Historically, non-point sources of pollution were relegated to a backburner while government and conservation groups focused on point-sources of pollutants. However, the focus of current efforts to clean the St. Johns is now on non-point sources: pollution from lawns, septic systems, and farms.
A River Summit in 1997 produced a River Agenda that identified reducing non-point source pollution as one of six goals to enhance and protect the St. Johns. Multiple agencies and groups are involved in this effort.
For example, the St. Johns River Water Management District is committed to teaching millions of Floridians that the best chance of off-setting non-point sources of pollution is for citizens to take action individually and collectively. And in June 2003, the St. Johns River Alliance was formed to steer river restoration efforts; this private, nonprofit organization coordinates with the Water Management District and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Volunteer non-profit groups -- notably The Stewards of the St. Johns River and the St. Johns Riverkeeper -- also serve to educate, advocate, and motivate citizens while monitoring the actions of local, county, state, regional, and federal agencies in whose jurisdiction the St. Johns lies.
But the most important, and effective solution is you. Protecting, preserving, and restoring the river is in everyone's best interest and can be achieved only if everyone assumes stewardship.
Learn what you can do to be a part of the solution and have a positive impact on the future of the St. Johns River by exploring these two sections of this site:


EPA Budget Cuts Proposed for FY20
On March 11, 2019, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Trump Administration’s proposed budget for the U.S. Government in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The proposal would reduce funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by $2.8 billion or 31.2 percent compared to FY2019 levels.
To achieve the reductions, the budget proposes to “eliminate many voluntary and lower-priority activities” currently performed by EPA, and “refocus the Agency . . . on its core mission — providing America’s with clean air, land, and water, and ensuring chemical safety.” Programs to be eliminated include:
- The Global Change Research Program, which studies the environmental and health effects of climate change, and identifies options for managing those effects. According to EPA, the program is being eliminated to enable the agency to “prioritize activities that support decision-making related to core environmental statutory requirements.”
- The Science to Achieve Results Program, which funds research grants and graduate fellowships in environmental science and engineering. Again, EPA has indicated that the program is being eliminated so that the agency can “prioritize activities that support decision-making related to core environmental statutory requirements, as opposed to extramural activities.”
- The Environmental Education Program, which supports the science-based education to increase public awareness of environmental issues.
- The Endochrine Disruption Program, which develops scientific methods for testing pesticides and other chemicals to determine their potential to interfere with normal endocrine system function.
- The Water Research Grants Program, which funds research to develop and implement tools to protect water resources.
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed H.R. 1865 -- the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 -- into law. Title II of Division D of H.R. 1865 provides $9.1 billion in funding for EPA in FY2020, an increase of 2 percent or $208 million above FY2019 levels. According to a Congressional summary of H.R. 1865, funding for EPA "is focused on returning the agency to its core mission of environmental cleanup."


Every two-year election cycle, some Democrats or Republicans win U.S. House elections without major-party opposition. Over the past 100 years, 14.4% of regularly scheduled U.S. House general elections had only one major party candidate.
From 1920 to 2018, there were 2,434 U.S. House races without a Republican candidate in the general election compared to 707 races without a Democratic candidate. In 2018, 41 of the 435 U.S. House races lacked either a Democratic or Republican candidate in the general election. Three of the 41 races did not have a Democratic candidate on the ballot, and the remaining 38 did not have a Republican candidate running.
The election years that had the most races without major-party opposition were 1930 (99), 1998 (95), 1942 (89), 1958 (89), and 1934 (83). Conversely, the election years with the fewest races of that nature were 1996 (21), 2010 (29), 1992 (31), 1932 (35), and 2018 (41).
On average across the 50 election cycles from 1920 to 2018, about 62.8 U.S. House races had only one major party represented on the general election ballot. During that timeframe, Democrats averaged 14.1 U.S. House races per cycle compared to 48.7 races for Republicans. In the 10 election cycles spanning 2000 to 2018, the average dropped to 57.4 races. In the 40 election cycles spanning 1920 to 1998, the average rose to 64.2 races. Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Montana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming were the only states that had a Democratic and Republican candidate on every U.S. House ballot from 1920 to 2018.


The paper can be found here: https://go.nature.com/2JADoC2
If you think that shrinking material with beams is science fiction, think again.
Throughout our experiments, we discovered that a beam of helium ions can help rearrange a nanoporous anodized alumina material on the atomic scale and to shrink its pores well below the sizes it is possible to produce by common electrochemical anodization method.
The Helium Ion Microscope, in which a beam of energetic helium ions is scanned across a sample, allows us to play with atomic rearrangements, diffusion and propagation of defects and therefore to manipulate nanoscale and mesoscopic structure of materials with unprecedented precision. Being able to play with different atomic bonds and to see how different bonds can use them to influence the manipulation of matter on the nanometre scale opens new avenues to create future smart materials with different functions, for example for early diagnostics of cancer and quantum computing.
Us scientists and engineers now have a fantastic trick up our sleeve and can play with order and disorder in materials on the atomic scale while seeing the changes in real time. The new ion-assisted manipulation of matter on the tiniest of length scales completely changes the behaviour of aluminium oxide. The originally brittle and porous ceramic turned superplastic and gained the ability to stretch more than twice without breaking. These findings offer a unique opportunity to transform energy with nanometre precision in a fast and effective way into the sample with very little material removal in the process.
The process can easily be scaled up which is important for industrial applications. The basic technology already exists in industry. This means that large areas of the porous aluminium oxide can be modified with nanometre precision. The Helium Ion Microscope can do more than imaging and nanostructuring samples. It can also atomically re-design materials which display vastly different behaviour than their original phase. You are only limited by your imagination in materials design.
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Species: tiguidensis SERENO, BECK, DUTHEIL, LARSON, LYON, MOUSSA, SADLEIR,
SIDOR, VARRICCHIO, WILSON & WILSON, 1999
Etymology: Tamacheck, Tiguidi, “tiguidi”; Latin ending, ensis.
Holotype: MNN TIG3
Locality: Tamerat, Gadoufaoua region, Niamey, Republic of Niger.
Horizon: Tiouraren Formation, Tegama Group.
Age: Aptian-Albian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: Partial articulated skeleton, including axis, forelimbs and hind limbs, pubis, and most of the tail.
A) Cervical vertebra; B) Dorsal vertebra; C) Caudal vertebra; D) Cervical rib; E) Clavicle; F-H) Chevrons.
From several localities, Fako, Tawachi, and other localities near the base of the Falaise de Tiguidi: Several partial skeletons and isolated bones.
MNN TIG4, TIG5: Partial skull and skeletons of adult specimens.
MNN TIG6: A relatively complete subadult.
MNN TIG7: An isolated subadult braincase.


Statue of Queen Tuya
This work, sculpted during 18th Dynasty with the features of Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III, was usurped and reused during the 19th Dynasty by Ramesses II, who dedicated it to his mother Tuya.
This queen, who had an important political and court role, received after her death a funerary cult associated with that of her son in the so-called Ramesseum, the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II in West Thebes, where this statue would originally have been erected.
On the left side of the dorsal pillar the princess Henutmire is depicted, described in the brief inscription as the “royal daughter” or the “royal wife”.
Considered in the past to have been one of the daughters of Ramesses II, Henutmire has now been identified as one of the pharaoh’s sisters, possibly the daughter of the same father Seti I.
Her statue would have been brought to Rome and placed in the “Gardens of Sallust” of the emperor Caligula, along with the statues of Ptolemy II, Arsinoe II and Drusilla- Arsinoe.
It was unearthed in 1714 in the gardens of Vigna Verospi, and entered the Vatican upon the foundation of the new Egyptian Museum in 1839.
Black granite, Ramesseum, West Thebes; Horti Sallustiani, Rome. Now in the Vatican Museums. Cat. 22678


Our School Saint
Our school is named after St Vincent de Paul
St Vincent de Paul
Feast day : 27th September
Can you imagine being captured by pirates, and then taken into slavery? That’s just what happened to St. Vincent de Paul.
Vincent was born in Ranquine, France, the son of a peasant farmer. He was able to study and become a priest in 1600. He was travelling by sea when Barbary pirates captured him; he survived two hard years as a slave, but escaped to Rome and later, Paris. It was there that he met Cardinal Pierre de Berulle, who influenced Vincent to devote his life to charitable works.
He established organisations of men and women to provide aid to the poor and sick. He depended on the donations of the wealthy, who made it possible for him to found hospitals and an orphanage.
In 1625, in Paris, Vincent founded the Congregation of the Missions, called the Lazarites or Vincentians, a society of priests charged with missionary efforts, the training of clergy, and preaching among the country people. In 1633, with St. Louise de Marillac (f.d. April 28), he founded the Sisters of Charity, the first congregation of women to care for the sick and poor outside of the convent. During Vincent’s life, the Vincentians increased in number and spread across the world.
He died in Paris on September 27, 1660, and was canonized by Pope Clement XII (r. 1730-40) in 1737


