Karen Arcos, 30 years old, totally blind
How would you explain blindness to a child?
Being totally blind means I cannot see anything. Imagine if you couldn't see when you open your eyes.
What would you want the world to know about blindness?
I read with my fingers using braille. Braille is a way in which people who are blind read using touch. You might read print with your eyes. Your brain is your body's boss; it is in your head and has many parts. Your eyes tell your brain about what you see around you. Even though you and I read by touching and seeing, the same part of the brain—visual cortex—gets stoked for reading. My brain takes on new jobs because of something called neuroplasticity. Being blind has its perks. Who's going to save you next time you're in the dark?
See people who are blind as people first when getting to know us; look beyond our senses. Describe clearly if guiding blind people somewhere. For example, say "Walk straight until you reach X and Y streets." instead of "Cross over there."
What does it feel like to live with blindness?
Being blind can be fun! When I'm on roller coasters or water rides, I can forget about how high up I am since I can't see the drop distance! I just enjoy the fall safely! However, being blind can also be hard sometimes. When I was little, students tried guiding me the wrong way and laughed at me. I believe in myself and ask for help even when scared.
What brings you joy?
Reading mysteries, baking desserts, spending time with family and friends, and hiking. I also enjoy traveling to new places with others if we all describe!
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Source: CASJE (the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education)
CASJE (the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education) today released the first of three literature reviews that explores what recent research about heritage, second and foreign language learning means for the teaching and learning of Hebrew. This first review in the series, Implications of Heritage Language Research for Hebrew Teaching and Learning, shows the many personal and external factors that influence this learning—and demonstrate that Jewish educators would be helped by more significant research on the subject.
“Learning a heritage language is deeply connected to the student’s personal identity, her or his goals in life, and numerous other external factors,” says Avital Feuer, Associate Clinical Professor of Hebrew in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, who conducted the review. “When it comes to Hebrew specifically, how the student envisions using the language, the level of importance parents place on the learning, or how different family members might feel about Israel, for example, all influence the student attaining proficiency in the language. Research that examines these questions could play a major role in re-thinking Hebrew education in the U.S.”
“Heritage language” refers to a language other than the dominant language that is familiar, not foreign, to the user. Feuer’s review focuses on the majority of young Hebrew language learners who are ethnically Jewish but who do not speak Hebrew at home as their primary language. She also notes that while Hebrew is not strictly-speaking a heritage language for most users in North America, there is still merit in mining research in this field.
Home and Family Matters:
- Parental use of the heritage language at home encourages students’ language maintenance; Feuer recommends studying the ways Hebrew is used in the home and the attitudes toward Hebrew that children observe or mimic.
School and Educational Influences:
- School structure and learning goals, whether explicit or not, are important in shaping students’ educational experiences.
Other External Influences:
- Strong relationships with relatives in the country of origin positively affected willingness to use and maintain the heritage language. Similarly, return trips to the country of origin increased the likelihood that students would use the language, gain advanced proficiency and feel positively toward it.


There is a delicious irony that ’finding’ the brightest astronomical object in the sky is associated with the greatest danger. Using a conventional finder will result in immediate blindness and irrevocably ruin the finder’s eyepiece too. Certainly, dazzling attempts to align the eye along the telescope tube towards the Sun also puts the vision in harm’s way and should never be considered.
Never-the-less, the Sun’s own ferocity can be turned to good use. Indeed, there always seems something traitorous to me in the nature of how solar finders work. The Sun is forced, by its own light, to cast a beam or shadow that enables an observer to direct an instrument towards it.
Using the ground shadow of the telescope itself is always problematic. The often unresolvable surface upon which that angled shadow is cast (especially if it is grassy) does not lend itself to precision. Yet this sol finder is neat, light and precise.
Consisting of two discs placed at either end of a base plate, the Sun-facing pinhole first casts its shadowed beam onto the back plate for rough alignment. As the beam strikes the centre, the Sun pierces a reddened glass target to signify the ‘scope is aligned. Simple, safe and swift.
The unit itself is designed to fit Lunt and Televue telescopes, but can also be supplied with a dovetail base for deploying on other ‘scopes.
Price: £29.99 (unit only), £39.99 (with dovetail/stalk)
Supplier: Altair Astro
Details at: www.altairastro.com


In this Blog we will find answer for following questions
- What is Primitive Type.
- What is Wrapper Class.
- Convert one into another.
- Ideal scenario to use Primitive vs Wrapper.
Primitive types directly contain values. Java defines many primitive type variables. We will see mainly int vs Integer.
int is a Primitive Type. Variables of type int store the actual binary value for the integer. int variables are mutable.
A class whose object wraps or contains a primitive data types. When we create an object to a wrapper class, it contains a field and in this field, we can store a primitive data types.
Integer is a class with a single field of type int. Variables of type Integer store references to Integer objects. Integers are immutable.
Following code is definition of Integer.class to give you an overview
Note on Auto boxing
Since java 5 we have auto boxing, and the conversion between primitive and wrapper class is done automatically. So Integer n = 9; is same as Integer n = new Integer(9).
Which one to use when???
Use int in following case:
- Since primitive contain value its ideal candidate for performing operations.
- Not null values
Use Integer in following case:
- Methods that take objects (including generic types like List<T>) will implicitly require the use of Integer.
- Use of Integer is relatively cheap for low values (-128 to 127) because of interning as default range of cache is -128 to 127. Use Integer.valueOf(int) instead of new Integer(int).
- null values
- Since Primitive wrapper classes are immutable they can be used in multi threading environment.
Note: Everything I discuss here applies analogously to
- byte vs Byte
- short vs Short
- long vs Long
- boolean vs Boolean
- char vs Character
- float vs Float
- double vs Double


The original Hanukkah dedication was the rededication of the Second Temple, a monument in its time to the Hasmonean dynasty that ruled Israel after driving out Antiochus and the Greeks. That Hanukkah was a nationalist celebration. With the Temple destroyed and the Rabbis leading in exile, Hanukkah became focused on dedication to serving God through Torah.
In the United States, Hanukkah was reshaped into a holiday dedicated to the celebration of religious freedom. As with all Jewish holidays, the meaning we see in Hanukkah continues to evolve. It asks us to what and to whom we dedicate ourselves. Hopefully not to video games or social media or a work promotion. To deepened spirituality? To advancing social causes? To raising and dispersing tzedaka? To building community? To helping the people immediately around us? To furthering science or medicine? To seeking justice and peace in Israel?
There are so many wonderful possible answers to the call for dedication. Many of them can be offered in a single life. What actions call to you today? To what will you dedicate yourself in the year ahead? May our dedication reflect our deepest values and highest selves!
Rabbi David Teutsch is a co-chair of the J Street Rabbinic and Cantorial Cabinet, Wiener Professor Emeritus of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and the author of a three-volume Guide to Jewish Practice.
Eight nights, eight ways to deepen your involvement, awareness and impact
For each night of Hanukkah, we have a recommended activity — a way to learn more about the issues, get more involved in J Street or help drive change. You can do all eight in order, switch them up, or pick and choose what’s most meaningful to you.


On the occasion of the International Day of Forests, under the motto “Forest Restoration: a path for recovery and well-being”, the Foundation for the Conservation of Biodiversity (BIOFUND), through the Mozambique Conservation Leadership Programme (PLCM), in collaboration with the Portuguese School of Mozambique, through the United for the Environment Association (UPA), brought together about 100 secondary school students for a lecture of reflection on the importance of the forests.
Published at 23/03/2022
PLCM celebrates International Day of Forests, by making young people aware of the importance of conserving forests
The event took place on 21 March 2022, in the Portuguese School of Mozambique. In an interactive manner, the students shared their perceptions about the role of each individual in guaranteeing a better planet, free of the effects of deforestation.
In addition to the lecture, a three day exhibition was also organised, consisting of informative panels on the predominant forests in Mozambique, samples of plants, and t-shirts with paintings illustrating the composition of forests made by the students of the school.
Hilário Patrício, a Forestry Engineer, and BIOFUND staff, facilitated the lecture and spoke in an educational manner about the importance of the conservation of the forests and the consequences of their destruction. “Just as the human lung is an important organ for human life, the forests are regarded as “the lungs of the world” because they are responsible for the production of oxygen from the absorption of carbon dioxide”.
This activity was part of the cooperation between BIOFUND (through the PLCM) and the Portuguese School of Mozambique which seeks to promote action of environmental awareness in the schools.


Ingenious Edie Master Inventor of Tiny Town
Flying Eye Books
Meet young inventor Edie, one of the tiny inhabitants of Tiny Town. She loves nothing better than to create new contraptions and her aim is that each new one is even better than any of her previous inventions. She always keeps what she’s working on top secret – no help from anybody else, ever.
However that is until the arrival of Magpie; he with a particular penchant for all things shiny and a plethora of disguises. Edie decides this marauding meanie has to be stopped so she sets to work inventing clever Magpie traps but none is successful in doing the job.
The girl is distraught especially after needing to call for assistance from her friends to extricate herself from entanglement engineered by Magpie.
As she sits sobbing at her failures, first Ladybird and then others of her pals suggests that this is an occasion when they should all work together if they want to trap the thief.
The following day there appears on Tiny Town’s street something ‘new and mysterious’. Surely an irresistible attraction for any creature on the lookout for shiny objects. Could this be a case of community action winning the day?
That the power of the imagination and creativity play a vital role in scientific, technological and engineering discoveries and advances is demonstrated so well in Patrick Corrigan’s illustrations of Edie’s inventions. I love the miniature world created in this story, the demonstration of the importance of community action and wholeheartedly recommend sharing it with young children at home and in the classroom.


