t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE) is a technique used for compressing high dimensional data into a small number of dimensions. This method attempts to preserve local structure by maintaining the distribution of the neighbors of each point. This can be contrasted with Principal Component Analysis which preserves large-scale relationships.
t-SNE is used primarily to compress data to 2 dimensions for visualization. This article describes how to create a two-dimensional scatterplot, where each of the objects is represented as a point:
- High dimension variables in your data set (many variables)
- A distance matrix, see How to Create a Distance Matrix or you can paste one in as a table.
1. From the menus, select Anything > Advanced Analysis > Dimension Reduction > t-SNE.
2. Follow the instructions on How to Create a Dimension Reduction Scatterplot to further configure the output. If using variables, start on Step 3 of that section. If using a distance matrix, follow from Step 2 of that section.
How to do Principal Component Analysis in Displayr
How to Save Components/Dimensions from a Dimension Reduction Output
How to Create a Dimension Reduction Scatterplot
How to Do Multidimensional Scaling
How to Create a Distance Matrix
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Geopandas uses shapely for geometry manipulations. In shapely
representative_point is a call to the
GEOSPointOnSurface method in the GEOS C library. The GEOS library is also used by PostGIS, so I'm copying the answer from this similar questions here: https://gis.stackexchange.com/a/76563
If you want to search thru the GEOS library for exactly how things are done, it is common to have to dig 5+ method calls deep to come to the actual algorithm.
Based on a few experiments, I think
ST_PointOnSurface() works roughly like this, if the geometry is a polygon:
- Trace an east-west ray, lying half-way between the northern and
southern extents of the polygon.
- Find the longest segment of the ray
that intersects the polygon.
- Return the point that is half-way along said segment.
That may not make sense, so here's a sketch of a polygon with a ray dividing it into a northern and southern parts:
/ \ <-- northern extent
/ \ __
/ \ / \
/_ _ _ P _ _ _\ / _ _\ P = point-on-surface
/ \/ \
/ C \ C = centroid
/______________________________/ <-- southern extent
ST_Centroid() are usually different points, even on convex polygons.
The only reason for the "surface" in the name, I think, is that if the geometry has 3D lines then the result will be simply be one of the vertexes.
I would agree that more explanation (and better naming) would have been useful and hope a GEOS programmer might shed some more light on the matter.


Dreams – Some people understand that to dream is to journey in the other world, or that the dream world is the real one and that what is seen there will happen here sooner or later. Dreams may therefore be seen as opportunities for divination or as visions of the future. Dreams usually need interpreting: dreams of particular animals may warn of the need to be wary of poison. Carlos Fausto’s (2004) discussion of blood and tobacco ideas in Amazonia entails consideration of dreams as a prime means by which shamans seek to control enemies (especially other-than-human ones), making them allies and even pets who will help the shaman heal or harm others. Dreams may also be initiatory: to see particularly powerful other-than-human persons is to know that one has been elected to become a shaman. Greg Sarris’s account of the life of Mabel McKay, a Pomo doctor and weaver, provides an illustration of reliance on dreams as modes of communication between shamans and their helpers. Note that the Aboriginal Australian term the Dreaming is not primarily concerned with dreams. Rather, it is a rough translation equivalent for a variety of indigenous terms, only some of which refer to revelatory dreams.
Historical Dictionary of Shamanism by Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis 2007


Against all environmental assessments , Ottawa has just greenlit the Robert Banks terminal project in BC's Fraser River Estuary. The project will result in increased shipping traffic, underwater noise and reduction in water quality both of which are harmful to the Salmon and the Whales.This is one of Canada's largest expansive ecosystems for Criticaly threatened Chinook Salmon rearing and foraging grounds essential for the Critically endangered Southetn Resident Killer Whales (counts as of jan 2023 are 73 left). There is already a terminal 85 hectares in size which disrupts the natural habitat and breeding site for Chinnook salmon ( the only natural prey of Southern Resident killer Whales which makes up the bulk of thier diet) .Now this critical habitat will lose an additional 112 hectares. The Canadian government has ignored the review from Canada's Impact Assessment Agency that states this project will have a huge effect
on the survival of Chinook Salmon and therefore Southern Resident Killer .Whales. These Whales are federally protected in both Canada and the United States under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) and the Endangerd Species Act (ESA). This project constitutes a violation of law and the Canadian Government is sneaking it in under Canadians and US citizens radar. This project will most certainly hasten the demise of
Species already fighting for their existence. Don't let the Robert Banks Terminal 2 construction Project be allowed to happen in the Salish Sea!
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87 Study Guide: Chromosomal Inheritance
Objective: Solve problems involving heritable conditions related to chromosomal inheritance.
Use this page to check your understanding of the content.
- Sex chromosomes
Study Guide Questions
- Be able to read and interpret any karyotype, including determining the chromosomal gender of the “patient”.
- Successfully solve heredity problems involving sex-linked characteristics.
- Example: Hemophilia in humans is a condition resulting in a failure to form blood clots, resulting in excessive bleeding. It is due to a mutation in a gene found on the X-chromosome. What possible offspring can result from a baby-making union between a non-carrier female and a hemophilac male?
- For more practice, visit: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/problem_sets/sex_linked_inheritance/sex_linked_inheritance.html
- When given an example of aneuploidy, be able to hypothesize how it occurred. (Did non-disjunction take place during meiosis I or meiosis II? How can you tell? Can you always tell?)
- Be able to read and interpret pedigrees.
- In this pedigree, the shaded individuals are homozygous recessive. What is the genotype of individual B?
- What is the genotype of individual E?
- If E married an individual who is homozygous recessive, what is the probability that their first child will be homozygous recessive?
- For practice, see: http://bio3400.nicerweb.com/med/QUIZ/pedigree_q.html
- Why are pedigrees necessary when studying human inheritance patterns?


Reclaimed Water Facility
The Reclaimed Water Facility (RWF) uses a tertiary treatment process for the University’s waste water. This process uses microfiltration and ultraviolet disinfection, which will allow UConn to divert a maximum of 1 million gallons of non-potable – not drinkable – water each day to meet the campus needs that don’t require fresh water. One of these needs is at the Cogen power plant, which uses anywhere between 250,000 and 450,000 gallons of cooling water per day. The facility allows the University to use the treated non-potable water to meet this need instead, replacing the need to pump and treat hundreds of thousands of gallons of potable water from our two major water supply well fields. The Reclaimed Water Facility is currently fully operational and processes hundreds of thousands of gallons of water each day for use at the Cogen Facility, Innovative Partnership Building, and Engineering and Science Building.
For more information please visit the following links below:
Reclaimed Water Facility: News Articles
Eye on Sustainability: UConn Reclaimed Water Facility Shows Campus' Green Side
The Reclaimed Water Facility at the University of Connecticut sits right between two other critical utility plants on the campus.
It receives secondary effluent from the university’s Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) and it delivers reclaimed water to the Central Utilities Plant (CUP) for use in the cooling towers and boilers. About 20 to 60 percent of water used there returns to the WPCF.
Rob Scott, project manager with Woodard & Curran, leads a staff of four in fulfilling the Reclaimed Water Facility’s role in the university’s semi-closed water loop. “Close communication and cooperation among the three facilities is essential,” says Scott. “Any operational change or issue at one facility has potential to affect water quality and operations at the other two.” Continue reading


*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on EurekAlert!
A new national study finds that children in the United States with greater screen time usage at ages 9-10 are more likely to gain weight one year later.
The study, publishing in Pediatric Obesity, found that each additional hour spent on virtually all forms of screen time was associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) one year later. In particular, researchers found that each extra hour spent watching or streaming television, YouTube videos, video games, video chat, and texting led to a higher risk of weight gain one year later. At the start of the study, 33.7% of children were considered overweight or obese, and this increased to 35.5% one year later, a proportion that is expected to rise in the late teens and early adulthood.
“Screen time is often sedentary and may replace time for physical activity. Children are exposed to more food advertisements and are prone to snacking and overeating while distracted in front of screens,” said lead author, Jason Nagata, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco.
“The study was conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but its findings are especially relevant for the pandemic,” noted Nagata. “With remote learning, the cancellation of youth sports and social isolation, children have been exposed to unprecedented levels of screen time.”


Supervisor: Dr. Sabre Cherkowski
City: Yellowknife, NT
Occupation: Assistant Superintendent
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This personal narrative examines the need for and opportunities to utilize Indigenous First Nations curricula in our diverse Northern schools. As a non-Indigenous First Nations person, born and raised in northern communities, my experiences both in and out of the classroom have shaped my approach to teaching and learning. My roles in our education system have included classroom teacher, Program Support Teacher, Literacy Coach, Principal, and now, Curriculum Coordinator. Through many years of wrestling with the right way to include all of my students in authentic ways, and observing new educators struggle to work with diverse learners and for some whom trauma as a result of the intergenerational effects of residential schooling is a real and on-going reality, and with curricula and history quite foreign to them, I hope to offer a way forward. I currently work in the largest school district in the Northwest Territories, with a population of 2,191 students. The most recent school I worked in had a diverse mix, which included approximately 30% Indigenous students. This group consists of Dene, Inuit, and Metis students.
The context is an important part of understanding the project’s purpose. In addition to reviewing curricular resources from other provinces, I will share research that supports the need for contextualized pedagogy. My project is centred around the integration of First Nations curricula, more specifically, Dene Kede and Indigenous Languages & Education, by non-Indigenous educators and the importance of place consciousness. Finally, I will offer recommendations for authentic integration, identify limitations within curricula discussed, and highlight potential areas for further exploration.
Shirley Zouboules was born in Fort Smith and raised in Northwest Territories, and has a deep-rooted appreciation for the north’s land, people, history – and even the weather! She has been in the field of education since 1989 in positions such as teacher, principal and curriculum coordinator. She is currently the Assistant Superintendent for the Yellowknife Education District No. 1. She is a lifelong learner who enjoys reading (especially Canadian books) and Moodles. She is the proud parent of two grown children.