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Complete 1 page APA formatted essay: Patient Safety and Medical error.
Safety health care and medical errors has emerged as a powerful healthcare discipline built on the basis of immature scientific framework that is fast developing. An increased access to information regarding the number of cases of medical errors has helped improve this discipline (Hurwitz & Sheikh, 2009).
Such improvements include adopting innovative technologies, error reporting systems enhancement, new economic incentives development and application of knowledge gained from business and industry.
The impacts and magnitude of medical errors was unappreciated until in the 1990s when there were several reported incidences in the United States of America. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences published a report ‘Building a Safe Health System’ in 1999 in recognition of the trend of human error in heath care systems. In the report, the IOM urged for a broad national effort including the establishment of a patient safety center, safety programs development in health care institutions, expansion of reporting of adverse effects and urged healthcare purchasers, regulators and professional societies to pay attention to this fact. Within two weeks of the publishing of the report, the president of the United States of America ordered a study to be carried out to establish the feasibility of the implementation of the report’s recommendations. Health Grades, in July 2004, released a study namely ‘Patient safety in American Hospitals’ that showed that there were over 1,000,000 adverse impacts associated with healthcare systems during 2000-2002 which resulted in more than 190,000 deaths per year in US healthcare institutions (Wilson, Runciman, Gibberd, Harrison, Newby & Hamilton, 1995). This experience is much similar to other countries around the world. According to a ten year study in Australia, there were over 17,000 deaths annually that resulted from medical errors, for instance medical dosing error. The Canadian adverse effects


Civil Rights Act of 1964 a step in the right direction
As we prepare to gather with friends and family to celebrate the Fourth of July, I encourage everyone to take a moment to commemorate another important event in our nation’s history.
Fifty years ago on July 2, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law, barring discrimination based on race, creed, gender or national origin. The landmark civil rights law prohibited racial segregation in schools, at work and at public facilities, and it ended unfair voting registration practices.
Having been a student at Alabama State College — now Alabama State University — in Montgomery, Ala., in the early 1950s, I experienced some of the inequalities that prompted the civil rights movement. Coming from Chicago to Montgomery brought challenges and frustrations because of the racial climate in the south.
African-Americans were prohibited from drinking at certain water fountains and using certain washrooms, weren’t allowed to choose which seat on a bus to sit on and were banned from eating at many restaurants. African-American students faced the inequality of a segregated school system.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ushered in widespread legal changes for which activists had fought for years. It was a monumental step in the direction of racial equality and fairness.
I encourage those who wish to learn more about this important milestone in our nation’s history to read the feature article on the Civil Rights Movement in the 2013-14 Illinois Blue Book, published by my office. The Illinois Blue Book is available online at www.cyberdriveillinois.com, or it can be found at local libraries.
As we prepare to celebrate the birth of our great nation 238 years ago, let us also remember those heroes who organized, protested and marched so we could live in a society where people, as my former minister, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., famously said, “will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Jesse White is the Illinois secretary of state.


LA PALMA, Spain — After a month of lava flow and ash clouds, officials in the Canary Islands say there is "no end in sight" to the eruptions from a volcano on the island of La Palma.
La Cumbre Vieja, the volcano on La Palma that first began erupting on Sept. 19, is still spewing ash and lava onto the Spanish island located off the coast of northern Africa.
Since the initial eruption, Reuters reports that 2,000 buildings have been destroyed, and 7,000 of La Palma's 83,000 residents are still unable to return to their homes. The Associated Press reports 37 miles of roadways on the island have been ruined.
The lava flow has carved a path of destruction through the island — a path that first reached the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 29. When the hot lava falls into the water, it sends white smoke into the air that officials have warned could be toxic.
Even a month after the first belches of lava and smoke, there is little indication that the activity will cease anytime soon. Video taken this weekend shows lava leaping high above the island, and a cloud of ash forced the cancellation of 38 flights at La Palma's airport on Sunday.
Officials also detected 42 seismic tremors over the weekend, the largest of which measured magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale.
"There are no signs that an end of the eruption is imminent even though this is the greatest desire of everyone," Canary Islands President Ángel Víctor Torres said, according to Reuters.
The current eruption has already exceeded the length of the volcano's last eruption. In 1971, an eruption of La Cumbre Vieja lasted about three weeks.
"We are at the mercy of the volcano," Torres told reporters, according to The Associated Press. "It's the only one who can decide when this ends."


Everything you hang on to eventually holds you back. But one day you will eventually let go of everything.
Apart from delegation, you’re overworked and frantic.
Delegation is the skill that makes remarkable success possible.
Delegation is the decision to:
- Trust others.
- Lead beyond personal capacity.
- Build capacity in others.
- Replace yourself. You’re a bottleneck if you aren’t replacing yourself.
Delegation is the decision to do less so you can do more.
Delegate tasks first; then delegate authority.
Assign specific tasks. See how people perform.
- Do they follow through?
- When did their energy go up?
- How are they interacting with others?
- Do they look for more?
- What are they learning?
After an employee demonstrates competence, initiative, and follow through, delegate authority.
Authority and responsibility:
The difference between assigning tasks and delegating authority is ownership and control.
You delegate a task when you say sweep the classroom floor.
You delegate authority when you say keep the classroom clean and provide the resources to get the job done.
Leaders are always responsible, even when they delegate authority.
7 Things successful leaders never delegate:
- Ultimate responsibility.
- Decisions that affect the entire organization.
- One-time tasks to people who don’t already have the skill to finish.
- High-risk activities to untested talent.
- Modeling behaviors that express values and build culture. Expect all leaders to Model the Way. Always expect more from yourself than you expect from others.
- Developing direct reports.
- Crisis management.
What are the principles of effective delegation?
What should never be delegated?


Geologic setting and physical and biological processes control sediment grain size and type. "Geologic setting" refers to the geomorphology of the terrain and the type of sediment or rock on which the beach is formed. In some cases, a topographically low, eroding, muddy marsh may be the platform on which the beach is formed; in others, an earlier established sandy barrier island or a bedrock ledge may be the setting. "Physical processes" refer to the action of waves, tides, and wind as they move sediment on the beach. "Biological processes" are those processes associated with plants or animals. Plants and animals may be sediment producers for the beach, especially shell-producing animals, but they also affect sediments by their burrowing and their baffling of wind and wave energy.
Grain-size and -type analyses of three sediment samples taken along the beach profile will typically reveal the different processes at work. Comparison of samples over time and between different beaches will provide additional insight into how beaches respond to varying conditions. At each location, you will take a core of sediment about 5 cm long that will represent conditions over some period of time. Given the frequency of your sampling (every 2 to 4 months), analyses on a core of sediment will provide more reliable data than just scraping the surface of the beach, which would often represent just the last few moments of deposition or erosion.
1) Take one sand sample each from the foredune, berm-top, and beach-face areas (see the figure below).
2) Take the samples while measuring the beach profile along the profile line. Note on the beach-profile form the point at which you take the samples.
3) Write the following information on the sample cup before taking the sample. Use a permanent marker.
Profile name: (e.g.) BEG02 Sample location: foredune (FD), berm top (TB), or beachface (BF) Date (year/month/day) and time: e.g. 1997/09/23 0830
4) Pick an undisturbed area and push a small uncapped plastic sample cup into the sand (as shown above). Carefully pull the cup out while holding the sand in it and replace the lid.


An afterburner (or a reheat) is an additional component present on some jet engines, mostly military supersonic aircraft. Its purpose is to provide an increase in thrust, usually for supersonic flight, takeoff and for combat situations. Afterburning is achieved by injecting additional fuel into the jet pipe downstream of (i.e. after) the turbine. The advantage of afterburning is significantly increased thrust; the disadvantage is its very high fuel consumption and inefficiency, though this is often regarded as acceptable for the short periods during which it is usually used.
How it works
Jet engine thrust is governed by the general principle of mass flow rate. Thrust depends on two things: the velocity of the exhaust gas and the mass of that gas. A jet engine can produce more thrust by either accelerating the gas to a higher velocity or by having a greater mass of gas exit the engine. Designing a basic turbojet engine around the second principle produces the turbofan engine, which creates slower gas but more of it. Turbofans are highly fuel efficient and can deliver high thrust for long periods of time, but the design trade-off is a large size relative to the power output. To generate the increased power with a more compact engine for short periods of time, an engine requires an afterburner. The afterburner increases thrust primarily by accelerating the exhaust gas to a higher velocity. While the mass of the fuel added to the exhaust does contribute to an increase in thrust, this effect is small compared to the increase in exhaust velocity.
Afterburners do produce markedly enhanced thrust as well as (typically) a very large flame at the back of the engine. This exhaust flame may show shock diamonds, which are caused by shock waves formed due to slight differences between ambient pressure and the exhaust pressure. These imbalances cause oscillations in the exhaust jet diameter over distance and cause the visible banding where the pressure and temperature is highest.


