Strategy 3: Connect real-life experiences to literacy activities.
What to do
- Identify child's likes and interests and use as basis for planning literacy activities
- In the child's daily routines and activities draw attention to words and text in the environment (e.g. Point out labels on food packages, point out doctor's name on door, McDonald's logo)
- Think about what the child is already doing at home, at school or in the community and how to make it a literacy activity
- Introduce print/braille vocabulary to match objects in child's calendar box or schedule
- Create experience books about naturally occurring activities using objects or partial objects to represent the activity
- Read child's experience books with him or her multiple times (before and after the activity, to tell someone else about the activity, at home)
- Make sure the child has access to the experience book during leisure times
- Read signs and/or communications cards before/during/after community-based instruction
Things to consider
- Does the child know/understand the concepts that relate to the literacy activity?
- Are you communicating key words and phrases during daily routines?
- Is the team, including family, communicating in a consistent manner?
- Is there an expectation that the child respond?


Arab World English Journal (AWEJ).Vol.6 No.1.2015 Pp.267- 279
Could Explicit Training in Metacognition Improve Learners’ Autonomy and Responsibility?
Yanbu University College,
This paper aims at highlighting the importance of students’ training in metacognitive learning strategies as a way to build their autonomy and responsibility. It concerns itself with providing a practical educational model for college preparatory year programs. The suggested prototype is informed by a small scale research that involved 44 students and 14 EFL teachers in a college in Saudi Arabia , the findings of which suggest that students who join the program need explicit training in the use of metacognitive language learning strategies. The model also draws on the experience of the author as a teacher and manager of the English language center where the study took place. The collected data confirms what has been reported in the related literature and suggest that explicit training in the use of metacognitive learning strategies would help new college students to develop both autonomy and responsibility.
Keywords: learning Strategies, Metacognitive Strategies, EFL
Cite as: Machaal, B. (2015). Could Explicit Training in Metacognition Improve Learners’ Autonomy and Responsibility?
Arab World English Journal, 8 (1).


Lately it seems that many of us are trying to classify ourselves, and others, as an introvert or an extrovert when in reality it’s not always distinctly one, or the other. Yet, all too often introversion comes with a negative connotation. Frequently we judge, criticize, or label ourselves, or others, as snobbish, pretentious, unfriendly, antisocial, or just downright disconnected for being quiet, or not talking and interacting enough.
There isn’t always a simple explanation for someone who is quiet. Introversion is certainly misunderstood, and often, criticized. Although we are not overtly participating in an active, observable way.
“people who are introverted tend to be inward turning, or focused more on internal thoughts, feelings and moods rather than seeking out external stimulation”, according to kendra cherry. We prefer enjoying quality relationships to a large quantity of them. Then there are some of us who are truly shy and afraid of sharing or speaking up.
So often we misinterpret someone else’s lack of spontaneity, or their expression, or lack of greeting, as unfriendly. Often what happens then is that we label that person and don’t extend ourselves to them because of our judgment. Thus, creating a cycle of disconnection.
The silent struggle is real it is all too common that we, or others, judge and criticize those who tend to be on the quiet side. Our culture often sees the extroverted, outgoing, social personality type as the ideal. Seldom do we ask ourselves, “might that quiet person feel uncomfortable or shy about saying hello or interacting in a conversation?” or “might this person fear rejection because of one’s unresolved history?” if they were reaching out to other people, for example, and then someone did not reach back they might hesitate to approach others.
Perhaps if we took the time to provide quiet company and encouragement instead of making a quick judgment we might discover more about ourselves as well as others.


Sexual harassment can be defined as any unwelcome and unwanted advance or conduct that interferes with an individual’s performance on the job or creates a hostile or intimidating work environment. Workplace sexual harassment is a violation of human rights and a form of sex discrimination, yet it remains pervasive and largely unreported.
There are two primary forms of sexual harassment in the workplace, as detailed below.
Hostile work environment
Any employee may make a work environment hostile for another by engaging in a wide range of actions. These may include making rude jokes or making inappropriate glances, or spewing degrading comments based on gender stereotypes. Such treatment may even escalate to sexual assault or even acts of physical violence. Other broad forms of sexual harassment that can amount to a hostile work environment include:
- Touching or groping another party without their explicit consent
- Sending unsolicited, offensive correspondence like photos or media that contains sexually explicit content
- Repeated or overly persistent requests for dates, among others.
Generally, any action that makes the other person uncomfortable based on their gender may be considered sexual harassment.
What is quid-pro-quo harassment?
Quid pro quo sexual harassment is usually perpetrated by someone in a position of authority. That individual uses their power or influence to ask for sexual favors in exchange for work benefits like a promotion, favorable working shifts, a wage increase or job retention. The victim of such acts doesn’t have to give in to the demands for a perpetrator to be held liable for sexual harassment.
There are various laws that protect you from any form of workplace sexual harassment. If you are a victim, you should not back down. Getting the justice you deserve means taking action against the perpetrator, and it is essential to make informed decisions on how to go about it.


Scientific name: Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose
Common name: Western waterhemlock
Description: Waterhemlock is a branching perennial that reaches a height of more than 6 feet. The swollen bases of the stems and the usually thick roots have horizontal chambers inside. These chambers exude a gummy and oily yellow juice when cut. The leaves are 5-14 inches long and pinnately divided. The lanceolate leaflets have sharp teeth on the margins. Flowers are small and white in flat-topped clusters. Fruits are small, flat, and round and are decorated with corky roundish ridges.
Occurrence: This member of the carrot family flowers between June and August and is widespread in the Western United States in marshes and wet low places.
Toxicity: Water hemlock contains a poisonous oily, yellow juice called cicutoxin that is found primarily in the fleshy, tuber-like roots, with lesser amounts in the parts above ground. The root is very poisonous; one mouthful is sufficient to kill an adult. Children have been poisoned by using the hollow stems for whistles or pea shooters. The plant sometimes is mistaken for wild artichoke or wild parsnip; death results from eating it.
Symptoms Cicutoxin acts directly on the central nervous system. Symptoms appear within 15 minutes to an hour and include violent convulsions, acute stomach pains, dilated pupils, elevated temperature, diarrhea, delirium, and death.
Related Species: Cicuta maculata L., also called waterhemlock or spotted cowbane, occurs mainly in the Eastern United States. This species often has a purple-mottled stem base. It is a biennial. The roots resemble small sweet potatoes and they smell like parsnips.


Heroin, formerly known as a drug only seen in urban epicenters has made it’s way into the suburbs and rural sprawls of America. Just a few short decades ago the drug of choice was prescription pills throughout suburbia. They were easy to attain, legal to consume so long as prescribed to the user, and doctors prescription pads had become easy to tamper with. Once the government made it harder for doctors to prescribe opiates and other pain killers, those addicted had to look for a cheaper high that would be easier to get their hands on while mimicking the feeling that prescription opiates gave them. Heroin is where they found that solution.
Across the Northeast and Ohio specifically, Narcotics Anonymous has now outgrown Alcoholics Anonymous. States such as New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Rhode Island among others in the region now report that Narcotics Anonymous has out grown AA in membership for recovering addicts. Many Ohio lawmakers are looking to declare the heroin epidemic in 2014 a public health crisis. In Cuyahoga County alone, they have released death statistics of 160 people between the start of the year and October. To help combat this alarming rate of heroin use in their state, Ohio lawmakers have come up with a bipartisan plan to implement the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2014. This legislation aims to educate teens and their parents on the dangers of the drug and it’s ravishing effects on the health of users. The act takes steps to encourage creative and innovative rehabilitation programs and treatment centers. This is a revolutionary step towards the state taking a bold move in treatment and prevention of heroin use instead of relying on the federal government to implement treatment solutions in response to the epidemic.
Please check back next week for more on the heroin epidemic sweeping across the Northeast region and how state governments are responding to this devastating public health crisis.
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is a method of strengthening concrete prior to its installation.
The concrete that is pre-ressed makes use of Rebar to shield it from destruction by tensile forces. Concrete is a great material for handling compressive force. The best example of compression force is when you place your foot on the soda bottle and crush it to flat. Tensile force, also known as tensile strength will cause an object to break apart.
When you construct concrete structures, you can expect to have two types of force that are acting on concrete. For instance, let’s consider an example of a bridge. When a heavy load moves over the bridge, the upper part of the bridge stretches when compressed and stays up. The bottom part of the bridge gets pulled apart. The bottom will form cracks that will fail and fall apart without rebar.
Concrete is set up through pre-stressed techniques that introduce the rebar in concrete. Rebar is stretched by using specially-designed machines. After the concrete has been put to the ground, the bars puts just the right amount of stress on the concrete in order to keep it together against tensile force.
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Select a scene from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Conduct historical period and geographic/cultural location analysis and contextualize the scene between 1930s to 1970s New York City .
Set in 1930s, New York City Alice passes by her local newsstand on her daily walks, often stopping and reading about the latest news and trends. She is unsure of what the future holds for her, as she contemplates whether she should pursue her college education or follow the traditional path as a housewife.
Growing up Alice frequently read her favorite magazines Seventeen and 'Teen. As a young women, these magazines and newspapers played a critical role in shaping Alice's perspective on a woman's place in society, suggesting that a woman's role was mainly as a housewife. However, magazines such as Journal and Redbook began showcasing powerful women and revealing that the 1930s called for a change.
Alice struggled to find her identity. She continued on her journey of self discovery, as she hoped that one day woman would no longer have to solely be just a homemaker.
'Who are you?' said the Caterpillar.
This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, 'I — I hardly know, sir, just at present — at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'
'What do you mean by that?' said the Caterpillar sternly. 'Explain yourself!'
'I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir' said Alice, 'because I'm not myself, you see.
1933 NYC Newsstand
1939 NYC Newsstand
In the 1930s, newsstand were one of the primary sources of the news and trends. Stacked with piles of newspapers with jarring headlines and a variety of magazines tailored to both men and women, readers were always able to find something for their liking. Most importantly, magazines such as Good House Keeping and Home notes shaped society's gender perceptions and critically impacted women's role in society.