Porphyrins are heterocyclic macrocycles, consisting of four pyrrole subunits (tetrapyrrole) linked by four methine (=CH-) bridges. The extensive conjugated porphyrin macrocycle is chromatic and the name itself, porphyrin, is derived from the Greek word for purple. The aromatic character of porphyrins can be seen by NMR spectroscopy.Porphyrins readily combine with metals by coordinating them in the central cavity. Iron (heme) and magnesium (chlorophyll) are two well known examples although zinc, copper, nickel and cobalt form other known metal-containing phorphyrins. A porphyrin which has no metal in the cavity is called a free base.Some iron-containing porphyrins are called hemes (heme-containing proteins or hemoproteins) and these are found extensively in nature ie. hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is quantitatively the most important hemoprotein. The hemoglobin iron is the transfer site of oxygen and carries it in the blood all round the body for cell respiration. Other examples are cytochromes present in mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum which takes part in electron transfer events, catalase and peroxidase whic protect the body against the oxidant hydrogen peroxide and tryptophan oxygenase which is present in intermediary metabolism. Hemoproteins are synthesized in all mammalian cells and the major sites are erythropoietic tissue and the liver.
The processes by which heme is synthesized, transported, and metabolized are a critical part of human iron metabolism (Severance and Hamze 2009); here the core processes of heme biosynthesis and catabolism have been annotated.


Show & Tell presentation
Online speed-reading: the fastest way to improve reading fluency
Being able to read fluently is important for any language learner, whether it is for their academic achievement, career advancement, or just improving their general language proficiency. One of the most effective and efficient ways for students to improve their reading fluency is by engaging in a dedicated speed reading course such as those advocated by Paul Nation (Nation, 2018). However, such courses are challenging to implement because they typically involve a textbook specifically created for speed reading, and require students to track their reading time, calculate their reading speed and report their progress. While these print resources are useful, an online system that can calculate a student’s reading speed and track their progress automatically would provide significant advantages for both students and teachers. In this practical workshop, the presenter will discuss and demonstrate several free and commercial online speed reading applications which the participants can try out for themselves.
Paul Goldberg has taught English as a foreign language in Venezuela, Spain, Korea, the US, and most recently at Kwansei Gakuin University, in Japan. His main areas of interest are extensive reading and extensive listening. Paul is the founder of Xreading, which he developed because of his desire to make graded readers more accessible for students, and extensive reading programs easier for teachers to manage. Email: email@example.com.


Local forage fish abundance influences foraging effort and offspring condition in an endangered marine predator.
Understanding the functional relationship between marine predators and their prey is vital to inform ecosystem-based management. However, collecting concurrent data on predator behaviour and their prey at relevant scales is challenging. Moreover, opportunities to study these relationships in the absence of industrial fishing are extremely rare. We took advantage of an experimental fisheries closure to study how local prey abundance influences foraging success and chick condition of Endangered African penguins Spheniscus demersus in the Benguela ecosystem. We tracked 75 chick-provisioning penguins with GPS-time-depth devices, measured body condition of 569 chicks, quantified the diet of 83 breeding penguins and conducted 12 forage fish hydro-acoustic surveys within a 20 km radius of Robben Island, South Africa, over three years (2011-2013). Commercial fishing for the penguins' main prey, sardine Sardinops sagax and anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus, was prohibited within this 20 km radius during the study period. Local forage fish abundance explained 60% of the variation in time spent diving for 14 penguins at sea within 2 days of a hydro-acoustic survey. Penguin foraging effort (time spent diving, number of wiggles per trip, number of foraging dives and the maximum distance travelled) increased and offspring body condition decreased as forage fish abundance declined. In addition, quantile regression revealed that variation in foraging effort increased as prey abundance around the colony declined. Policy implications. Our results demonstrate that local forage fish abundance influences seabird foraging and offspring fitness. They also highlight the potential for offspring condition and the mean-variance relationship in foraging behaviour to act as leading indicators of poor prey abundance. By rapidly indicating periods where forage resources are scarce, these metrics could help limit seabird fisheries competition and aid the implementation of dynamic ocean management.


Code by Numbers - A STEM module based on number
Coding, pseudo-coding, problem solving, investigations and a wealth of mathematical discovery and understanding - Code by Numbers. This module consists of a sequence of four activities, ideally suited for a middle school mathematics elective. Download the complete series by selecting the appropriate link below, or check out each individual activity.
TI-Nspire Python Version TI-Nspire TI-Basic Version TI-84PlusCE Basic Version TI-84PlusCE Python Version
Euclid's AlgorithmTurn one of the oldest mathematical algorithms into a functioning program and then use it to efficiently explore a list of numbers and more.
Euler Totient FunctionIt sounds complicated, it's not. The Euler Totient function counts co-prime numbers to the selected number. So many patterns emerge as students determine the ETF for a set of numbers.
Highly CompositeStudied by the famous mathematician: Ramanujan, Highly Composite Numbers are still be explored today.
Develop skills for 21st-century success with free project-based learning activities that help students explore, understand and connect the principles of science, math, coding, engineering design and electronics.
10 Minutes of Code
Introduce students to the basics of coding and build their understanding of math with simple, 10-minute lessons for their TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire™ CX graphing technology.
Open new channels for inquiry, exploration and collaboration with free activities for TI-Innovator™ technology.Learn more


Yes, finally, you are in the latest grade in elementary school. Congratulations on keep progressing until you reach this phase! Actually, we can throw a party with teachers to congratulate ourselves that we have passed as far as this. We can also involve our parents too. Well, before we create sign first day of 6th grade for the party, we need to remember that we are also required to pass this phase for higher education too. Here are some tips to prepare for 6th grade so we can pass the 6th-grade classes:
Sometimes, we are afraid to celebrate the first day at school in the 6th grade and use the sign first day of 6th grade to show that we are having a party. It is because we feel older than other friends. Yes, this makes us insecure because we are old. However, it is really fine to attend the class of the 6th grader when you are 13! Well, of course there must be reasons why we can attend as a 6th grader at the age of 13. Well, there are some considerations, including birth date, family reasons, health, or problems in the past too. The most important thing is that you are here at school and reach the last grade in elementary school!
We also have more printable other you may like:
Printable Directional Arrows
2nd Grade Story Problems Printable
Printable Miniatures For Dollhouses
Actually, besides preparing a celebration by download sign first day of 6th-grade, we can prepare fun activities to begin our first day at the last grade in elementary school. This will be useful for us, including the teachers, parents, and the students themselves. If we are running out of ideas to celebrate our first day with a series of fun activities, we can give you some fun first day of 6th-grade, including:


Breakthroughs in Radar Science Reveal 4 Billion Birds On The Move
Fall migration will bring 4 billion birds into the skies over the United States. That’s not a guess—it’s hard data, gleaned from the first-ever national bird count using weather radar.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientists analyzed data from 143 weather radar stations from 2013 to 2017 to provide the first large-scale counts of migratory bird activity across the United States. By comparing the number of birds moving back and forth each autumn and spring, researchers also determined the average annual return rate: 76% for birds crossing the southern U.S. border, including Neotropical migrants such as warblers, tanagers, and orioles.
Your support of the Cornell Lab helps advance a whole new era of big-data ornithology as scientists use novel ways to combine radar technology and computational power to illuminate the scale of bird migration across the continents.
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Autism in Children
What is Autism?
Autism is one of the learning disabilities in children. Know about the symptoms, types and various facts on autism in children.
Types of Autism in Children
The learning disability in children called autism can be classified in various types. Asperger's Syndrome, Kanner's Syndrome and Rett's Syndrome are some of the types of autism. Diagnosis of the right type of autism is helpful for right treatment. Find about different types of autism in children right here.
Causes of Autism in Children
Autism is a neurological disorder in children affecting their brains. Read about various causes of autism in children.
Diagnosing Autism in Children
Do you know that autism can be diagnosed even in the womb of mother during her pregnancy? Early diagnosis of autism in children can help them to overcome it quickly and easily. Read about diagnosis of autism in children.
Parenting Autistic Children
Children with autism can perform better than normal children and excel in life. Here are some helpful tips for parenting autistic children.
Treatments for Autism in Children
Early intervention, right treatment and right management of autism in children is necessary. Read about the various treatments for autism in children. Right treatment can help children to overcome autism easily and excel in life.


