healthy right now.


The Reduction of Infant Mortality in Illinois
2012 Annual Report
These services are delivered at the community level by grantees of the IDHS. Most often, these are local health departments. Community health centers and social service agencies also play an integral role in the delivery of primary and preventive care to pregnant women, mothers, infants, children and adolescents.
Local health departments. Local health departments have a unique responsibility to assess needs, develop policy to address community problems and assure that services are delivered to address those problems. Local health departments also are accountable to the public for the health of the entire community. Local health departments are well positioned to provide maternal and child health services in their jurisdictions.
Community Health Centers. There are over 450 community health center and federally qualified health center sites in Illinois. Community health centers provide a complete array of primary health care services in medically under-served communities. Several are IDHS grantees for these and other programs. Erie Family Health Center, Near North Health Services Corporation and Mile Square Health Center have been partners in the CHSI for many years.
Community-Based Organizations. Several prominent community-based organizations in Chicago and suburban Cook County have participated in the FCM program and its predecessors, as well as the WIC program, since the mid-1980s. These organizations bring an extensive knowledge of the communities they serve, are familiar with the cultural diversity of their communities and employ staff who remain sensitive to community needs, beliefs and cultures.


The Backpack Project believes that education is a basic human right, not a privilege, and that health is a key factor determining the success of a child’s development. The organization will encourage the pursuit of formal education amongst underprivileged children in the Caribbean by providing basic school supplies and will foster a healthy learning environment by providing personal supplies to backpack recipients. The Backpack Project hopes to leverage the resources of its sponsors, donors, volunteers and other stakeholders in a collaborative manner to further its objective of universal childhood education in the Caribbean.
The Backpack Project
The Backpack Project is a non-profit initiative aimed at promoting health and education among Caribbean students between the ages of 5 to 18. This project, which was started in December 2008, assists students of impoverished families to pursue their educational goals.
Pre-packaged backpacks containing school and personal supplies are sent confidentially to students, to provide them with the educational resources they need such as books and stationery, as well as items to assist with personal hygiene.
We are an organization that provides the resources to allow students to pursue higher learning. It is through this initiative that we intend to keep children’s dreams alive by providing them with a basic education so that they may break their family’s cycle of poverty.
Students are identified by Caribbean educators who notify the organization of their needs. Backpacks are then assembled and sent to the students. Upon receipt of the backpacks, the students notify the Backpack Project Team, and maintain regular correspondence with us regarding their educational progress.


February 20, 2017
By Dr. Surjeet Kaur , Trichology
Very few of us know how to eat right. Gorging on junk food leaves your body wanting for various important minerals and Vitamins. This makes the body prone to various diseases and illnesses. Eating right is important to allow the body to receive nutrition properly.
Eat right, with these simple Ayurvedic tips at your disposal!
- Include Vegetables and Fruits in Your Diet: It is essential to include fruits and vegetables in your diet as they are rich in Vitamins and minerals that are essential for proper functioning of the body. Try getting at least three servings of vegetables and one serving of fruits on a daily basis to keep your body well nourished.
- Avoid Junk Food: This is one rule that you must strictly adhere to, consumption of junk food has been reported to increase the risk of diabetes and various heart diseases. Instead, opt for healthy food options that provide your body with proper nutrition.
- Consume Whole Grains: Eat whole grains instead of refined grains which tend to spike your blood sugar. Whole grains provide a steady stream of energy that keeps your blood sugar levels stable. For example, if you are planning to get yourself that sumptuous salmon sandwich, opt for brown bread instead of white.
- Include Seeds and Nuts in your Diet: Seeds and nuts contain heart healthy fats and protein which promote satiety. Nuts such as almonds and walnuts are rich in Omega 3 fatty acids that are good for the wellbeing of your nervous system and skin. These fatty acids also tend to keep your heart in good shape. Pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds are some options that you can look to include in your platter regularly.
- Drink Plenty of Water: Drink at least 2-3 liters of water on a regular basis to keep your body well hydrated. Dehydration can lead to fatigue and make you prone to several viral infections.


We’ve been having a very mild weather here in the Pacific Northwest. The table below represents degree-day numbers for the last 3 years using 41 degrees as the base low temperature. These numbers are used to calculate the number of heat units per day, and compare them to years past. This is very useful in determining how far along certain crops are. See chart below:
|Aurora , OR||473||265||227|
|Mount Vernon, WA||374||221||174|
Every location is reporting at least 50 more heat units this year compared to last year. 50 units represents a 3-5 day difference, so for locations like Aurora, OR with a 208 unit differential, we are looking at the crops to be 12-20 days ahead of last year. Eastern Washington numbers aren’t nearly as drastic due to colder low temperatures, but they are still 3-5 days ahead of 2014.
Since today is only March 10th, the biggest issue with early season crops will be frost danger. This will definitely be something to keep a close eye on moving forward, and the closer we get to bloom, the more vulnerable the plants and trees will be to cold weather. The early bearing fruit crops will be the most susceptible (peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums, berries, cherries).


Strategic CenterIn 1860, Cumberland was a small town of 7,302 residents, most of whom lived in the valley of Will's Creek. The town was an important stop on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. When the Civil War began in 1861, some residents supported the United States and others the Confederacy. Outright dissension ceased when Union forces garrisoned the town in June.
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The USA wants to become less dependent on the import of critical minerals. According to media reports, a law that dates back to the Cold War era is to be activated for this purpose.
To secure the supply of raw materials for battery production, U.S. President Joe Biden may activate the Defense Production Act this week, as reported by CNN and Bloomberg, among others. The law, which had been passed against the backdrop of the Korean War in 1950, equips the president with far-reaching powers. For example, he can require companies to accept contracts deemed necessary for national defense and prioritize them. The law also allows the president to designate materials that may not be stockpiled.
Raw materials needed for battery production include lithium, nickel, graphite, cobalt and manganese. Growing demand due to the increasing production of electric vehicles, as well as the war in Ukraine, have led to a significant increase in prices. The U.S. is also heavily dependent on imports for some of these materials. Expanding domestic production as well as recycling could reduce this dependence.
It is unclear so far whether the Defense Production Act will also be applied to rare earths and other raw materials needed to produce e-cars or wind turbines.
The law has been applied more than 50 times since 1950, for example in the context of measures against the Corona pandemic.


The term Westerner ( Russian Западник , zapadnik ) is a paraphrase for a political and journalistic direction in Russia in the 19th century, which arose in the 1840s as a result of the conflict with the Slavophiles . Comparable to the urban population in Hungary, the representatives of Westerners advocated a close connection between Russia and Western European culture. These included the adoption of Western European philosophy (e.g. Hegel ), technology (e.g. industrialization ) and forms of government ( liberalism and the renunciation of serfdom and autocracy ). Some of them appeared as literary critics in the magazines Otetschestwennyie sapiski and Sovremennik .
Some representatives of the Westerners were Nikolai Ogaryov , Timofei Granovsky , Vasily Botkin , Pavel Annenkov , Ivan Turgenev , Ivan Panayev , Pyotr Tchaadayev , Vissarion Belinsky and Alexander Herzen .
- Karl-Heinz Kasper: Westerners . In: Herbert Greiner-Mai (ed.): Small dictionary of world literature . VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1983. p. 301.