A typical educational wind tunnel need only measure the lift and drag forces and be able to control the angle of attack of the mounted model. This paper presents a simple design for the balance apparatus to measure lift and drag. Two load cells are used in the apparatus, one to measure the vertical force (lift) and one to measure the horizontal force (drag). This can be used for aerodynamics studies of airplane and airfoil models, as well as ground vehicles such as trucks and cars. If desired, a third load cell can be added to enable measurements of the pitching moment. A linear actuator is used to change the angle of attack of plane and airfoil models. The actuator is mounted inside the force balance apparatus, using a parallel four-bar linkage so that the angle of attack is linearly related to the actuator position. The linear actuator can be controlled by a computer, and the lift, drag, and angle of attack data recorded on the same computer. This design is simple and easy to fabricate, can be added to an old wind tunnel in need of an upgrade or replacement or included as part of a new wind tunnel built from scratch. Complete details of the design including engineering drawings are included in the paper. The design is also low cost compared to commercial wind tunnel balances and gives sufficient accuracy for educational and some research purposes. A counterweight is used to mechanically zero the force readout. The new load balance has been tested and found accurate. It has sufficient precision to perform a sting drag measurement as well. A quick-connect mechanism is used for mounting and removing models.
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Post, S., & Morris, M. (2010). Force Balance Design for Educational Wind Tunnels. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/1793


By now you know the risks associated with high cholesterol and why it’s so important to keep your numbers within a healthy range. Cholesterol can take a toll on your heart health and set you up for a cardiovascular event like heart attack or heart disease. When cholesterol is stuck to the artery walls, passing through becomes far more difficult for blood – and the heart has to work harder, too. Just for these reasons alone, it’s important you maintain healthy cholesterol numbers.
But research suggests high cholesterol isn’t threatening your heart only. In fact, it may also impact your vision.
Cholesterol contributes to vision problems
Studies have looked at the relationship between high cholesterol and vision problems and have found that high cholesterol may contribute to retinal vein occlusion, which is a condition that causes sudden blindness. This condition occurs because plaques build up in the arteries, preventing blood flow to the eyes. The optic nerve becomes negatively impacted by this reduced blood flow, and the end result is sudden vision loss.
Another vision problem associated with high cholesterol is corneal arcus. The eye will reveal whitish, gray, or yellowish deposits associated with high cholesterol. This colored ring appears around the retina and has been found to be related to diabetes and high blood pressure. The main course of treatment for corneal arcus is controlling cholesterol levels.
High cholesterol can also lead to xanthomas, yellowish bumps that appear on the skin and, in some cases, on the eye. Normally, xanthomas aren’t harmful but can lead to disfiguration. In some cases, the yellowish bumps burst, which require medical attention immediately.
The takeaway message here is that high cholesterol is bad for your health as a whole, not just for your heart. If your doctor has expressed concerns about your cholesterol, you should take the necessary steps to lower your levels – not only for improving your heart, but for maintaining your vision as well.


Have you ever wondered why cats have whiskers? What is there purpose and why do cats need them?
If your cat is like most cats, they can probably squeeze in places you would have never imagined possible. That’s because your cat’s whiskers tell them where they can – and cannot – fit in small places.
While we humans have to visually assess whether or not we can fit into a tight space, cats do not even have to use their eyes. Their whiskers tell them everything they need to know about whether they can fit or not.
Why Do Cats Have Whiskers?
What does a cat’s whiskers do?
A cat’s whiskers are highly sensitive and help cats determine how much space they have to maneuver and in many ways replace a cat’s eyesight when the cat is blind. The tip of your cat’s whiskers deliver messages to the brain, telling the brain the animals around her and more about her surroundings.
You may also be surprised to learn that cats even have whiskers on the back of their legs, which assist cats with their tree climbing.
How’s your cat feeling?
Your cat may communicate anger through hissing or contentment with purrs. But, you can also get a good idea of your cat’s current mood if you watch their whiskers. Are your cat’s whiskers standing straight out and still? If so, you’ve got a very happy and a relaxed feline friend. Are your cat’s whiskers pulled back against their face? Something’s got them stressed out or afraid.
You can also tell if your cat is on the prowl – for their treats or at the scent of another animal – if their whiskers are slightly pushed forward.
Never cut your cat’s whiskers
You may not like your cat’s long, wispy whiskers. But, they need them. Never cut or trim your cat’s whiskers because they need them just like we humans need our sense of touch. If you want to know how it feels to be a cat without whiskers, have someone put a blindfold on you in the middle of a store or a busy place. You will likely become scared and confused, the same as your cat will feel without their whiskers.
What is the tightest space into which your cat has squeezed?


Gardening in the Dunes
San Francisco is a city of sand. When I arrived here over 35 years ago my first garden was in a flat in the Sunset District. I recall thinking, “Will anything grow in all this sand?” The answer happily, is an unqualified yes! While many still believe our sand dunes are barren there are many native plants that grow and thrive here.
Why So Much Sand?
Several millennia ago, the Pacific Ocean’s relentless action and the erosion of the Sierra Nevada brought granite sand into the bay creating sand dunes. Over time, with the help of prevailing westerly winds and rising sea levels, the sand advanced inland. As much as a quarter to a third of San Francisco was once covered in sand. The sand dunes were stabilized by deep-rooted vegetation, creating a diverse native plant community supported by insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals. You can still see coastal dune scrub communities at Fort Funston (the largest remaining sand dune field), up above Baker Beach, and at Hawk Hill near Golden Gate Heights.
How Cool are Dune Plants?
Dune plants commonly have small, waxy, hairy, and/or succulent leaves, and deep root systems that allow them to survive in dry, nutrient-poor sand. Not to mention they can withstand blustery salty winds! For an example of great coastal dune plantings visit Land’s End near the old Sutro Baths.
What to Grow?
The San Francisco Plant Finder database (http://sfplantfinder.org/) notes at least 41 plants suitable for dunes or sandy soil. You can find many of these hearties at Bay Area native plant nurseries including the Sutro Stewards Native Plant Nursery. For more information about our nursery including volunteer opportunities, see http://sutrostewards.org/page/nursery.
Here are some samples to get your native habitat garden growing:
Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus)
Perennial herb, grows 1-3 feet; pink-lavender flowers with fuzzy green leaves bloom winter through summer. Friendly to bees and butterflies. Great for coastal gardens and has lots of blossoms. They’re easy to care for, needs low watering, and are popular i


Virtual reality (also known as virtual reality) is a 3D environment created by computers and interactive. Virtual reality allows you to experience the same feeling as if you were there.
What can immersive 3D tours and virtual reality do for you?
Virtual reality can be applied in many areas. Virtual reality has been used by scientists, engineers, and doctors for many decades.
Real Estate: 3D Immersive Tours can be used to show potential buyers/renters properties under construction or newly built.
Interior Designers and Architects – Immersive 3D tours, virtual reality technology and virtual reality are great tools for project visualization. This technology allows interior designers and architects to save time and effort.
Virtual Reality: Education can be used for 360deg virtual tours in industrial areas, towns, laboratories, factories, heritage sites, and many other locations.
Industries and Manufacturing: Virtual Reality is a tool that can be used to create Immersive 3D Tours or assembly plants and to explain and show different products and processes to both customers and suppliers.
Tourism: The government, tourism departments, and private tour operators may use 360deg virtual tours of tourist destinations parks, heritage sites, and temples.
Hospitality: Clubs, resorts, and travel portals can use virtual reality to show their facilities via 3D Tours.
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Social Security Disability (SSD) is available to those who are unable to earn a meaningful income due to their medical condition. There are two main types of Social Security Disability benefits: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The type of benefits that you will be entitled to will largely depend on your work history.
Social Security Disability benefits can be difficult to understand for someone who has recently become disabled and is new to the application process. The following is an overview of the most common misconceptions regarding social security disability.
You need to be disabled for a year before you can apply
It’s not the case that you need to be disabled for over a year. However, you do need to show that your injury or illness is terminal, or that it will last for more than 12 months. In either of these cases, you can apply for disability benefits as soon as you are unable to work as a result of your condition.
You can’t receive workers’ compensation in addition
In theory, you can receive workers’ compensation in conjunction with SSD benefits if your disability was acquired at work. However, your SSD benefits may be reduced to offset the workers’ compensation that you are receiving. If the total income gained from these benefits exceeds 80% of your average earnings, you will have some of your SSD benefits deducted as a result.
You cannot have a job when receiving SSD
The SSA encourages people to work to the best of their ability. It is possible to have a job while receiving SSD benefits. There are capped maximums for how much you can earn before your disability benefits are revoked, however. It’s also possible to work in a trial job for up to nine months without any change to your benefits.
If you have recently become disabled or you’re suffering from a newly diagnosed condition, you should make sure to take swift action to gain the disability benefits that you are entitled to.