Eating dark chocolate every day for 10 years could reduce the incidence of such cardiovascular events as heart attacks and strokes in those with metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, according to an Australian study.
The investigators developed a mathematical model to predict the health effects and cost effectiveness of daily dark chocolate consumption over 10 years. They performed a Meta-Analysis of several studies involving 2,013 people with high blood pressure and who met the criteria for Metabolic Syndrome.
Cardioprotective effects have only been demonstrated for dark chocolate (defined as containing at least 60 to 70 percent cocoa solids), and not for milk or white chocolate.
Study participants had no history of heart disease or diabetes and were not on medication to lower their blood pressure.
Even when they ate dark chocolate only 8 out of every 10 days, the number of cardiovascular events prevented was 55 and 10 per 10,000 people treated over 10 years, and so could still be considered an effective intervention strategy.
Simply spending about $42 per person per year on prevention strategies involving dark chocolate consumption, including advertising, educational campaigns, or subsidizing the purchase of dark chocolate in high-risk populations, could, according to their model, produce a solid health benefit, the scientists said.
The authors pointed out that they only looked at the effects of dark chocolate consumption on the incidence of non-fatal stroke and non-fatal heart attack, and that its potential effects on other cardiovascular events, such as heart failure, need to be studied.
They also said that cardioprotective effects have only been demonstrated for dark chocolate (defined as containing at least 60 to 70 percent cocoa solids), and not for milk or white chocolate. This focus on dark chocolate may be due to the higher levels of flavonoids, the compounds that give chocolate its cardioprotective effects, found in dark chocolate.
The cardioprotective effects of flavonoids in dark chocolate have previously been studied only in short-term studies. Further research is needed to determine an actual cause and effect relationship. How much dark chocolate should be eaten a day is also not clear from the study, so don't gorge, thinking more is better; it is likely not.
The investigators published their work in the British Medical Journal.


Feeling negative emotions alters natural cursor movement
Most people can tell if you’re angry based on the way you’re acting. Professor Jeffrey Jenkins can tell if you’re angry by the way you move a computer mouse.
The BYU information systems expert says people experiencing anger (and other negative emotions—frustration, confusion, sadness) become less precise in their mouse movements and move the cursor at different speeds.
Thanks to advances in modern technology, Jenkins can now gather and process enough data points from your cursor movement to measure those deviations and indicate your emotional state.
“Using this technology, websites will no longer be dumb,” he said. “Websites can go beyond just presenting information, but they can sense you. They can understand not just what you’re providing, but what you’re feeling.”
According to his research, when users are upset or confused, the mouse no longer follows a straight or gently curving path. Instead, movements become jagged and sudden. Additionally, someone exhibiting negative emotions moves a mouse slower.
“It’s counterintuitive; people might think, ‘When I’m frustrated, I start moving the mouse faster,’’ Jenkins said. “Well, no, you actually start moving slower.”
Jenkins believes the greatest application of his research (and resulting technology that measures mouse movements) is that web developers will be able to adapt or fix sore points in websites that bring out negative emotions.
In other words, now the folks running the online ticket website that drives you bonkers will know exactly when you throw up your hands and scream.
“Traditionally it has been very difficult to pinpoint when a user becomes frustrated, leading them to not come back to a site,” Jenkins said. “Being able to sense a negative emotional response, we can adjust the website experience to eliminate stress or to offer help.”
Jenkins’ technology has been patented and spun off to a local startup company that holds the license. Now he’s in the process of refining it, with details of his latest research appearing in top information systems academic journal MIS Quarterly.
Jenkins said the concept can also be applied to mobile devices, where swipes and taps replace mouse movement. Although he is still in the early stages of looking at mobile devices, he is encouraged by the massive amounts of data phones and tablets are providing.


Roadmaps for transitioning to post-secondary and to work
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If you are DeafBlind or prefer to watch the video in a slow-paced, high contrast format, watch the DeafBlind friendlier ASL version instead.
Transitioning from high school to adult life? You might need a map for that! If you are a student age 14 or older, now is a great time to prepare for your life after high school.
The Collaborative Plan is a network of agencies, schools, and organizations that work together to improve education and employment outcomes for students who are deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing.
They developed two roadmaps you can use to explore future jobs, learn independence, and learn how to advocate for yourself.
Your family might also need to learn how to shift their role in parenting and support you in making your choices during this transition to adulthood.
The “Transition Roadmap to Post-Secondary Settings (PDF)” and the “Transition Roadmap to Work (PDF)” can help guide you, your family, and your teachers through the journey ahead.
Find the roadmaps on MNCDHH's Transition Roadmaps page.
The Collaborative Plan DeafBlind team will create roadmaps for students who are deafblind soon. Watch for that.
A special thank you to the Transition Roadmap development team
Luke Davies also collected advice to share with you from five young adults who are deaf and hard of hearing. Check it out at Peer Advice.


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- 400: In India, the number zero is used for the first time.
- 400: First church books prohibition; it speaks of the prohibition to read Origen's writings or to possess (see: Edict contra Origenem ).
- 401: Alaric falls with the Goths in Italy and come to Milan; Devastation in Northern Italy. The Romans pull their troops back to Italy and move the capital from Milan to Ravenna.
- 404: Final prohibition of gladiatorial games by Flavius Honorius.
- December 31 406: Vandals, Quadi, Alans, Suevi and Alemanni fall together into the deserted by the Roman troops Gaul.
- 409: Vandals, Quadi, Suevi and Alans conclude a settlement agreement with respect to their residential areas in the Iberian Peninsula. The distribution of the settlements is done by lot: the Suevi and the Vandals asdingischen receive Galicia, the Alans Lusitania, the Vandals Siling the Baetica.


Simple harmonic motion (SHM) is a unique type of motion. It occurs when an object is oscillating about a fixed point. The force maintaining this motion (known as the restoring force) applies a force in the opposite direction to the displacement of the object. This means every time it moves away from the origin a force is pushing it back to the origin, this makes it over shoot and go past the origin in the opposite direction. This allows this motion to repeat – when graphed the displacement against time a sine function is present hence we say it is sinusoidal motion.
An example of simple harmonic motion is a mass bobbing up and down on a spring. When it is moving down, pulled by gravity, the spring stretches. Eventually it reaches a point where the upward force from the spring exceeds the downward pull of gravity so the mass goes up compressing the spring. Eventually the downward pull of gravity will counteract its upward motion making the spring fall down. Each time this occurs, the spring is oscillating up and down about a fixed point.
This motion can be treated as a wave and described the same way as we did in the mechanical wave model.
Simple harmonic motion can be modeled with this wave function.
The point of equilibrium (where displacement is 0) is the point the object is oscillating about. The crest’s occur when the object is stationary hence we call it the turning points and the amplitude is the maximum displacement from the origin.
T = 1/f
Another way to describe a wave is using the period (T). This is a measure of how long it takes one revolution to pass by. Which is given by the reciprocal of the frequency.
This mastery section is designed to improve research skills, as such, these will not be exam style questions in this section. If marks are given, the question is an exam style question.
Research another example of simple harmonic motion, will this system remain in simple harmonic motion forever, if not, why?
A child is being pushed on a swing, they keep on getting higher and higher by swinging there legs back and forth. Explain why this is the case mentioning restoring force and simple harmonic motion. [5 marks]
How does simple harmonic motion apply to resonance?


With all the hype about flipped classrooms, people often wonder if it is possible to do that in an online course. How can a course be flipped when there is no physical setting in the first place?
In Can You Flip an Online Class? on FacultyFocus.com, Barbi Honeycutt and Sarah Glova advocate a redefinition of the term “flip” in order to implement the winning techniques into a purely digital learning environment. They argue that a flipped classroom’s strength lies in its’ focus on students, not the actual class time perimeters.
A flipped classroom – whether traditional or online – is one which practices student centered learning.
With this definition, class time structure is no longer the primary feature of a flipped classroom. Rather, the core element is a course’s utilization of interactive activities, personalized instruction, and an engaging atmosphere. These are tangible characteristics which can be applied in an online classroom.
Consider these techniques to focus on your students:
- Encourage students to contribute additional resources to class discussions.
- Ask students to tell you about their personal learning styles. That way, you can have an estimation of how your class learns and how to best serve their needs.
- Vary the type of assignments so that they play to different students’ strengths.
- Create dynamic discussion boards. It is always beneficial for students to express themselves.
How have you flipped your online classroom?