While there are a lot of stories about vultures, not many feature the Egyptian vulture, which is one of the smaller varieties of the bird. The ancient Egyptians considered it to be a sacred animal. However, it’s larger cousin, the griffon vulture, is the one must commonly depicted in ancient Egyptian art and it is the griffon vulture who is associated with the Egyptian goddess of childbirth Nekhbet.
Egyptian Vultures are thought to be the oldest existing variety of vulture, so perhaps it could be argued that the Turkish story of Solomon and the Vulture, in which Solomon sets out to consult the creature that has lived the longest, is about the Egyptian vulture and not about one of it’s larger cousins.
However, my pick for these zoo residents is the West African story of Yonkon-pass-me-dollar-loss which can be found on page 319 of Carrion Dreams 2.0: A Chronicle of the Human-Vulture Relationships by Benjamin Joel Wilkinson. I’ve altered it in telling to emphasise their yellow faces.
Carrion Dreams 2.0 is available under a generous Creative Commons license from the Archive.org
Solomon and the Vulture can be found in the book Outfoxing Fear edited by Kathleen Ragan and published in 2006 by W,W. Norton.


What Do We Mean by "Inquiry"?
Inquiry engages a student's curiosity. It offers the thrill of discovery and fosters personal interest in material, techniques, and requirements that may otherwise seem dry, inaccessible, or overwhelming. Incorporating real research questions, which may be very simple, into introductory curriculum offers students a potentially new and revolutionary view of life as a scientist. Participating in authentic research is one of the most powerful ways that a student develops a rich identity as a STEM scholar and future STEM professional, important factors in persistence and retention of students from underrepresented backgrounds (link to Persistence/Engaging students page). Whether or not students become scientists after graduation, the early introduction of inquiry-based lessons can be an important way that educators contribute to an informed citizenry that understands the motivation and processes underlying scientific discovery.
Definition and value of inquiry-based teaching: Expert opinions
AAC&U Inquiry and Analysis Value Rubric:
"Inquiry is a systematic process of exploring issues, objects, or works through the collection and analysis of evidence that results in informed conclusions or judgments. Analysis is the process of breaking complex topics or issues into parts to gain a better understanding of them."
HHMI: Preparing K–12 Teachers to Teach Inquiry-Based Science
"Even very young students have the capacity to learn from inquiry-based teaching methods, which require them to make observations, collect evidence, think critically, and use their findings to make predictions. Many studies and reports have found that inquiry-based science teaching is effective as early as kindergarten. The NRC calls an inquiry-based approach an 'essential element' of any science curriculum."


Types of Health Systems
There are about 200 countries on the planet, only 40 of which adopt a formal system. Below is a list of the four different types of health care models.1
- Named after William Beveridge, the U.K. social reformer who helped create the National Health System2
- Health care both paid for and provided by the government
- Free at point of service
- Financed through taxation – sometimes dedicated taxation, sometimes general tax revenues, and sometimes both
- Examples: United Kingdom, New Zealand, Spain, U.S. Veterans Health Administration
- Named after Prussian Chancellor Bismarck
- Health care paid for by non-profit insurance firms and provided by public and private actors
- Financed by employees and employers, generally through payroll deductions; often complemented by general tax revenues
- Examples: Germany, France, Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE OR SINGLE-PAYER MODEL
- Health care paid for by government-run insurance programs and provided by public and private actors
- Financed through taxation – sometimes dedicated taxation, sometimes general revenues, and sometimes both
- Examples: Canada (at a provincial level), South Korea, U.S. Medicare
1. Physicians for a National Health Program. Health Care Systems - Four Basic Models. Health Care Systems - Four Basic Models | Physicians for a National Health Program. https://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/health_care_systems_four_bas....
2. Encyclopedia Britannica, inc. (2013, October 8). National Health Service. https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Health-Service.
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The WHERE clause is an important part of SQL (Structured Query Language), which is used to extract data from a database. The WHERE clause is used to filter the rows of data returned by a SELECT statement, based on a specified condition.
The syntax of the WHERE clause is as follows:
SELECT column1, column2, ... FROM table_name WHERE condition;
Here, “column1, column2, …” are the columns of the table you want to retrieve data from. “table_name” is the name of the table you want to retrieve data from. The “condition” specifies the criteria that must be met for the rows to be returned.
For example, if you want to retrieve all the records from the “orders” table where the order amount is greater than 1000, you can use the following SQL statement:
SELECT * FROM orders WHERE order_amount > 1000;
This SQL statement will return all the records from the “orders” table where the value in the “order_amount” column is greater than 1000.
You can use various operators in the WHERE clause to specify different conditions. Some of the commonly used operators are:
Comparison operators: =, <, >, <=, >=, !=
Logical operators: AND, OR, NOT
IN operator: allows you to specify a list of values to match against
LIKE operator: allows you to perform pattern matching using wildcards
BETWEEN operator: allows you to retrieve records that fall within a range of values.
In addition, you can use parentheses to group conditions and specify the order of evaluation.
In conclusion, the WHERE clause is a powerful feature of SQL that allows you to retrieve specific data from a table based on specified conditions. With the right use of operators and conditions, you can extract exactly the information you need from a database.


Seventy-five years ago, a Swiss couple disappeared in the Alps after going to feed their cows. Their bodies were recently found in a melting glacier, “perfectly preserved” in World War II clothing, complete with identification papers.
The couple — Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin — lived near Chandolin in southwest Switzerland. They were 40 and 37, respectively, on the day they went missing. The couple had five sons and two daughters.
Their youngest child is Marceline Udry-Dumoulin, who is now 79. She told Le Matin, a Swiss newspaper, that the kids “spent our whole lives looking for them, without stopping.” After the disappearance, the children were split up and “became strangers,” Udry-Dumoulin added, but they continued to hope that their parents would be found.
According to Udry-Dumoulin, the day that her parents disappeared was the first time their mother had gone to help milk the cows. “She was always pregnant and couldn’t climb in the difficult conditions of a glacier,” she said. Most likely, the two had fallen into a crevasse, say local authorities. According to Le Matin, these types of discoveries are becoming more common as the glaciers melt.
"I can say that after 75 years of waiting this news gives me a deep sense of calm," says Udry-Dumoulin. “For the funeral, I won’t wear black. I think that white would be more appropriate. It represents hope, which I never lost.”