Perceptions of wetlands vary considerably – from disease-ridden ‘swamps’ that should be drained for farmland or housing, to wildlife havens generating local employment and enjoyment for thousands of visitors. Meanwhile, the mosquitoes that live in them are typically seen as a nuisance with no useful purpose – few people champion them for their aesthetic or intrinsic value, and their contribution to the resilience of wetland ecosystems remains largely unrecognised.(Opening paragraph from the Artists’ Brief for WetlandLIFE)
ecoartscotland published a number of articles on WetlandLIFE and the project’s work with artists Victoria Leslie, Kerry Morrison and Helmut Lemke during 2017 and 2018, including pieces from the artists as well as from other team members including Principal Investigator Tim Acott, Dave Edwards of Forest Research, and Adriana Ford.
The WetlandLIFE project focused on the multiple values of wetlands. It was part of Valuing Nature Programme which set out “…to improve understanding of the value of nature both in economic and non-economic terms, and improve the use of these valuations in decision making.”
WetlandLIFE and the contribution of artists came under scrutiny in a workshop organised by the Art and Artists in Environmental and Landscape Research Today (AALERT) as part of the AALERT4DM project.
We have put together all the articles published on ecoartscotland as an issue of our series of occasional papers. We’ve also added Chris Fremantle’s piece for The Nature of Cities which provides a wider context of artists working with wetlands highlighting examples relevant to the major challenges identified by the Ramsar Convention including pollution, biodiversity loss and urban development.
Download the collected articles here.
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Today in Russia there are several hundred schools with separate education for boys and girls. This approach has always generated a lot of controversy. Proponents argue that gender separation enhances academic achievement, has a positive effect on the physical and psychological development of students, and helps establish “traditional values”. Opponents of separate education argue that it can adversely affect the development of the individual and is far from the realities of life in society.
The village of Borogontsy is located in Yakutia — the coldest and largest region of Russia. The nineties, as in all of the country, passed here
severely. The nation was experiencing economic and social upheaval, a new
world appeared in front of people, overwhelmed with uncertainty about tomorrow.
Young people did not understand very well how to manage absolute freedom, which
suddenly came to replace comprehensive control and guardianship by the state.
The decision that only boys will study at the gymnasium,
which opened here in 1994, was also made in order to combat this phenomenon. A bias in technical disciplines, a lot of additional classes and a special
attention to sports — gymnasium students were to become an example for everyone
Art of Omsk Museum


Many moths sport luxurious scale pelts which make them look like fuzzy butterflies. The fuzz evolved as acoustic camouflage.
“The acoustic arms race between bats and moths is a prime example of predator-prey sensory coevolution,” remarks sensory ecologist Marc Holderied.
Moths are typically nocturnal, as are bats. Many moths can hear at the ultrasound frequencies that bats use for echolocation. This allows these moths to detect when a bat is closing in and take evasive action.
Moths lacking such tuned-in ears may still gain protection from bat biosonar via acoustic camouflage: absorbing sound waves rather than reflecting them back as echoes. This takes exquisite adaptation. The thorax of a moth is bulky and hence acoustically reflective, thus making a moth an obvious target for a hungry bat.
Man-made sound absorbers consist of parallel fibers with air trapped between them. Rather than reflecting sound, sound waves enter these air pockets and bounce around, dissipating the acoustic energy.
Though following the same design principle, moth fuzz is a much better sound absorber than acoustic engineers can make – absorbing 67% of incoming sound energy. A bat has to be 9-18% closer to detect a fuzzy moth.
Thomas R. Neil et al, “Thoracic scales of moths as a stealth coating against bat biosonar,” Interface (26 February 2020).
“Stealth flyers: moths’ fuzz is superior acoustic camouflage,” Nature (26 February 2020).


Have you ever wondered where your fingerprint comes from? Your fingerprint is so unique that no two people will end up with the same fingerprint, even identical twins!
Fingerprints are little ridges on the tips of your fingers. They are folds of the outer layer of skin, the epidermis. Fingerprints start to form when a fetus grows in the womb in the 10th week after conception. Thereafter, a layer of keratin starts to coat the surface on the skin and secondary ridges form due to the uneven keratin growth.
Any factor can influence the patterns, such as the density of the amniotic fluid, fetus’s size, location, movement patterns and even genetics! Multiple genes are involved which control the development of the various layers under the skin. Hence you do share some similar patterns with your family members.
Due to this fantastic piece of Science, the world has made use of this to their advantage by scanning one’s fingerprint instead of the mere use of passwords to increase security of systems. Take for example, the SingPass Mobile App, which allows Singaporeans access to any e-government services by scanning their fingerprints. The clever software turns the information into digital code, and compares it to other data collected from fingerprints, looking for a match!
On top of fingerprints, softwares are also “clever” enough to pick out your facial expressions or retina patterns! They do all these with a very high degree of accuracy.
- When and how fingerprints form – https://lozierinstitute.org/dive-deeper/when-and-how-fingerprints-form/
- How did I get my unique set of fingerprints? – https://theconversation.com/how-did-i-get-my-own-unique-set-of-fingerprints-128391
- Are fingerprints determined by genetics? – https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/fingerprints/
- New SingPass Mobile app allows users to log into government e-services by scanning fingerprints or faces – https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-singpass-mobile-app-allows-users-to-log-into-government-e-services-by-scanning
Written by Sarah Lah
Illustrated by Lee Ai Cing


I’m going to continue highlighting words I get asked about regularly. Today’s feature: multicollinearity! This is a word you’ve probably heard about in stats class, but might not know specifically what it is or why it matters.
We worry about multicollinearity when we are using multiple independent variables to model one output. One of your independent variables is multicollinear with another if the two variables can be used to predict each other in a linear model. Usually we are worried about multicollinearity when that linear model prediction is accurate 60-90% of the time. If it’s accurate less than 60% of the time, they aren’t multicollinear. If it’s accurate more than 90% of the time, you can probably just use one of the variables and simplify your model. If one variable precisely equals the other, it’s called perfect collinearity and you only need one in the model.
If you have multicollinear variables, the coefficient estimates for your model are misleading and hard to interpret. You can’t use your model to understand the effect of one variable without the other. In cases where the independent variable values are very high or very low, the prediction from your model can be very far off. In the instances where the two multicollinear variables don’t match each other, their contributions to the prediction essentially cancels each other out and the prediction isn’t very accurate.
Multiple linear regression (MLR) is sensitive to multicollinearities. Spatial statistics tools based on MLR, including geographically weighted regression and regression kriging, are also sensitive to multicollinearity. Check the assumptions of any statistics tool you’re using, and if the tool you’re considering using is sensitive to multicollinearities, make sure you check your independent variables.
Are there other words you are curious about? Mention them in the comments!


Jarrow Hall houses archaeological finds from excavations on the monastic site of St Paul’s, Jarrow, as well as Jarrow Slake. The archaeological collection includes a wide range of artefacts, principally comprising Anglo-Saxon and Medieval material, with some Post-Medieval finds. This material includes (but is not limited to): coloured window glass, stone sculpture, ceramics, tiles, coins, copper alloy material, lead and iron objects, worked bone, animal bone and shellfish, clay pipes, painted wall plaster, bricks, and food preparation vessels.
The Jarrow Monastery was one of the most influential centres of learning in the 7th century, and the home of Venerable Bede. There was a magnificent guest-house on the river, named by excavators as ‘Building D’ where many beautiful artefacts and building material were excavated, including painted plaster, opus signinum, coloured window glass and other crafted objects. ‘Building D’ was later used as workshops.
Today you can visit St Paul’s Church, stand in the Saxon Chancel and see the 7th Century dedication stone, before visiting the neighbouring ruins of the excavated medieval monastery, which are managed by English Heritage.
Jarrow Hall has a permanent exhibition, dedicated to the finds from the excavated Jarrow monastery, in the wider context of Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Northumbria, where some of the excavated material can be seen on display. We also store and care for additional archaeological material, not currently on display.
The facsimile Codex Amiatinus and Coloured Saxon Window Glass are acknowledged as significant collections and featured as part of the Great Exhibition of the North’s A History of the North in 100 Objects.
Browse our online collections catalogue to see some of our items on display a little closer, as well as items kept in our stores. A lot of the material we hold are part of bulk finds, however, there are some real gems, including worked stone, metal and glasswork. Share your favourite object(s) with your friends on social media (don’t forget to tag us).