Last updated on January 16th, 2023 at 10:05 pm
Text that you create in a Word document will use the default font that is set in the application. However, you may be wondering how to change the font for a selection in Microsoft Word for Office 365.
There is a font dropdown menu in the ribbon in Word, and choosing a different font from that menu will allow you to start typing in the new font.
But that won’t affect the existing content in your document, so it will still be in the font in which it was originally typed.
Fortunately you don’t need to delete or retype that content, as you can simply select it and apply the new font.
Our guide below will show you how to change the font for existing text in Microsoft Word.
How to Change the Font for a Selection in Microsoft Word for Office 365
- Open your document.
- Select the text to change.
- Select the Home tab.
- Click the Font dropdown menu.
- Choose the new font.
Our guide continues below with additional information on changing the font for a selection in Word, as well as pictures for these steps.
How to Change a Font in Microsoft Word
The steps in this article were performed in the desktop version of the Microsoft Word for Office 365 version of the application. However, this will also work in most other desktop versions of Word.
Step 1: Open your document in Microsoft Word.
Step 2: Select the text to which you want to apply a new font.
You can select the entire document by pressing Ctrl + A.
Step 3: Click the Home tab at the top of the window.
Step 4: Click the Font dropdown menu.
Step 5: Select the font that you would like to apply to the selection.
The fonts that are available are the ones that are currently installed on your computer. You can visit Google Fonts if you would like to browse for and use some other fonts.
Matt Jacobs has been working as an IT consultant for small businesses since receiving his Master’s degree in 2003. While he still does some consulting work, his primary focus now is on creating technology support content for SupportYourTech.com.
His work can be found on many websites and focuses on topics such as Microsoft Office, Apple devices, Android devices, Photoshop, and more.


Public Health is a vast interdisciplinary field of study that incorporates all the perspectives, roles, policies, and institutions required to keep our populations safe from illness and injury. Unlike the medical field, which focuses on the health of individuals, public health focuses on the health of communities and populations at local, national, and global levels. The study of public health covers a broad range of topics from the safety of food, water, and highways to examining how individual behaviors and the social environment contribute to the prevention of chronic health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Knowledge of public health is an asset to all undergraduate students who, as world citizens, must cooperate in the effort to manage multiple, simultaneous threats to public health including: infectious diseases such as flu and SARS; chronic disease risk factors such as obesity and smoking; the unequal distribution disease and risk factors in the population; and shifts in environmental risk factors resulting from climate change. All of these issues entail complex ethical questions about individual freedom, social responsibility, and human rights.
The Public Health Program offers two degrees in public health: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science. Each degree prepares graduates for exciting careers in the diverse domains of the field. All Public Health majors should have strong skills in science, mathematics, ethics, social analysis, and cultural awareness along with excellence in written and oral communication. Students pursuing a major in Public Health complete a semester-long field experience that integrates their skills in connection with a contemporary public health issue. The major pairs well with a second major in the Arts and Sciences and a variety of minors in interdisciplinary and professional fields.
The Public Health Bachelor of Arts degree is a 49-credit interdisciplinary program that explores the social, behavioral, cultural, economic, and adminsitrative dimensions of health and health policy. All Public Health BA students build a strong foundation in the principal competencies of public health and choose a speacialization in Health Policy and Administration or Community and Health Equity for their elective and field experience coursework. Both tracks examine how the social, environment, broadly defined, affects populations health outcomes but each track emphasizes a different dimension of the health-society relationship.


A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
Henry Wace and William C. Piercy
Discover essential, realible information on over 800 Christian personalities, groups, and literature to the end of the sixth century A.D. in this unique, concise volume.
- Henry Wace and William C. Piercy
- Hendrickson Publishers
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Discover essential, realible information on over 800 Christian personalities, groups, and literature to the end of the sixth century A.D. in this unique, concise volume. It includes descriptions of the principal sects and heresies that challenged orthodox Christianity on several fronts during the early years. A remarkably comprehensive work, this volume evolved from the distinguished four-volume Dictionary of Christian Biography and Litrrature. For anyone serious abaut the early church and the people who made indelible marks in its story, this is a fundamental recource. Features reliable sketches of major Christian personalities of the first six centuries. Describes the principal sects and heretics of early Christianity, including discussions of the teological tendencies of the opponents. Analyzes the documents, creeds, and literature of early church and its opponents. Cover more than 600 years of church history in one convenient volume.
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Why Choose an Endodontist?
Endodontists are dentists who specialize in maintaining teeth through various forms of endodontic (root canal) therapy. Their specialized training makes them especially qualified at diagnosing tooth pain and treating complex cases. For this reason, your dentist may refer you to a specialist. In many cases, a diseased tooth can be saved with endodontic treatment. Endodontists are experts trained to save your natural teeth!
Reason 1: Advanced Education
While all endodontists are dentists, less than three percent of dentists are endodontists. To become specialists, endodontists have two to three years of additional education in an advanced specialty program after completing four years of dental school. They focus on diagnosing the source of the problem and treating tooth pain.
Reason 2: Specialized Expertise
By limiting their practice to endodontics, endodontists focus exclusively on treatments of the dental pulp, the soft tissue on the inside of the tooth. They complete an average of 25 root canal treatments a week, while general dentists typically perform two. This additional experience results inefficient care and favorable outcomes.
Reason 3: Experts in Pain Management
Endodontists use specialized techniques to ensure patients are thoroughly comfortable during their treatments. They are experts in administering anesthetic (numbing) medications, especially in patients who traditionally have problems getting and staying numb. In addition to treating you comfortably, patients will be relieved of tooth pain after their treatment when the pulp infection or inflammation heals. Today, getting root canal treatment is often as comfortable as having a routine filling.
Reason 4: Availability
Our four offices offer tremendous flexibility in promptly accommodating emergency cases, so delays in treatment are kept to a minimum and patients can be relieved of dental pain.
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Metropolitan Endodontics has invested in cutting-edge materials and equipment designed to make your treatment more comfortable and successful. We use state-of-the-art technology such as operating microscopes, digital imaging, 3D imaging (cone beam computed tomography), and ultrasonic instrumentation. This enables efficient and accurate care.
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When you close your eyes and think of the word ‘grandparent, what comes to mind? If it’s an image of a older lady or gentleman, in their rocking chair, relaxing and reading the newspaper, that’s certainly true of many seniors. But as reported recently by the Huffington Post, many seniors are taking on new responsibilities: raising their grandchildren.
The Post reports that, according to recent American census data, eight per cent of grandparents in the United States live with a grandchild, and nearly three million grandparents are the primary caregivers for at least one grandchild.
As reported by the news source, a recent study from the University of Chicago found that lower-income grandparents are also less likely to act as caregivers for their grandchildren, primarily because their wealth allows them to hire daycare staff or other assistance.
“Day care assistance may be particularly needed by middle-aged grandparents who are juggling multiple role obligations — as parent, a grandparent and a paid employee,” Linda Waite of the University of Chicago wrote in the study.
The Huffington Post also reported that a majority of grandparents in the United States have also provided their grandchildren with average financial assistance of nearly $90,000- a significant amount, especially given the need many seniors have for assisted living communities for themselves.


It played a crucial role in World War Two and is considered the birthplace of computing. Now, the struggling museum at Bletchley Park has been given a bailout by Facebook.
The social media giant has donated £1 million to the Bletchley Park Trust to support its work over the next two years. The trust has also received a £447,000 grant from the British government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
The large Victorian country house, near Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, was during the war the site of the British Government’s Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), the forerunner of today’s GCHQ. It was here that teams of specialists deciphered the codes of the German Enigma and Lorenz machines, allowing them to read secret enemy communications.
This achievement – the work of codebreakers such as mathematician Alan Turing, amongst many others – is estimated to have shortened the war by as much as four years.
Additionally, numerous examples of automatic decryption machinery were developed at the site, such as Colossus, considered the world’s first programmable electronic digital computer.
After the war, much of Bletchley Park’s activities remained classified, while large areas of the mansion fell into disrepair.
The trust was formed in 1991, and today the site is an independent museum open daily to visitors, who can explore the restored huts in which the codebreaking work took place, as well as various exhibitions, and the site’s extensive grounds.
Closed for four months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum lost as much as 95% of its income, which is heavily reliant on visitors. Before the donation, it was estimated to end the year with a deficit of £2m, putting many jobs at risk.
Commenting on the news, Iain Standen, CEO of Bletchley Park, said, ‘Facebook’s donation highlights the ongoing legacy of pioneering technology developed here during World War Two.’
He added, ‘With this significant support, we at Bletchley Park can weather the current crisis and survive into the future, keeping the doors open for future generations.’


The entry to school and the months that follow are decisive for the adaptation and integration of children to school life. Such time may be considered in some cases as critical and, therefore, it is important to count on resources to respond effectively to certain situations. The relationships we establish with our peers and adults throughout this stage will very much depend on what our entry into school and our first interpersonal relationships were like.
The adjustment period is that stretch of time that is spent with young children while they experience all the changes that will lead to their entry to school. It is, at the same time, a path and a process where they develop their attitude towards school: their relationships, orientation and the use of space, homework and how to do it, success or not.
As this is a process, it is important to consider that it is something that children must do themselves; it is a personal victory and it must be valued as such.
That is why during the Summer, our school organises the programme ‘Summer School’ that seeks to give students tools to improve or supplement their learning. The programme includes: English, storytelling, Spanish, maths, music, karate, arts and crafts, drama, superheroes, dance, as well as the practice of sports in order to develop children’s motor and psychomotor skills.
In the case of the youngest children, the adaptation period is important because it allows them to become familiar with the environment where they will spend most of the day, develop social skills that will make them more competent, help them to acquire autonomy by doing things by themselves, and give them security which will reflect positively on their self-esteem.