COGNITIVE CONCERNS AS WE AGE: LIVING LONGER MEANS BEING MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT OUR HEALTH
Noticing changes in your cognition or a loved one’s as we age is difficult. The good news is there is new research coming out about exercise and cognition. The key is finding the right exercise prescription for you!
Cognitive decline can include decreases in the following:
Attention Processing Speed (reaction time)
Executive Function (impulse control, planning and organizing)
WHAT DOESN’T WORK
1.Online games, puzzles, word searches
2.Easy coordinative tasks
1.Those activities don’t get your heartrate up, for one thing. Another reason – those kinds of activities rely on semantic memory – or long-term memory. This can include recalling names of Presidents, famous people, and any trivia.
WHAT DOES WORK
1.Aerobic and cognitive challenges that increase cerebral blood flow
2.Open skills during workouts: unpredictable and changeable demands
1.Blood flow is vital to the overall function and health of the brain. Physical and cognitive tasks together work toward enhancing divided attention, task switching and selective attention (all of which worsen with age).
2.If the goal is increased cognition, there must be appropriate stimulus to affect change. The right amount of cognitive load must be programmed into your workout sessions. COGNITIVE LOAD refers to the complexity of a new task.
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
As individuals get older, more effort is required to stimulate greater degrees of neuroplastic change in the brain (the brain’s ability to change in structure, function and neural organization as a result of experience).
You will have a higher degree of change from the integration of multiple stimuli, and in response to a higher amount of novelty, variability, challenges and motivation.
The minimum program length for cognitive benefits is 3 months. Additional cognitive benefits occur after 6 months and 12 months.
PRACTICING DUAL TASKING CAN BE HUGELY BENEFICIAL FOR OLDER ADULTS AND MAY EVEN PROLONG FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE
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Various incarnations of launched- impact munitions have been with us for several decades. A few 37mm and 12-gauge rounds were met with some limited success. However, most of those rounds were originally designed for riot control—they were not intended to be fired directly at a person. Instead, many, such as “wood baton” rounds, were meant to be “skip fired” in front of a violent crowd that officers were trying to disperse. The rounds’ effectiveness varied, and their use was often restricted to special riot-control units or other engagement teams. This left patrol officers responding to in-progress calls with little more than chemical sprays (such as OC or Mace) and contact weapons (such as batons) for less-lethal applications. As a result, many situations deteriorated to the point where a firearm had to be used.
While chemical sprays and contact weapons have a long history with law enforcement, they both require the officer engage the offender at close distance, which puts the officer in extreme risk—sometimes leading to tragedy. Even when electro-muscular disruption devices such as the Taser became prevalent (often to the exclusion of other intermediate weapons), the need for weapons that enabled officers to incapacitate suspects from safer, longer distances remained.
The PGL-65 is ready for today’s 40mm munitions, such as orange Direct Impact OC rounds or Combined Systems’ foam batons.
The first launched-impact round to see wide use was the 12-gauge beanbag round. Capable of being launched from any standard 12-gauge shotgun, the first such impact rounds consisted of a 1-by-1-inch square bag containing small-diameter lead shot. While these rounds began to rack up successful deployments and were credited with many lifesaving interventions, there were some problems. Some reported that the original designs were often inaccurate and that the bags did not retain their lead shot on impact, causing unnecessary injuries. Projectile designs have since evolved and improved to the point where the less-lethal 12-gauge projectile, now commonly in the form of a sock, is widely used by police.
However, there still remained


Straightening and cropping an image
You’ll use the Crop tool to trim and scale the photograph for this lesson so that it fits the space designed for it. You can use either the Crop tool or the Crop command to crop an image, which permanently deletes all the pixels outside of the crop selection area.
You can decide whether to delete the area outside of a rectangular selection, or whether to hide the area outside of the selection. In ImageReady, the Hide option is useful when creating animations with elements that move from off-screen into the live image area.
- In the toolbox, select the Crop tool (). Then, in the tool options bar (at the top of the work area), enter the dimensions (in inches) of the finished image: For Width, type 2 in and for Height, type 3 in.
- Draw a crop marquee around the image. Don’t worry about whether or not the entire image is included, because you’ll adjust
the marquee size later.
As you drag, the marquee retains the same proportion as the dimensions you specified for the target size (2 x 3).
When you release the mouse button, a cropping shield covers the area outside the cropping selection, and the tool options bar now displays choices about the cropping shield.
- In the tool options bar, make sure that the Perspective check box is not selected.
- In the image window, move the pointer outside the crop marquee, so that it appears as a curved double arrow (). Drag clockwise to rotate the marquee until it is parallel with the edges of the window frame in the picture.
- Place the pointer inside the crop marquee, and drag the marquee until it contains all the parts of the picture you want shown
to produce an artistically pleasing result. If you also want to adjust the size of the marquee, drag one of the corner handles.
Initial crop marquee
- Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). The image is now cropped, and the cropped image now fills the image window, straightened,
sized, and cropped according to your specifications.
- Choose File > Save to save your work.


Availability of Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) is essential for preventative care and specialty referrals. In the US, 62 million Americans are estimated to have no or inadequate access to primary care. Access for those living in rural and low-income areas is especially challenging.
Studies have shown that access to primary care is associated with improved health outcomes and reduced health disparities. It is important to note, however, that PCPs are not the only providers of preventative and primary care not captured in this data.
45 million people in the US live in Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). In North Carolina, the average ratio of patients to dentists is 1,830 to 1. Three counties in the Triangle J region–Johnston, Chatham, and Lee counties–exceed this ratio. Cost and availability are two major barriers to dental treatment for many people. Untreated disease can lead to infection and tooth loss.
Mental Health Providers include psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, therapists, and other specialized providers. Mental Health America ranks North Carolina 36th in access to care, taking into account access to insurance and mental health treatment. Orange and Durham counties both rank in the 90th percentile nationally for mental health provider ratios, at just 330 and 460 patients per provider, respectively.


Cyber hacks are becoming more common for large and small businesses. This article explores why it’s important to protect your company from online threats.
According to Microsoft research, 70% of large companies in Ireland have experienced issues with cyber attacks including hacking, phishing and cyber-fraud. Studies also suggest that 76% of senior management are concerned about digital threats.
Smaller businesses are exposed to risk here too. In 2019, more than half of all companies operating in the UK reported an attempted cyber attack. This was an increase of 15% from the previous year.
To avoid a disaster scenario businesses need to stop thinking about cyber security as optional and start viewing it as a necessity.
The Cost Of A Cyber-Attack
The average mean cost of a cyber-attack for small business is estimated to be £11,000. Severe attacks can also cause significant levels of downtime for any business, causing a loss of sales and a reduction in audience demand.
A cyber-attack will also cause irreparable damage to a business reputation. When Target experienced a data breach, the perception of the business dropped by more than 54% the following year.
Protecting Your Business From A Cyber Attack
Protecting company computers and servers should be a top priority for small and large businesses. Data protection is also necessary to retain customer interest and operate a business to the latest regulatory standards.
This can be achieved by installing the right software and using secure hardware. The majority of cyber-security issues will start with a virus being planted on a system. It is essential that your anti-virus software is up to date.
Large and small companies will benefit from using the professional services we offer to plug any gaps or leaks in their security systems, keeping your business safe from threats in the long term.