Long ago, when life on Earth was in its infancy, a group of small single-celled algae propelled themselves through the vast prehistoric ocean by beating whip-like tails called flagella. It's a relatively unremarkable story, except that now, more than 800 million years later, these organisms have evolved into parasites that threaten human health, and their algal past in the ocean may be the key to stopping them. The organisms are called apicomplexa, but people know them better as the parasites that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis, serious diseases that infect millions of people every year, particularly in the developing world. Now, researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have discovered how an important structure inside these parasitic cells, which evolved from the algal ancestor millions of years ago, allows the cells to replicate and spread inside their hosts. The research may soon lead to new therapies to halt these deadly pathogens before they cause disease. In order to survive, the parasitic apicomplexa must invade an animal or human and force its way into the cells of its host. Once inside the host cell, the parasite begins to replicate into numerous daughter cells that in turn create additional copies, spreading the infection throughout the body. In their study, published December 11, 2012 in PLoS Biology, the researchers demonstrate that, during the process of replication, the parasite cell loads genetic material into its daughter cells via a strand of fiber that connects the two. By altering the genes for the components of the fiber in the laboratory, the researchers discovered that they could prevent parasite replication, making the parasite essentially harmless.
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Combining several different research techniques, a group led by scientists at Japan's National Institute of Genetics has shown that chromatin forms condensed liquid-like domains in living cells but behaves like a solid at the chromosome levels. The findings, which appear this week in Science Advances, offer a new physical view of chromatin domains in active euchromatin regions. Despite advances in the understanding of chromatin activity and organization in living cells, the physical characteristics of chromatin remain unclear. The researchers used genomics, single-nucleosome imaging, and computational modeling to show that within the chromatin domain, chromatin behaves like a viscous liquid, allowing smaller proteins such as transcription factors to access the target sequences even though chromatin forms condensed domains. "This can increase chromatin accessibility and facilitate DNA transaction reactions such as RNA transcription and DNA replication/repair," the study's authors write. On the other hand, at a chromosome scale, chromatin seems to behave like a solid, likely because of many local constraints, which contribute to genome integrity. The findings, they state, strengthen the viscoelastic principle of chromatin: chromatin is locally dynamic and reactive but globally stable.
Chromatin Takes on Liquid-Like Properties in the Living Cell
Apr 06, 2023


Late summer and early fall are ideal times to lift, divide and replant daylilies. By preparing now, you will be rewarded with a spectacular show of color next year.
Dividing the plants
The objective is to help the newly divided plants establish good root systems during the fall and late winter. The transplanting process is relatively easy.
Just divide the plant into several clumps of foliage and roots and retain as many of the roots as possible with each division. Before replanting the division, cut back the foliage to one-third of its original height.
Daylilies are very sensitive to proper soil preparation. Loosen the soil and amend it with organic matter, such as peat moss or compost. If the soil has not been limed, add 4 or 5 pounds of dolomitic lime per 100 square feet. Then add a light application of fertilizer when you plant the new division. A heaping teaspoonful per plant is adequate. Blend all amendments with the soil thoroughly.
Plant at a proper depth
Daylilies should not be planted too deeply. Plant the new divisions at same depth as the original plant.
A safe rule of thumb is to set the new division so that the point where roots and foliage meet is no deeper than one inch below the surface of the soil. Planting at the proper depth is important for maintaining vigorous daylilies.
Many other perennials can be divided and transplanted using the same steps. These include magic lily, African lily, liriope, amaryllis, ginger and iris. Also, like daylilies, these perennials need to be planted, or transplanted, in the early falls to ensure that they will thrive in the spring.


If you have trees, you’re going to have broken branches. Whether from weakness due to disease, damage, wind, or just simple overgrowth, at some point you will have branches that snap and come down. Others might break and then get hung up in the tree, looking very untidy. Either way, you should know what to do about broken branches.
Clean up. First, check to be sure no branches are touching a power line. If so, stop what you’re doing immediately and call the power company to report the incident. Then, check to be sure there aren’t any more branches half broken or hung up in the tree, ready to fall at any moment. Cleaning up can be dangerous in these circumstances.
Assuming you’re safe to begin work, it’s time to cut up large limbs into manageable pieces so that they can be hauled away or used as firewood. If you aren’t totally comfortable with a chainsaw, or if you don’t have the proper protective equipment, use hand tools instead. And of course, you can always call us to help you clean up.
Investigate the tree’s wound. Don’t attempt to climb the tree without the correct safety equipment. But if you can reach the tree’s “wound”, check to see if it’s a clean wound, or if it’s “ripped” or pieces are left hanging. The wound should be smoothed out to prevent disease and to help it heal.
Make a plan to deal with severe damages. In some cases, the tree will be too badly damaged after a major limb falls. It might be weakened if the trunk was deeply damaged, or the tree might be unbalanced if most of the weight is now on one side. In this case, the tree will pose a danger of falling onto your house. Give us a call to discuss whether it needs to be removed for the sake of safety.
Assess your tree’s appearance. If the damage is purely cosmetic, you can probably reshape it to some degree. We can discuss tree trimming that will help your tree to maintain a more appealing shape.


1. Who is the narrator of this book?
Leo Borlock is the narrator of this book.
2. What does Leo's Uncle Pete give him on moving day?
Leo's moving day, Uncle Pete gives him his porcupine quill tie.
3. What surprise gift does Leo find on his porch after his birthday information is in the newspaper?
After Leo's birthday information is in the newspaper, Leo finds a tie with three porcupines on it on his porch.
4. How could the character of Leo be described?
Leo could be described as a likable, down-to-earth character.
5. How is Stargirl dressed when she comes to school on the first day?
Stargirl is dressed in a long off-white gown with ruffles around her neck and the hem and carrying a ukulele and a canvas bag with a sunflower on it.
6. What idea does Kevin have about Stargirl?
Kevin has the idea to write an article about Stargirl for the school newspaper.
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A lottery is a game of chance in which players pay money to buy tickets. They are then rewarded with prizes when their numbers match the number that was chosen in the lottery. The winner of a lottery is not always a single individual, but may be a group of people or a company.
Lotteries are used in many decision-making situations, such as sports team drafts and the allocation of scarce medical treatment. In addition, they are a popular form of gambling.
In a lottery, players choose a set of numbers from a large group and then are awarded a prize when their numbers match a second set drawn at a predetermined time. They may win a major prize or smaller prizes for matching three, four, or five of the drawn numbers.
The word lottery derives from Middle Dutch lotinge, meaning “drawing lots.” It was first used in Europe during the 15th century. Today, there are more than 80 state-sponsored lotteries worldwide, including those in Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Washington.
Buying lottery tickets can be a fun way to spend your spare time, but it is important to think carefully about their cost and value. Even a small purchase of a ticket or two can add up to thousands in foregone savings over the long run.
Instead of purchasing lottery tickets, save your money for retirement or other financial goals. Using the money you would have spent on tickets can help you build a solid emergency fund, pay off credit card debt, or save for college tuition.


It turns out that human ape Australopithecus afarensis Lucy likely used some kind of stone knife to eat meat 800,000 years earlier than previously thought, which has suddenly cast human history in a new light. The discovery of fossil animal bones showing evidence of being butchered 3.4 million years ago means the Stone Age began nearly a million years earlier than now calculated. "This find will force us to revise our text books on human evolution, since it pushes the evidence for tool use and meat eating in our family back by nearly a million years," said Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged of the California Academy of Sciences.
Alemseged headed a team that found the fossils in Ethiopia, close to the spot where Lucy's fossils were found some three decades ago. "It is profound. We can now picture Lucy walking around the east African landscape with a stone tool in her hand scavenging and butchering meat," said colleague Shannon McPheron. "We have shown that two key aspects of our evolution—meat eating and stone tool use—took place much further back in our history." Until now, the oldest known evidence of butchering with stone tools on fossils came from Ethiopia and were dated to about 2.5 million years ago, reports the Telegraph. The fossils found this time belonged to two animals, one cow-sized, and the other the size of a goat.
(Read more Australopithecus afarensis stories.)


- Authors: Jocelyn Kneoh Wan Ting, Saki Miura
- Reviewed by: Paul Horness, Casey Nedry.
- Volume and page numbers: 3 (p. 37 – 47)
- Date of publication: 2021/04/20
- Keywords: English idioms, Flashcard game, Free online game, Pair work, Teacher guide, University students, Worksheet
- Cite: Kneoh, J. W. T. & Miura, S. (2021). Teaching students English idioms through a memory game. Ludic Language Pedagogy, 3, p.37-47. https://doi.org/10.55853/llp_v3Pg3
- Background: We didn’t know the common English idioms used by native speakers. We thought that other university students would not know them either. We hoped to learn these kinds of idioms from the teachers in university.
- Aim: We want university students to learn common English idioms. Learning English idioms would help non-native speakers speak in more native ways. Through playing games, students are able to learn and apply the importance of idioms and the common idioms that are usually used by native speakers.
- Methods: We created an online match memory game and a worksheet. After that, we found some playtesters to play the game and asked them to do the worksheet we made.
- Results: Students thought that this interesting game can help them to learn idioms more easily and faster. Moreover, doing the worksheet we made can also help them remember idioms easily. From the worksheet, they used the idioms regardless of the length of the idioms to build sentences. We found which idioms from the 11 idioms we provided are easily used by them.
- Conclusion: We found that the method of learning English idioms through the match memory game and related materials is suitable for university students in Japan who are advanced English learners.