While some eye conditions are hereditary, others can be a result of bad habits. You might be surprised to find out which habits are bad for your eyes. At Medical Arts Eye Optical, we are here to help you understand these bad habits and how to mitigate them for the health of your eyes. Here are some bad habits to break to maintain your eye health.
Conjunctivitis is a very common condition that occurs when there is a viral, bacterial, or even an allergic reaction in your eye. It is caused by redness or inflammation in the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva is the clear tissue that covers the white part of your eye and is under the eyelid. Here are the main types of conjunctivitis and what to look for. If you believe you may have a type of conjunctivitis, be sure to contact your trusted ophthalmologist.
Exercising is universally known to have countless benefits for both your physical and mental health. Staying active frequently promotes increased energy, heart health, weight loss, improved sleep, and more. Over the past decade, studies have started to reveal the ways that exercising can improve your overall eye health, too. If you’re just beginning your fitness journey, don’t become discouraged and compare your progress to others because, either way, you’ll experience its benefits. When it comes to your eye care, make sure you regularly visit a trusted ophthalmologist and don’t solely rely on physical activity to improve your vision. Even though working out won’t cure smaller problems like your near or farsightedness, the many benefits surely prove its worth.
Halloween is the one day of the year you can dress up as someone you are not. It is a fun tradition for family and friends to enjoy trick or treating together. However, it is important to be careful and safe especially when it comes to your eyes. Lots of people put contacts in to change their eye color or wear masks and face paint. It is important to be aware of what you are putting on your eyes to make sure they do not cause injuries. Here are our tips on how to have fun and keep your eyes safe this Halloween!


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"Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things"
- Waldo Tobler, First Law of Geography
What is GIS?
GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems. But what exactly does that mean?
A common misconception is that GIS is synonymous with 'mapping', or making maps. This is, at best, an incomplete understanding of the term.
As a concept, GIS is the linkage of spatial information (where things are) with description information (what things are). It is a way to represent objects and conditions in the real world, such as the location of fire hydrants or rainfall precipitation over time in a given area.
As an application, GIS is a computer system that:
- and presents geospatial data.
What is Geospatial Data?
Geospatial data are data with a spatial component. This means the data references a unique location. Much of the data we work with today contains some sort of spatial reference. Geospatial data includes GPS data, LiDAR data, satellite and aerial imagery, as well as data corresponding to a particular address or set of coordinates.
A GIS can help you store, manage, analyze and share geospatial data.
Geospatial data is typically split into two general categories:


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Protestant Exiles from Madeira in IllinoisOne of the most unusual Portuguese immigration stories involves a group of religious exiles from Madeira (Portuguese islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Morocco) who settled in Illinois in the 1850s. In 1838, a Scottish physician and Protestant minister on his way to China stopped on one of the islands to recover from a sudden illness. Upon recuperating, he stayed, converting hundreds of islanders to Protestantism. Having become alienated from the vast majority of the Catholics in the islands, these dedicated converts (numbering about 1,000) moved to the British island of Trinidad off the northern coast of South America in 1846. After three years in this new location, the exiles found that they were unable to adjust to the tropical climate and the plantation working conditions.
When the plight of these Protestant exiles received wide publicity in the United States, people in the vicinity of Springfield, Illinois, encouraged and assisted them in relocating to their midwestern, prairie community. The first of these immigrants arrived in 1849 and by 1855 the group was well established in the area. Approximately 400 settled near Springfield, the capital of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County, while a similar-sized group settled near Jacksonville, the county seat of neighboring Morgan County. Although evidence of their Portuguese cultural heritage is not very strong today, there are still family names (Gonçalves, Fernandes, Gouveia) indicating Portuguese ancestry and geographical place names (Portuguese Hill, Trinidad School) commemorating this group's long and determined journey to find a permanent home.
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Research design and statistics 2A: analysis of variance
This module provides foundational training in the principles and skills required for understanding, applying, and conducting psychological research. The module will cover (1) the principles of research and (2) data analysis.
Students will be introduced to the range of statistical techniques, known as Analysis of Variance, extending their inferential tests of group differences for measurement data to situations involving more than two groups. They will learn how to interpret the information that these techniques produce, to better understand and interpret psychological research conducted by others, and conduct psychological research and draw appropriate conclusions from this research.
Main topics include:
- Critical evaluation of research design and analysis, being able to comment appropriately on the design, analysis and interpretation of published research. This includes the evaluation of quantitative research involving the application of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to multiple manipulations, or multiple predictors of behaviour.
- Application of the most appropriate form of ANOVA to analyse, report and draw conclusions from quantitative data. This includes the analysis of data sets with multiple predictors or groups, including experiments using a factorial design.
- Understanding of how to measure behaviour, how quantitative data can be collected and analysed in terms of differences between group means, and to appreciate the strengths and limitations of this approach to various research methodologies.
If you complete the course successfully, you should be able to:
- Make appropriate use of a statistical package (e.g. SPSS or R) to perform an analysis of variance (ANOVA).
- Design, analyse and interpret experiments involving multi-group, and factorial designs, including controlling errors among multiple-comparisons; and interpretation of interaction effects.
- Discuss the concepts underlying quantitative research based on estimation of effects and comparison of means, and be able to defend the use of one or both outline the advantages and disadvantages of ANOVA methods.


It is crucial that, over the next decades, substantial investments are made in agricultural productivity improvement and food security in the developing world. Public–private partnerships are to play a leading role, but how inclusive and sustainable are investments by partnerships in agricultural development, and what can be done to strengthen their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals?
Using partnerships to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
This policy brief presents PBL’s findings on the potential of public–private partnerships for sustainable agricultural development. It highlights the need for partnerships to invest in local institution and capacity building and to include local partners in global partnerships, both to safeguard the public objectives of the partnerships and to increase their impact.
Partnership impact depends on the extent to which the partnership manages to address the factors constraining attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. These factors include market failures, such as lack of access to infrastructure and information, and lacking property rights for environmental resources, and governance failures, such as the underrepresentation of the marginalised in decision-making processes, limited public-service delivery and regulatory capacity to monitor and enforce sustainable resource use.
Partnerships need to address these issues in order to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, and to make sure that partnership outcomes are sustained.
Improving partnership performance through diagnostics, learning and evaluation
The core advantage of global, public–private partnerships is to align public and private interests by building on the core competences and knowledge of the partners involved.
For partnerships to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, however, it is crucial that they have a sound understanding of the context in which they are operating and of the institutional factors constraining inclusive and sustainable agricultural development.
This implies that partnerships start with sound diagnostics of the interventions required to stimulate inclusive and sustainable development, in a given context. That is not an academic exercise; by including local partners, context-specific information and an understanding of the institutional context becomes available, which will make partnerships more effective. Partnerships clearly have the potential for doing so. Now is the time to ensure they deliver and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.


The P.O.W.E.R. Solving Protocol: Ways to Help Students Express Their Feelings, Find Problem Solution
The P.O.W.E.R. Solving protocol can help students put problems into words, identify and describe their feelings, focus on appropriate solutions, and evaluate their plan of action. Problem-solving skills are scaffolded and modeled in a systematic fashion. Helpful visuals are incorporated to help teach students the abstract skills of regulating emotions and behaviors. Problem-solving is a complex, but necessary skill that needs to be part of an individual's learning path.
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Diabetes is a medical condition in which it affects the way the body produces and regulates “insulin,” a hormone that regulates the blood sugar or glucose level — diabetes affecting people all over the world. From recent studies, researchers found a link between sweetened drinks or artificially sweetened drinks and diabetes factors and conclude that these drinks can play a role in increasing the risk of type 2 Diabetes.
Often, diabetic patients considered the artificially sweetened diet soft drinks as a better option to drink as they do not have a significant effect on blood sugar levels. The artificial sweeteners present in the drinks are:
As these sweeteners do not contain sugar, people with diabetes view them as a feasible alternative form of providing sweet flavor. However, it is not necessary that the absence of sugar or calories makes them better for a drink.
Researchers found the artificial sweeteners a reason for promoting health risks as they do not directly affect the blood sugar levels but imbalance the health of “good bacteria” present in the guts that ultimately affect insulin sensitivity and appetite hormones.
Although more studies need to be conducted to prove this strong association as other factors also play a concern role in increasing the risk factors of diabetes- researchers said.
The artificial sweeteners also contribute to the health risks that include: Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome. The high blood sugar level is a feature of diabetes, and therefore, it is important for a diabetic patient to avoid drinks that contain an excessive amount of sugar. Drinking too many sweetened drinks also contributes to obesity, which is a contributing factor in diabetes.
Alternative options for a diabetic patient to stop soda cravings:
- Carbonated water with a splash of fruit juice as the combination is rich in nutrients and helps in rehydration of the body
- Unsweetened tea
- Iced unsweetened black tea
- A small amount of caffeine as caffeine helps in controlling weight
- Green tea.