On the market of alternative fuels helioculture is a major breakthrough. It is scalable and inexpensive, and it could help reduce a large amount of water wastage in certain areas. It is even possible to grow the microorganisms in waste water and salt water. The fuel that will come from this process is cheaper than gasoline, and will cost around $50 per barrel. This is a good bargain, since oil prices are currently nearing $70 per barrel. By 2022, it is aimed to have 36 billion gallons of this alternative fuel to be blended with the gasoline supply.
This is another one of the extreme new alternative energy sources, which will involve sunlight and greenhouse gases. Microorganisms are at the center of the process, which will secrete a chemical similar to ethanol when exposed to the sun and CO2. The resulting fuel would be perfect for running a vehicle, for example. SolarConverters, which are flat large panels, will be used to cultivate this reaction. There is already a commercial-scale operation underway that will be producing 20,000 gallons of oil on every acre annually.
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In building solid foundations for every unique individual and putting God’s love at the centre of all we do, our children learn to embrace our diverse world. We encourage our children to learn universally in order to understand our heritage and roots as a village, town, region and nation.
Through strong community links, our children grow in wisdom and understanding, promote justice and possess aspirations to make a positive difference. We offer an ambitious curriculum that ignites curiosity along with high personal expectations that fosters resilience and which enables them to flourish. Our children are easily distinguished by the humility they show. They make brave choices and understand the importance of becoming the very best versions of themselves.
At Great Eccleston Copp, we understand how learning can be brought to life and contextualised by appropriate and well-planned visits.
Educational visits are carefully mapped out within subjects to ensure children receive a variety of experiences throughout their journey through Great Eccleston Copp CE Primary school. For example. in geography, children visit the local area to secure understanding of map reading or in history, children visit an old working mill to enhance their understanding of the Industrial Revolution.
Educational visits not only enhance our curriculum, but are used also within Physical Education where classes in Upper Juniors visit Winmarleigh and Tower Wood to make the most of the Outdoor and Adventurous activities.
As much as educational visits build on curriculum knowledge, skills and experience, they also build resilience, problem solving, communication and understanding of the world around us.


Art Therapy is a unique creative process where art-making and psychotherapy combine to aid individual growth, awareness and healing. In art therapy no art skills are required – you are free to make images which provide a more tangible and immediate way to express feelings and emotions. The aim is to release creativity, ease distress, increase awareness, resolve conflicts, and/or cope with trauma. Art therapy can help you to manage and resolve emotional problems, relationship difficulties, self-esteem, bereavement, depression, anxiety, feeling stuck, health problems and general life struggles.
Art Therapy is very useful for clients who may be seeking psychotherapy or counselling and want to explore their issues through this creative approach. The making of art by its very nature is healing. By engaging in the non-verbal process you can discover new insights and self-understanding, supported by the art therapist who guides you through the process. It is a supportive experience and the content of the sessions, as well as the artwork, is kept safe and confidential.
Today, Art Therapy is not only an effective therapy for emotional difficulties but it is also something people are turning to for personal and creative development. Recently it has been attracting people who simply want to have a pleasurable and insightful experience. You don’t have to have psychological problems to benefit from art therapy. It is life enhancing for people of all ages and all walks of life.


The process would be as follows:
Within this development methodology, we can distinguish between two types of tests:
Manual tests are those carried out by people who navigate and interact with the software. It requires the person in charge to set up an environment for testing and to have a good understanding of the software. These tests are exposed to human errors.
Automated tests run a code to verify that features work properly and return the expected results. They are faster and more reliable than manual ones, but they depend on your code being well developed.
There are many types of tests to apply TDD. Here we will name just a few:
|Unit tests||which I will talk about in more detail in another article, consist of individually testing functions, methods, classes, components, etc.; that are used in the project.|
|Integration tests||verify that the different modules or services work in harmony when they work together, interacting with each other.|
|Property tests||are those that validate properties of the code.|
|Functional tests||verify the output of an action, its result, without paying attention to the intermediate states while the execution is carried out.|
|End-to-end tests||replicate user behavior and verify that the flows followed by the user work as expected. It can be things as simple as logging in or loading a page, like checking email notifications or online payments..|
|Regression testing||checks a set of scenarios that worked correctly in the past to ensure that they continue running that way. A failure in one of these tests means that a new functionality has affected another operation that was working fine previously.|
|Smoke testing test||the basic and general functionality of an application ensuring that the most important features are executed as expected.|
|Acceptance testing||verifies that a system meets business requirements. They are usually carried out when the development phase has finished.|
|Performance testing||they verify how the system responds when it is under a high load. They are used, for example, to observe the response times when a high number of requests are executed and to see the reliability and stability of the system in the face of a significant amount of data.|
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Existentialism (/zstnlzm/)  /ksstntlzm/ ) is a method of philosophical investigation that focuses on the
subjective experience of thinking, feeling, and behaving.   For instance, an existentialist has referred to the
individual’s starting point as “existential angst,” a sensation of dread, disorientation, perplexity, or anxiety in the
face of an obviously meaningless or ludicrous universe.  Existential philosophers regularly ponder the
meaning, purpose, and value of human existence.
Existentialism is connected with a group of nineteenth- and twentieth-century European philosophers who,
despite often fundamental disagreements in philosophy, shared a focus on the human subject.
 Among the early personalities connected with existentialism include philosophers Sren Kierkegaard and
Friedrich Nietzsche, as well as author Fyodor Dostoevsky, who all opposed rationality and focused on the issue
of meaning. Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Karl Jaspers, Gabriel
Marcel, and Paul Tillich were all significant existentialist theorists of the twentieth century.
Numerous existentialists believed that conventional systematic or academic ideologies were excessively abstract
and distant from actual human experience, both in style and substance.
 Authenticity is a crucial attribute in existential thinking.  Existentialism influenced a wide variety of
fields other than philosophy, including as religion, theatre, art, literature, and psychology.