We all know that customizing vehicle interiors involves a delicate balance of form and function – especially when constructing solid structures like dashboards, consoles and speaker cabinets. While the go to material for these types of projects is usually wood or fiberglass, both have serious drawbacks that need to be considered.
Wood is easy to work with, but it often adds unwanted weight. Fiberglass, on the other hand, is light, but can be messy and complicated to use. There is, however, a material that combines the best of both: bamboo.
We’ve profiled automakers, like Rinspeed, who’ve incorporated bamboo into their automotive designs – but more so from a “green” perspective. After all, there’s nothing more Earth-friendly than a plant. But there are other benefits to using bamboo.
Reuters news agency explains: “Not only is bamboo considered a ‘green material’ due to the plants rapid re-growth weight, but bamboo is an ultra light material and surprisingly strong.”
How strong is bamboo?
Greg ‘Gadget’ Abbott of Left Coast Electric, a custom shop that converts vehicles to run on electricity, says that it’s a huge misconception that bamboo is weaker than other materials. He explains that because its wood doesn’t absorb resin, “you can build thicker composites … the strength-to-width ratio is somewhere between carbon fiber and fiberglass”.
In fact, structural engineering tests reveal that bamboo has a higher tensile strength than many alloys of steel, and a higher compressive strength than many mixtures of concrete. It even has a higher strength to weight ratio than graphite.
Plus it’s incredibly light, which makes it the go-to material for electric car makers and others looking to maximize speed or improve gas mileage.
So why not use bamboo?
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Real-time Seismic-Amplitude Measurement (RSAM) was developed by the USGS to summarize seismic activity during heightened volcanic activity. This technique for
characterizing a volcano's changing seismicity in real time (as it is occurring) relies on the average amplitude of the signal from individual seismometers
rather than on the locations and magnitudes of the earthquakes. During heightened volcanic activity, seismicity commonly reaches a level at which individual
seismic events are difficult to distinguish. Analog seismic records (such as the webicorders) provide some information, but do not provide rapid quantitative
analysis. Although several real-time earthquake-detection and recording systems exist, most fail to provide quantitative information during periods of intense
seismicity, which is a common situation before a volcanic eruption. Yet it is precisely during such periods that the need for timely quantitative seismic
information becomes most critical. To fill this need a simple and inexpensive real-time seismic-amplitude measurement system (RSAM) was developed.
The RSAM computes and stores the average amplitude of ground shaking caused by earthquakes and volcanic tremor over 10-minute intervals. Increases in tremor
amplitude or the rate of occurrence and size of earthquakes cause the RSAM values to increase. Rather than focusing on individual events, RSAM sums up the
signals from all events during 10- minute intervals to provide a simplified, very useful measure of the overall level of seismic activity.
The RSAM does not differentiate between volcanic activity and other sources of ground vibration such as wind, someone walking nearby, or a large regional
earthquake. Thus one must be careful to not mistake wind noise or other non-volcanic signals for volcanic activity. RSAM works best during times of high
activity when the volcanic signal dwarfs most noise.
We also make no instrumental corrections when we calculate RSAM, so it has only relative units.
The units should not be compared from station to station. We calculate RSAM values in real-time from our seismic data, and do not archive the RSAM values, as they can always be recalculated.


Psychology is the study of human nature – how people use information, what motivates them and how they develop and change. Psychologists study behavior and brain function, collect information, identify disorders and research emotional patterns. They apply methods such as observation, assessment and experimentation to develop theories about the beliefs and feelings that influence a person. While most people are aware of clinical psychology, psychology’s domain is broad and encompasses many subfields including counseling, developmental, forensic, industrial-organizational, school and social psychology. Students develop critical thinking and scientific skills to solve human problems important to all of those areas.
Students are encouraged to pursue research in collaboration with faculty to develop their skills and gain experience. Psychology faculty conduct research in a wide variety of areas such as personality influences on workplace accomplishment, personality assessment, treatment and prevention of trauma and its effects, reducing the effects of occupational stress and exploring factors that can influence one’s perception of pain. In addition, students are invited to experience hands-on training with faculty supervision in different community settings.
The Department of Psychology is home to two interdisciplinary institutes that feature sponsored research conducted by faculty. The Institute of Biochemical and Psychological Study of Individual Differences (IBPID) explores the links between biological and genetic systems and their psychological counterparts. The University of Tulsa Institute of Trauma, Adversity, and Injustice (TITAN) institute is committed to evidence-based education, scholarship, research and service that reduces the incidence and impact of trauma and adversity. Both institutes offer opportunities for research and student travel grants as well as local, national and international networking.
Students have coauthored presentations at regional and national conventions on topics ranging from forensic evaluation to non-conscious acquisition of information. Undergraduates also have coauthored journal articles that have appeared in a range of psychological journals. The psychology club, Psi Chi, and a colloquium series of distinguished guest speakers also provide research, career and networking opportunities for students.


1 The first computers
The computers which form the basis of those used today were mainly developed in the 1940s. The following quote taken from that era shows how difficult it was to conceive of the way in which computers would develop in the following decades.
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
Even later on, in the mid 1970s, some still failed to comprehend the size of the future computer market.
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.
And although a diminution in size was anticipated, it was considerably underestimated.
Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18 000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1½ tons.
Or, as this ABC News report from 1974 asserts: ‘One day, a computer will fit on a desk’. Watch the report at the following link:
One day, a computer will fit on a desk [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
Figure 1 shows a picture of the ENIAC computer mentioned above. You can see it is rather larger than the personal computer available today! Completed in the US in 1945, it was one of the earliest electronic computers. Its name stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator, and it was designed to calculate ballistic firing tables in the Second World War. It could perform mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and it could find square roots and compare two values for equality.
As part of the ENIAC fiftieth anniversary celebrations, students and staff at the University of Pennsylvania fabricated a version of this computer using modern manufacturing processes. The component at the heart of this later version measures 7.44 millimetres by 5.29 millimetres! A personal computer was connected to this component to provide the modern equivalent of the cable connections shown on the left-hand side of Figure 1 and display the ENIAC’s outputs.
Computers like ENIAC were built because of the need for powerful automatic calculators. Another famous series of early programmable electronic computers were the Colossus machines created and used at Bletchley Park in the UK dedicated to breaking codes produced by the German cipher machines known as Lorenz machines used in the Second World War. The fundamental components of a computer have not changed since these first room-sized machines.


Grammatical analysis of Sanskrit segment
Analysis of “cāṭaka”
Note: this is an experimental feature and shows only the first possible analysis of the sentence. If the system was successful in translating the segment, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.
Grammatical analysis of the Sanskrit text: “cāṭaka”—
- cāṭaka -
cāṭaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]cāṭaka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
Extracted glossary definitions: Cataka
Alternative transliteration: cataka, [Devanagari/Hindi] चाटक, [Bengali] চাটক, [Gujarati] ચાટક, [Kannada] ಚಾಟಕ, [Malayalam] ചാടക, [Telugu] చాటక
“cāṭaka” in the Sanskrit language represents a word or a combination of words (such as Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns, etc.). This section shows references to Sanskrit literature where this segment of Sanskrit text occurs, by literally searching for this piece of text.
Lakshminarayana Samhita [sanskrit] (by Shwetayan Vyas)
Verse 2.49.31 < [Chapter 49]
Verse 2.121.12 < [Chapter 121]
Verse 2.132.95 < [Chapter 132]
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The dynamics of population change in the Great Plains are complex and largely hidden. From a regional or even state perspective, one is left with the impression that the area has enjoyed sustained population growth. All 12 states in the region (i.e., Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) increased their population from 1990 to 2000, and the region as a whole expanded by 6.7 million people or 17 percent (Rathge, 2005). In fact, the region’s population has doubled since 1950. However, these aggregate statistics mask a very different reality. Population growth in the region has been largely a metropolitan phenomenon. From 1990 to 2000, 85 percent of the region’s population growth occurred in metropolitan counties which account for only 14 percent of all counties in the region. In contrast, rural counties (i.e., those lacking a city of at least 2,500 people) comprise about one-third of all counties in the Great Plains and their population base has declined by one-fifth since 1950. Moreover, the redistribution of population in the region has been very age-selective. From 1990 to 2000, the young adult population (i.e., ages 20 to 34) has declined by 7 percent in the region’s nonmetropolitan counties while their metropolitan counterparts grew by 4 percent. In contrast, the senior elderly population (i.e., ages 85 and older), ballooned in both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties at rates of 41 percent and 23 percent respectively. The purpose of this article is to explore future population change in the region and its policy implications, with a specific focus on age cohorts and county population size.
"Future Population Shifts in the Great Plains and Their Implications,"
Great Plains Sociologist: Vol. 19:
1, Article 5.
Available at: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/greatplainssociologist/vol19/iss1/5


Differential Fertility, Human Capital, and Development
Princeton University and NBER
Discussions of cross-sectional fertility heterogeneity and its interaction with economic growth typically assume that the poor have more children than the rich. Micro-data from 48 developing countries [e.g., Mexico, Bangladesh, Indonesia] suggest that this phenomenon is very recent. Over the second half of the twentieth century, these countries saw the association of economic status with fertility and the association of the number of siblings with their education ?ip from generally positive to generally negative. Because large families switched from investing in more education to investing in less, heterogeneity in fertility across families initially increased but now largely decreases average educational attainment. While changes in GDP per capita, women’s work, sectoral composition, urbanization, and population health do not explain the reversal, roughly half of it can be attributed to the rising aggregate education levels of the parent generation. The results are most consistent with theories of the fertility transition based on changing preferences over the quality and quantity of children, and somewhat less so with theories that incorporate subsistence consumption constraints.
Basically, in quasi-Malthusians societies, well-off people had more surviving children, as Greg Clark demonstrated for England in A Farewell to Alms. Typically, rich people got married younger. Francis Galton noticed that the relationship was flipping toward the opposite direction in modernizing England. Vogl's studied shows the same process has happened for the Third World, just much more recently.
Of the three countries he has the most data for, Mexico, Bangladesh, and India, Mexico had a tiny positive relationship between education and fertility in the 1940s, but it was quite negative by the 1970s. Uh oh ...