Many thinkers were trying to understand these changes in society. They also wanted to try and find out the true meaning of life. During this period, Buddha and Mahavira attained enlightenment and spread their knowledge and learning about the real meaning of life to ordinary people. About 2500 years ago, Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, was born. He was also known as Gautama Buddha. The Buddha belonged to a small gana known as the Sakya gana and was a Kshatriya. When he was a young man, he left the comforts of his home in search of knowledge. Siddhartha meditated for days on end under a peepal tree at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, where Siddhartha attained enlightenment. He spent the rest of his life travelling on foot, going from place to place, teaching people, till he passed away at Kusinara. The last and 24th Tirthankara of the Jainas was Vardhamana Mahavira. He was a Kshatriya prince of the Lichchhavis, a group that was part of the Vajji sangha. At the age of 30, he left home and went to live in a forest. For 12 years he led a hard and lonely life, at the end of which he attained enlightenment. He taught a simple doctrine: men and women who wished to know the truth must leave their homes. They must follow very strictly the rules of ahimsa, which means not hurting or killing living beings.
Both Jaina and Buddhist monks went from place to place throughout the year, teaching people.


Analyses Show Smoking’s Impact on Businesses, Outcomes of Cigarette Tax Increase
Indiana has the eighth-highest rate of smoking in the country, and 11,000 Hoosiers die each year from smoking-related diseases. Annual healthcare expenditures directly caused by tobacco use in Indiana equal $3.4 billion. While the health implications of smoking cigarettes are well known, what’s lesser known are the smoking-related costs Indiana businesses pay every year.
From extra absenteeism and unsanctioned smoking breaks to excess healthcare costs, employees who smoke cost Indiana employers $3.1 billion annually, which serves as an additional “tax” for Indiana businesses equaling 1.7% of total wages. In Marion County alone in 2022, businesses paid nearly $609 million in this hidden “smoking tax.”
To lessen the impact of these hidden taxes and make Indiana more economically competitive, it is critical to decrease the smoking rate. One method proven most effective is to raise the cigarette tax, of which Indiana’s is currently the 12th-lowest in the country. If Indiana’s per-pack cigarette tax increased by $2:
- Projected new annual revenue to Indiana would total more than $356 million.
- Approximately 45,000 current adult smokers would quit smoking.
- Indiana’s long-term healthcare costs savings would equal more than $795 million.
The findings in these two reports make it clear Indiana’s high smoking rate undermines the success of the business community and show how the state could decrease the smoking rate while also reducing healthcare costs and generating revenue at the same time.


In order to decrease the effects of contamination during burial, we have removed about 1 mm from the surfaces of 50 human femurs from the Gibson (Middle Woodland), Ledders (Late Woodland), and Helton (Emergent Mississippian) sites. Elemental analysis of these abraded samples was compared with analysis of unabraded samples from the same femurs. Surface removal reduced levels of contaminative elements such as Fe, Al, and Mn but had little or no effect on Ca, Sr, and Ba. Analysis of variance was altered by cleaning. Many apparent differences between the sexes disappeared and must have been due to differential contamination. Other differences based on sex, age, site, or time are retained, improved, or initially uncovered by surface cleaning.
|Original language||English (US)|
|Number of pages||21|
|Journal||Journal of Archaeological Science|
|State||Published - May 1991|
- Trace elements
- Woodland sites
ASJC Scopus subject areas


Bento boxes are the new way to pack your child’s lunch for school.The term bento box hails from Japan. It is a way of dividing your lunch into small compartments. Perfect for the child who may not want their food touching or would rather not have their food become wet from other foods in their lunch box.
There are plastic divider types of bento boxes as well as stainless steel for the parent trying to avoid any type of plastics.
A quick Pinterest search will also show you some really creative things you can do with your bento boxes, like creating animal shapes with bread or flower designs.
In addition to your bento box, purchase the silicon muffin dividers for fruit or desserts, or dips to keep it separate from the other food.
Here are four quick tips to make your bento box look like a piece of art.
- It’s all in the stacking of the food. By placing neat stacks of food, it looks like a piece of art that will hopefully entice your child to eat it.
- Use your cookie cutter to make sandwiches into shapes. You can cut fruit leather into shapes and even bell peppers.
- Instead of sandwiches-make a roll up. Lay out your meat and cheese and cut into strips. Roll them up together for a sandwich alternative.
- Last word of advice is to pack it in tight. If there is too much loose space in the box, the items will shift and may end of mixing. You can even use a granola bar to keep the food divided and to take up the space.


It is one of the best preserved and most beautiful structures on Curetes Street. The temple of Hadrian was built before 138 A.D by P. Quintilius and was dedicated to the Emperor Hadrian, who came to visit the city from Athens in 129 A.D. The facade of the temple has four Corinthian columns supporting a curved arch, in the middle of which contains a relief of Tyche, goddess of victory. The side columns are square. The pedestal with inscriptions in front of the temple, are the bases for the statues of the emperors between 293-305 CE, Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius I, and Galerius; the originals of the statues have not been found yet.
Inside the temple above the door, a human figure, probably Medusa stands with ornaments of acanthus leaves. On both sides there are friezes depicting the story of the foundation of Ephesus – Androklos shooting a boar, Dionysus in ceremonial procession and the Amazons. The fourth frieze portrays two male figures, one of which is Apollo; Athena, goddess of the moon; a female figure, Androkles, Herakles, the wife and son of Theodosius and the goddess Athena. The friezes that are seen today are copies, and the originals are displayed in Ephesus Museum.


This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (May 2018)
A covert feather or tectrix on a bird is one of a set of feathers, called coverts (or tectrices), which, as the name implies, cover other feathers. The coverts help to smooth airflow over the wings and tail.
The ear coverts are small feathers behind the bird's eye which cover the ear opening (the ear of a bird has no external features)
The uppertail and undertail coverts cover the base of the tail feathers above and below. Sometimes these coverts are more specialised. The "tail" of a peacock is made of very elongated uppertail coverts.
The upperwing coverts fall into two groups: those on the inner wing, which overlay the secondary flight feathers, known as the secondary coverts, and those on the outer wing, which overlay the primary flight feathers, the primary coverts. Within each group, the feathers form a number of rows. The feathers of the outermost, largest, row are termed greater (primary-/secondary-) coverts; those in the next row are the median (primary-/secondary-) coverts, and any remaining rows are termed lesser (primary-/secondary-) coverts. The underwing has corresponding sets of coverts (the names upperwing coverts and underwing coverts are used to distinguish the corresponding sets). In addition, the front edge of the wing is covered with a group of feathers called the marginal coverts. Within each group of wing coverts, the rows of feathers overlap each other like roof tiles (the greater coverts are overlain by the median coverts, which in turn are overlain by the outermost row of lesser coverts, and so on).


WAPAKONETA, Ohio -- Saturday marks exactly 50 years since Apollo 11 landed on the moon. In astronaut Neil Armstrong's hometown, the anniversary is being celebrated with those involved in both the history and the future of space travel.
"I had the privilege of flying and having the perspective of looking back at the earth from space, from 300 miles up," said astronaut Michael "Bueno" Good. "And it's just a beautiful sight to look back at this planet."
Good retired from NASA in may to shift toward a future in private, commercial space travel. His colleague, astronaut Sunita Williams, is still at NASA, doing the same work in the public sector.
"You know, your perspective changes a little bit," Williams said. "You're not really worried about waiting in line for coffee or waiting in traffic."
Dante Centouri is the executive director of the Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, where they are celebrating the milestone.
"The core of this celebration is really recognizing arguably one of the greatest engineering feats in history," Centouri said. "The landing of humans on another body."
Five Ohio astronauts have been part of that celebration, along with one of the Navy Frogmen who saved Apollo 11 after splashdown and rescue its three astronauts.
"Those boys were really getting jostled around. And our job was to save the moon rocks by putting a flotation device around the capsule, and then save the astronauts, then save ourselves," Mallory said. "And I went, 'Hey, wait a minute. Shouldn't we save the astronauts first?' He (the training supervisor) says, 'No. We've got lots of astronauts, we've only got one bag of moon rocks.'"
For Mallory, it was simply an honor for one of his many missions to be a history making moment. And he encouraged kids today to find a way to be a part of the next great missions in space, no matter how big or small their role.
According to Good and Williams, that next great mission is coming soon. They both agree that civilians will be travelling in space within the next year.
"I hope that happens because it does change people," Williams said of looking down at the earth from space. "We have only one home, this blue home that we have. And we should take care of it and take care of each other who live here."


The Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail
The Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail. Tnwomansuffrageheritagetrail.com.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Web-based
In 1920, Tennessee became the decisive 36th state to vote in favor of granting women the right to vote.
100 years later, local women have created an online resource filled with information about the suffrage fight in Tennessee, as well as maps directing visitors wishing to visit important suffrage-related sites in the state. The website also features a timeline of the women’s suffrage effort in the state, historical context, and video of suffrage events in Tennessee.
The resource was created by Paula Casey, a publisher and speaker on women’s suffrage, and Jacque Hillman, the owner/designer of Reconfigured Art Jewelry and senior partner in The HillHelen Group LLC Publishing Co.
Casey and Hillman also advocated for the creation of a number of statues in Tennessee that honor leaders in the fight for women’s voting rights.
They explained why they created the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail in an Op-Ed published in The Commercial Appeal:
As the 19th Amendment’s centennial in 2020 draws closer, there will be increased interest in this nonviolent revolution. We have put together the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail (tnwomansuffrageheritagetrail.com) to identify those sites and people who were instrumental in the woman suffrage movement.
Check out the entire website here.