The time before and just after calving is the most stressful time in a cow’s life. Because of the stress the cow is under, this period is when she is the most susceptible to disease and metabolic disorders.
Keeping the cow calm and content during this time is important. This includes giving her enough space to eat, drink and lie down, with little social competition from other cows. On many dairies, crowded transition pens make the opportunity to alleviate stress difficult. A study from British Columbia, published in the October Journal of Dairy Science, looked at how a competitive social environment affects cow behavior and health during and after the transition period.
PREDICTABLE IS GOOD
At five weeks before calving, 64 cows were split into groups of four made up of one first-lactation and three later-lactation cows. Groups were identified as either a predictable, noncompetitive group or an unpredictable, competitive group. Starting at four weeks before expected calving, the groups of four cows in the predictable groups were given access to six feed bins. Cows in these groups stayed in the same group for the entire study.
Life wasn’t as easy in the other unpredictable groups. Cows were moved into new groups at the start of the study and were forced to compete with other cows for food and the time of feeding was delayed every other day.
Cows from both groups consumed the same amount of feed, but cows in the unpredictable groups spent less time feeding but ate more when they did get to the bunk. There was also greater impact from social interactions in the unpredictable groups.
Results indicate cows with greater than one lactation were more likely to be diagnosed with metritis after calving than cows in predictable groups. Researchers say the results show an unpredictable, competitive social environment before calving causes changes in feeding and social behavior, can impact metabolism and create inflammation, and can increase the risk of uterine disease after calving in older cows.
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Hazardous waste can have a devastating impact on coastal communities. Many pollutants are absorbed by aquatic life and build up in sediments, leading to poor fish health, decreased fish and shellfish populations, habitat loss, and restrictions on fishing and other recreational activities.
Pollution from past and current commercial and industrial activities has impaired our rivers and coasts. NOAA focuses on hazardous waste releases with the potential to harm marine and coastal resources, including chemicals like PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls; a class of chemicals previously used in manufacturing that remain in the environment for many decades, accumulate in living creatures, and pose health hazards to humans, wildlife, and fish., and dioxins, PAHspolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; a group of organic contaminants that are often the byproducts of petroleum processing or combustion. Many are toxic to aquatic life and several are suspected of causing cancer in humans., and toxic metals such as lead and mercury. These substances are released into coastal habitats and waterways from many commercial and industrial activities, such as shipbuilding, oil storage and transfer, and chemical manufacturing, among others. Released contaminants can also include discarded products like cleaning fluids, pesticides, and batteries.
How do we respond and restore?
NOAA is responsible for assessing and restoring river and coastal resources injured by hazardous waste releases. After contamination occurs, our experts provide technical support to cleanup agencies, coordinate and conduct Natural Resource Damage AssessmentsInvestigations performed by trustees to identify injuries to natural resources caused by oil spills, hazardous substance releases, and grounding incidents in National Marine Sanctuaries, and plan restoration activities. The goal of NRDA is to restore natural resources and compensate the public for lost recreational use., and oversee implementation of restoration projects.


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Ready to learn the most important takeaways from Prisoners Of Geography in less than two minutes? Keep reading!
Why This Book Matters:
Prisoners of Geography explains how politics is influenced greatly by geography.
The Big Takeaways:
- Russia is hostile in the Baltics due to the fear of Western assault.
- If Putin is worried about western Europe coming in through flatlands because of the limited capability Russia has to push them back.
- China is afraid of India and water shortages, so they keep a hold on Tibet.
- If China allows Tibet independence, India could easily invade China and lose a major water supply.
- Guns and good geographical locations make the United States untouchable.
- With only two friendly countries bordering it, the US is in a good geographical location. Any invasion from Canada or Mexico would mean long supply chains for those countries.
- Northern Europe is better located geographically than southern Europe.
- Southern countries do not have fertile lands and rely heavily on trade to maintain their food supply.
- Africa’s waterways, while gorgeous, are simply not efficient.
- Contact between countries is limited because of the lack of efficient water systems.


Learning from home can feel like its going to be boring, but on this page we have loads of fun activities to show you that learning about and creating music is awesome.
On your instrument, compose a piece of music that represents a scene. This could be beach, waterfall, space, time travel or what ever you can imagine!
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Even if you don’t have an instrument at home, you can access virtual instruments online. Click on the instrument name to access your virtual instrument. Piano, guitar, DJ, Drum
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Access the Borough Music resources for pupils who have instrument lessons or those talented. There is a fabulous range of activities for you to get involved in.
Online Music Theory
Challenge yourself with some test or take some lessons to develop your knowledge!
The BBC have create an activity on creating soundscapes! Get involved and inspired, by using visiting the BBC. You can do this by using the instruments you have at home or using the samples they have added. Have fun and get creative.
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Which is a popular software used primarily for creating documents such as letters, brochures, learning activities, tests, quizzes and students' homework assignments?
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The correct option is (2)
- A common word processing tool called Microsoft Word, sometimes known as MS Word, is used mostly for the creation of documents including brochures, letters, learning activities, quizzes, and tests, as well as students' homework assignments.
- One of the programs in the Microsoft Office suite was first made available in 1983.
- Word Processor is the name of a piece of software used to create text-based documents.
Additional Information Paint:- All versions of Microsoft Windows come with the straightforward raster graphics editor Microsoft Paint.
MS Access:- Microsoft Access is a database management system (DBMS) that includes a graphical user interface, the relational Access Database Engine (ACE), and software-development tools.
Calculator:- Calculator is a beautifully made app that offers both basic and complex mathematical operations.
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The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides that people should be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a decision regarding that Fourth Amendment protection.
The case before the high court – Missouri v. McNeely – involved a motorist who was pulled over by a police officer for speeding. When the law enforcement officer requested that he take a breathalyzer test, he refused. The officer then took the driver to a hospital, where he instructed that a blood draw take place. The driver did not consent to having his blood taken.
After a blood alcohol test, it was revealed that the driver’s BAC was almost two times the legal limit. The Missouri Supreme Court refused to consider the evidence, however, because the police officer made no attempt to obtain a warrant before ordering the blood draw.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, ruled that in most cases, a warrant is required before blood can be drawn in a suspected case of driving under the influence. Justice Sotomayor wrote that in many cases the police officer will have enough time to get a warrant, as email and cellphones help to expedite the process.
Although the justices noted that alcohol dissipates in the body over time, Justice Sotomayor stated that determining when there is not sufficient time to obtain a warrant will be on a “case-by-case” basis. In addition, officers who fail to obtain a warrant will have to explain why they did not do so in court.
When someone is facing charges of driving under the influence, obtaining counsel to establish a strong defense on his or her behalf is a wise step.
Source: NPR, “Supreme Court Backs Warrants For Blood Tests In DUI Cases,” Nina Totenberg, April 17, 2013.


California health officials are reporting today a second (presumptive) human plague case in a visitor to Yosemite National Park. This follows the case of a Los Angeles County boy who contracted the dangerous bacterial infection in mid-July.
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith said the health department was notified about the patient from Georgia. The individual had been vacationing in Yosemite National Park, the Sierra National Forest and surrounding areas in California in early August.
Health officials are awaiting confirmatory testing being performed by the CDC.
Although the presence of plague has been confirmed in wild rodents over the past two weeks at Crane Flat and Tuolumne Meadows campgrounds in Yosemite, the risk to human health remains low. Action to protect human and wildlife health by closing and treating campgrounds was taken out of an abundance of caution. Park visitors are being notified by Yosemite of camp treatments, possible plague risks and are being provided information on how to prevent plague transmission. CDC has notified CDPH that recent communications about plague enabled health care providers in Georgia to make the diagnosis more quickly.
“The California Department of Public Health and Yosemite National Park were very proactive in their campaign to educate visitors about plague,” said Dr. Smith. “Warnings issued in California regarding plague were useful all the way across the country in Georgia. Those warnings helped the patient get the prompt medical attention necessary to recover from this illness.”
Flea treatment successfully reduced the risk of plague transmission at Crane Flat Campground and Tuolumne Meadows Campground in the National Park. The treatments controlled potentially plague-infected fleas which could spread the disease to humans and other warm-blooded hosts. Yosemite National Park remains open and all campgrounds and facilities, except Tuolumne Meadows, remain open to visitors. CDPH reminds the public to take protective measures against the illness.
If confirmed, this would be the seventh human plague case in the US to date.
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The world’s first ‘underwater drone’ to communicate light without wires
Switzerland: Remotely operated vehicles or ROVs operating in the depths of the oceans are commonly used in aquatic research, but the performance of these underwater drones is limited by the wire. The Hydromia X-ray is the world’s first wireless drone that uses light.
We know that radio waves do not travel in water and that is why they are tied with a long wire that provides instructions and sometimes even electricity. However, some modern ROVs also have batteries installed inside them to power the water-driven system.
But a long wire can be too heavy for any underwater drone. It takes up a lot of space in the boat and can get entangled with plants and other objects underwater. That is why the Hydromia ROV manufactured by the Swiss company is now completely wireless.
The system designed to control hydrocephalus is called leukemia. It sends underwater information in the form of light flashes. This process proved to be very useful and was made part of the ROV.
The Luma system transmits 470 nanometer blue light waves between two optical modems. A modem is mounted on the ROV while one is mounted on the water in a suitable place. This way ten megabits of data can be sent from one place to another. Even HD video of a camera mounted on an underwater drone can be received without interruption.
At present, however, light contact is only possible up to a depth of 50 meters. Below this the access of light is weakened and the turbidity in the water increases. In the next phase, research is being done to increase the efficiency of this system to a depth of 100 meters.
The drone weighs seven kilograms and is 70 cm long, while at six degrees it can operate easily with seven thrusters installed. However, the price has not been announced yet.