Restructuring the House of Representatives
A Proposal for Constitutional Reform
By Randall G. Holcombe
This article appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of The Independent Review.
The U.S. Constitution has held up reasonably well for more than two centuries but deviates in many ways from the Founders intentions. One way to make the House of Representatives better reflect the aims of the Constitutions designers is to enact proportional voting for political parties, such that a party receiving 20 percent of the popular vote would get 20 percent of the House seats.
Randall G. Holcombe is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University, and author of the Independent book Liberty in Peril: Democracy and Power in American History.
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build and process
interaction 1: Knock
interaction 2: Lights
interaction 3: Bubbles
The Team >
Fourth Year | Fall 2018
Professor: Jakob Marsico
With hopes that the future of mankind will live in greater integration in the natural world and coexistence with its creatures, our team used this foresight to create a space that exercises telepresence in both the natural world and our own. We decided to foster our own space of integration, using fish as models to better envision the mutualistic interactions we foresaw between creatures of the natural world and humans.
The Bathroom is a bathroom in which a fish tank houses its own fish-scaled replica of our human-scaled bathroom. In The Bathroom, the usual consequence of a person’s action is amplified by one that affects the fish’s world and vice versa. Brightness tracking and basic circuitry were employed to facilitate these interactions. Interactions included:
Program: Touchdesigner, Arduino
In collaboration with Soonho Kwon, Miranda Luong, Johanna Mcallister, and Nicole Matis for the Reactive Spaces and Media Architecture course.
Photos by Soonho Kwon.
A knock on the fishs' tank produced an echo of a knock in the human bathroom
A fish entering their own bathroom turned on the lights of the human bathroom
A human sitting on their toilet caused bubbles to emerge from the fish's toilet


Novels By Steinbeck
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Throughout his illustrious career, John Steinbeck produced a number of novel, novellas, and short stories that are critical to American literary history. Some stories were reflective of what he experienced or witnessed in his own life; others were fictional accounts that merely reflected growing societal trends. No matter what their story, though, Steinbeck's novels always presented rich characters, well-defined settings, and complex themes to help convey his overall messages.
Steinbeck is arguably most famous for is so-called "Dust Bowl Trilogy": three novels that chronicle the experiences of average Americans throughout the trying times of the 1930s in Middle America.
- Dubious Battle
- Of Mice and Men
- The Grapes of Wrath
The first, entitled In Dubious Battle, was published in 1936 and tells the story of fruit pickers that go on strike in California. The labor uprising works in conjunction with a mysterious group called "the party"; though the identity of this group is never formally explained, literary scholars believe it to be an allusion to the Communist Party, a very credible threat in Steinbeck's time.
The latter two books of the trilogy are arguably the more famous: Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. The former, written as a play, is about two migrant ranch workers; it demonstrates the complexities that existed in American society during the Great Depression, and included issues of racism, loneliness, and prejudice against those with mental illnesses. The latter of these is arguably the most famous of Steinbeck's works. This novel provides insight into the lives of sharecroppers during the Great Depression and the unique challenges they faced. It was immensely popular with the working class, as so many of his novels are, because it gives a voice to individuals that might have otherwise gone unheard.


Fashion can be described as a social process by which a discernable proportion of a group adopts a particular way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is perceived to be socially appropriate for the time and place.
In the modern world, fashion can refer to the latest styles in clothing, footwear, accessories, makeup, hairstyles, body posture and other aspects of self-expression. It can also refer to the latest social trends, as shown by a celebrity’s choice of clothes.
There are many different types of fashion, ranging from the most formal to the most casual and from the most extravagant to the most economical. Some fashions may have only a passing interest while others can be very popular, making them a must-have in any wardrobe.
The best-known fashions are often cyclical. For example, the latest styles in women’s apparel tend to be the most sexy and revealing. At the same time, fashions in men’s and children’s apparel are typically less provocative.
A more specialized term is style, which is generally defined as a combination of lines, shapes, and forms. It can also refer to a type of fabric or pattern that is used to define a particular look.
Another more specific term is vogue, which translates as “to be popular” or “to be in vogue.” This is a very specific sense of the word that describes a trend in clothing that becomes popular and remains popular for a short time.
It can also describe a general trend or change in behavior, such as the recent craze for wearing sunglasses.
The most common definition of fashion is the practice of presenting one’s self in a fashionable manner. This is often achieved through the use of stylish clothes and accessories, particularly those made of high-quality materials such as silk, leather, and fur.
This type of presentation is typically associated with celebrities and public figures, such as politicians or sports stars. The fashion industry has developed a system of showing the latest collections of clothing and accessories at periodic shows in cities around the globe.
Fashion also can be a source of innovation and creativity, especially for designers, who have the opportunity to exhibit their work at fashion weeks in major international cities. In addition, fashion can be used as a platform for political and social messages, such as a campaign to encourage shoppers to wear green or “eco-friendly” clothing.


What’s a 1-Grade District Tech Curriculum License?
A single-grade District License for the technology curriculum is a multi-user PDF of student workbooks that can be used in one grade on every digital device in your District–iPads, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, Chromebooks, iPods. All of them, no matter whether they’re in a classroom, the library, the tech labs, or the teacher’s home. As many as the District wants.
Who needs this
It is well-suited to Districts who are teaching remotely or a hybrid of remote-in person. It works without WiFi or Internet (because the workbooks are PDFs), is compatible with your LMS (like Google Classroom), supports a 1:1 program, can be loaded onto a school server.
Benefits of a District License for Teachers:
- Access to full text PDF(or videos where relevant) from every recognized desktop, 24 hours a day
- Student workbooks are available in the computer lab, the library, the classroom, the laptop carts, the student’s home, and the District server for the same low fee
- Because they’re PDFs, they require no internet, no WiFi (once downloaded)
- License includes a print and digital teacher manual copy of grade level selected (except international purchases)
Benefits of District License for Students:
- Easy access to monthly lessons, how-tos, rubrics, project samples, practice quizzes, grade-level expectations, homework, check lists (like Ready to Move On)
- Convenient place to take notes
- Because they’re PDFs, they require no internet, no WiFi (once downloaded to the 26 seats)
- Encourages students to be independent and self-directed, work at their own pace. This is great both for students who need more time on a topic and for those who ‘get it’ fast and want to move on
- Quick way to spiral up to the next grade level for quick learners or back to earlier resources for student needing to fill holes in their learning
How to get started
- In “Special Instructions”, tell us which grade you want


RESEARCH HELPS US EXPLORE TOUGH QUESTIONS
Qualitative and quantitative research can help us to better understand sexual violence, its impacts, and the most effective ways for institutions to respond. Below are some topic areas that we believe are imperative to our work, and some recent research that begins to answer some of those difficult questions.
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO VIOLENCE
- What strategies are institutions of higher education implementing to prevent sexual violence?
- How closely do institution policies and procedures reflect federal law and best practice standards?
- How are institutions complying with the Clery Act?
- How well do institutional policies reflect a feminist approach to campus sexual violence?
- What do Title IX professionals think of current institutional approaches to address violence?
- How easy is it to access Title IX information on institutional websites?
- How do sexual assault survivors respond to campus prevention programming?
INTERSECTIONS OF VIOLENCE WITH RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY
- How does identity impact how students think about campus sexual violence?
- How does racial bias impact how student assess sexual assault risk?
- What do social justice approaches to campus sexual violence look like?
- How are LGBT students impacted by negative peer support?
- How does perceived race/ethnicity impact bystander behavior?
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES ON CAMPUS
- What is the evidence base for bystander intervention education as a prevention strategy?
- What are the expected effects of bystander programs on campus?
- What are the unintended consequences of bystander education?
- Is compelled disclosure disclosure an evidence-based practice?
- What is the evidence base for using mobile-based applications on campus to address sexual violence?
- Is safety planning an evidence-based practice?