What types of diabetes are there?
Type 1 / type 2 / type 3 / gestational diabetes
Cause and therapy are very different depending on the type
Type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes usually occurs in youth or childhood. The cause is considered to be damage to the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas due to a combination of hereditary factors, viral infections and other as yet unexplained harmful causes of the disease. Insulin is no longer produced at all (absolute insulin deficiency), which is why a daily insulin supply is vital and a conscious diet and physical activity are important.
Before type 2 diabetes becomes manifest through derailment of blood sugar, i.e. through greatly increased blood sugar levels, a preliminary stage usually exists for a long time. In most cases, the so-called metabolic syndrome also occurs at the same time. It is characterized by obesity, elevated blood lipid levels, high blood pressure and insulin resistance.
Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes usually occurs after the age of 40. However, due to the changing lifestyles in the industrial nations (overweight and lack of exercise), younger people are also increasingly affected (already in their youth). The most important risk factors are hereditary predisposition and overweight. A lack of effect of their own insulin (insulin resistance) leads to increased insulin production (hyperinsulinemia), which in turn leads to excessive demands on the b cells and their premature exhaustion (relative insulin deficit).
Type 3 diabetes
Diabetes type 3, or other rare specific types of diabetes, includes several special forms of diabetes. There can be various causes for this type, such as genetic defects in beta cells (MODY), genetic defects in the action of insulin, diseases of the pancreas, diseases/disturbances of the hormonal system, drugs or chemicals, viruses, autoimmune diseases, genetic syndromes.
Is a diabetic metabolic disorder caused by reduced insulin action during pregnancy. There is an increased risk for women over 25 years of age and first-degree relatives with diabetes. However, normal blood sugar levels are extremely important for the development of the child. After pregnancy, normal blood sugar levels return. However, there is an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
Occurs as a consequence of serious diseases of the pancreas, glandular diseases (e.g. hyperthyroidism) and medication (e.g. cortisone).


1. Different functions:
Household sockets can only be used for household appliances and other functions. The output of the jacks is also very monotonous. Industrial plugs and sockets have reasonable design, firm structure, and quick assembly and disassembly. Products of different specifications have different diameters, number of poles, and grounding contact positions. Only the same specifications can be inserted to prevent mis-insertion.
2. Different ways of use:
1. Generally, the socket has one or more jacks, just insert the plug.
2. Industrial sockets are generally used in conjunction with industrial sockets and industrial connectors. Simply put, industrial plugs are connectors, which are connected to a male and female plug, and then plug each other.
Three, the load power is different:
1. The load of household sockets is relatively weak. Most of them have a nominal rated voltage of 220V and 10A current. The rated carrying power of household sockets can hardly reach high power.
2. Industrial plugs and sockets can fully meet this requirement, generally divided into 3 cores, 4 cores, 5 cores, etc., the current is generally divided into 16A, 32A, 63A, 125A, 250A, 420A, etc., and the protection level can be divided into IP44, Both IP67.


Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium
Several popular cosmological models predict that a large fraction of the baryonic mass in the local Universe is located in filamentary and sheet-like structures associated with galaxy overdensities. This gas is expected to be gravitationally heated to temperatures of about one million degrees, therefore emitting in the soft X-rays. By analysing wide field soft-X ray images we have obtained some of the very first evidences of diffuse X-ray emission associated with galaxy overdensities (Zappacosta, Maiolino et al. 2005a, Zappacosta, Mannucci, Maiolino et al. 2002, Zappacosta, Maiolino et al. 2005b). The most likely interpretation of such diffuse soft X-ray emission is that it is tracing Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium associated with the overdensity of galaxies.
Additional evidence for Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium was obtained through X-ray spectroscopy of quasars in the background of large scale structures traced by galaxy overdensities, which have revealed absorption features associated with highly ionized species (O VII) at the same redshift of the large scale structure (Fang et al. 2010, Zappacosta, Nicastro, Maiolino et al. 2010).


Teenagers and usage of Technologies in 2022
Teenagers and usage of Technologies in 2022. In the last several decades, teenagers have changed more than most other generations. They use mobile phones to stay in touch with their friends and with their teachers.
They listen to music on mp3 players at home, even if they don’t have a radio in their room. They may even attend concerts in parks, malls, and other venues, using their cell phones to get around. In short, the use of technology in teenagers has increased dramatically over the past several decades.
Teenagers are also quite likely to use the Internet. Some teens use computers for homework or research, while others just surf the Web for fun.
These teens often use the Internet to look up information about certain subjects or to buy things on the Internet.
While some teenagers may be shy about their online use, many teenagers are simply trying to learn new things. They want to know more about the world, the people that live in it, and what they can do to help make the world a better place.
There are many different uses for technology in teenagers. Technology is useful for students to learn about the world, and it is useful for adults to learn about the world.
It helps to develop self-confidence in teens and for teens to interact with their peers. It also helps to keep them on task, especially during busy teenage months.
Technology in teenagers is not always positive. For example, some teenagers may use their cell phones to send sexually explicit messages.
This is not good for a teenager’s image, and he or she should avoid this behavior if they want to maintain good relationships with their peers and maintain their own privacy. There is no reason for teenagers to be embarrassed about sending these messages.
Teenagers also use technological devices to play games on the Internet. Although teenagers enjoy playing video games, most of the time they are playing games on games consoles rather than using games consoles to play games on the Internet.
This is not always bad, since the games teens play are often very entertaining and many are not violent in nature. But the use of games consoles to play games on the Internet may increase teens’ risk for developing depression or addiction.
Teenagers are also very likely to use the Internet for shopping. Although most teens are comfortable with the idea of shopping online, teens who are comfortable with shopping online sometimes end up becoming addicted to shopping on the Internet and shopping online becomes the norm for the teen.


What is Elective Home Education?
Elective Home Education is electing or choosing to educate your child at home rather than in a School. You must however make sure that your child receives an efficient and effective education from the age of five (compulsory school age).
What do I need to inform?
- Child has never been registered at a school
If your child has never been registered at a school and you decide to educate your child at home, you are not legally required to inform the local authority. It is helpful however to do so which can be done by filling this form and returning as asked on the form
- Child has been registered at a school
If you have decided to educate your child at home but they are already registered at a school, you must let the Headteacher know in writing and ask them to remove your child from the register. The school will then let us know and then remove your child from the register. If you change your mind at this point, you will need to re-apply for their place in the school assuming places are still available.
What is the role of the Local Authority?
The Local Authority does not have a duty to monitor the quality of the education you provide to your children but it does have to be satisfied that you are giving your children a suitable education.
What help and support is there?
We will contact you initially when you first decide to home educate and we can offer practical and useful advice. Thereafter we contact you annually to arrange a call or home visit (if appropriate) to discuss your children’s education and offer support and guidance.
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Are people born smart, or can they become smart? New science shows that we can do things every day that can actually change the structure and even the chemicals in our brain.
An example of this is a study done on London cab drivers. The longer a person has been driving a taxi, the larger their hippocampus became, which is the part of the brain involved in spatial-visual memory. The cab drivers brain literally expanded due to the cognitive demands of navigating London’s streets.
Here are some ways you can actually change and improve your brain:
Listening to music: One study that was done performed EEGs (the test that measures brain waves) on patients who were listening to music. The study found that when music was played, the brain had alpha brain waves, which puts the brain into an ideal condition to learn new information. So listening to music can actually help your brain as you process new information.
Exercising: Physical activity can improve memory and the ability to learn. A study found that patients who have a period of 30 minutes of vigorous activity showed improved ability to learn new information, and showed an increase of endorphins in the brain (the chemical that makes us feel good).
Reading: Volunteers had an fMRI (functional MRI of the brain) performed, then for everyday read 30 pages of a book and took a quiz. They then had a repeat fMRI. The repeat brain scan showed increased connectivity of the neurons in the temporal cortex of the brain, which is associated with language comprehension.
Positive thoughts: Studies have shown that positive thoughts alone can actually cause your brain to release neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers that control the body’s functions. This neurotransmitter release can result in more energy, improved immune system function, and reduced anxiety. For example, when someone consciously practices gratitude, their brain releases a surge of the neurotransmitter dopamine. This results in increased alertness and cognitive function of the brain.


Both are correct, but which makes you feel better? When you wake up Sunday morning do you rejoice to have a full free day in front of you or do you feel depressed that the weekend is almost over?
When we look at what is in the glass we are doing what is called Asset Based Thinking, as in feeling good about what we have. When we look at what is missing we are indulging in Deficit Based Thinking, something is missing which leads to us feeling that we are hard done by, we are victim of circumstances, we are helpless.
Some people are born with a natural tendency to look on the bright side, others may more rapidly see the downside but we can all train our brains to look for the assets. Now that doesn’t mean that we then rest on our laurels and have no drive to fill the glass even more. On the contrary: when we are grateful for what we have, we feel in control, we feel strong, confident and are then more able to think of strategies to get more. The looking at what is lacking approach makes us feel bad, feel burdened, hard done by which leads to low satisfaction, low motivation, low self belief.
I was lucky to be asked to give a presentation to some middle schoolers and used the allegory of our brain as a television which only diffuses 2 channels: a positive asset based one, and the negative deficit based. The only person in charge of the remote control is you: so which channel do you choose? There is always a silver lining to any problem…. You need to look for it.
More next week on tips to train our brain to see through the rain!