Self advocacy groups can help to inform governments and disability policy by providing:
- A voice from people with disabilities about the barriers they face
- Input into planning, legislation, policy making and disability action plans
- Advice on improving service provision
- Membership of people with disabilities on boards and advisory panels
- Advice on how to to ensure full community inclusion
- Partnership to raise awareness of disability and inclusion in a range of sectors
- Promotion of the right to full citizenship
People with acquired brain injury, intellectual disability or high communication support needs are most at risk of not being heard.
Self advocates have a lot of experience and knowledge to offer, and a right to make their voices heard on all the decisions that affect their lives. This includes the lives of our friends, family members and peers who have disabilities.
Group self advocacy is acknowledged for its power to centre the collective voice of people with disabilities in changing the things that matter to them and enabling them to exercise choice and control over the directions of their lives. The sense of solidarity and mutual support derived from a shared life experience, and a common understanding of barriers and opportunities is a vital source of empowerment and citizenship.
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I came across a very interesting database this past week regarding the WWII War Ration Books. As a began to read, I was wondering what value these records might provide to a genealogist and family historian, so I read on.
During WWII, the Office of Price Administration (OPA)was created to develop a nationwide ration program. The OPA developed a system whereby each member of a family including children were given a ration book which contained various colored stamps including green, brown, red, and blue. These stamps then were used to obtain items such as meat, sugar, butter, coffee, gasoline, tires, shoes and clothing to name a few. A few months after the United States entered into WWII, the first "Book One" series was issued. "Book Two" series was issued in January of 1943 with "Book Three" series being issued in October of 1943. The "Book Four" series was issued in the end of the year 1943. The end of the ration restrictions occurred August 1945 with the exception of sugar rationing which continued until 1947 in some parts of the country.
Now you might be wondering how these food ration stamps might help the genealogist or family historian. Each of these books that the members of society received requested various information including name, address, age, etc. Books One and Three required the most in depth information including the aforementioned items, but they also requested physical descriptions. Also the fact that these books were given to each member of the family is also of great value to genealogist and family historian. The database at Genealogy Today is free to search utilizing their user friendly search engine. The results that you obtain are in a list format and then you can view each individual entry in the extracted format as well as the original document. The database contains over 6,300 entries and could provide some valuable insight and information to your family's history. If you would like to learn more about the"War Ration Books" click Home Front Headache - Rationing or Home Front Civilian Consumption and Rationing.
If you would like to research in this database click Registry of War Ration Books and scroll down a little on the page to find the search engine. Have fun!
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The children in the Reception classes (age 4 and 5) discussed their rights!
1. First, they discussed the necessities needed to survive.
'We need jacket' - Lydia
'We need an EtonHouse' - Cayden
'We need socks' - Yuna
2. Next, they began to incorporate the word 'right'
'We have the right to play' - Morgen
'We have the right to eat' - Lydia
3. Children took their vocabulary home, demonstrating what they learned to their parents.
‘Children need to sleep and eat, we need energy to grow up, up, up' - Vincent
‘Children need toys to play and have fun’ -Gaby
‘I need to have fun, so I can be a happy girl’ –Deborah
‘Children need shoes, outside of home is very dirty’ -Emily
The children built on the definition of the word ‘rights’. They described it as: ‘something all children need to have’.
Then they listed the things all the children need to have some of the things they came up with were:
- ‘a name’
- ‘a house’
- ‘to be happy’


Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2013 July 28
Explanation: Is this one galaxy or two? This question came to light in 1950 when astronomer Art Hoag chanced upon this unusual extragalactic object. On the outside is a ring dominated by bright blue stars, while near the center lies a ball of much redder stars that are likely much older. Between the two is a gap that appears almost completely dark. How Hoag's Object formed remains unknown, although similar objects have now been identified and collectively labeled as a form of ring galaxy. Genesis hypotheses include a galaxy collision billions of years ago and the gravitational effect of a central bar that has since vanished. The above photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in July 2001 revealed unprecedented details of Hoag's Object. More recent observations in radio waves indicate that Hoag's Object has not accreted a smaller galaxy in the past billion years. Hoag's Object spans about 100,000 light years and lies about 600 million light years away toward the constellation of the Snake (Serpens). Coincidentally, visible in the gap (at about one o'clock) is yet another ring galaxy that likely lies far in the distance.
Authors & editors:
Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.


Hot Air and Blows Cold Air
This working & functioning liquid leaves the compressor on a high-strain, hot gas, and it goes via the condenser. The external unit of air conditioning has alloy mechanics that balance all around the housing. Metal fins work such as the radiator on a vehicle, and they help dissipation rapidly.
When the condenser releases the liquid, it is too cold. It’s additionally transformed from a gas to fluid in view of the higher tension. The liquid advances into the evaporator through low templates, limited opening, and when the fluid arrives at the opposite side of this entry, its strain drops. At the point when this occurs, the liquid starts to evaporate to gas.
As this happens, the hotness is removed from the encompassing air. This hotness is needed to isolate the particles of the fluid into a gas. The metal blades on the evaporator additionally assist with trading nuclear power with the encompassing air. Explore air conditioner
When the refrigerant leaves the evaporator, it is indeed a low-pressure, chilled gas. The cycle starts from the very beginning when it returns to the blower. There is a fan that is associated with the evaporator, and it flows air around the internal property and across the blades of the evaporator.
Read more: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AIR COOLED AND WATER COOLED SYSTEM
The air cooling system sucks air into the channels through a vent. This air is utilized to cool gas in the evaporator, and as the hotness is eliminated from the air, it’s cooled. Conduits then, at that point, blow air once more into the house.
This process cycle proceeds until the internal air of your house or business arrives at the ideal temperature. At the point when the indoor regulator detects that the inside temperature is at the ideal level, it stops their air conditioning system. When the room warms up once more, the thermostat turns on the air conditioning system again until the required temperature is accomplished once more.