- Spaces of Display – TU Delft
How often do you interact with a stranger?
COVID-19 has significantly restricted to engage in connections with strangers. Now that we can spend time outside more safely again, we can explore the potential of public space. What can be done to increase the number of encounters with strangers?
Why an installation in public space?
Interventions in public space can facilitate serendipitous encounters. Public space has a big potential for strangers to meet. Most strangers will be found in diverse crowds. When doing research, it showed that the most practiced activity in public space is sitting. Even if there’s no direct sitting facility, people will find ways to sit. Therefore, applying the act of sitting in the design, lowers the bar for the actual use of the installation.
Light gets refracted by the acrylic glass. Patterns form on the ground. The spinning motion of the wind sculpture is matching the interdependency between humans. We are dependent on others to move forward, just like the sculpture needs the wind to get into motion. One cannot function without the other.
How does the installation work?
A person pulls the seat down to sit. One can sit on the spotting seats alone. If someone else decides to join on the other side, the wind sculpture on their own side lifts and starts spinning. Both people undergo the same experience at the same time. The art movement can only be experienced with the help of the other.
This bench is a prototype in a bigger research. It is a first model to figure out how to effectively connect strangers with strangers. The spotting seats are not about changing all of society. They are about providing subtle interactions.


In Part 7, the final instalment of this horror story, Parkins finally comes face to face with the mysterious figure that has been haunting him. In this lesson, students will recall the main events of the previous instalments; listen for gist; retell the main events of the story; improve their awareness of the relationship between punctuation and pronunciation; read out a short extract and discuss a modern film adaptation of the story.
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In the argument chapter, you learned about expressed arguments (overt arguments attempting to persuade the audience towards a point of view) and implied arguments (arguments that appear on the surface not to be arguments but actually seek to persuade the audience of a point of view or views). For this DQ, provide a specific example from the media of an expressed argument and an implied argument and answer the following questions:
- What is the expressed argument you identified? What specific argument does the author make? What evidence does the author use to support his or her claims?
- What is the implied argument you identified? What specific argument does the author make? What evidence does the author use to support his or her claims?
- Why is it important to understand expressed and implied arguments?
- How might you use your understanding of expressed and implied arguments when drafting your first essay in this course?
Note: You may use visual arguments such as photos and pictures, but you will still need to explain your rationale for why you believe the author is making a specific argument.
Be sure to cite all sources used to compose your answer. Format your in-text citations and reference list.
Please review the following video Writing Process about writing introductory paragraphs and thesis statements, with particular focus on Section One: Organizing the College Essay. Note: This link works best in the Google Chrome browser.
For the first essay, you will be writing a definition essay about a term related to organ sales or donations. Please share your current thesis statement for your definition essay. Here is a sample thesis statement for the definition essay:
Organ sales in the United States would be unethical because they exploit the poor, favor the rich, and create an unfair or black market organ lottery.
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Continuing my ‘winterizing’ tips with the “Sunshine Vitamin” – Vitamin D.
It’s called the ‘Sunshine Vitamin’ for a reason, and that’s because Vitamin D is produced in the skin after it comes in contact with the sun.
Vitamin D Benefits
- Bone and dental health
- Improved muscle function
- Improved calcium absorption
- Immune health
- Cancer prevention (particularly breast and colon)
- Hormone production
- Heart function
Here’s the catch: as we head into winter (November through March), those of us who live above the 37th parallel simply aren’t exposed to enough sunshine. However, even in the summer months when we can get enough sunshine, we are covering ourselves up in layers of clothing, and slapping on sunscreen. And did you know that wearing sunglasses blocks vitamin D production through the retina?
You can get some vitamin D from fortified foods like cereal and orange juice, but better choices are:
- Cod liver oil
- Fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, herring and sardines
- Beef liver
- Egg Yolks
What to know before you buy
Look for vitamin D3 which is the form most easily used by your body
Ask your doctor about the benefits/risks of taking vitamin D3 with K2. These vitamins work together to carry the calcium from the bloodstream into your bones.
Test, don’t guess
Everyone has a different capacity for producing and storing vitamin D, depending on your age, skin colour, diet and where you live so unless you test, you’re only guessing. That’s why I recommend getting your levels tested so you can establish a baseline and your doctor can recommend an intake level. In Canada, testing is covered if you have some pre-existing conditions otherwise the test will cost you approximately $40.00 It’s important to get re-tested after 3 months to see where your levels are at and adjust your doses.
Optimal serum (blood) range of Vitamin D is 100-150 nmol/L.


Each year around 40 million people living in the US become victims of chronic sleep disorders. One common sleep disorder is teeth grinding, also known as bruxism. Not many people are aware that bruxism is often a result of undiagnosed sleep apnea.
Symptoms of Sleep Apnea & Bruxism in Adults
There are good chances of you grinding your teeth at night if you frequently wake up with earaches, headaches, tight jaw muscles, tired, or sensitive teeth. Bruxism can also show up in worn-down teeth.
In contrast, it is slightly harder to detect sleep apnea. These are some common symptoms of sleep apnea, such as:
- Feeling exhausted even after a full night’s sleep
- Snoring loudly
- Having excessive daytime sleepiness (hypersomnia)
- Trouble staying asleep (insomnia)
- Sometimes waking up with shortness of breath
- Waking up with a headache, sore throat, dry mouth
- Attention, concentration, and memory problems
- Heightened irritability and mood swings
- Waking up often to use the bathroom
Symptoms of Sleep Apnea & Bruxism in Kids
Kids also experience symptoms of sleep apnea and bruxism. Symptoms such as poor attention span, difficulty with learning, and low performance at school may indicate bruxism. Some other signs to look for:
- Heavy mouth breathing
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Repeated pauses in breathing during sleep
Risks of Continued Sleep Apnea & Teeth Grinding
If treatment is left overdue, sleep apnea can lead to other serious health issues, including poor immune function, type 2 diabetes, mental health issues, acid reflux, memory loss, and increased risk of heart failure.
Apart from the symptoms of the tired and painful jaw, sensitive teeth, headaches, and nighttime teeth grinding can break, loosen, or wear down crowns, teeth, fillings, and enamel over time.
Several remedies are available that you can try to help cure sleep apnea and teeth grinding, and improve your sleep quality.
To know more about the remedies, contact Sima Dental Family Dental Center, at 281-457-6444


Beggars can’t be choosers is a proverb that goes back at least to the 1500s. A proverb is a short, common saying or phrase that particularly gives advice or shares a universal truth. We will examine the meaning of the phrase beggars can’t be choosers, where it came from and some examples of its use in sentences.
Beggars can’t be choosers is a proverb that expresses the sentiment that one should be grateful for aid, no matter how it is given. One in need of help can not dictate the conditions of the help that is given and should not complain about the type or quality of help that is offered. It is often expressed as an admonishment to be grateful for that which is freely given. The expression beggars can’t be choosers was first recorded in John Heywood’s A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tongue, published in 1562: “Beggers should be no choosers, but yet they will: Who can bryng a begger from choyse to begge still?” The proverb was most probably well known before its publication.
He added: “I know there is a housing crisis and beggars can’t be choosers, but I think the vast majority of people when they’re offered a house will take it.” (The Sun)
Beggars can’t be choosers, especially when you’re playing a rival, but if Lummi football coach Jim Sandusky had his way, he’d have rather have seen his team win by a few less points than the 28-6 count it beat Neah Bay by Friday night. (The Bellingham Herald)
“Until now, [for] whatever I have got, I have only one thing to say, ‘Beggars can’t be choosers,’“ Taapsee laughs, adding, “I’m not in a position [where] I would approach a good director and say how much I’d like to work with him or her — I don’t think I have achieved that position.” (The Hindustan Times)


October 14, 2009
In 2005, an estimated 6,408,000 pregnancies resulted in 4.14 million live births, 1.21 million induced abortions, and 1.06 million fetal losses. The 2005 pregnancy rate of 103.2 pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years is 11 percent below the 1990 peak of 115.8. The teenage pregnancy rate dropped 40 percent from 1990 to 2005, reaching an historic low of 70.6 per 1,000 women aged 15–19 years.
For more, visit http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_04.pdf
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August 16, 2007
The National Center for Health Statistics does not track the number of abortions. Abortions are tracked through CDC’s Abortion Surveillance System and reported annually in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Reports covering 1979 through the most current report are located at the above link. Typically, these reports are published in the last week of November and lag three years.
Click the icon for a CDC podcast on the abortion surveillance system
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Sunflowers are seemingly the easiest of flowers to grow in your yard. You can even sometimes see sunflowers in your yard when you have not even planted them and in instances will end up being invasive to the native plants. But this situation only occurs in some areas while in other places the flowers are hard to maintain and grow. So for those who want to see sunflowers the size of dinner plates flowering in their yards, here are some tips to consider.
Get the proper variety of sunflowers
Like any plant, there are varieties of sunflowers that thrive in a specific type of environment. There are new introductory varieties that have different coloured flowers and different petals and such. There are different types of sunflowers like California Greystripe, Russian Mammoth and regular Mammoth. The traditional varieties are more reliable to grow in almost all conditions and even throughout harsh conditions. But the traditional varieties are more likely to fall over due to rain and wind and some extra large flowers, so you can go for a modified version recommended by your gardener or shop owners.
Preparing the bed
The seeds must be planted in a proper bed or a planter. If you are going to keep the plant inside the house then you will have to go for one that is deep enough and strong enough to hold a plant that grows several feet like the ones available at garden pots in Perth.
You have to make sure whichever planter you buy the large garden pots in Melbourne from are placed at a place which gets full sunlight while the sun is in the horizon or otherwise the plant will not bloom. The soil must have a drain system and also have a lot of nutrients for the plant to grow tall and strong. Usually going for your own homemade compost and someday compost methods online will help you grow the plant without ending up with drained and chemical filled soil (seaweed, tea bags, egg shells are some examples).
Sowing and thinning
If you want large sized flowers then you will need to sow the seed properly and directly into the bed and then transfer it to the planter or wherever you want it displayed. Sunflowers are plants that have extended taproots which grow at an accelerated pace and are easily stunted if it does not have enough space to maneuver itself.
You will need to water the plant from seed stage and with a good spray so as not to damage the plant. Also feed the plant with good organic fertilizer on a regular basis.