A white plume of water vapor from a new, 500-foot stack at Ameren Missouri’s Sioux Plant now signals the successful operation of the plant’s new scrubbers—air filtration systems that remove more than 95 percent of the plant’s sulfur dioxide emissions.
Sioux is a two-unit, 986-megawatt coal-fired power plant, which was completed in 1968. Construction of the scrubbers began in 2006. The project employed more than 600 people at the peak of construction, and will add approximately 20 permanent jobs at the plant. Total project costs were approximately $600 million.
Each generating unit has its own scrubber. As hot flu gas passes through each scrubber, a slurry of crushed limestone and water is sprayed into it. The limestone in the slurry reacts with sulfur in the flu gas, creating synthetic gypsum—an inert material that will be captured and stored in a new landfill on plant property. Gypsum is the main component of wallboard.
“This significant investment demonstrates Ameren Missouri’s commitment not just to cleaner air, but to preparing its power plants to meet customer demand for electricity far into the future,” says Sioux Plant Manager Karl Blank.
The white plume of water vapor will be visible from the plant whenever it is generating electricity, though it will be more visible in colder weather. The new stack consists of two separate liners, one for each of the plant’s generating units. The two original stacks will no longer be used.
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Ameren Missouri has been providing electric and gas service for more than a century, and our electric rates are among the lowest in the nation. The company serves 1.2 million electric and 126,000 natural gas customers in central and eastern Missouri. Ameren Missouri’s mission is to meet their energy needs in a safe, reliable, efficient and environmentally responsible manner. The company’s service area covers 63 counties and 500 towns, including the greater St. Louis area. For more information, visit AmerenMissouri.com.


Films about Coronavirus
In Africa and South Asia more than 3 billion people live with little access to intensive care. Their best hope is through knowledge and information, allowing communities to slow the epidemic, protect those most vulnerable, and continue accessing treatment for other deadly illnesses.
Picturing Health is working in partnership with leading research organisations, as well as UNICEF and NGOs to produce films and public health messages to get the right information to the people who need it.
- COVID on the Breadline
- COVID on the Breadline (short version)
- All about COVID-19: Advice for African communities – Versions: Africa (English) | Malawi (Chichewa) | Uganda (Runyankole) | Uganda (Luganda) | Uganda (Rutooro) | Zimbabwe (Shona) | Zambia (Icibemba)
- All about COVID-19: Advice for Asian communities – Versions: Asia (English) | Asia (Hindi) | Asia (Tamil)
- Protecting the elderly from coronavirus in rural Africa – Versions: Africa (English) | Africa (Chichewa) | Africa (Shona)
- COVID-19: A message for youth
Last modified: May 22, 2020


– inspired by a donation from a tribe during the Great Famine
Excerpts from an article by By Harmeet Kaur, CNN May 6 2020
People in Ireland inspired by an act of generosity committed more than 170 years ago are paying it forward.
In 1847, the Choctaw people collected $170 to send to people in Ireland who were starving during the potato famine.
The struggles experienced by the Irish were familiar to the tribal nation: Just 16 years earlier, the Choctaw people had embarked on the Trail of Tears and lost thousands of their own to starvation and disease.
Now, donations are pouring in from people across Ireland for a GoFundMe campaign set up to support the Navajo Nation and Hopi reservation during the coronavirus pandemic.
“From Ireland, 170 years later, the favour is returned!” a message from one donor reads. “To our Native American brothers and sisters in your moment of hardship.” Irish have donated about half a million, organizer says.
The donations from Ireland seem to have started after The Irish Times journalist Naomi O’Leary shared the Navajo and Hopi fundraiser on Twitter, garnering thousands of likes and retweets.
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Bringing things home to the historical situation of Isaiah’s time, Isaiah 3:1-26 gives a frightening description of the extent of God’s judgment in the destruction of Judah. Isaiah was moved to speak this way because wickedness was normalized in Jewish society. El-Roi looks with anger in His eyes at such a scene (Isa. 3:8)! Furthermore, destruction comes as a direct result of divine action: “The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.” (Isa. 3:13; Mic. 6:2; Ezek. 20:33-36; 1 Pet. 4:17-18). How? The LORD will bring a crushing famine (Isa. 3:1) and disperse the mighty of the nation and the seed royal (Isa. 3:2-9). Wrath is targeting the ladies also! Jehovah-Nakah will “smite” the fair women of the nation to cast down the crown of their pride and beauty (Isa. 3:16-24; Ezek. 7:9). By interpretation, this means that the LORD will stand and plead in judgment by smitting the Jews through the Armies of Assyria in war (Isa. 3:25-26). Also, in keeping with justice (as always), the divinely planned operation of annihilation is a safekeeping of the righteous during the annihilation of the wicked (Isa. 3:10-11).


When problems don’t have a physical face, they are harder to see and easier to dismiss. Yet they can have deeper impact than many we can recognize. A powerful example is investment in research and development such as those in AI (artificial intelligence). It is something the government used to do, but is doing less and less and is slated to do even less in the Trump administration. It doesn’t mean that advances are not being made, they are. It means that much of the advances are made by the so called big five, sometimes called the Frightful Five—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. But more importantly it also means that the profits from those advancements will go to them. It means that the advances will be made on their agenda, benefiting the people who are good for their bottom line. While from a business point of view that may sound very good, from a larger point of view, it leaves out consumers and average citizens. The Internet was created with the help of the government. Think of what it would be like if it had not been so, if the whole venture had strictly been undertaken by the private sector. It may be that all that’s currently free on the Internet would not be. Eric Schmidt, head of Alphabet, the parent company of Google wrote an op-ed asking for the government to invest in AI. We actually began to talk about the role of the government in research and development that affects everyone in relation to the human genome. We then began to ask who will benefit from that research. We did nto solve it then, and we may not solve it this time. But we must understand that the consequences are momentous. They are consequences with the power of altering the economy and what makes it tick, of affecting economic inequality, personal privacy and freedom and in turn how successful a democracy can be.


Background and Description
The larvae of aphid midges (Aphidoletes aphidimyza) are important predators of more than 60 species of aphids. Larvae are slender, orange to red in color (depending on their diet) and up to 1/8 inch (3mm) long when fully developed. Adults are small mosquito-like brown flies, usually about 1/8 inch (3mm) long. Eggs are extremely small (1/64 inch, or 0.4mm), oval, and orange.
Midges overwinter as larvae in cocoons, pupating when the weather warms in spring. Mated females lay up to 70 eggs within aphid colonies so that the hatched larvae will have prey to consume. Eggs hatch within 2 to 4 days and larvae feed for a week or two before dropping to the soil, pupating, and emerging as 2nd-generation adults two to three weeks later. There are several generations per year.
When commercially-grown midge larvae are released into greenhouses, the life cycle may be considerably shorter.
In apple orchards, midge larvae can be effective predators of green apple and spirea aphids. Larvae will paralyze their prey by disabling their leg joints, then they suck out the body contents. A blackened, sunken aphid shell often remains attached to the leaf. One midge can consume anywhere from seven to several dozen aphids before pupating, and it may actually kill many more than it eats. Adults are very effective at locating aphid colonies and laying eggs among them.
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The Westminster Massacre
How did a protest bring together the Grants and the Yorkers?
Some of the settlers did not have a lot of money. They were afraid that the New York courts would take their land away because of their debts(money that is owed to someone else). Both the settlers who got their land from New Hampshire and the settlers who got their land from New York were afraid of losing their property.
In March 1775, a session of New York’s court was meeting in Westminster. The judge knew that some settlers were angry at the courts. But there was a murder trial, so the judge wanted to do his duty and keep the court as planned.
A mob(a crowd that acts in a dangerous way) of men took over the court house. They thought the judge could not foreclose(take away property because the owner owes money for it) on their land if he could not be in the court house. But a sheriff and his posse(a group of people who help a sheriff capture criminals) wanted to chase them away. No one is sure exactly what happened, but when the mob refused to leave the court house, a fight broke out between the two groups. Two of the protesters were killed and others were injured. The next day, more protesters and the Green Mountain Boys took back the court house and put the sheriff in jail.
The New York Governor decided that there would be no more courts in the area of the New Hampshire Grants. And the Westminster Massacre made many people angry at New York, not just those who supported the Grants.
Thinking About History
Historians ask questions to think deeply about history.
The word "massacre" ususally means a terrible killing of many people. Why was this called the Westminster Massacre?
How would the sheriff tell the story of the Westminster Massacre? How would Willam French's family tell the story?
Follow the links below to explore related topics.
Read the article First Blow for Freedom from Green Mountaineer Magazine
Try the activity Reading William French's Gravestone
Copy and paste this citation to show where you did your research.
Vermont Historical Society. "The Westminster Massacre." Vermont History Explorer. Accessed May 31, 2023. https://vermonthistoryexplorer.org/the-westminster-massacre