by Marcus Amos, MRC, MS Licensed Substance Abuse Associate; Certified Drug & Alcohol Counselor III
Within the last 2 years the sporting community has been exposed to 2 tragic deaths of college athletes at two of our major universities. Both individuals died from an apparent accidental drug overdose. Autopsy reports revealed that a combination of substances in their systems ranging from opiate medications, alcohol and anti-anxiety drugs were the cause of death. These incidences were not the result of medications being over-prescribed by their universities, but the ability of an athlete to obtain additional medications on their own or from other sources, not known by the universities.
The question is what preventive measures can be put in place to reduce the chances of athletes seeking additional pain medications and other drugs on their own? As of today, no Prescription Monitoring Programs are being used within athletics. When athletes suffer injuries of any kind, and pain medications have to be prescribed, routine RX monitoring should begin for the following reasons:
1). Tracking to see if an athlete is seeking medications from other sources (Doctor Shopping)
2). Reducing the medication diversion risk
3). Monitoring compliance with taking medications as prescribed
4). Assessing if any athlete is receiving other RX medications that can counteract with narcotic pain medications
5). Overall prevention of drug abuse
6). Reduces criminal activity
Some athletic programs are concerned with potential STIGMAS that could be placed on them when deciding to bring in professional speakers to address prescription drug abuse in sports for example:
Stigma # 1:”Will our program be labeled as having this problem if we bring someone in to talk to our athletes?”
Stigma # 2: “Will our athletic/medical staff be blamed as contributors to this problem since they are the ones that monitor the dispensing of RX drugs?”
These are legitimate concerns, but most athletes are not dying under the care of team staff, they are seeking medications on their own.
No athletic program should be excluded in considering implementing this program. There have been several other deaths on various levels of sports team, without any form of additional prevention put in place. Educating our athletes is the key to reducing the risk of accidental drug overdoses & deaths in sports. Athletes need to understand the high risk and dangers of self-medicating.
For more information on this topic, contact Marcus Amos at ml_amos06


Bullying in our schools and neighborhoods used to be limited to the playground. Now, cyberbullying has become a different type of “playground” for tormenting vulnerable children. October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and there are two critical questions on the table:
How bad is the problem?
The most common reasons for bullying are based on physical appearance, race, disability and sexual orientation. Many of our children are scared to go to school. They lie about episodes of bullying, fearing retribution. Approximately 64% of our children who are bullied do not report it. They are not talking to the adults closest to them about it. Because of their fears, they are often severely depressed and their grades and social relationships suffer.
What can we do about it?
We cannot just wear a bracelet or t-shirt to show that we care. We need to talk about it, impose restrictions on phones and even check website histories, texts and emails. Parents need to ask tough questions, engage in difficult conversations and intervene before it’s too late.
Bullying can be identified and stopped. This is how children’s’ lives can be saved.
About the author:
Richard Schwamm is a trial lawyer for the Fort Lauderdale-based firm Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm, and a child injury lawyer and advocate. He has spoken at public and private schools, as well as at the International Child Injury Prevention and Safety Symposium sponsored by the Children’s Safety Village of Central Florida and Safe Kids Worldwide. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Telephone: (407) 841-9866


Research aimed at helping dairy farmers respond to climate change and extreme temperatures could boost the milk production of cows in hot weather conditions.
The ground-breaking research is being conducted by Agriculture Victoria with researchers studying heat tolerance in dairy cows.
Researchers now believe they are one step closer to unlocking the genetic code to breeding more heat-resistant cows.
Agriculture Victoria research director Ben Cocks said researchers have identified five new genes strongly associated with heat tolerance in dairy cows.
He said the findings came after studying almost 500,000 milk records from approximately 30,000 Holstein cows – a six-fold increase in sample size from prior comparable studies.
“This large increase in sample size has helped the team pinpoint the specific regions in the cow’s DNA that controls heat regulation, helping us better identify which cows are more heat tolerant than others,” Dr Cocks said.
Dairy cows reduce their feed intake when temperatures and humidity rise, resulting in a decrease in milk production.
In areas such as Northern Victoria, it means more than 100 days each year are considered too hot for dairy cows to produce optimal amounts of milk.
Dr Cocks said by breeding cattle that can adapt to rising temperatures, it could create a more resilient dairy industry in a changing climate.
“This gives farmers the support they need to minimise the impact of heat on their herds and maintain milk production,” he said.
The research team at Agriculture Victoria are using the results from this study to begin a five-year research project that will test and compare the newly found heat-tolerant genes with DNA from dairy cows across Australia to find new ways to identify the most heat-tolerant cows for farmers to breed.
The study is part of the DairyBio program – a $55 million research partnership between Agriculture Victoria, Dairy Australia and the Gardiner Foundation.
Source: Bendigo Advertiser


2.0 OVERVIEW OF OPEN SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE OBJECTIVES
This section provides the definition of OSE and its purpose in the evolution of the current DoD technical infrastructure. The guiding principles or characteristics of an open system are also discussed in relation to their role in the design and development of OSE-compliant systems.
2.1 EVOLUTION TO OPEN SYSTEMS
The DoD technical infrastructure is evolving into an open system environment in response to a real need for information and resource sharing across differing or incompatible levels of information ownership (i.e., enterprise). As computer technology evolves, so do the practices and methodologies employed to integrate new technologies into the workplace. Included are the many principles developed for software engineering, which continue to be expanded upon and enhanced to guide/define the open systems environment.
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The purpose of this volume of the Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (TAFIM) is to provide program managers and their supporting Government and contractor staffs with guidance for developing technical architectures in planning and managing command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I), and information systems programs, either migration or new acquisition programs. Volume 5 is a guide for applying and integrating the principles and guidelines of the TAFIM and other Department of Defense (DoD) guidance documents promoting an open systems environment (OSE) for information systems. The information provided in this volume is intended to assist C4I and information systems program managers in making sound management decisions that result in OSE-compliant systems.


The best word to describe Renaissance Academy’s early elementary curriculum is “understanding.” All subjects—math, science, history, biology, art, music, language, Spanish, and geography—are taught to promote an understanding of the principles and processes rather than rote memorization.
Early Renaissance offers first to third grade multi-age classrooms where students are allowed to excel. Lessons are presented to students individually, in small and large groups. All students work at levels tailored to their abilities, allowing each child to reach his or her greatest potential – with confidence and joy. Social development and deep learning occur as the children model and teach each other in rich, collaborative learning experiences. Hands-on work, literature based reading, special projects, and independent explorations highlight a curriculum through which every student flourishes.
Renaissance students build strong learning habits as they grow in academic strength. Problem-solving and reasoning skills grow naturally in an environment where personal responsibility and self-respect are paramount. Deep concentration, interest-driven exploration and the active listening and ordering of thoughts are central to the early Renaissance Montessori day. Children learn time management and to be responsible for their own learning. In addition, regular social skills lessons teach cooperation, conflict resolution, and respect and understanding of other people.
In our enriched Renaissance Montessori classes children develop good values and self-confidence as they build academic skills and conceptual understandings that lay a foundation for a lifetime of learning.