4 shocking Facts About Spinach That Will Make You Want to Eat It
The path to good health has probably been heard by most as children when a parent encouraged you to “Eat your vegetables!” The potpourri of chemicals in plants is staggering. Their actions in the human body confirm the importance of that request with each new discovery. Let’s examine spinach.
Spinach contains ascorbate (vitamin C), carotenoids, tocopherols (vitamin E), phenolics, flavonoids, folate, vitamin K and minerals. Spinach is an antioxidant, protects the liver, is an anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, nervous system protectant, and in general has anti-aging properties.
Specifically, spinach does the following:
- decreases body weight in obese woman
- decreases serum lipids, like cholesterol, in obese woman
- Has anti-cancer effects with regards to ovarian, lung, prostate, breast and colon
If that was not enough, a recent study was published examining the effects of spinach on bone regeneration for fractures and increasing bone density in osteoporosis. In this study, rats had their ovaries removed to simulate menopause. Unfortunately, they had an injury to the long bone. Groups were divided into receiving estrogen, parathyroid hormone and spinach. Bone density decreases with loss of estrogen, but in the spinach group of rats, bone mineral density loss was reversed up to 56%, comparable to adding estrogen back. Higher doses of spinach also helped bone repair, accelerating healing and proper bone structure. We are aware that estrogen has many amazing effects on strengthening and protecting the bones from degeneration. Although the mechanisms of spinach on bone tissue are different than estrogen, the results were quite incredible.
Who would have thought this delicious green could do so much? What is your favorite way to eat spinach?


Environmental Change Laboratory
The Environmental Change Laboratory in the Department of Geosciences at FAU studies human-environment interaction and environmental change across the Holocene. The lab uses fieldwork and laboratory methods to reconstruct environmental and climate histories that serve to inform the present. The lab also has projects that model future and past environments.
Fieldwork is primarily focused in the Neotropics with projects investigating pre- and post-maize agricultural environments, fire histories, the timing and pathways of key agricultural domesticates, societal response to multi-decadal drought events, the development of paleoclimate records, reconstructions of past landscapes, the impact and modeling of paleo flooding, and environmental archaeology. Research project locations include Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Florida.
The lab's research utilizes a multi-proxy approach to reconstructing environmental change from the sediment record. Methods and analyses include pollen analysis, microscopic and macroscopic charcoal analysis, stable isotope geochemistry of bulk sediment, radiocarbon dating pretreatment, organic (and inorganic) matter analysis, elemental analysis (XRF), sediment and soil core stratigraphic analysis, age-depth modeling, and GIS modeling. The lab is equipped to collect and analyze sediment cores from lake and wetland locations.
The Environmental Change Lab is a USDA APHIS inspected facility authorized to receive foreign and domestic soil and sediment to analyze from around the world.
For more information, contact Dr. Erik Johanson.


The First National Bank Of Fort Edward
The First National Bank Of Fort Edward in New York printed $270,750 dollars worth of national currency. That is a pretty standard output. However, some types of currency from this bank could still be rare. This national bank opened in 1885 and stopped printing money in 1905, which equals a 21 year printing period. That is a fairly normal lifespan for a national bank. During its life, The First National Bank Of Fort Edward issued 2 different types and denominations of national currency. We have examples of the types listed below. Your bank note should look similar. Just the bank name will be different. For the record, The First National Bank Of Fort Edward was located in Washington County. It was assigned charter number 3330.
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The First National Bank Of Fort Edward in New York issued 1,805 sheets of $50 1882 brown back national bank notes. Not many banks printed $50 1882 brown backs. Sheet outputs aren’t extremely important. However, it is good factual information to know. The most common 1882 $50 brown backs are worth about $5,000. However, some can be worth more than $10,000 based on condition, serial number, and bank of issue.
Series of 1882 $50 Brown Back
The First National Bank Of Fort Edward printed 1,805 sheets of $100 1882 brown back national bank notes. Just because this bank printed more than 1,000 one hundred dollar brown backs does not mean that they are all common. We are very interested in purchasing $100 1882 brown back national bank notes. We have paid more than $15,000 for some examples. Send us pictures of what you have and we will respond quickly with an appraisal and offer.
Series of 1882 $100 Brown Back


Invest in a Better Habitat
Food Plot Trees are the best long term method to manage your land for game
- Improves the habitat and increases the carrying capacity of your land.
- Deer and game follow the food – food plots are a magnet.
- Deer and game learn to find food in same place each year.
- Nut and fruit mast crops provide excellent nutrition for game.
- Trees will bear crops for 50-100 years or more, with no replanting.
- Multiple fruit and nut mast crops provide food over a longer season.
- Prevents the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease that may occur from the use of baits and feed stations (and is not allowed by some states).
Planting Food Plot Trees
- Can be accomplished at relatively low cost per acre.
- Has no annual expense for tilling the soil, machinery for cultivation and planting, or hauling machinery to the property.
- Can be planted in more sites than annual food plots because of adaptability to different slopes, soil types, and locations.
Invest in the Future
- Planting trees for game and wildlife is an excellent way to rebuild the native forest after it has been logged.
- Planting chestnut trees brings back the heritage of America’s original native hardwood forests.
- Your children, their children and many generations of wildlife will reap the benefits of your replanting the forests.


Last Updated: 9th March 2021
GT Writing Task 2 / Essay Sample # 111
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
The ownership of cars should be restricted to one per family in order to reduce traffic congestion and pollution.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Write at least 250 words.
Model Answer: [Agreement with the view up to a point]
Traffic jams and pollution are two pervasive phenomena in cities all around the world. Many people argue that governments should restrict one car for each family so as to end the traffic gridlock and environmental contamination. While I agree with the view up to a point, I would argue that governments should also take other measures such as budget on improving public transport and media campaigns, to curb the problem.
Traffic congestion in major cities is going from bad to worse as a substantial number of private cars hit the road every day. It is a common scenario that cosmopolitan cities grind to a standstill with a huge number of private transportations. These private vehicles occupy 60 percent of the street space but carry merely 10 percent of the total commuters. Moreover, private automobiles are large contributors to air and noise pollution. Ownership of private vehicles, therefore, ought to be restricted to one per family by governments to reduce the number of cars on the street.
Besides, a variety of measures should also be taken to alleviate this issue. First, governments should spend a generous budget on developing public transportation system and road infrastructure. With an improved public transportation system, more people will travel by tram, bus or subway instead of private cars. It will ultimately mitigate the situation of traffic gridlock as well as pollution to a great extent. Apart from that, governments should also launch a huge media campaign to raise awareness among citizens about the aftermath of traffic congestion and pollution.
To conclude, restricting ownership of private cars would reduce traffic jams and pollution to some extent. And I believe that improved public transports and media campaigns, along with the one car per family policy, would be more effective in mitigating the condition.
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What about big families, not all can fit in that one car!


Hear the Child Reports
What is a Hear the Child Report?
The Hear the Child Report is a way of allowing children to share their views and be heard when a decision is being made about them, usually in a family court matter.
A Hear the Child Report is very different from a "custody and access report" that is evaluative in nature and includes recommendations from a psychologist or family justice counsellor as to how an issue should be decided in the child's best interest. A Hear the Child Report is typically prepared by a specially trained lawyer or other professional and includes only a narrative of the questions that are asked of the child and the child's response.
Why is a Hear the Child Report useful?
A Hear the Child Report not only allows a child to be heard, it also may help the parents to reach an agreement on the issue in dispute before the court is left to decide. Once the parents see what the child has to say, they may think about it in a different light.
A Hear the Child Report is useful for the Court so the judge knows what the child thinks about an issue and his or her preference on how the issue should be resolved. The court retains the discretion to make the decision regardless of the child's views and the child is made aware of this during the interview with the report writer.
How is a Hear the Child Report prepared?
Typically, a person asked to interview a child and prepare a Hear the Child Report will require the written consent of both of the parties or a court order. Both parents will be asked to provide information about the child, such as their school, friends and pets, and to provide a brief description of the issue(s) to be addressed with the child.
The interviewer will meet with the child on two occasions. If there is more than one child, the children will be interviewed separately. A Hear the Child Report will be prepared shortly after the interview(s) and provided to each party and/or the Court once payment has been received from the parties. Typically, the parties will equally share the cost of the report.