BY NIZBERT MOYO The recently-established Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA) says it will use satellite data to monitor harmful activities in the environment that threaten agricultural production and cause veldfires.
ZINGSA co-ordinator Painos Gweme told NewsDay that it would also use the data to monitor air pollution, water management and forest preservation.
“Through the earth observation programme, which basically deals with the collection and analysis of satellite data, ZINGSA will be able to monitor agriculture production, as well as activities harmful to the environment such as veldfires and illegal mining. Data from satellites can also be used to overcome various challenges related to air pollution, water management and forest preservation,” Gweme said.
“Satellite data can easily monitor environmental changes in Zimbabwe and beyond during or after disasters and droughts. It can mitigate the effects of climate change and the technology can be used to predict extreme weather events.”
Gweme said they were also working on installing lightning detectors in some parts of the country.
The organisation was established in 2018 and it collects and analyses satellite data.
In 2018, ZINGSA signed an agreement with South Africa’s space advisory firm for support with capacity building on satellite systems and how to run space programmes.
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What do Daniel in the lion’s den, rainbows, and recyclable materials have in common? They were all part of the JudaEco museum exhibit at the Academic Fair. Students combined reused materials and Jewish themes from nature to create midrashim or Torah interpretations sculptures.
The third and fourth graders brainstormed ideas of natural items mentioned in the Bible, such as the Tree of Knowledge, the rainbow, the burning bush, and the great fish that swallowed Jonah. Working with partners, they found and read the biblical verses of their choosing, and discussed the best way to depict the concepts. As HDS works towards a Green School Certification using found objects was a natural choice for this assignment. The students collected recyclable and other reusable materials to construct their projects using these objects.
Students displayed their artwork with information sheets that included the original biblical text, the verses explained in their own words, and a description of the materials that were used. The JudaEco museum integrated Judaic studies and Hebrew with art and teamwork. It provided an opportunity for students to work in collaboration in a creative and open environment. At HDS projects such as this, where students’ interests guide the learning, are integrated into the day-to-day learning.


The grid method is a technique used in art that involves dividing an image into a series of smaller, more manageable sections using a grid. A grid is typically drawn over the reference image, and then students use the grid to draw the image on their own piece of paper, carefully replicating each section of the grid. This technique can be used to draw almost anything, including still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and more.
Grid drawings can be a helpful tool for teaching drawing to your students for a variety of reasons. Here are some of the benefits:
You’re always going to get some students who really struggle with grid drawings. This may be a reflection of some sort of spacial awareness problem or special need. One strategy that might help them is to create a viewfinder that is the exact size of the square, so they can isolate one square at a time. Using two L-shaped pieces of paper makes this easy. See the image below.
Many artists use grids to scale up or transfer their drawings or photography onto canvas. Below is a Degas drawing that he made of his older sister. The grid was added so that he could scale up and transfer the drawing onto canvas. The resulting unfinished painting enlarges the composition by about fifty percent.
There are a few potential drawbacks to using grid drawings as a teaching tool or as a drawing method. Here are a few potential negative sides to using grid drawings:
Overall, it’s important to consider the suitability of grid drawings for the specific subject matter and the goals of the drawing exercise and to balance the use of grid drawings with other drawing techniques and approaches.
Grid drawings can be a helpful tool for teaching drawing and can be used to draw a wide range of subjects. They can help students learn to draw accurately, develop their observation skills and spatial awareness, and introduce new techniques and skills. However, it’s important to keep in mind that grid drawings may not be appropriate for every situation or subject matter.
When designing your lessons and curriculum, make sure you include a wide variety of drawing techniques and processes. This way, you will create a diverse, exciting and inclusive curriculum.
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What is a Thumbnail in Art?
In art, a thumbnail is a preliminary sketch or study that does not represent the finished work. It is meant to be rough and is meant for the artist to see the composition, color scheme, and mood. These works often incorporate aspects of the Notan, such as line and value. In the process of transforming a sketch into a full-blown work, artists often add bits of color to their thumbnails.
A thumbnail may take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours to complete. Artists must strike a balance between underworking and overworking the piece. An underworked thumbnail may not communicate a finished product, leaving the artist with confusion and a whole host of unknowable problems. It is important to find a happy medium between these two extremes, and to be prepared to make thumbnails of different concepts to suit the client’s requirements filmefy .
Thumbnails should be large and consist of at least two or three values. Usually, thumbnails will be the same proportions as the finished picture. Make sure you keep notes about the colors, mood, and details in your thumbnails. They will be useful in the future when you want to reference them. You can also use thumbnails to refine your sketch before submitting it to an art exhibition. In art, thumbnail sketches are the most important steps in the creative process.
As you can see, thumbnail sketches can be made on any type of paper, from scrap paper to sketchbooks. Regardless of the medium, it is important to remember that a thumbnail sketch is intended to serve as a reference and map of the composition. In this way, it helps the artist to determine the best colors and proportions of a painting or other work. And because a thumbnail sketch is not intended to be the finished piece, it is used to help the artist create a sketch that can be developed further and crafted into a complete work thedocweb .


Temperatures Impact and Climate Change Affecting Nesting of Sea Turtles
It seems as though today concern for the environment is again in the media and for good reason. Seems that not only are our seas damaged, not beyond repair, and sea animals at jeopardy of vanishing, but the very oceans themselves are increasingly becoming dumping grounds for plastic products of all varieties.
In the news now straws are the culprit rather than our consumer behaviour which drives the pollution to disastrous levels. Stories being shared for a good reason, are warning consumers that changes need to be made and some businesses have taken notice and eliminated their use. Deeming it important to make a stand is hopefully not without some thought on whether looking back in the past, conversations could have lasted longer and been more conclusive on action items.
Only focusing on straws, everyone knows, will not solve this complex problem of climate change and environmental degradation. New approaches to reduce rising temperatures can be made and improvements upon past action can be fruitful. Environmental disasters are linked, as this news story reveals:
The question I have is important for others to know. Why not make it more public? It would only lead to good and better social views on nature.


October is National Bullying Prevention Month. As you know, bullying is a major problem in school. Students who are bullied can experience negative physical, school, and mental health issues. It affects everyone: the person being bullied, the bully, and the witnesses. Whether it is the classroom, the cafeteria, library, on the playground, or bathroom, it is up to the teachers to help prevent bullying in school.
Here, Voki have 3 tips that can help you and other school administrators prevent bullying from happening in school.
- Help your students understand bullying.
Explain to your students what bullying is and how to stand up to it safely. Tell them that bullying is unacceptable. Encourage them to speak to a trusted adult if they see someone being bullies or if they are bullied. Give your students tips on how to stand up to bullies and if it doesn’t work, walk away.
- Create a safe and supportive environment.
You should create a classroom culture of inclusion and respect that welcomes all students. Make sure that your students interact safely. Find out where students can have a higher risk of bullying, such as bathrooms, playgrounds, and cafeteria. This is where there is little or no adult supervision. Establish ground rules in in class so students can help create this positive and respectful environment. Always remember that you are a role model for them so you must follow the rules yourself.
- Stop Bullying on the spot.
If you spot bullying in school, stop it immediately. Do not ignore it and do think that they can work it out without help. If another teacher is needed, do not hesitate to ask. Talk to the students individually and do not force other students to say what they saw publicly. Model respectful behavior when you intervene because you are their role model.
For more information on how to prevent bullying, visit www.stopbullying.gov.
Until next time,
The Voki Team
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Understanding the basics
What is addressability?
The broader Go Addressable initiative, uses the following overarching definition of addressability:
Addressability encompasses video advertising experiences where a single message from an advertiser is matched to an advertiser-defined audience segment that shares one or more common characteristics. Addressability uses data and technology to enable targeting relevant messages to the qualified audience segment in adherence to business and consumer privacy compliance requirements.
It should also be noted that the term “Advanced TV advertising” is often used to encompass two different forms of advertising: one of these is Data-driven Linear, and one is Addressable. A comparison of the differences between the two is outlined below. Typically sold as two different products, with opportunities to combine for reach extension.
The ability to deliver commercials to high concentrations of an advertiser’s target audience through behavioral targeting and/or predictive modeling on a national basis.
- Nationally serve media during certain networks and dayparts that most highly index against an advertiser’s desired audience
- Media distributed to full footprint maintaining national reach
- Understand both household reach and in target delivery
The ability for different commercials to be targeted to different households on the same network at the same time.
- Precisely serve media within brand-safe content while eliminating waste
- Optimize media to drive efficiency and effectiveness
- Understand effectiveness of media against brand KPIs via full funnel attribution
- Within the Addressable Category, there are two methods of delivery: Creative Versioning & Audience Addressable