Why hasn’t the Corps of Engineers acted to breach the dams?
Lack of regional political leadership to even ask the Corps to breach. And, a misguided belief by the public and agencies that further studies, legislation, and a new Environmental Impact Statement will solve the problem when in fact all it does is prolong effective action. 25 years has been spent trying every other method to recover salmon. Strong […]
Can we save endangered species without breaching the dams?
It’s highly unlikely that we can save endangered species without breaching the dams. In the 2002 Feasibility Study/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (which took 7 years and $33 million dollars to create), the Corps identified dam breaching as the alternative that would provide the highest probability of meeting salmon survival and recovery criteria (see page 25). […]
Why not wait for the results of more state and federal studies?
Simply put – we’ve waited nearly too long already and we already have the answers. Salmon and Orca populations have declined since NOAA’s protection, conservation, and recovery efforts on their behalf began. All snake river wild salmon and steelhead runs were listed under the endangered species act by the late 90s. Southern Resident Orcas officially […]
What’s the rush? Why breach now?
The four Lower Snake River Dams are man-made structures with a finite lifetime. They are part of the problematic aging U.S. infrastructure that requires more money for maintenance every year. These dams will be breached in the future due to economics. They are economically unsustainable now. It’s simply a matter of time before the federal […]


With an estimate of 90 percent of autistic people who are either unemployed or under employed the Art of Autism realizes that raising awareness about disability and employment is critical. Each October for more than 70 years, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has observed National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). This years theme is ” America’s Workforce: Empowering All.” Michael John Carley has written a comprehensive blog post about rethinking employment initiatives that he shared with the Art of Autism.
October is also National Bullying Prevention Month. Bullying is a national epidemic. Autistic people are much more likely than their typical peers to be bullied. Bullying can have devastating effects on a person’s psychological state causing life-long trauma and PTSD. Not only are autistic people bullied – often their parents are bullied as well. With social media we’ve witnessed many times in the last years people who “flame” a person who has a passionate or controversial belief. The Art of Autism is especially concerned about people who organize their attacks and target vulnerable people. We encourage thoughtful dialogue and using “I” messaging in communication which concentrates more on how the person is feeling than attributes and emotions the speaker projects on the person they are communicating with.
Healthy, respectful dialogue and communication is one of The Art of Autism’s top priorities. As Art of Autism board member Carly Fulgham blogged – we must get over our differences and focus on what we can agree on. Samantha Craft also has a relevant contribution to this subject with her blog post A message to activists: spread kindness, acceptance and tolerance.
One of The Art of Autism‘s most popular blog posts is written by Christina MacNeal – How to Keep the Bullies at Bay for those on the Autism Spectrum. We are excited that Christina is working on a new article about bullying for the Art of Autism in the month of October.
Do you have a story you would like to share? We’d love to hear from you. We are now compensating neurodivergent bloggers to contributions to the Art of Autism website. Email firstname.lastname@example.org.


Understanding Evidence is a new, interactive web resource developed by CDC's Division of Violence Prevention that supports public health practitioners in making evidence-informed decisions around violence prevention. The goal of evidence-based decision making is to bring a high standard of research evidence into the decision-making process while taking into account the contextual and experiential factors that influence decisions.
In this webinar, practitioners working to prevent child maltreatment will learn how to:
- Define the multiple forms of evidence involved in evidence-based decision making
- Identify standards of rigor for best available research evidence
- Identify sources of and ways to collect best available research evidence, contextual evidence, and experiential evidence
- Identify key stages and characteristics of an evidence-based decision making process
This webinar will also provide real-world scenarios illustrating how child maltreatment prevention practitioners, coalitions, and evaluators can use the tool to strengthen practice and evaluation of violence prevention strategies.
Sally Thigpen, MPA Health Scientist National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Natalie Wilkins, PhD Behavioral Scientist National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sally Fogerty, Director, Children's Safety Network
Click here to view the full archived recording of this webinar


📖Sahih Muslim 88 a
Anas narrated from the Apostle (ﷺ) about the major sins. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Associating anyone with Allah, disobedience to parents, killing a person and false utterance.
This hadith is a narration from Anas bin Malik, a companion of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), in which he reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) listed four major sins. These sins are considered very serious and severe in Islam, and a Muslim should strive to avoid them at all costs.
- Associating anyone with Allah: This refers to the sin of shirk, which is the act of associating partners with Allah in worship or ascribing divine attributes to anyone or anything other than Allah. In Islam, belief in the oneness of Allah (Tawheed) is the most important belief and the foundation of faith.
- Disobedience to parents: This refers to the sin of disrespecting, disobeying, or neglecting one’s parents, who are considered to be among the most deserving of respect and kindness in Islam. In Islam, being kind and respectful to parents is considered a major obligation.
- Killing a person: This refers to the sin of taking someone’s life unjustly. In Islam, human life is considered sacred and taking someone’s life without a just cause is a major sin.
- False utterance: This refers to the sin of lying or making false statements. In Islam, truthfulness and honesty are highly valued, and lying is considered a major sin that can lead to other sins and harm to oneself and others.


Landgate Satellite Remote Sensing Services host event at Cockburn Wetlands
19 October 2010
Did you know satellites can help monitor our environment? Join experts from Landgate's Satellite Remote Sensing Services (SRSS) at Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre on Saturday 20 November 2010, to learn about earth observation satellites and how they can be used to track changes in native vegetation.
The session will take place between 9:30am and 12:30pm, with 30 minute presentations held at 10:30 am and 11:30am. This event is an inspiring Australia initiative, organised by Landgate in association with the City of Cockburn.
Landgate's Satellite Remote Sensing Services (SRSS) is a dedicated remote sensing facility. We are unique in Australia in that we provide the full range of remote sensing services - from direct acquisition of satellite data to processing of data, and then delivering that data to government and business via our products and services.
SRSS is at the leading edge of research and development in remote sensing and its applications. The collection of skills and experience housed within SRSS enables Landgate to develop innovative solutions to any number of natural resource management problems. Landgate's SRSS has extensive involvement in Federal Government programs and offers a range of products and services for both national and international markets.
Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre on Hope Road in Bibra Lake was established in 1993. The centre is an independent, not-for-profit, community organisation dedicated to wetlands, restoration activities, environmental education, youth services and facility hire. Numerous volunteers implement the centre's activities along with the assistance of a small band of dedicated staff. The centre provides a gateway to the Beeliar Regional Park, which consists of two parallel chains of wetlands including 27 different wetlands.
Landgate is Western Australia's primary source of land information and geographic data, providing the accuracy government, business and individuals rely on.
Phone: +61 (0)8 9273 7564