Lesson 09 – adjectives
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Adjectives in Dutch: Video lesson 9 is about the most used adjectives in Dutch. Adjectives are words, that tell something about nouns. Examples are: big, small, interesting, beautiful. In the Dutch language – like in English – we say the adjectives before the noun. For example: mooie bloem (beautiful flower), stoute jongen (naughty boy), grote auto (big car). With the vocabulary of this lesson you will be able to express your opinion much better. This lesson is “interessant” or “saai” ?
Please note: this is just a brief introduction (vocabulary). Adjectives can change their form, depending on other words in the sentence and their function. Dutch adjectives sometimes get an extra [e]. The number of vowels may change, as well as some consonants. This is explained in detail in our online course #dutchgrammar.
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Using Pixar Shorts in Social Groups
This is a fabulous guest blog post by Lisa Erwin of My Speech Tools. “All they do in speech is play games.” Have you heard that comment before? Well, sometimes we watch movies too! Movie clips and short films are frequently used to supplement learning in the classroom, so why not in speech therapy? It makes perfect sense. This is the culture our students are immersed in. So why Pixar Short Films? First of all, they are SHORT! They typically run 3-4 minutes. They have a beginning, middle and end. They also have a conflict, are embedded with figurative language and hidden messages, and have an ending resolution. Many of them rely solely on non-verbal language. As professionals, we know that social language weaknesses impact every aspect of a student’s day. From the time he wakes up and interacts with his parents and siblings, during the day at school, when he comes home and wants to play with neighborhood children down the street, and when it’s bedtime and you’re trying to get teeth brushed and get him to bed. Social language weaknesses are an ongoing challenge for students and their families. I want to thank Shannon for this opportunity to share with (…)
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Island, J. et al.
Research has revealed that early humans were not only sexually active with Neanderthals for thousands of years, but would also commonly call their Neanderthal sexual partners “exotic,” apparently believing that was somehow an okay thing to say.
“This is very exciting stuff,” says paleo-anthropologist Andrew Price. “Our human ancestors’ cultural insensitivity may have extended to levels never before considered. They likely had no idea that, say, telling someone they’re cute ‘for a Neanderthal’ was not a compliment, or how uncool it is to ask if a prospective sexual partner had ever been with a ‘Homo Sapien guy’ before.”
In fact, according to Price’s research, humans who mated with Neanderthals were often not cool about it at all . Several early humans would date Neanderthals exclusively, often in a super obvious manner that made everyone uncomfortable. Over time, Neanderthals evolved to recognize and avoid H. sapiens who decorated their caves with stolen Neanderthal tools, wore Neanderthal clothes, or tried to mimic the Neanderthal’s protruding brow ridge.
Scientists concluded that due to early human’s cringey attempts at mating, Neanderthals developed much larger eyes for more effective eye-rolling.


The pandemic has brought the world down to its knees in nearly all aspects. We have never been restrained in our work and family activities as much as we have in these times. Most people lost jobs, families were forced to change their lifestyles due to reduced incomes, and parents were forced to stretch their income to accommodate the needs of their children.
Now that we have limited resources, we need to learn how to maximize them and manage our income better. Most families are homeschooling their children and this makes it the best time to start teaching our children financial literacy.
We have never been closer as a family, literally, due to quarantine. Fortunately, we can take advantage of this unfortunate health crisis to teach essential life skills to our children to better prepare them for future crises.
Before teaching children financial literacy skills, it is important for us, as adults, to be conversant of it as well. According to studies, financially anxious parents also raise anxious children compared to kids that are brought up by parents who don’t worry so much about money.
Fortunately, the Literacy Encyclopedia has many valuable resources and downloadable learning materials/workbooks that can help parents learn financial literacy.
If you want to teach your children this skill, you need to start small. A good tip is to first ensure that they have adequate literacy and numeracy skills. Managing finances involves plenty of numbers so it helps to teach them those foundation skills first.
Teach them how to read and write better and calculate arithmetic and basic equation. The Literacy Encyclopedia has a reservoir of child-friendly workbooks that makes learning mathematic fun and amusing.
We have a library of reading materials and videos on how to deal with financial challenges, surprise expenses, and many more. You can download them and so you can learn financial literacy together as a family.


These are the main elements typically included in a school anti-bullying policy.
A statement of the school's stand against bullying. (Include why bullying is considered unacceptable, given the values of the school)
A succinct definition of bullying with a listing of the different kinds. These include direct bullying as in face-to-face physical and verbal bullying, and indirect bullying as in unfair exclusion, rumour spreading and cyber bullying.
A declaration of the rights of individuals in the school community - students, teachers, other workers and parents - to be free of bullying
A statement of the responsibilities of those who see bullying going on to seek to stop it.
A description of what the school will do proactively to prevent bullying from occurring.
An account of how the school proposes to deal reactively with cases of bullying.
An undertaking to collaborate with parents in addressing the problem of bullying, especially in the resolution of cases in which action is to be taken by both the school and parents.
A plan to evaluate the policy in the near future
The process of developing a good policy is extremely important. It should involve the relevant stakeholders, including all staff members and representatives of parents and students. Unless there is informed agreement among members of the school community its implementation is likely to be weak and ineffective. Make sure the approved policy is made available to the whole school community and is publically accessible through the NET.
. Rigby ,K & Thomas,E.B (2010) How schools counter bullying: policies and procedures in selected Australian schools. (Revised Edition). Camberwell: ACER. (an account of actions undertaken in Australian schools)
, Smith, P.K., Kupferberg,A., Mora-Merchan,J.A.,Bosley,S., & Osborn, R. et al (2012). A content analysis of school anti-bullying policies: a follow-up after six years Educational Psychology in Practice: theory, research and practice in educational psychology, 28, 27-70.This is the most comprehensive account of the content of school anti-bullying policies currently employed in schools in England.


A new framework for learning through play has been developed to support teachers in the classroom and help guide policy and practice in the early years of schooling. The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and the LEGO Foundation have worked together to develop the framework.
Students have a diverse range of personal and contextual factors that influence their access to and achievement in their education. A new global study calls for a re-evaluation of education systems to promote personalised education.
How can you and your colleagues help students better prepare for the challenges and opportunities they’ll face in the future? A major new report looks at the global ‘megatrends’ shaping education. We’ve picked out 10 discussion points and suggestions for possible learning activities to inspire you and your colleagues, and get the conversation started.
A secondary school English teacher in Maryland, United States, who is passionate about supporting low-income students to access tertiary education has just been named the 2021 winner of the US $1 million Global Teacher Prize. In this article, we share the impact she’s having in her community.
In the latest instalment of Teacher’s bookshelf, we share an exclusive extract from Thrive: the purpose of schools in a changing world, by Valerie Hannon and Amelia Peterson. In this 2nd Edition the authors advocate a new purpose for education and explore what thriving might look like in an age of disruption.
The term ‘evidence-based practice’ is widely used in education. Schools are continually presented with strategies, programs and approaches that claim to be ‘research-based’ or ‘evidence-based’. But what is evidence-based practice? And, how do schools determine which of these programs and methods have solid foundations in research?
‘If we cannot teach entrepreneurship, we can only recognise the born entrepreneurs; and get out of their way whilst they get on with the business of change.' Why schools should be sowing the seeds of the start-ups of the future.
New international research suggests educators can play a pivotal role in fostering children's non-cognitive skills, without breaking the school budget.


“The characteristics of a good musician can be summarized as follows:
A well-trained ear,
A well-trained intelligence,
A well-trained heart,
A well-trained hand.
All four must develop together, in constant equilibrium.”
LACC’s Musicianship Program is based on the acclaimed Kodály Concept, a sequential approach to music education that emphasizes training in basic musical skills, including reading and writing music. Musicianship teachers use aural, visual, and kinesthetic techniques to teach choristers in each ensemble, from Preparatory Choir through the mixed-voice Chorale. Music theory is taught in conjunction with weekly or biweekly rehearsals, during which academic concepts learned in musicianship class are reinforced through singing. Conversely, music being studied by each ensemble is taken to theory classes where it is used to reinforce sight-singing skills and theory lessons.
The goal of LACC’s Musicianship Program is to provide choristers with the tools they need to:
- Read music fluently;
- Appreciate music and describe what they hear using a musical vocabulary;
- Become better singers and musicians; and
- Understand and interpret music from many eras and cultures.
The Musicianship Program is an essential component of LACC’s overall music education program. Offered from September – May, it is overseen by Gail Homan, Director of Music Literacy & Curriculum.
THE KODÁLY CONCEPT
The Kodály Concept is an approach to music education developed in Hungary during the mid-20th century by Zoltán Kodály.
The Kodály Concept is:
- a philosophy of education and a concept of teaching, and
- a comprehensive program to train basic musical skills and teach the reading and writing of music, and
- an integration of many of the best ideas, techniques, and approaches to music education, and
- an experience-based approach to teaching.
For more information on the Kodály Concept, please visit the website of the Organization of American Kodály Educators.


Vaulting enjoys an ancient heritage and can probably be described as one of the oldest known forms of equestrian sport. Often described as gymnastics performed on horseback, vaulting’s origins can be traced back to Roman games which included acrobatic displays performed on cantering horses. Tracing history through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, many references to vaulting are made, and it was during this time that the practice of “La Voltige” (drill riding and agility exercises performed on horseback by knights and noblemen) gave the sport its present name. Modern vaulting was developed in postwar Germany as a means to introduce children to equestrian sport, and it remains a popular training and competitive endeavor all across Europe. Conversely, modern competitive vaulting is relatively new to the United States. Vaulting did not make its way to the U.S. until the late 1950s and the first official competition did not take place until 1969. Since that time, vaulting has experienced significant growth and expansion and is enjoyed by equestrian enthusiasts of all ages. All vaulting routines – team, individual, and freestyle – are performed on the back of a cantering horse, traveling in a circle and attached to a longe line.
Competitors are judged on their ability to smoothly execute compulsory movements demonstrating strength, flexibility, and balance—making sure to face all four directions and cover all parts of the horse from neck to croup—during their routines. They are also evaluated on the technical difficulty and artistic expression associated with freestyle routines. Additionally, a portion of every overall score is secured by considering the horse’s quality and consistency of gait. Vaulting offers enthusiasts the opportunity to develop coordination, balance, strength, and creativity while working harmoniously with both fellow teammates and the horse itself.