What is Nutrigenomics?
Have you ever wondered why your body responds to foods differently? Or why you are unable to gain or lose weight?
The answers to these questions can be answered by Nutrigenomics, the study of how your DNA interacts with your nutrition.
With this test we are able to tell which nutrients are most important for your body, and if you have a genetic likelihood to not to absorb them as efficiently as others.
Vitamins and Minerals
Our genetics can cause us to metabolize certain vitamins and minerals poorly. This test will let you know if you need larger amounts to meet your daily needs.
Fats, Carbohydrates and Protein
Similarly, you may have different reactions to certain types of fats, carbohydrates or protein. Here we look at the types of nutrients that are most compatible with your body.
Sweets, Caffeine and Taste
Thanks to genetic analysis, you can learn how caffeine affects you, if you have a sweet tooth, or if you are more sensitive to certain flavors.
Have you ever tried to lose weight by diet and exercise, but struggled to shed those pounds?
Here we use your genes to determine which diet will be most effective for you. We can show why you gain weight, get hungry and feel full.
We can see if you are predisposed to lose weight more easily, as well. No matter what your body type, we can help you learn more about your relationship with food!


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The 25 species of Alectryon occur in the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, and in the Pacific from New Zealand to Hawaii (Edwards & Gadek 2001); only A. excelsus from New Zealand is known to be cultivated in our area. They are trees or shrubs with terete branchlets and evergreen paripinnate leaves. The leaflets are in one to eight pairs, opposite to alternate, pubescent to glabrous, with margins entire to dentate, serrate or crenate. Inflorescences are axillary, paniculate, racemose or thyrsoid. The flowers are unisexual or rarely hermaphrodite; the calyx has four to six lobes, the lobes pubescent on both surfaces; the petals, four to five (sometimes absent), are as long as or shorter than the calyx lobes; the (five to) eight stamens have hairy filaments. The fruit is a dehiscent capsule with a smooth or slightly warty surface; in several species, the capsule is brightly coloured. The single seed is black and partially covered by a bright red aril (Leenhouts 1988).


I Found a Wallet
What would you do if you found a wallet that didn’t belong to you? What if it was filled with money and didn’t have any identification? Would you keep the wallet or turn it in to the police? What if you had lost the wallet? What decision would you want the finder to make?
What is the right thing to do? Do the choices you make in life depend on whether you are by yourself, with an adult, or with your friends?
The main character in I Found a Wallet is faced with four different real-life situations and must decide what he is going to do in each one of them. Would you make the same choices he did? If not, what would you do instead? Why?
Ultimately, making the right choice is up to each one of us. The decisions we make in life reflect our inner character – the person we are deep inside. What type of person do you want to be?
Janet Halfmann –
What’s the Best Thing to Do?
In this quiet story, a young boy wrestles with what to do when he finds a wallet filled with money, sees a sign for a free birthday sundae when it’s not his birthday, and more. He struggles between what he could gain and what would be the right thing to do. What does he decide, and why? What would you decide, and why? This is a great book for starting discussions about how our decisions affect others. Abira Das brings the story to life with her colorful, inviting illustrations.


The Circuit edu starts with a basic electric/electronic curriculum using original electronic parts and trains students on simple to complex application circuits.
The kit includes 14 projects that teach students the electronic components, parts, reading and how to build a complete circuit on safe equipment that do not require a soldering iron, and parts can be reused many times, and also can be bought from the local market in-case any parts are missing.
The circuit kit is a very good training kit for students that what to learn the practical applications of Capacitors, Resistors, and sensors, in electronic circuits. No coding is involved in this kit.
The easiest way to craft the mind of students is to provide them with tools that will challenge them, especially when it’s hands-on practical parts that show real-life applications.
Circuit board Kit is suitable for children of ages 14 and above.
– Imagine = Imagine and practice to make a project that works for real
– Learn = Every step is counted learning, Capacitors, Transistor, Resistor, Sound, Sensor, .. and so on
– Practice = Practically train in electronic circuit
– Family playtime = Image what you will learn, and how long you will play and enjoy 🙂
Our Teacher’s Guides are available for most of the kits, to allow parents to deliver a better understanding for their children.
You can request a teacher’s guide by registering on our website and requesting the manual.


1 A type of source for an electrical circuit
2 Chemical symbol for arsenic
4 One port of an amplifier
5 Online service, abbr.
6 Intermodulation caused by the modulation
of the carrier of a desired signal by an undesired signal
8 Home state of Los Alamos lab, abbr.
9 1e-6 mA
of model aviation, abbr.
13 A receiver figure of merit, abbr.
16 Opposite of a LO
17 Type of flip flop
18 One component
of a complex number, abbr.
20 Occlusion of one heavenly body
22 Last stage in a transmitter, abbr.
25 Conduct R&D
26 Front edge of a wing, abbr.
28 Greek letter used for wavelength
frequency output component of a mixer
30 Switch position
32 300 kHz to 3 MHz
34 Super glue, abbr.
35 World's only
remaining superpower, abbr.
36 1E6 nanoseconds
40 Chemical symbol for beryllium
42 Aircraft navigation system,
44 Symbol for tin
45 Mechanical drawing abbreviation
for a datum
47 Professor's student instructor, abbr.


Texas is one of the most populous states in the US, with over 30 million people now living there. According to the latest population estimates, 158 counties have seen an increase in residents, while 95 are declining. San Saba County is the only one that has not experienced any change. Helen You, associate director of the Texas Demographic Center, has noted that much of this growth is due to migration and urbanization trends that have been occurring for decades.
Kaufman County is the fastest-growing county in the state, followed by Rockwall, Parker, Comal, and Liberty counties. Rockwall County was also the second-fastest-growing county in the nation, behind Lincoln County, South Dakota. Concho, Coke and Hudspeth counties rose 4 places in the ranking of largest counties, ranked 213, 214 and 216 respectively. Harris and Dallas counties lost more than 40,000 residents due to overseas migration, and El Paso County saw more than 3,000 residents move to other locations.
Among the 10 largest counties in Texas, three saw more people moving out of the county than into the county. Chambers County (5.7%), Hays and Comal Counties (5.2%) and Fort Bend County (5.1%) were also among the 10 fastest-growing counties in the US. Rapid population growth can bring both political and economic benefits but can also cause challenges for counties that lose population. Infrastructure can be a major issue for these areas.
It is essential to understand why certain counties are growing faster than others so that resources can be allocated accordingly.


One of the most serious and painful types of gum disease is called trench mouth. According to Healthline, the name dates back to World War I, the first war in which soldiers experienced prolonged periods of trench warfare. Because they were under significant stress and did not have time to take care of their teeth or seek treatment, they often developed painful and bleeding gums.
What Is Trench Mouth?
Who Is Affected By This Condition?
Trench mouth can affect anyone who does not practice proper mouth care, or who cannot or does not access regular dental cleaning, though it is quite rare in nations with modern healthcare. It is still sometimes observed in younger males, possibly due to the reluctance to seek treatment until it becomes very painful. Other factors include a poor diet and a lack of knowledge about oral hygiene.
What Additional Factors Put a Person at Risk for Trench Mouth?
The disease can be caused or exacerbated by factors such as a compromised immune system, a history of smoking, infections in the mouth or existing health conditions like diabetes or HIV/AIDS. A history of gingivitis (gum disease), especially in combination with poor oral hygiene and missed dental appointments, can greatly increase the chances of developing this condition. Inadequate nutrition and diet choices can also be contributing factors.
What Are the Symptoms of Trench Mouth and How Is It Diagnosed?
Patients may experience a combination of several different symptoms, says The New York Times.
- Bleeding gums and pain caused by touching or brushing the teeth
- A metallic taste or smell coming from the mouth
- An increase in swelling of the gums
- Flu-like symptoms, including fatigue and fever
A simple oral exam by a dentist is enough for a diagnosis with the above symptoms, and the condition can be initially treated with a cleaning of the gums and teeth by a dental hygienist.
To decrease infection, a dentist may prescribe antibiotics, along with an antibacterial rinse. The rinse can also be used by the dental hygienist during the cleaning to help relieve the pain caused by the infected gums.
Once the patient is relieved of the symptoms of this painful condition, regular visits to a dentist and dental hygienist will help prevent it from occuring again, and ensure a lifetime of healthy gums.