How Classical Music Sheets Websites Can Promote Environmental Sustainability
Classical music sheets websites have become a popular way for musicians to access and purchase sheet music online. While the convenience of digital sheet music is undeniable, the environmental impact of printing out sheets of paper can be significant. However, there are ways in which classical music sheets websites can promote environmental sustainability.
Firstly, by offering a wide selection of digital sheet music, these websites can reduce the need for physical sheet music printing. With more musicians opting for digital sheet music, there is less demand for printed music, which means less paper waste.
In addition, many classical music sheets websites are starting to offer digital annotations tools, which allow musicians to annotate and mark their sheet music directly on the screen. This not only saves paper but also helps to reduce the use of ink and toner cartridges, which can be harmful to the environment.
Furthermore, some classical music sheets websites are partnering with environmental organizations to promote sustainability. For instance, a website can donate a portion of its sales to organizations that focus on reforestation or other environmental causes. This helps to offset the carbon footprint caused by their operations.
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Lastly, some classical music sheets websites are exploring the use of eco-friendly materials for their products. For instance, some are offering digital sheet music downloads that are printed on recycled paper or other eco-friendly materials. This is a great way to appeal to environmentally conscious musicians and encourage them to make sustainable choices.
In conclusion, classical music sheets websites have the potential to promote environmental sustainability in a variety of ways. By offering digital sheet music, and annotation tools, partnering with environmental organizations, and exploring the use of eco-friendly materials, these websites can reduce their environmental impact and encourage others to do the same. As musicians, we can all do our part to protect the environment while enjoying the art of music.


In order to dance, one must first awaken the body.
Working naturally reduces the potential for injury or deterioration from overwork to a dancer’s body.
While traditional methods depend on learning at an unconscious level through rote repetition, the Cradle Method employs conscious learning through systematic study that allows the serious student to learn more quickly and effectively.
- Reveal untapped potential and remove mental blocks that can keep the serious dancer from progressing.
- Revolutionary methods heal dancers and get them back to dancing.
- Through the Cradle Method, John has returned hundreds of dancers back to the dance floor, even if doctors and therapists have told them they would never dance again.
- Available for master classes, private and semi-private lessons, and personal coaching.
Through the use of self-imagery and awareness combined with classical vocabulary and innovative technique, students are guided into their own bodies, so they become acutely aware of their skeletal alignment and bone structure. This skeletal awareness allows the muscles of the body to work in harmony, thus reducing the stress imposed on the body as one dances.
Stress on the body creates muscle tension distorting line, and creating jerky or forced movement instead of the supple, fluid motion created in the natural flow of the dance.
Emphasis on skeletal awareness allows a dancer to work within the limitations of his or her own body to enhance natural line and correct body alignment. That natural movement set within ballet vocabulary creates beautiful projection to any observer.


Researchers in Australia asked a sample of nearly 3000 cancer patients what factors they think contributed to the development of their cancer.
Overhead power lines were mentioned by 9 people, 0.3%.
By comparison, stress was listed by 15% and genetics by 11%.
Back to other surveys of public opinion
Cancer Causes Control. 2011 Aug 12. [Epub ahead of print]
METHODS: As part of a case-control study (The Cancer Council NSW Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study), a total of 2,857 cancer patients (open to all types of cancer) were surveyed and via an open-ended question, were asked to specify factors they think contributed to the development of their cancer. Qualitative analysis and categorical techniques were used to analyze the data.
RESULTS: About half, 53%, of patients specified at least one contributing factor. The odds of a person specifying a contributing factor increased with time period since diagnosis (p = 0.0006). Patients most frequently specified, respectively: "Stress" (15.4%), "Genetics/hereditary" (10.9%) and "Smoking" (6.2%). Among factors specified the largest proportion (24.1%) was perceived to be "Non-modifiable."
CONCLUSION: Cancer patients specified a broad range of factors and agents to which their disease may be attributed. Some of these were poorly correlated with epidemiological rankings of attributable risk factors. The role of psychosocial and genetic factors was overstated. Misconceptions regarding the causes of cancer are a key consideration of health professionals when devising communication strategies around cancer prevention.


Can animals be persons? To this question, scientific and philosophical consensus has taken the form of a resounding, 'No!' In this book, Mark Rowlands disagrees. Not only can animals be persons, many of them probably are. Taking, as his starting point, John Locke's classic definition of a person, as "a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself the same thinking thing, in different times and places," Rowlands argues that many animals can satisfy all of these conditions. A person is an individual in which four features coalesce: consciousness, rationality, self-awareness and other-awareness, and many animals are such individuals.
Consciousness--something that is like to have an experience--is widely distributed through the animal kingdom. Many animals are capable of both causal and logical reasoning. Many animals are also self-aware, since a form of self-awareness is essentially built into the possession of conscious experience. And some animals are capable of a kind of awareness of the minds of others, quite independently of whether they possess a theory of mind. This is not just a book about animals, however.
As well as being fascinating in their own right, animals, as Claude Levi-Strauss once put it, are "good to think." In this seamless interweaving of the empirical study of animal minds with philosophy and its history, this book makes a powerful case for the idea that reflection on animals allows us to better understand each of these four pillars of personhood, and so illuminates what means for any individual--animal or human--to be conscious, rational, self- and other-aware.


Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 in Indonesiaby Laura Ralston
Premise Health Poverty
Although there is a widespread awareness of the pandemic, there is a lack of understanding from citizens’ perspective, especially behaviors it triggers, sentiments towards government as well as rising concerns. Premise survey data along with data from other big data sources such as social media, online news, and other crowdsourcing platforms are analyzed to understand economic and health concerns, and food security. This is a project under the COVID-19 Observatory in partnership with the Poverty GP.
Premise crowdsourcing data collection phone application was utilized to study COVID-19 related health and economic concerns, in particular to cross-check World Bank Online Survey results against it. The PREMISE questionnaire covered topics such as economics (outlook, business, goods), social aspects (distancing, media, and travel), and health (spread, care, and testing) related to COVID-19, and covered 2,749 Indonesians respondents, while World Bank Online Survey covered 3,375 respondents.
In populations surveyed, there is a high level of knowledge on COVID-19, with most respondents aware of common symptoms and preventative health measures. In particular, use of social media for information is common. However, citizens face challenges in following public health, social distancing, and self-isolation measures.
When compared across different data collection efforts, it is found that the PREMISE survey findings on knowledge and awareness are consistent with the World Bank Online Survey, as well as other surveys such as J-PAL, BPS, Warwick, and YouGov. Moreover, survey results are also confirmed with mobility insights from big data analytics. The mobility of people in hotspot locations has tremendously decreased and people tend to stay at home following travel ban policy and lockdown restrictions.
Concerns related to COVID-19 have revolved around health care, food access, job loss and government handling. Premise data acts as a useful source of crowdsourced information to understand people’s concerns and behaviour during the pandemic and shows consistency with data collected through other online survey methods.


Are you aware of tooth fairies? The sweet creatures that leave you money when you hide a broken milk tooth under your pillow? Well, surprisingly, not everyone believes in the tooth fairy. Some countries believe in the tooth mouse! And others just throw their milk teeth into the air.
While the United States and most of northern Europe believe in tooth fairies, children in France and Spanish-speaking countries (Spain, Peru, Mexico, Chile) wait for the tooth mouse to deliver treats or money. In France, it’s called La Petite Souris and in the Spanish countries, it’s called Pérez.
Children in Greece, Brazil, India, and Korea aim for the roof, hoping a bird, mouse, or squirrel will accept the tooth offering and replace it with a new one at the earliest. We wonder though, what do tooth fairies, mice, birds, and squirrels do with all the teeth?
In Middle Eastern countries, there are no mythical creatures or mice. Children there go outside with their precious milk teeth and throw them at the sun. The idea is that the new teeth will grow faster and be much stronger.
Japanese kids do the same but they don’t aim for the sun. Teeth from the bottom jaw are thrown towards the sky while the top teeth are dropped to the ground – this mimics the direction in which the teeth grow. If they manage a straight throw, they’ll be saved from crooked teeth. No braces needed then. Yay!
Then come the secretive children who hide their teeth. In Malaysia, kids bury their broken teeth into the ground and return them to nature.
Turkish parents are one step ahead of all. They bury their children’s teeth in the location of potential careers! For example, burying a tooth near a hospital may help the child become a doctor.
What did you do with your milk teeth?