Multicultural Films: A Reference Guide [1ed.]0313319758, 9780313319754
Description:From its earliest beginnings, the United States of America has been composed of immigrants from nations around the world. Some, like European Americans, came voluntarily in search of better opportunities. Others, like African Americans, were brought as captives to their new land. Native Americans, already established, were forced to adjust to these new groups and the others that came after them, such as Latino Americans, Asian Americans, and most recently, Arab Americans. How these groups learned, or did not learn, to adapt to one another in their adopted homeland has become the focus of many provocative films, over 150 of which are identified and discussed in this book. Covering films from the earliest part of the century through today, this book is ideal for educators and students searching for films treating the experiences of specific ethnic groups, as well as film fans who love unforgettable stories.Arranged by race/ethnic group, Multicultural Films identifies and analyzes films relating the experiences of the following groups: African Americans, Arab Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Latino/a Americans, Native Americans, and includes Intercultural films, those depicting the experiences of more than one group. After providing a plot summary of each film, the authors critique it, proposing points of focus and discussion for the viewer. Films that will appeal to a variety of different ages are included, with ratings given when possible, and all are currently available for purchase. A thematic guide will help identify films for students and educators on specific topics and issues for each minority group. The first comprehensive resource covering all types of films for all major minority groups in the United States Multicultural Films should be on every film library’s shelf.


MRSA may cause a variety of infections, including pores and skin infections, pneumonia , and other issues. Giardia is a parasite discovered on surfaces or in water, meals, or soil that has been contaminated by poop of an contaminated individual or animal, including dogs.
Dog Dietary Supplements
Below, we’ll explain what you need to look out for and identify a number of of the most effective online adoption websites. Ask us about proper vitamin for pets, we’re happy to answer questions about pet well being and well-being. Take your dog to the veterinarian frequently to maintain it wholesome and prevent infectious ailments. Do not pet a dog if it appears to be hiding or seeing time alone. Children are more doubtless than adults to be bitten by a dog, and when they are, the injuries could be more severe. Most dog bites affecting young children occur throughout everyday actions and while interacting with acquainted canines.
Tips On How To Find And Undertake A Healthy And Pleased Shelter Dog
Having a dog in the household is linked to a better likelihood of being bitten than not having a canine. As the number of dogs within the home increases, so does the chance of being bitten. Adults with two or more canines in the household are five occasions more more likely to be bitten than these living without dogs at residence. Among adults, men are extra probably than women to be bitten by a dog. Ringworm is an an infection brought on by a fungus that may infect the pores and skin, hair, or nails of people and animals. Staphylococcus aureus is a common type of a micro organism normally found on the pores and skin of people and animals. MRSA is Staphylococcus aureus micro organism which have turn into proof against some antibiotics.
Animal rescue teams are usually volunteer-run organizations that don’t necessarily have a physical location. Many rescue groups have a community of foster pet dad and mom that look after Fidos and Fluffies till they are adopted by forever families. You do not need to purchase a dog off Craigslist and inadvertently help puppy mills and unethical yard breeders.
You Can Help Shelters Modernize
Not all pet adoption web sites are created equally, so it’s important to maintain your eye out for a couple of key options whereas scoping out totally different sites. However, some pet adoption web sites are better than others.


This research guide is designed to help users find information and resources that will help support courses and curricula with Ability & Disability.
The American Disability Act "ADA" defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. This includes people who have a record of such an impairment, even if they do not currently have a disability. It also includes individuals who do not have a disability but are regarded as having a disability. The ADA also makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person based on that person’s association with a person with a disability ( adata.org).
Disability is understood to be conditional to environmental and social factors as well as physical, cognitive, and mental factors (Adams, Reiss, & Serlin, 2015). The term “disability” has not remained stable throughout history and will likely continue to change. This is an important facet of disability. Challenge stereotypes and stigmatization of disability and enable exploration of the social and political factors that have shaped perceptions and experiences of people with disabilities. ProQuest’s unique, multiformat resources engage this subject matter across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
This recording discusses locating relevant content using effective search strategies and describes how Legislative and Regulatory Insight connect. Duration 28 minutes.


Degree Granting Department
Computer Science and Engineering
interface, mapping, navigation, path-planning, robotics, semi-autonomous
Mobile robots are gaining increased autonomy due to advances in sensor and computing technology. In their current form however, robots still lack algorithms for rapid perception of objects in a cluttered environment and can benefit from the assistance of a human operator. Further, fully autonomous systems will continue to be computationally expensive and costly for quite some time. Humans can visually assess objects and determine whether a certain path is traversable, but need not be involved in the low-level steering around any detected obstacles as is necessary in remote-controlled systems. If only used for rapid perception tasks, the operator could potentially assist several mobile robots performing various tasks such as exploration, surveillance, industrial work and search and rescue operations. There is a need to develop better human-robot interaction paradigms that would allow the human operator to effectively control and manage one or more mobile robots.
This paper proposes a method of enhancing user effectiveness in controlling multiple mobile robots through real-time map manipulation. An interface is created that would allow a human operator to add virtual obstacles to the map that represents areas that the robot should avoid. A video camera is connected to the robot that would allow a human user to view the robot's environment. The combination of real-time map editing and live video streaming enables the robot to take advantage of human vision, which is still more effective at general object identification than current computer vision technology. Experimental results show that the robot is able to plan a faster path around an obstacle when the user marks the obstacle on the map, as opposed to allowing the robot to navigate on its own around an unmapped obstacle. Tests conducted on multiple users suggest that the accuracy in placing obstacles on the map decreases with increasing distance of the viewing apparatus from the obstacle. Despite this, the user can take advantage of landmarks found in the video and in the map in order to determine an obstacle's position on the map.
Scholar Commons Citation
Ezequiel, Carlos Favis, "Real-Time Map Manipulation for Mobile Robot Navigation" (2013). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.


Faulty assumptions translate to burning Southeast forests for European energy
The profile of biomass energy has been raised in recent weeks as faraway policy decisions in the European Union implicate the health of Southeastern forests. Publications in the south have responded with editorials underscoring the very real threat this poses in our backyard.
European countries are looking to Southeastern forests under the faulty assumption that burning wood pellets, called biomass, can help reduce their carbon footprint. As a result, they’re designing policies that would encourage more biomass energy, a move that translates to cutting more Southeastern forests.
Enviva, the largest producer of wood pellets in the United States with four pellet plants in North Carolina and Virginia, has been promoting these misguided European biomass policies so they can profit by sending our forests to be burned for fuel in Europe.
Just last week scientists sent a letter detailing the absurdity of considering burning forests for fuel as carbon neutral. This echoed concerns voiced earlier this year when 190 scientists from around the world signed a letter highlighting the problematic calculations behind the industry claims that biomass is a better fuel. Their key finding: “Bioenergy is not carbon-neutral and can have seriously negative climate impacts.”
In fact, burning wood pellets for electricity, particularly when sourced from clearcutting bottomland hardwood forests, such as those produced in some Enviva facilities across the Southeast, which have been documented using whole trees and other large wood, make them a source of carbon emissions.
Clearly biomass is not the answer in our search for cleaner fuels. Instead the focus, here in the U.S. and abroad, should be on genuinely clean, carbon free energy sources like wind and solar.


The history of the Contemporary world (1945-2000) starts from the end of the Second World War, a conflict that had important consequences all over the world. Geopolitical alliances were redrawn and established for many decades, a division of the world into two blocks where the two victorious allies of the war (the United States and the Soviet Union) faced each other.
During the post-war period and into the 1900s, the United States and the Soviet Union represented two completely different worlds.
The Americans were the capitalist superpower, in favour of the free market economy. It had the armed arm of NATO, where the main European countries were.
The Soviet Union, the other superpower, represented the communist system and gathered within the Warsaw Pact the countries that had come under its orbit of control, that is, Eastern Europe. The two superpowers were at odds until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Those were the years of the Cold War.
World War II Peace Conferences
The Peace Conferences were held with the participation of the allied countries from 1941 to discuss the organization of the world after the Second World War.
The ideological, economic and military framework of the Cold War
After World War II, the United States of America built the argument that the world had been split into two antagonistic blocks.
McCarthyism and the Persecution of Inner Enemies in the Cold War
Throughout the Cold War, the two antagonistic blocks had to ensure their hegemony. Dissidents on both sides became the enemy within.
The birth of the Italian Republic