The nation’s homebuilders have consistently innovated in an effort to provide high quality product at a price people can afford. Factory produced, framed housing is a type of housing experiencing an expanding market. What homebuilders cannot manufacture is land. Land has what in economics is referred to as an “inelastic supply.” Another characteristic of our land markets is that they are dysfunctional. Increases in demand result in increasing asking prices but not necessarily an increase in the amount of land brought to the market. The reason this occurs with just a few exceptions across the United States is the low effective rate of taxation on the value of land (by value I mean the potential annual rental value, not the potential selling price).
Because land, unlike buildings, does not depreciate over time and does not normally require ongoing expenditure of funds for maintenance, land is a very attractive asset for speculation. Look around in every town and city and one sees a good deal of vacant land. Some of this land has been vacant for years or decades, in part because the annual cost of holding land idle is almost everywhere quite low. Those assigned to assess property for purposes of taxation rarely assess vacant land close to its current value.
The solution is a solution resisted not only by speculators in land but also by existing owners of land that is improved with a housing unit or other building. Under the current system of property taxation almost everywhere the property owner tends to experience an increasing net worth over the years, even as their building is depreciating. The measure that would tame our land markets will halt the increase in land prices and over time bring prices down. Property will become more affordable for everyone. Long-time property owners will have to save and invest elsewhere to build net worth.
The change I am referring to is generally referred to by several different terms. One is “land value capture.” Another is “land value taxation.” The specific idea is to exempt all buildings from the tax base and impose an annual tax on whatever land is held equal to its potential annual rental value. This can be done gradually, say, over a ten-year period. Depending on how swiftly the shift occurs, land prices will begin to stabilize then begin to fall.


EU: Coal production and consumption decreased by a third in 2 years
The decreasing trend observed in coal statistics in the EU continued in 2020. It affected both hard coal and brown coal, and both the production and the consumption of each.
Following a consistent decline since 1990, the decrease of the consumption of both types of coal accelerated in 2019. Compared to 2018, hard coal consumption decreased by 35% in 2020 and brown coal (mostly lignite) consumption by 33%.
The 2020 monthly figures show that the COVID-19 pandemic had effects on coal production and consumption, but the full extent of the influence of the pandemic on coal production and consumption will be clearer in the following years.
Hard coal: from 13 to 2 producers, strong decrease in production and consumption
In 2020, the EU produced 56 million tonnes of hard coal, 80% less than its production in 1990. The number of Member States producing hard coal has also decreased since then, from 13 in 1990 to only two Member States in 2020: Poland, accounting for 96% of the total EU production, and Czechia.
Similarly, the consumption of hard coal has consistently decreased since 1990, with an accelerated decrease since 2019. In 2020, the EU consumption of hard coal is estimated at 144 million tonnes, 63% less than in 1990.
The reasons for lower consumption of hard coal are the energy shift towards natural gas and renewables for electricity production, as well as a decrease in the production of coke oven coke, used in various industries such as for the production of iron and steel.
Brown coal: the decline of lignite in the EU continues
Similarly to hard coal, the continuous decrease of brown coal consumption has accelerated from 2019 onwards. In 2020, the EU consumption of brown coal, mostly concerning lignite, is estimated at 246 million tonnes, or 64% less than in 1990.
95% of the total brown coal consumption in the EU is taken up by 6 countries: Germany (44%), Poland (19%), Czechia (12%), Bulgaria, Romania and Greece. The production and consumption figures for brown coal are very similar, as it is nearly always consumed in the production countries, while there is also very little trade in brown coal.
The vast majority of brown coal in the EU is used for electricity production. In 2019, 93% of brown coal was used for this purpose. However, use of brown coal in power production decreased strongly in 2019, for the same reasons as for hard coal.
Source: Eurostats News


International Literacy Day provides an opportunity to acknowledge that we owe future generations the transformative effects of education, beginning at the stepping stone of literacy.
Aligned to India's Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the National Education Policy 2020, ITC's Primary Education Programme humbly contributes to provide access to education to the children from weaker sections of the society through multipronged initiatives.
The programme creates collaborative, multi-stakeholder partnerships to help disadvantaged students. Measures focus on universal access, stemming dropout rates, bridging gender and social category gaps in elementary education and improving the quality of learning.
Spread across multiple states across India, the programme runs Supplementary Learning Centres, helping out-of-school children learn and encourage dropouts to return. ITC also trains teachers in modern teaching methods and supplies infrastructure at identified schools, with the aim of creating an attractive and enabling learning environment through 'child friendly' schools. ITC supports 'Child Cabinets', a governmental initiative, to drive cleanliness and hygienic practices in schools.
Moreover, in the wake of the pandemic, ITC started a "catch-up campaign" to enhance learning continuity and bridging learning loss.
The programme has touched the lives of over 864,000 children already. ITC aims to help educate 1.3 million children by 2030.


The benefits of sleep regarding cases of depression are well-known, and sleep and exercise and at the top of the list of natural ways to improve the condition. A new study shows that sleep may also be beneficial to those at risk of suicide.
Not getting enough sleep is a common daily problem in developed countries like Japan where the study took place. Researchers believe that due to a lack of sleep, serotonin production and reception in the body is disrupted and could be one of the reasons sleep loss and disorders can lead to suicidal tendencies. Hypnotics and antidepressants prescribed to suicidal insomniac patients have shown to lead to an increased risk in suicidal thoughts and attempts in the elderly and in adolescents. The researchers recommend exercise as a more natural and effective method of fighting depression. Improved self-esteem is directly related to exercise because endorphins are released during exercise. Endorphins are a chemical that cause a pleasant feeling in the body and help to numb the brains receptors to pain. As little as 20-30 minutes of exercise a day can trigger the release of endorphins and encourage better feelings of self-worth.
Insomnia and nightmares are the disorders most commonly associated with suicidal ideation, attempts, or completions. These sleep disorders or problems represent a treatable, cost-effective risk factor as opposed to more complex, less effective suicide prevention techniques.
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Indian spirituality is so vast, encompasses such a long span of time and so many scriptures, and is practiced in such a wide variety of ways, that it’s hard to point to any one manifestation with assurance and call it the definition of Hinduism. Unlike Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, Taoism, Sikhism, or Zoroastrianism, Hinduism is not founded on the life and teachings of a single charismatic figure such as Buddha, Jesus, or Muhammad. We can’t name one or even several key individuals without whom the religion of India would not be recognizable as Hinduism, notwithstanding the fact that Indian history — and modern India — is replete with brilliant and saintly teachers, sages, philosophers, and reformers of all kinds.
Perhaps what defines Hinduism miore than any one individual, however, is the country of India itself, a land in which not only certain towns, rivers, and trees are held sacred, but also cows, snakes, rats, and vultures. Of India’s approximately one billion residents, about 830 million, over 80 percent, are Hindus. (The remaining population is predominantly Muslim, about 120 million, with some Sikhs, Christians, Parsis, and others.) Although Buddhism was born in India and flourished there for more than a thousand years, it is no longer a significant force in Indian life. Hinduism also survived the invasion of various Islamic dynasties, who imposed Islam on much of India from the 13th to the 18th centuries. The predominantly Muslim areas of India were separated out into the new nation of Pakistan, divided into East and West Pakistan in 1947. Following a war of independence in 1971, East Pakistan was reborn as Bangladesh.


California Academy of Sciences (CAS-INVERT)
Established in 1914, Invertebrate Zoology is one of the oldest departments in the Academy, representing more than 160 years of scientific research. In combining with the Department of Geology in 1982, it became home not only to the most diverse collections in the Academy—encompassing an enormous range specimens and strengths—but to a robust staff of curators, researchers, collection managers, students, and more. Through field and lab work, multi-disciplinary expeditions, and scientific publications, our scientists rigorously advance knowledge in their areas of expertise. From octocorals and opisthobranch mollusks to echinoderms and paleontology, our work—and the collections we maintain—is a vital piece of the Academy's overall efforts to explore, explain, and sustain life on Earth.
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The United States has a number of constitutional rights that protect criminal defendants. These rights include the right to a speedy and public trial, the right to an attorney, the right to confront witnesses against them, the right to be free from self-incrimination, and the right to due process of law.
Other countries also have similar rights for criminal defendants, but the specific rights that are guaranteed may vary. For example, the European Convention on Human Rights guarantees the right to a fair trial, but it does not specifically guarantee the right to a public trial.
In general, the United States has a more adversarial system of justice than other countries. This means that the prosecution and the defense are more likely to be at odds with each other, and the judge’s role is to referee the dispute. In other countries, the system is more inquisitorial, where the judge is actively involved in investigating the case and trying to find the truth.
The United States also has a higher rate of incarceration than other countries. This is due in part to the fact that the United States has a wider range of crimes that are punishable by incarceration, and in part to the fact that the United States has a more punitive approach to criminal justice.
Despite these differences, the United States and other countries share a common goal of ensuring that criminal defendants are treated fairly and that their rights are protected.