Barns: An Endangered Treasure
Sadly, many of the old, glorious barns we admire today will be gone, sooner rather than later. Time and the vicissitudes of Mother Nature are taking their slow but inexorable toll. In 1955, there were approximately 4,500 barns of all types in McLean County. In 2002, a countywide survey conducted by area barn enthusiasts and volunteers showed that there were only 1,200 or so left, a loss of nearly three-quarters in less than a half century. Since completion of that survey more than fifteen years ago, many more barns have been lost to the elements or razed by landowners.
The disappearance of the barn from the Corn Belt landscape can be attributed to several factors. Horse barns proved ill-suited to the coming machine age, as they were difficult or impossible to convert to the storage and maintenance of ever-larger field equipment, including tractors, planters, cultivators, and pickers (to say nothing of the hulking combines to come). Dairy barns also lost their utilitarian value when area farmers began focusing greater attention on cash grain farming. Wood barns fell out of favor in the postwar years, replaced by the likes of metal-sided pole barns and metal-framed machine sheds. Although these cost-effective and low-maintenance buildings are essential to the workings of a modern Corn Belt farm, we can all agree that they lack the beauty and character of their predecessors.
Although the need is great, there is little public or private money available to help farmers and others save their barns. Given that the price tag for restoring a single barn can easily reach into the many tens of thousands of dollars (if not six-figure territory) many barn owners are understandably resigned to the inevitable fate awaiting their old barns. Farming is a tough business with thin operating margins, so there are not many farmers with the time or resources to devote to full-blown barn restoration. Yet other owners, usually those with a love of their farmstead and its history, make a concerted effort to save their barns as best they can, whether by shoring up a sagging foundation, installing a steel roof, or some other repair or upgrade. Although such work usually goes unrecognized by the wider public, the preservation of the rich history of Corn Belt farming depends on nothing less.


5.10: Suggested Activities
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Volunteer for a local group that is doing a food system activity (anything related to the food system; for example, political protests, food banks, farming, agricultural research, or food policy councils). Write a critical reflection describing the educational value of your experience and stating how the activity impacts and originates from food system dynamics.
Act as a participant observer at a food policy council meeting.
Map your BC farmers’ markets. Create an online map (using Google Maps Engine, ArcOnlin, or another provider) and add a point to the map where your local farmers’ markets occur. Include dates and times for the market.
Create a map of gleaning locations. You can add your locations to an online site like Falling Fruit (http://fallingfruit.org/).
Review content from popular media relevant to local regional food systems. The content can be from a article (from websites, newspapers or magazines), film/documentary, lecture, website or audiovisual presentation. Describe and synthesize the media and explain why this is interesting in relation to course themes.
Present one of the indigenous plants used in your local region. Tell the class why this is an important plant for a local or regional culture, how it is used, the geographic distribution and any other interesting details from your own research. For example, how does it fit into the contemporary food system? Are there any samples of the plant in locally available products?
Add a Wikipedia article on SPIN-farming strategies. Consider interviewing the founders of the SPIN-farming organization for the content of your article.
Create a presentation or report about foodways on one of the following topics:
- One or more regional cuisines
- A BC regional dish that is found as a regional cuisine elsewhere
- “Ethnic cuisine,” describing what it is and where pockets of different foodways may be located
- A critical analysis of grocery stores offerings. What is on the shelves and why? Who are they targeting? Where is the store located?
Explore the multi-functionality of urban agriculture on university campuses by completing a case study on the rooftop garden at the University of British Columbia: Case Study – Urban Agriculture.


Purpose: Screening school students for refractive errors is a component of many primary eye care programs. In 2004 a trial of two approaches of spectacle-delivery to Tanzanian secondary school students found that only one third of students were using their spectacles at three months. Barriers to spectacle use were investigated using questionnaires and focus group discussions.
Methods: At the three months follow-up survey a questionnaire explored satisfaction with spectacles and the attitudes of trial participants (median age 15 years). Attitudes and reactions of friends, teachers and families were also explored. Students also discussed their experience with spectacle use and reasons for non-use in 8 focus groups divided by intervention, sex and spectacle use.
Results: In general, students seemed happy with the appearance of their spectacles and the beneficial impact on their vision. Peer pressure and parental concerns about safety of spectacle use, cost of purchasing spectacles and difficulties in accessing good local optical services were identified as the main barriers. Students criticized prescribing practices of local opticians and favored alternative and traditional treatments for visual impairment.
Conclusion: To increase the effectiveness of school vision screening in Tanzania, barriers such as peer pressure or concerns about safety need to be addressed, in addition to provision of affordable, good quality spectacles. Barriers to spectacle use in children are likely to exist in all populations, but may vary in their nature and importance and therefore should be investigated in existing and new screening programs.


What is a great abstract data type? A great abstract data type may be a type of data that does not receive an implementation. This data type has no rendering and it is a shell for different data. The person interacts with this kind of shell plus the operations specified in this. The enactment is a layer deeper. The user is not concerned with the facts of the execution. A simple sort of an subjective info type is known as a handle value. In order to get this worth, the user need to pass this to the relevant operations.
An abstract data type includes a carrier set of areas, operations, and behavior. For example, an integer abstract info type consists of a set of confident and detrimental whole volumes, zero, and 1 . The operations include addition, subtraction, multiplication, equality comparison, and order comparability. Similarly, a string fuzy data type is a group of strings, which can be defined by simply an array. These types of properties can be applied to other info types too.
An indifference is a particular concept that wraps some functionality right into a box. The main concept in computer technology is être. Abstract data types are types that have no noticeable implementation and exist mainly to provide a representation of data items and features. Users know the operations they will perform with them and not lots of people implementation. It is therefore essential to understand this type and figure out their consumption. If you are unsure of https://vdrworld.com/how-much-data-does-google-maps-use the differences together, you can consider the Wikipedia article about them.


“What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others” (Luke 20:15-16, NASB).
Jesus told a parable of a man who planted a vineyard and then leased it to tenants to work it for him. After a while the owner of the vineyard sent servants to the tenants to collect a portion of the fruit in payment on the lease, but the tenants beat the servants and sent them away without payment. Finally, the owner sent his son thinking the tenants would respect him. Instead, they killed him because he was the heir and they wanted to inherit the vineyard for themselves.
In these verses Jesus asked those listening how the owner should resolve his problem and then answered His own question: he would destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others! The meaning of the parable was obvious to those who heard it–the owner of the vineyard was God and the tenants were the priests and scribes, the spiritual leaders of the Jews (vs. 19).
But, the meaning of the parable should not be lost on those of us today who are stewards of God’s grace–individually or collectively. When we get so focused on our own good works and neglect the One we are working for, we can develop a false sense of entitlement like the wicked tenants who claimed ownership of the vineyard and all they produced from it.


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Wise men follow a star
It’s unclear exactly what they saw. One theory is that they saw a conjunction of planets that appeared like stars. In 7-6 BC the planets of Jupiter and Saturn came close together and appeared beside the constellation of Pisces. If the magi were stargazers, as many theorize, they interpreted the meaning of what they saw in the sky.
1. Jupiter, the largest of the planets, represented kings, which suggested a king had been born.
2. Saturn represented the Jews because they worshiped on the day that honored the god Saturn: Saturday.
3. “Pisces” means “fish,” and it represented the lands around the Mediterranean Sea, where Israel is located.
So the sages did the math: king plus Jews plus Jewish homeland. They figured a king of the Jews had been born. They went to the Jewish capital of Jerusalem to introduce themselves and pay their respects.
Escape to Egypt
“Joseph had a dream. In that dream, an angel of the Lord told him, ‘Get up and get out of here. Take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you it’s safe to come back. Herod is going to look for this child and try to kill him.’ Joseph got up. He left town, heading to Egypt under the cover of darkness. He took the child with him, along with the boy’s mother. They stayed in Egypt until Herod died. This fulfilled something the Lord said through a prophet: ‘I told my son to leave Egypt'” (Matthew 2:13-15).
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The input of the coding curriculum by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development has been passed as the government moves to boost digital literacy for learners.
An aim is to play a key role in the content development of the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP) through which the government has offered a distribution of 1.2 million laptops for learners across the country.
Coding involves the translation of human intentions into commands easily comprehensible by computers also called programming.
Kodris Africa online publishing firm and ICT Authority (ICTA) have made a deal to implement coding as a part of the curriculum in select schools.
Kipronoh Ronoh, acting Chief Executive ICTA, stated that with the approved digital content provided by Kodris Africa content, there remains no doubt that Kenya is ready to go to the next level.
For effectiveness, the DLP and ICT Authority have equipped schools with laptops and tablets with the government ensuring Kenya Power connects electricity to more than 22,000 schools across Kenya.
The ICT Authority and the Ministry of Education are set to pick the first batch of public schools in which the coding content will be deployed as part of the piloting process.
Mugumo Munene, Kodris Africa chief executive, urges on the importance of this novel coding content as it’s a valuable addition to the new world of education and seeks to enhance the worldview of learners.
Kenya being the first African country to approve coding as part of the syllabus, acknowledges that digital literacy is a key plank of the competency-based curriculum that has now been rolled out in Grade Six, the final level of the primary school cycle.
Evident is the vitality of coding and computer programming as a job skill in the changing world that is more technological, computerized, and connected.
ICT Ministry unveiled the Kenya National Digital Master plan 2022-2032 a blueprint for leveraging and deepening the contribution of the ICT sector to accelerate socio-economic growth pushed for the deal set up.