Microbial communities in remote locations remain under-studied. This is particularly true on glaciers and icecaps, which cover approximately 11% of the Earth’s surface. The principal reason for this is the inaccessibility of most of these areas due to their extreme isolation and challenging environmental conditions. While remote research stations have significantly lowered the barrier to studying the microbial communities on icecaps, their use has led to a bias for data collection in the near vicinity of these institutions. Here, miniaturisation of a DNA sequencing lab suitable for off-grid metagenomic studies is demonstrated. Using human power alone, this lab was transported across Europe’s largest ice cap (Vatnajökull, Iceland) by ski and sledge. After 11 days of unsupported polar-style travel, a metagenomic study of a geothermal hot spring gorge was conducted on the remote northern edge of the ice cap. This tent-based metagenomic study resulted in over 24 h of Nanopore sequencing, powered by solar power alone. This study demonstrates the ability to conduct DNA sequencing in remote locations, far from civilised resources (mechanised transport, external power supply, internet connection, etc.), whilst greatly reducing the time from sample collection to data acquisition.
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Problem: No idea in Python
There is an array of integers. There are also 2 disjoint sets, A and B, each containing m integers. You like all the integers in set A and dislike all the integers in set B. Your initial happiness is 0. For each integer in the array, if i belongs to A , you add 1 to your happiness. If , i belongs to B you add -1 to your happiness. Otherwise, your happiness does not change. Output your final happiness at the end.
Note: Since A and B are sets, they have no repeated elements. However, the array might contain duplicate elements.
1<=Any integer in the input<=10^9
The first line contains integers n and m separated by a space.
The second line contains n integers, the elements of the array.
The third and fourth lines contain m integers, A and B, respectively.
Output a single integer, your total happiness.
3 2 1 5 3 3 1 5 7
You gain 1 unit of happiness for elements 3 and 1 in set A. You lose 1 unit for 5 in set B. The element 7 in set B does not exist in the array so it is not included in the calculation.
Hence, the total happiness is 2-1=1.
# No idea in python Hackerrank Solution #python3 n,m=map(int,input().split()) #take input elements list c=list(map(int,input().split())) A=set(map(int,input().split())) B=set(map(int,input().split())) #intially count as 0 count=0 for i in c: if i in A: count+=1 if i in B: count-=1 print(count) # No idea Hackerrank solution
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Some users have the digital keys to the kingdom: systems administrators, or administrators of critical systems. If the endpoints of these privileged access users are compromised by an attacker, that attacker can gain that same privileged access. With attack techniques such as Man in the Browser, an attacker can achieve that privileged access even when a “jump box” or other remote access approach is used.
It is therefore essential that these users’ endpoint devices – commonly known as Privileged Access Workstations – remain trusted. To ensure this, best practice dictates that these endpoints should have access only to the most essential, highly trusted websites on the Internet. Other websites should be blocked to prevent the risk that they are used as a means to attack and compromise the endpoint.
But web access is often an essential part of these privileged access users’ jobs. Modern systems administration requires constant research, looking for information about bugs, features, and updates. Strong Internet research skills are as much a required skill for today’s systems administrator as book learning and certifications.
How can this research be done if almost all websites are blocked?
One answer is to require users to use a second physical device for Internet research. But apart from the inevitable user push-back, there are real workflow problems that this can introduce. In many cases, research starts with links that are found in highly trusted systems which must only be accessed using the Privileged Access Workstation. If a second physical device is used, links must be retyped – often a hugely laborious task for complex URLs.
Strong Web Isolation (also known as Remote Browser Isolation) can provide the answer. Web Isolation solutions exist today that are trusted by some of the world’s leading governments to provide Internet access from even government classified endpoints: providing access to the online world while protecting critical national security secrets and systems. In the same way, commercial organisations can use strong Web Isolation solutions to achieve the seemingly impossible: access to even the riskiest websites without putting endpoints at risk.


5 Ways to Protect Yourself From Cell Phone Radiation
For years, Doctors and Scientists have warned that prolonged exposure to cell phone radiation may have serious health effects. Thanks to a $25 million US government study and numerous others, there is now evidence to support the claims.
There are FCC established limits for cell phone radiation emission levels; however, they are based on 20 year old standards. In addition, most cell phone manufacturers can circumvent the standards by including warnings buried deep within their phones’ manuals that advise users to keep their phones away from their bodies.
So What Can You Do?
Regardless of your level of concern for your personal health, your cell phone is probably an integral part of your life that you can no longer function without. The good news is there are ways to reduce your exposure without giving it up.
5 Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation
- Buy a Lab Tested Radiation Blocking Case. There are several cell phone cases on the market that claim to block cell phone radiation. However, we could only find one with lab testing to prove that it effectively blocks up to 99% of both ELF and RF radiation (many only block RF radiation), was stylish, and had the reviews to back it up. SafeSleeve makes anti radiation cases that even include a convenient RFID blocking wallet and a built-in stand.
- Avoid Close Contact. Radiation from electronic devices has what is known as a high decay rate, meaning levels reduce to almost nothing at a distance of just 5-8 inches depending on the source.
- Use Speaker Phone. Avoid placing your phone directly up to your head by using speaker phone or a wired headset. Avoid wireless headsets which use Bluetooth or another form of RF radiation to communicate with your phone.
- Use Airplane Mode When Not in Use. Airplane mode reduces some of the radiation from your device by eliminating signal from entering and exiting. Some radiation, specifically ELF, will still exist.
- Power Down at Night. Turn your phone off at night to avoid unnecessary exposure while you sleep.


Bash history goes to the early 1970’s when first bash version is released with mainstream Unix operating system. Bash is then ported into a lot of different platforms like Ultrix, AIX, SunOS, Linux. Bash is the shell and command interpreter for Linux,Unix,BSD etc. operating systems. Bash is the acronym of Bourne-Again Shell . Bash adds a lot of feature to the standard sh . Alternative to bash is csh, ksh but bash is most user friendly shell.
Shell is friendly interface for us from operating system. Operating systems have ugly and complex interfaces to use so they shows us bash as more convenient interface. Bash gets input from user interactively or batch mode and parse/interpret them and then call appropriate operating system functions.
As you can understand that shells main job is to translate user commands into operating system instructions. Bash have built-in commands like cd, break etc. Bash can provide programming language options like flow control, variable, function etc.Bash runs commands on operating system and provides some shortcuts for operations. Bash can run interactively or non-interactively. In non-interactive mode commands reads generally from a file. Bash have all of the features of the standard Bourne Shell and a lot of extra features of the C and Korn shells.
To learn current default shell simple run following command in your terminal.
$ echo $SHELL /bin/bash
If you default shell is not bash run following command to call bash shell.
If you have all ready a bash and you run the above command again you will get and bash in bash shell.
When Not To Use Scripts
Scripts provides practical, fast and convenient way to solve problems but some times using bash may not be an ideal solution. Here are some of the them.
- Network related jobs
- High IO jobs
- Cross platform jobs
- Mission critical jobs
- Gui related jobs


More than a quarter of a million US, UK and other Allied nations’ servicemen and women have endured Gulf War Illness since the Persian Gulf War in 1991, 30 years ago. The illness has a range of acute and chronic symptoms, including fatigue, headaches, joint pain, indigestion, insomnia, dizziness, respiratory disorders and memory problems, and appears rooted in neurological impairment.
It has long been plausibly alleged that the soldiers inhaled significant quantities of depleted uranium from allied munitions used on the battlefield and suffered from its toxic and mildly radioactive effects. For decades, medics and scientists have been looking for the elusive cause of Gulf War illness.
Research at the University of Portsmouth tested US Gulf War illness sufferers to examine levels of residual depleted uranium in their bodies using multi-collector ICP-MS. Their study proves conclusively—and, for many, surprisingly—that none of them were exposed to any significant amounts of depleted uranium.
The testing took into account the predicted decline in depleted uranium from normal metabolism over the time since potential exposure and testing, by using a highly sensitive method of testing in conjunction with metabolic modelling.
The research was carried out by Professor Randall Parrish at the University of Portsmouth and Dr Robert Haley, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre in Dallas.


In 1962, German archaeologists were working in a massive graveyard near Krefeld, a Roman and Merovingian settlement on the lower Rhine. In grave no. 1782 – and yes, this was the 1,782nd
grave excavated in the cemetery, where the total eventually passed 6,000 – they found something spectacular.
This is now known as the Princely Grave of Krefeld. Nothing organic was preserved, so the date is derived from the artifacts. Some sources just say "early 6th century," while others say c. 525 AD. Krefeld was then part of the Merovingian kingdom.
There was nothing besides the artifacts to mark this out as an important grave; as you can see from the plan, the artifacts were jammed into a space barely big enough for a standard modern coffin.
This interesting coin was found in the head area, and the excavators think it was placed in the mouth of the deceased. It is a rather crude Frankish copy of a gold solidus of Emperor Athanasius I (r. 9491-518).
Ring. The Museum Burg Linn
in Krefeld is not much for posting large images.
Weapons. The large spearhead to the bottom left of the sword is probably from a mounted lance.
You know you're around people who drank like barbarians when you encounter the gold bucket.
On the other hand, look at this beautiful etched glass bowl. I find these graves to be a wonderful look at the Germanic elite of that period. They may have been Christian, but they maintained pagan burial practices that bound them to a Eurasian barbarian elite. They were not Roman, but they had adopted some Roman ways and loved fancy glassware from the south. They were their own sort of people, and their refusal to assimilate to Roman ways doomed the elite culture of antiquity, ushering a new sort of Europe.
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Landsat 9 is a partnership between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to continue the Landsat program's critical role in monitoring, understanding and managing the land resources needed to sustain human life. Landsat 9, like Landsat 8, has a higher imaging capacity than past Landsats, allowing more valuable data to be added to the Landsat global land archive. Its operational orbit is a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 705 km for a mission lifetime of at least 5 years.
An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.See Atlas Details
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.INFO WIKI
NASA transferred ownership and operational control on Thursday of the Landsat 9 satellite to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a ceremony in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Two NASA satellites launched late last year are operational and returning imagery — one looking back at planet Earth and another peering into the cosmos in search of new insights into the remnants of dead stars.
Landsat 9, a joint mission between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that launched Sept. 27, 2021, has collected its first light images of Earth.
Shrouded in a veil of fog, an Atlas 5 rocket fired away from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Monday with the Landsat 9 remote sensing satellite.