During pregnancy, women have many things to think about, but it’s also important for them to “think teeth.” The health of a woman’s teeth is actually linked to the health of her child. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has an excellent, free-to-order flyer that can be used by dental clinics, community health centers, WIC clinics, and other settings to educate women about protecting their teeth and gums.
Education is crucial because four out of 10 pregnant women have tooth decay or some form of gum disease. That decay and disease can impact her child. Some studies have found an association between periodontal (gum) disease and pre-term or low-birth weight babies. In addition, women with poor dental health have the potential to transmit cavity-causing bacteria to their children while in the womb and as the infant is growing and developing. Doing so raises kids’ risk of tooth decay.
Dental health for pregnant women is important, yet often overlooked. Some women mistakenly believe they should not receive dental care during pregnancy. Dentists may also believe that patient care should be delayed during pregnancy. In a survey of obstetricians and gynecologists, 77% said their patients had reported being declined dental services due to pregnancy. However, this goes against strong evidence that dental care is safe — and recommended — during pregnancy. In 2013, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued recommendations that “women should be counseled about the maintenance of good oral health as well as the safety and importance of oral health care during pregnancy.”
The CMS flyer mentioned earlier can be ordered in large quantities for free. It offers tips for pregnant women’s dental care, and it encourages them to visit a dentist. Share the handout today to help educate pregnant women about oral health.
If you are pregnant, take steps now to protect your oral health—and your baby’s—by preventing tooth decay. Make an appointment with your dentist; if you don’t yet have a dentist, check out the flyer for information on how to find a dental health care provider.
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Within Reach of All: Early Dayton Photography
November 13, 2021–February 6, 2022
Ohio has a long history of professional and amateur photography, dating back to the earliest days of the medium in the 1840s. This exhibition will feature some exceptional examples of photos from the DAI and area collections that showcase photographic artists working in the Buckeye State.
Within Reach of All highlights how photography increased access to portraiture, once reserved for the wealthy who could afford costly commissioned paintings. Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist and most photographed individual of the nineteenth century, noted the democratizing power of photography by making portraiture “within reach of all.” The exhibition features carte-de-visites and cabinet cards made around the region, a one-of-a-kind daguerreotype of the Dayton Courthouse, as well as paintings and a lithograph of the same era.
The exhibition also features a grouping of cards that came from a single album. The selection of images is an example of the widespread practice of collecting photographs of family and friends, as well as celebrity and souvenir cards. The grouping also includes portraits of Black citizens of Ohio. While early Ohio laws sought to regulate and discourage their settlement in the state, the Black population grew from about 300 in 1800 to 97,000 in 1890, with nearly 1,000 people of African descent living in Dayton by 1890. Together, the exhibition presents a glimpse into Ohio history and demonstrates photography’s ability to produce power portraits of individuals.
Featured Image: Photographer Unknown, Dayton Courthouse, about 1850s, Daguerreotype. Gift of Richard and Marlene Carlile, 2009.9
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Students who complete the Enzyme Investigation lab can further explore enzymes with this lab on how concentrations of the substrate (hydrogen peroxide) and the enzyme ( catalase) can affect the rate of reaction. In the first experiment, students simply made a judgement about the amount of bubbling to indicate reaction speed, though this is a crude measure.
As an extension, students can refine this technique using a floating disk procedure. Create a stock solution of yeast (approximately 2 grams in 100 ml of water) to show how you can dip a filter paper disk in the yeast solution and then drop it into hydrogen peroxide. The disk will briefly sink and then float to the surface. You can then time how long it takes to get to the surface as a measure of the reaction rate.
Students will then adjust the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide by adding water and discover that the disks take longer to float. The same effect occurs when the concentration of the yeast solution is decreased.
Guiding Question: How does increasing the concentration of the substrate or the enzyme affect the reaction rate?
2H2O2 → 2H2O + O2
This lab can be converted to an inquiry lab easily by not giving students the step-by-step instructions, but instead asking them to develop their own experiments. Basically, you would show them the floating disc technique as a measure of reaction rate and then they would develop the procedure.
Time Required: 45-60 minutes
Grade Level: 11-12
HS-LS1-2 Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms
Science Practices: 1. Asking questions (for science) 2. Developing and using models 3. Planning and carrying out investigations 4. Analyzing and interpreting data


Remote viewing is a mental process where one can allegedly perceive information about a remote object, person, or location without any physical contact. It is said to be possible through extrasensory perception (ESP) and this is the common understanding of what remote viewing is. However, there is more to it than just that.
Some people believe that remote viewing is actually an extension of our natural senses and abilities. For example, when we dream, we are using our natural abilities to see things that are not in our immediate environment. With remote viewing, we are using these same abilities to see something that is not in our physical space. Others believe that remote viewing is a result of accessing some higher dimensional space or plane where all information about everything is available.
There are many different theories about how remote viewing works, but the bottom line is that there is no definitive answer. The reality of it has yet to be proven, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t real. People have been practicing and studying remote viewing for decades and there is a lot of anecdotal evidence to suggest that it works. So, while the science may not be clearcut, the concept of remote viewing is definitely worth exploring.
Remote viewing training
If you are interested in learning more about remote viewing, there are a few things you can do. First, you can read about it and try to understand the different theories about how it works. Second, you can explore some of the techniques that are used in remote viewing. And finally, you can practice using these techniques so that you can start to experience it for yourself.
One great way to learn about remote viewing is to take a course or workshop. There are many different courses available, both online and offline. These courses will teach you the basics of remote viewing and give you some exercises to help you get started.
If you want to explore the techniques used in remote viewing, there are a number of resources available online. There are a number of videos, articles, and tutorials that can help you learn about the different techniques and how to use them.
Finally, if you want to practice remote viewing yourself, there are a number of exercises you can try. One good way to start is by focusing on a specific object or person and then trying to get information about them. You can also try exploring different locations and seeing what information you can gather about them. The more you practice, the better you will become at remote viewing.


Famous Irish Scientists - John Phillip Holland
John Phillip Holland was born in 1841 in Liscannor, Co.Clare. It was John Holland who developed, in America, the first modern submarine which could travel 800km on the surface of the sea and 40km submerged.
John was a teacher in Ireland until 1872, when he emigrated to the USA, where he taught in Paterson, New Jersey, until 1879. He drew up plans of submarines and, in 1879, with funds by the Fenians, built a small submarine which successfully operated submerged. He formed a company in 1895 and was awarded a contract to build a submarine for the US Navy. His first boat was a failure, but his second passed Navy tests. It had a gasoline engine for surface propulsion and an electric motor fed by storage batteries power when submerged. The arrangement of tanks to be flooded to submerge the boat was similar to that used in modern submarines. His submarine was purchased by the US Navy in 1900.
It was not until after his death that Holland became widely recognised and renowned as the inventor of the modern submarine. In 1964 a plaque was erected in Liscannor to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his death.
The 'North Mon' celebrates 200 years in 2011 and Holland will be remembered in conjunction with the National Maritime College of Ireland at Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork.


Remote sensing, landscape and archaeology tracing ancient tracks and roads between Palmyra and the Euphrates in Syria
Keywords: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Remote Sensing, Surveying, Mapping, Syria, Palmyra, Jebel Bishri
Abstract. The present paper concentrates on the use of remote sensing by satellite imagery for detecting ancient tracks and roads in the area between Palmyra and the Euphrates in Syria. The Syrian desert was traversed by caravans already in the Bronze Age, and during the Greco-Roman period the traffic increased with the Silk Road and trade as well as with military missions annexing the areas into empires. SYGIS - the Finnish archaeological survey and mapping project traced, recorded and documented ancient sites and roads in the region of Jebel Bishri in Central Syria in 2000-2010 before the outbreak of the civil war in Syria. Captured data of ancient roads and bridge points bring new light to the study of ancient communication framework in the area. Archaeological research carried out by the project on the ground confirmed the authenticity of many road alignments, new military and water harvesting sites as well as civilian settlements, showing that the desert-steppe area was actively used and developed probably from the second century AD. The studies further demonstrated that the area between Palmyra and the Euphrates was militarily more organised already in the second and third centuries AD than earlier believed. Chronologically, the start of this coincided with the “golden age” of the Palmyrene caravans in the second century AD. Topography and landscape were integral parts of the construction of graves/tumuli as sign-posts guiding in the desert, as well as roads and all kinds of settlements whether military or civilian.