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Klamath Indian Dog, same as Plains Indian Dog sometimes
This a good Example of the Plains Indian Dogs
A good Example of Herding ability of the Plains Indian
Good Example of the Silver Fawn (Lead) color Indian
A good Example of the importance of
the Native Indian's dogs and horses
living in the Lodge.
Another Example of the Silverfawn (lead) color.
Moving To Newer Hunting Grounds
mummified Pueblo Dog above or
Southwestern type is the same as
the Plains Indian Dog.
At the time of the arrival of the European explorers, there were as
as twenty physically different breeds of aboriginal dogs in north and
south America. Of course, most of these breeds have disappeared, except
for the Mexican Chihuahua, the Alaskan Malamute, the Eskimo dog and
the Fake Hybrids that are being passed off as an Indian Dog. Even these
remaining four have been changed in appearance by modern dog breeders.
The ones remaining are either skeletal remains; and/or some remnants
the village Indian Dogs can still be seen within the Alaskan Husky
Registry. The American Indian Dog (Plains Indian Dog Type), Carolina
Dogs (Southeastern Type) are the only remaining Native Indian Dogs that
are still being bred true to type, and hopefully the Registries will,
research, education, and selective breeding keep them as they originally


Who did the Viet Cong target?
On this day in 1968, as part of the Tet Offensive, a squad of Viet Cong guerillas attacks the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. The soldiers seized the embassy and held it for six hours until an assault force of U.S. paratroopers landed by helicopter on the building’s roof and routed the Viet Cong.
Why did the Viet Cong want communism?
They wanted self-determination for the people of Vietnam and a path forward economically after the devastating imperial occupations by France and by Japan during the Second World War. However, joining the communist bloc actually resulted in continued foreign interference, this time from China and the Soviet Union.
What is difference between Viet Cong and NVA?
Others consider the Viet Cong or “VC” to primarily refer to the armed elements. The term PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam), identifies regular troops of the North Vietnamese Army or NVA as they were commonly known by their Western opponents.
What was a goal of the VC when they attacked Saigon?
In the case of the 273rd VC Regiment’s attack at Loc Ninh, captured enemy documents later revealed that the purpose of that battle had been to give the Viet Cong experience in conventional attack formations. The Communist military leadership used the 1967 Christmas cease-fire to good advantage.
Why did the Vietcong win the Vietnam War?
They were extremely successful because they had very good and vital knowledge of the forests and jungles and were able to protect their supplies from damage by using the Ho Chi Minh Trail.


PCR Technologies Protocols Table of Contents
Although quantitative PCR uses the same basic concept as traditional PCR, the reactions differ in that the amplicons are generally smaller and are detected indirectly using an additional dye or labeled probe or primer.
In the PCR Technologies Guide, the requisite components and quality control requirements for qPCR experiments were described in detail. With those in mind, the following is a protocol that can be used as a basic template for qPCR incorporating up to four detection probes. In these reactions, primers and probe are included at a final concentration of 200 nM and are run using LuminoCt® ReadyMix. However, multiplex experiments require optimization and it is advisable to test the assay combinations by adding each to the multiplex sequentially. A detailed assay optimization protocol for each single assay is described in Primer Concentration Optimization and Primer Optimization Using Temperature Gradient.
4. Prepare a master mix for all reactions according to Table P6‑14 (calculate volumes for each reaction and add 10% to
allow for pipetting error). Mix well, avoiding bubbles.
5. Add 5 μL of water to the NTC reaction tubes.
6. Add 5 μL of cDNA/gDNA solution to the appropriate tubes/wells.
7. Aliquot 15 μL template master mix remaining from step 4 into the PCR tubes.
8. Cap tubes or seal the PCR plate and label (according to instrument requirements). (Make sure the labeling
does not obscure instrument excitation/detection light path.)
9. Centrifuge briefly and visually check that all tubes/wells contain sample at the bottom at the correct volume.
10. Run samples according to the two-step protocol (Table P6‑15), repeating steps 1–2 through 40 cycles.
(Note: These conditions are specific for FAST cycling protocols).
11. For reactions containing Scorpions® Probes or Molecular Beacons, a three-step protocol (Table P6‑16) may
result in more efficient/sensitive detection. When adopting this protocol, the annealing temperature of step 2
can be optimized. Cycle steps 1–3 through 40 cycles.
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AHIR JONAI, India >> The wall of water raced through narrow Himalayan gorges in northeast India, gathering speed as it raked the banks of towering trees and boulders. When the torrent struck their island in the Brahmaputra river, the villagers remember, it took only moments to obliterate their houses, possessions and livestock.
No one knows exactly how the disaster happened, but everyone knows whom to blame: neighboring China.
“We don’t trust the Chinese,” says fisherman Akshay Sarkar at the resettlement site where he has lived since the 2000 flood. “They gave us no warning. They may do it again.”
About 500 miles east, in northern Thailand, Chamlong Saengphet stands in the Mekong river, in water that comes only up to her shins. She is collecting edible river weeds from dwindling beds. A neighbor has hung up his fishing nets, his catches now too meager.
Using words bordering on curses, they point upstream, toward China.
The blame game, voiced in vulnerable river towns and Asian capitals from Pakistan to Vietnam, is rooted in fear that China’s accelerating program of damming every major river flowing from the Tibetan plateau will trigger natural disasters, degrade fragile ecologies, divert vital water supplies.


Find Dental Schools in Your Area...
A dental school is another type of learning institution that belongs to the healthcare professions. Dentals schools are for people who are willing to give enough time to serve the community by being part of healthcare professionals. Their concentration is on the care of people’s dental needs.
Dental professionals who graduated in dental hygienist schools are also known as doctors when they get their professional license and passed examinations for dentistry. IN the US, this profession is one of the best professions as far as health care industry is concerned. Since they are also called doctors by ordinary people, they are highly regarded as well as respected in the community. They receive high salaries and income either they are private practitioners or they have a position in the government sector.
Dental as a profession can be studied in traditional dental schools. In fact, traditional schools have a bigger population when compared to other so-called alternative schools. The dental education has also a very professional and solid organization of dentists all over the world. Since it is governed by local and international laws, the dental profession is also a good and recommendable profession for health care professionals.
As far as education, there are other educational programs in dental schools and other dental related courses. Aside from traditional schools you can also enrol in onsite campus or boarding school type or choose online education. Online education is the newest system adopted by many big colleges and universities of the world. In fact, it is considered the school system of the new millennium and this system helps international students. Through the system, health care professionals can easily enrol in dental master or doctorate degrees online to further their careers.
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SOCHI, Russia — Three Persian leopards dashed back and forth along the far side of the enclosure, emitting low, forbidding growls. Suddenly, one charged at a Russian cameraman with a roar and a crash, 180 pounds of sleek muscle colliding with an increasingly flimsy-looking chain-link fence.
At the Persian Leopard Breeding and Rehabilitation Center in the foothills above Sochi, scientists funded by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry plan to begin reintroducing the cats to their native Caucasus Mountains this month. These scientists work under the patronage of President Vladimir Putin, who styles himself as a defender of rare animals — especially large, picturesque, lethal ones. Before the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Putin visited the center with journalists and was photographed petting a leopard as if it were a house cat. With his endorsement, a leopard was voted one of the official mascots of the games.
The leopards became a symbol of Russia’s supposed commitment to mitigating the environmental harm caused by the Olympics, which saw wide-scale destruction of the surrounding habitat: The protected Imeretinskaya Lowland, a marshy area populated by endangered bird species, was filled in with gravel to build stadiums, and the Mzymta River was so polluted that endangered salmon stopped spawning there. As compensation for environmental damage, the organizing committee promised to place a section of the upper Mzymta River valley, a key part of the leopards’ future habitat, under UNESCO protection, among other measures.


Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Large skin defects can result from car accidents, bite wounds, lacerations, infections, burns, or surgical removal of benign or malignant cancerous masses. Closure of these defects is often limited by the location of the defect as well as the availability of healthy surrounding tissue.
Methods to close large defects include primary closure, skin flaps, and free grafts.
1. Primary closure consists of apposing surrounding tissues directly together with sutures. Examples include: simple sutures, adjacent tissue advancement, releasing incisions, and “Y” and “Z” plasty.
2. Skin flaps are partially detached segments of skin that maintain their blood supply at the base. Once advanced or rotated, these flaps cover the wound and offer immediate blood supply and full thickness skin coverage. These grafts are limited by the distance from the supplying blood vessel. Examples include: axial pattern flaps, pouch flap, reverse conduit flaps.
3. Free grafts are completely detached segments that are transferred to cover a distant defect but lack a blood supply. Blood vessels from the wound bed grow into the graft to become its permanent blood supply. These grafts may be used almost anywhere on the body. Examples include: mesh grafts, pinch grafts, punch grafts.


“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.”
~ Diogenes Laerfius
As a part of the FWSU Inservice in October, our paraprofessionals were provided with a learning opportunity focusing on behavior as a means of communication and how Executive Functioning has a direct correlation with how the brain performs. This presentation was provided in conjunction with our community partner Northwestern Counseling and Support Services (NCSS). The topic encouraged staff to engage with the presenter and gain additional understanding about behavior as a form of communication. Our staff is committed to developing learning habits that will foster growth and independence, while simultaneously providing our students with a way to express their needs in the learning environment.
The presenters reviewed the function of behavior:
- Attention. To gain access to one’s attention, whether the attention is positive or negative
- Escape/Avoidance. To escape/avoid a particular activity, situation, person
- Tangible. To gain success to tangible items(s)
- Sensory. To gain access to sensory stimulation
They also discussed different learning styles such as:
- Kinesthetic Learners – learn by doing, active engagement, gross motor activities, and through hands-on experiences.
- Auditory Learners – learn by hearing and speaking
- Visual Learners – learn by seeing it and/or having things modeled.
A great deal of time was spent discussing Executive Functioning and how it can impact students in the following ways: The cognitive control or attentional systems:
- Working Memory
- Task Flexibility and Multi-tasking
- Problem Solving
- Planning, Organization & Execution
Target 4. Engaged Community Partners: FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their community, state, and world.