Antioxidants have continued to receive more and more attention over the last decade. It seems like everyone knows that they need it as part of their daily intake. However, few people know what they are or what purpose they serve. The primary purpose is to aid the body in fighting free radicals. They do this by slowing down and sometimes preventing the oxidation of other molecules within the body.
Essentially, free radicals cause molecules within cells to destabilize. Since free radicals are naturally very unstable, they attack and destroy other healthy cells in order to gain the resources to stabilize themselves. The oxidative damage that results from free radicals has been linked to a variety of diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, neurological diseases, and muscle/tissue degeneration. By neutralizing free radicals, antioxidants help keep the body healthy and balanced.
They are present in a variety of different foods, primarily fruits, and vegetables. Supplements are essential to getting enough antioxidants. However, this does not mean that fruit and vegetables can be ignored. Quality multivitamins do not only provide antioxidants, but also the resources that your body needs to produce them as well. However, in order to produce them, your body needs additional zinc, selenium, manganese, and copper. Additional common ones include Vitamin A, C, and E, selenium, melatonin, and alpha lipoic acid. Antioxidants are molecules that have the capability of preventing oxidation of other molecules. In light of anti-aging, they prevent the formation of free radicals.
Antioxidants are a group of nutrients that protect the body from damage caused by various factors, most importantly oxidative damage caused by free radicals. It helps prevent oxidation, may increase immune responses, and possibly decrease the risk of infection and cancer. They also beat down the passing of the aging clock making your skin and other organs rejoice. Glutathione is the strongest among all kinds of antioxidants. They are generally present in our body since we were young but drain as we get older.
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What exactly was the Trojan War?
Did this ancient conflict really take place?
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More than 3,000 years after it was supposed to have taken place, there is still doubt as to whether or not the Trojan War actually happened. In Greek mythology, the Bronze Age-era war was a conflict between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece. The myth spawned legendary heroes such as Hector and Achilles, and Helen—the most beautiful woman in the world. And what about the Trojan Horse? But is there any fact in all this fiction?
Click through and read more about this epic encounter and the figures it embroiled.
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According to the CDC, mpox (monkeypox) is a rare disease caused by infection with the mpox (monkeypox) virus. Mpox (monkeypox) virus is part of the same family of viruses as variola virus, the virus that causes smallpox. Mpox (monkeypox) symptoms are like smallpox symptoms, but milder, and mpox (monkeypox) is rarely fatal. Mpox (monkeypox) is not related to chickenpox.
According to the CDC, mpox (monkeypox) symptoms include a rash that can be on or near the genitals or anus. It can also be on other areas like the hands, feet, chest, face, or mouth. The mpox (monkeypox) rash can look like pimples or blisters and may be painful or itchy.
Other mpox (monkeypox) symptoms can include:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Call the telephone number on the back of your Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance card for Member Services to learn more about mpox (monkeypox) prevention and treatment. This number is specific to your plan and benefits, and it helps you receive the right answers faster. You can also sign into the member portal to check coverages and to contact us.


Laparoscopy is a procedure that is used to remove or to diagnose and treat tumors. There are two main types of laparoscopy procedures. The first is known as the simple laparotomy. This is a type of procedure in which a small incision is made in the abdominal wall. Once this is done, the surgeon uses a small camera and a laparoscope to remove the tumor.
Laparoscopy is an outpatient procedure and can be performed in a doctor’s office or a hospital. Patients are able to come home from surgery and go back to work after the procedure. Laparoscopy is commonly performed to treat ovarian tumors or endometriosis. When it is used to remove tumors from the abdomen, the incisions made are usually small enough to allow the surgeon to move around and make a full view of the abdominal wall.
Laparoscopy can be performed on adults and children. It is also used to remove bladder tumors, gallbladder tumors, kidney tumors, and liver tumors. Most people choose to have this procedure performed in a doctor’s office because the procedure can be performed there. This is because the doctor’s office has a fully equipped lab that can provide the surgeon with an accurate and fast diagnosis of the tumors that need to be removed.
Laparoscopy is not for everyone. If you are considering having this procedure done, make sure that you consult with your doctor before the procedure. Make sure that you tell the doctor what type of treatment you have, the severity of your symptoms, and the possible side effects of the procedure. Make sure that you can fully explain the type of procedure that you are considering, and that you understand the risks and benefits that are associated with having it done.
Laparoscopy is a major medical procedure. If you are considering this procedure, make sure that you make an appointment with your doctor to discuss your options. This will help you make sure that you are making an informed decision. After you have had a proper medical exam and discuss the procedure with your doctor, you can make an informed decision about whether or not to have it performed.
Laparoscopy is a medical procedure that is used to diagnose and treat a variety of different conditions. If you are considering this procedure, make sure that you consult with your doctor and a board certified surgeon. so that you make an informed decision.


WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL?
If you have concerns in any of the following areas, it may be time to ask an Occupational Therapist for help.
Fine, Gross, Visual Motor
If your child struggles with grasping items, self-feeding, handwriting, walking, jumping, copying from the board, crossing her eyes, or any other movements, an occupational therapist can help. Testing for muscle weakness, retained reflexes, and ocular motor control are all a part of evaluation and treatment.
Riding the emotional rollercoaster is rough. Anxiety, intelligence, sensory needs, reflexes, and communication can all play a role in your child's challenging behaviors. Focus on Function will utilize and train parents on behavioral approaches while simultaneously addressing the underlying causes of problem behaviors.
Grasp, Roll, Crawl, Walk, Jump
Most functional deficits arise out of not reaching or skipping over milestones. Each step is vital to a baby's overall development. Some babies who seem "advanced" for their age may rush their development in a hurry to see the world, yet fall behind later in their life despite their intelligence. They may need an occupational therapist to guide their brains through some developmental stages again.


OICETS (Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite) enables communications between satellites via optical links.
OICETS will enable optical inter-orbit communications tests between satellites that are tens of thousands of kilometers apart. An optical inter-orbit communications system will bring various advantages: more stable communications with less interference; lighter, more compact communications equipment; and higher data transmission rates. These tests are expected to lead to new technologies that will support the development and utilization of space, including global data reception from Earth Observation satellites and continuous communication links with a crewed space station.
OICETS was originally to be launched on a Japanese J-1 (SRB-A based) launch vehicle. When the J-1 was cancelled, it was moved to a Russian Dnepr instead.
OICETS was launched into a low Earth orbit in the fiscal year 2005, in order to conduct demonstrations with ARTEMIS, the latest geostationary satellite belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA).
After successfully reaching orbit, OICETS has been renamed Kirari.
At 2:48 p.m. on Sept. 24, 2009, signal transmissions to Kirari were terminated, and its operation was completed. Kirari was initially scheduled to be operated in orbit for about one year, but it survived for four years, much longer than the original plan.
|Type / Application:||Research, Laser communication|
|Operator:||NASDA → JAXA|
|Power:||2 deployable solar arrays, batteries|
|Lifetime:||1 year (planned), 4 years (achieved)|
|Orbit:||597 km × 612 km, 97.83°|
|OICETS (Kirari)||2005-031A||23.08.2005||Ba LC-109/95||Dnepr||with INDEX, "Turkmenistan Memorial Capsule"|


Fly high like a plane!
What’s a better way to teach kids about an airplane than let them build one? And, in the process learn the different parts of an airplane.
Crafts add a fun element to kid’s learning process and as a parent, you can cherish your kid’s lovely creations for a lifetime.
HOW TO MAKE POPSICLE STICK AIRPLANE CRAFT
- 3 Popsicle sticks (6 x 3/4 in)
- 5 Popsicle sticks (4 1/2 x 3/8 in)
- 2 small cardboard cuttings (~4.5cm x 0.8cm)
- 1 small black bead
1. First, glue the 5 small popsicle sticks together and let them dry.
2. While the sticks are drying, cut the edges of cardboard making them a little circular. We covered the cardboard with blue paper. You can also use color.
3. Glue both the cardboard pieces by the center forming an X shape propeller.
4. Gently glue a black bead on top of the X shape propeller and let them dry.
5. Take the 5 glued sticks and on their wider sides, glue 2 large sticks roughly 0.5″ away from one end (one of each side). And, let them dry.
6. Breake a large stick into 2 pieces and glue them together such that we get the circular edges for the rear part. Then, glue it on the 5 glued sticks roughly 0.5″ away from the other end.
7. Glue the X shape propeller to the top of 5 sticks.
8. Let the entire craft dry for 2-3.
9. Decorate the plane with colorful stickers.


How Do We See Colors?
Let’s start with light. Light can be broken up into a few colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet! When we see white light coming from the Sun or a lightbulb, that white light is all of the rainbow colors together. When the white light hits an object it reflections, or bounces of the object, or gets absorbed by the object. Reflection is when light bounces off a surface. Did you know that every time you see something, light is reflecting off the thing you are looking at! Light can bounce off smooth surfaces in a much orderly way and you can see your reflection on the surface, like a mirror or pond! Absorption is when light gets absorbed by the thing it is hitting. The 7 colors of light get absorbed or reflected by some on objects. The colors that are reflected by the object are what we see! Inside of our eyes, there are specific cells that sense three wavelengths or colors of light: red, blue, and green. Believe it or not, these three types of cells can sense all of the colors of the rainbow. When they sense specific colors, they send a message t our brain, telling us what color an object is!!