What is heart disease?
Heart disease describes a variety of conditions which affect the performance of your heart. Also known as coronary artery disease, it refers to the failure of the coronary circulation to supply adequate oxygen and blood to the heart or in some cases the body. This is commonly equated to ischaemic heart disease (heart attack or coronary artery bypass grafts). However, it can be due to other causes such as valve disease, pericardial disease, vascular disease or rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias).
In Ireland, heart disease remains the most common cause of death, currently accounting for a third of all deaths and one in five premature deaths.
What are coronary arteries?
The heart is supplied with blood through the coronary arteries. This blood carries oxygen and nutrients which are required for healthy heart tissue. If blockages develop in the coronary arteries, blood supply around the body can be reduced which may cause some of the heart muscle to die. This is referred to as a heart attack or myocardial infarction.
What are the symptoms of a heart attack ?
Symptoms of a heart attack include:
- Feeling faint
- Diaphoresis (sweating)
- Pain or discomfort in the chest known as angina


In Google’s algorithm,
the Search Engine Optimization factors are often divided into two categories:
It decides the ranking of your website. These factors include technical issues and more textual issues
Off-Page Factors: These factors embody the links to your web site. The additional different sites link to your web site, the higher your ranking in Google is.
Correspondingly, the vast majority of online experiences begin with a search engine, and nearly 75% of searchers start their searches on Google.
Search Engine Optimization
What is Search Engine Optimization?
A Search Engine optimization is like Google consists of a crawler, an index, and an algorithm.. Google includes a specific rule that decides that which pages are shown during which order. It’s vital to own a basic understanding of how Google and most different search engines use links. In addition, they use the number of links pointing to a page to determine how important that page is. Both internal links , as well as external links, could help in the ranking of a website in Google. Search Engine optimization – SEO is that the profession that tries to optimize sites to create them seem in a very high position within the organic search results. It is the method of obtaining traffic from the “free,” “organic,” “editorial” or “natural” search results on search engines. Moreover, SEO is the procedure of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine’s unpaid results.” Thus, it may target different kinds of search, together with image search, video search, search, news search, and industry-specific vertical search engines. Search engine optimization differs from native Search Engine optimization. In order to do so, therefore, SEO tries to fit a website into Google’s algorithm. SEO is the follower of creating changes to web content, content, and the promotion of that content, to improve visibility in organic. Although Google’s algorithm remains secret, almost a 10 decade of experience in SEO has resulted in a pretty good idea about the important factors.
Why Search Engine Optimization – SEO?
- Better visibility in the world of the Internet.
- Increases organic traffic.
- Better Ranking on search engines like Google,Yahoo,Bing
- Search engines prefer organic results than paid ads


Each year, an estimated 75,000 Canadians experience sepsis — a life-threatening illness triggered by the body's response to an infection. Once a patient becomes septic, they need immediate care to prevent tissue damage, organ failure and death, as each hour without treatment reduces the average survival rate by 7.6% (Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2020 12 (3): 1007-1021).
Technology supports care team in saving lives
With the ongoing rollout of the Clinical & Systems Transformation (CST) project across VCH, PHC and PHSA sites, the CST Cerner early warning and Sepsis tools are a win for patient safety. These function to support medical staff and other providers in detecting and treating sepsis early by monitoring sepsis symptoms all the way down to a cellular level.
Check out how it works
In honour of Sepsis Awareness Month and World Sepsis Day (September 13), CST has created an animated video that walks through how staff and other providers use the CST Cerner early warning and Sepsis tools. Click here to watch.
Education on how to spot Sepsis is vital
While these tools help care teams to be proactive, it is still important for patients, families and care teams to recognize the visible warning signs of sepsis, including severe breathlessness, slurred speech and mottled or discoloured skin. Find out more by going to WorldSepsisDay.org.


This month we continue our exploration of the Georgia History Festival theme, “United States Constitution: Ensuring Liberty and Justice for All,” with a look at collection items that relate to amendments to the Constitution.
Letter from James Madison to General James Jackson, Dec. 27, 1785 (1795), Joseph Vallence Bevan papers, MS 0071
This letter is important in its demonstration of the role of legislators in identifying, discussing, and proposing potential amendments to the Constitution. In this letter, written by James Madison of Virginia to General James Jackson of Georgia in 1785, Madison aims to solicit advice from Jackson on possible amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Madison says that amendments should be limited to those points “which cannot be misrepresented as affecting the essence of the Constitution.” One such point for Madison was treaties and their power. While proposing that all treaties should be ratified by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, Madison acknowledges that this could lead to confusion between treaties and laws if both are sanctioned by both houses of Congress. He further mentions potential concerns regarding the power of a treaty to supersede laws and the constitutions of the states. Though we do not have Jackson’s response, one can imagine that the very oppositions that Madison raised were likely the reason this proposal was never added to the Constitution. Despite the failure of this amendment, this letter demonstrates also that the Constitution was considered a “living,” organic document that could continue to be altered to meet the ever-changing needs of the young country.


2019 - 20
We've been working alongside North West Kent Countryside Partnership (NWKCP) to develop the school grounds as an extension to the classroom. By making various improvements to the site, the aims are to:
encourage all staff to take advantage of teaching outdoors and stretch the curriculum to outdoor subject matter;
promote the biodiversity levels of flora and fauna;
facilitate independent exploration and discovery during break times for children in green, flora rich spaces.
Examples of improvements made include: planting more trees in the field; enlarging the pond; installing interpretation boards next to the pond; installing a nature trail on lecterns on far side of the field; development of area next to the pond as Forest School area with table, seating and storage; development of waste area near nursery including leveling of ground and installation of log seats.
Improvements still to come include: installation of bird boxes, some with cameras that can link to whiteboards in classrooms.
Jan - Feb 2022: Feathered Friends
In an effort to encourage more birds to make their homes in our grounds, we've installed eleven birdboxes around the school site. Four of these have cameras in that should be able to link up to whiteboards in classrooms if any nesting activity takes place - fingers crossed! In addition, Forest Explorers have played their part this term by making birdfeeders out of recycled materials to try to entice more avian visitors and also by taking part in the Big Schools Birdwatch. With spring around the corner, we have high hopes - we'll keep you posted!


Guest Post by Jenna McAnulty
It’s a warm Friday afternoon, school is out, and 200 children are gathered around a plastic bucket on a rust-colored stand. This is Asante Africa Foundation Program Lead, Mary Kwena’s homemade hand washing station — and the students are there to learn how to scrub between their fingers, and so much more. The natural curiosity within each child draws them closer as they listen to Mary explain how things like the common cold and stomach flu are spread.
Most of these students have siblings, so the knowledge they gain here will not stay here. Mary hopes her lesson will create a ripple effect that spreads a new skill — a new power — to hundreds of children and adults throughout the community. The children’s expressions are varied, but focused. Some are confused, but most are curious and excited to learn.
Their opportunities to learn are underscored by one of Asante Africa Foundation’s central beliefs: knowledge is a gift and should be shared. Very quickly these students understand it is their responsibility to their community, to “pay it forward” — to use what they know to help a friend, or teach their own families.
The hand-washing lesson was about empowering each child to take pride in, and ownership of their own body — to protect themselves and their community. Mary’s approachable, fun, and relatable way of teaching encouraged the children to ask questions. They could ask questions that are silly, serious, or even scary. What is most important though, is that they walked away feeling stronger than before.
The work being done through Asante Africa Foundation goes far beyond building academic knowledge. This simple lesson on hand washing techniques created many new leaders and a much healthier community of learners.


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A new study found that kidney disease patients who consume three or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day fare better, compared to fellow patients who rarely consume fruits and vegetables. These patients experienced a reduction in their blood pressure along with greater medical cost savings.
The findings come from a multi-year study of a small group of patients, comparing standard medical treatment to nutritional intervention. The results revealed a clear advantage of the latter.
Study author Dr. Nimrit Goraya said, “This study has been done over five years, but every year since the therapy with fruits and vegetables began, we were able to lower medications.”
The study enlisted 108 kidney disease patients who were on similar dosages of blood pressure medication. Patients were divided into three groups – one group was treated with sodium bicarbonate, the second group was provided with three to four servings of fruits and vegetables in addition to their regular diet, and the third group did not receive any treatment.
After five years, systolic blood pressure was lower in the fruit and vegetable group, compared to the other groups. The participants in this group also had lower dosages of blood pressure medication than the other groups.
This translated into medical cost savings for the food group – nearly half – compared to the other groups.
Dr. Goraya explained that kidney disease control is not only triggered by the incorporation of healthier foods, but also the reduction of unhealthy foods. Because many blood pressure medications can yield unwanted and negative side effects, it is much easier to up your intake of fruits and vegetables instead and still experience beneficial effects for your blood pressure.


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According to the US Network for LGBT Health Equity, smoking tobacco has taken over from HIV as the biggest health problem for the LGBT+ community.
Figures from the Network suggest smoking while living with HIV reduces life expectancy by a further 7.2 years than merely living with HIV. Those living with HIV can expect to have 5.1 years shaved off their life expectancy, while HIV+ smokers see that rise to 12.3 years on average.
The US Center for Disease Control has also published statistics that indicate a greater percentage of LGBT+ people in the country smokes than the average US population. 30.8% of all LGBT+ in the US smoke, while only 20.5% of the general public smokes.
The Center for Disease Control has created its Tips from Former Smokers Campaign to curb smoking among those living with HIV. This includes a hard-hitting video which stars a man named Brian who smoked for 30 years before he nearly died due to a stroke caused by smoking while living with HIV.
The Office of the Surgeon General and CDC’s Office of Smoking and Health have also responded to this rising health concern by launching their own video about smoking disparities in LGBT+ communities. This video features Dr Scout from CenterLink’s Network for LGBT Health Equity.
‘We know that approximately one million LGBT people [in the US] will die early from tobacco-related causes – we want to save those lives instead,’ said Dr Scout.
‘The first step is spreading the news that LGBT people smoke at such high rates. We’re very pleased to see the Surgeon General’s Office and CDC recognizing LGBT pride month by releasing all these resources to help us raise awareness.’
It is thought that smoking rates among LGBT+ people in the UK are also higher than among the general population – with LGBT+ women smoking more than LGBT+ men.
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