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released expanded body mass index charts for children.
American kids are off-the-charts obese.
The updated versions of the BMI charts for boys and girls ages 2-20, released Thursday, raised the BMI scale to 60, up from 37 on the old chart.
“Among children of the same age and sex, overweight is defined on CDC growth charts as a BMI at or above the 85th percentile and lower than the 95th percentile. Obesity is defined as having a BMI at or above the 95th percentile,” according to the CDC.
- More than 22% of Americans ages 2-19 were obese in August 2020, up from 19.3% a year earlier, per CDC estimates.
- The CDC attributed the jump to pandemic-era “school closures, disrupted routines, increased stress and less opportunity for physical activity and proper nutrition.”
- “I think everybody’s shifting upward,” Dr. Sandra Hassink, medical director of the American Academy of Pediatrics Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight, told NPR in August 2021. “Kids that were in the healthy weight range are shifting upward. Children with obesity are shifting upward and children with severe obesity are shifting upward.”
Beyond associated health problems, rising childhood obesity has hurt America’s military readiness.
- “Only about 23% of kids between 16 and 21 are able to meet our standards, and some of that, frankly, is reflective of the problem that we have in our country with obesity,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told CNBC in October.


This “waterfall image” is actually three separate observations combined to show NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover as it enters the Martian atmosphere before touching down on the red planet. Green Bank Observatory Data Analyst Amber Bonsall created this image using data received by the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). The GBT was pointed at Mars to observe communications from the rover as it landed February 18th, 2021 at 3:55 p.m. EDT.
Important moments in the rovers Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) are labeled on the image and defined here:
- Entry/Plasma Blackout: The aeroshell enters Mar’s atmosphere and is completely blacked out from view. This is similar to the heating up of spacecraft upon reentry to the Earth’s atmosphere.
- Drop Alignment Weight: The lander slows down a bit as it drops off some weights that are designed to help it align itself into the correct position for descent.
- Free Fall, Straightening Out: The lander free falls and attempts to make final preparations to position itself upright for its parachute to deploy.
- Parachute Deployed: The parachute deploys, causing a dramatic slowdown, stabilizing briefly before the heat shield drops off.
- Heat Shield Removed: The heat shield that protected the craft during its scorching atmospheric entry falls away and the rover slows down a bit again.
- Rover Separated: The rover and the helicopter separate, causing the last tiny bump and then the signal ends.
View a recording of the Observatory’s live stream coverage of the rover landing, along with a playlist of all interviews and activities.
To learn more about Green Bank Observatory education, science, and research opportunities visit our website.
The Green Bank Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation and is operated by Associated Universities, Inc.
See NASA/JPL-Caltech’s full press kit here.
Contacts: Jill Malusky, Green Bank Observatory Public Relations, ude.o1685481579arn@y1685481579ksula1685481579mj1685481579


With the advancement of technology, traditional methods of learning have been overthrown to pave way for digital learning. This method helps the students to retain the information better. Our partnerships with multiple educational technology firms have helped us to deliver lessons in an interesting inspiring manner.
Pearsons Education Mypedia
Pearsons who used to offer analog and print materials such as textbooks, assessments, tests, and qualifications now offer digital products, platforms, and services. They also help prepare for exams such as the JEE and have professional programs for the students to explore on requests.
Extramarks helps in preparing the students for exams required by the universities abroad for career enrichment. Apart from that, regular classes and tests can also be accessed by the students on this platform.
Byju’s learning platform
This app provides innovative learning methods for students at School. Teachers and parents can access this app helping them to keep track of what the students are learning. Quizzes are conducted periodically to increase the depth of subject knowledge.
GAP is focused on creating, enhancing and sustaining the awareness level of students on current events of significance happening around the world. This program is available for students only through the school’s subscription. It is not available for an individual subscription. Students can make use of this unique opportunity to increase their general knowledge of the basement for all professions.
With artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation entering the mainstream workforce, opportunities in these areas are also increasing. To provide a head start for the students, we have partnered with Arcomm who provides hands-on knowledge on emerging software and technology trends. This will provide an edge over other students while entering college and later the workforce.
Math Buddy helps the students to understand math by providing interactive virtual activities. The students learn math concepts through everyday applications. Thus enabling them to understand and retain the information better.


Erecta Coding Exon Coordinates: A Complete Assessment
Drosophila erecta (D. erecta) is a species of the Drosophila genus of flies which is discovered all through North America, particularly within the Western United States. As an essential mannequin organism, D. erecta has been extensively studied to realize perception into the molecular and genetic processes underlying improvement in a lot of organisms. Probably the most essential features of understanding the molecular foundation of improvement is the willpower of the coordinates of the coding exons (CDSs) within the genome. Previously a long time, a lot of research have been performed to find out the coordinates of the coding exons (CDSs) in D. erecta. One of many earliest research was performed by Gao et al. (2016), who recognized CDSs within the D. erecta genome utilizing a mixture of bioinformatic and cDNA sequencing approaches. They reported that D. erecta comprises over 33,000 protein-coding genes, and that almost all of those genes are positioned on the X chromosome. Subsequent research by Zhu et al. (2018) and Chen et al. (2020) used high-throughput sequencing applied sciences and genome meeting algorithms to higher characterize the CDSs within the D. erecta genome. They reported that the D. erecta genome comprises a complete of 33,731 protein-coding genes, and that almost all of those genes are positioned on chromosomes 1, 2 and three. Moreover, they recognized a complete of 6,235 coding exons within the D. erecta genome.


A series of INTERVALs devised to create a SCALE dividing the OCTAVE into more or less equal steps on the basis of powers of 2/3 or 3/2, i.e. downward or upward intervals of the FIFTH respectively. Given the series:
2/3 1 3/2 (3/2)2 (3/2)3 (3/2)4 (3/2)5
and reducing them to intervals lying within the octave, the scale becomes:
1 9/8 81/64 4/3 3/2 27/16 243/128 2
In this scale, the ratios between successive steps are either the whole tone 9/8 (204 cents) or the diatonic semitone 256/243 (90 cents). However, the corresponding disadvantage is that no matter how many fifths (3/2 intervals) one takes, either above or below a given note, one never arrives at an octave multiple of that note.
If the power series begun above is extended to the sixth power of (3/2) on the right and the sixth power of (2/3) on the left, then a chromatic scale of 12 tones is produced. However, as with the scale of JUST INTONATION, there is a difference between a raised semitone (SHARP) and a lowered one (FLAT). Each is above and below its related note by the interval 2187/2048 (the chromatic semitone) in the Pythagorean scale, thus making C sharp distinct from D flat, for instance.
The interval between the diatonic and chromatic semitone, which is the same as that between the sixth power of (3/2) and the exact octave, is called the Pythagorean comma and has the ratio 531441/524288.
Natural HARMONICs of a pipe or string fit more closely to a scale of just intonation than to the Pythagorean.
See: Appendix C. Compare: EQUAL TEMPERAMENT, INTONATION, TEMPERED TUNING.
Sound Example: Pythagorean scale, played melodically.Sound Example: Pythagorean scale, played as intervals.


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Learn Creativity, Problem Solving, Cause & Effect, Color Concepts, Art Techniques, Emotional Expression, Self Confidence, and Sharing & Taking Turns
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Teaching holidays around the world can be so fun and engaging, but also rigorous! I am going to share 5 activities for holidays around the world that you can use in your classroom today!
Hanukkah Activity for Holidays Around the World
- Read, “Celebrate Hanukkah” by Deborah Heiligman. This is on EPIC for free!
- Before reading, fill in the K and W part of your KWL chart.
- After reading, fill in the L and discuss any misconceptions from the K.
- Make a menorah that has the main idea of the story on the bottom and the details on the candles.
This activity for holidays around the world focuses on Kwanzaa and researching!
- Students will work in pairs or groups. Give them the EPIC book collection for Kwanzaa provided here!
- Using the books, have them write an informational paragraph about what Kwanzaa is!
By putting your email below you can receive a FREE Webquest for students to do that focuses on St. Lucia day which is
a great a ctivity for holidays around the world!
- Watch this video to learn more about Las Posadas.
- Then, have students write a comparison essay comparing their traditions to Las Posadas.
Christmas in Different Countries
One way you can do an activity for holidays around the world and learn about all the different countries is through a challenge!
- Print off articles or find a close read on all the different countries (or grab them ready to go here).
- Then, place them around the room.
- Students go around the room reading about the different countries and their traditions. Each place needs at least one question.
- They answer the question and then come to you to get it checked.
- If it is right they can color that country on their map or on their passport (passport provided in the challenge)
- Once done, they receive some sDo yDoort of prize. Ideas could be free computer time, extra recess, or a Christmas snack!
Want more activities?! Head here!