The hobo, also known as the aggressive house spider, is a common one found in houses of the Pacific Northwest region. While not nearly as venomous as black widows, their bites may cause moderate epidermal damage and flu-like symptoms.
Hobo spiders get their common name from the belief that they spread throughout the United States by hitching lifts with people as they traveled along the highways. The hobo spider is not native to the United States. The spiders came from Europe in the 1930s and are currently present in around six states in the Pacific Northwest.
Signs of Infestation
Your local Altus technician is trained to help manage hobo spiders and similar pests. Funnel-shaped webs and sighting the spider are signs of their presence. Since every building or home is different, your Altus technician will design a unique program for your situation.
Hobo Spider Bites
Hobo spiders bite in self-defense, causing headaches, blisters, and slow-healing lesions, although approximately half of those bitten showed no symptoms. While their bite may not be extreme, it could still be problematic for very young, elderly or those with compromised immune systems.
This brown arachnid’s bite is so painless that it is often initially overlooked. More than half of hobo spider bites are “dry,” meaning they don’t inject any venom (which is better reserved to kill food). Bites that actually involve venom may produce some itching and small lesions. Other symptoms of a hobo spider bite are weakness, temporary memory loss, nausea, fatigue, and vision impairment.
Although the bite of a hobo spider may be rare, it can be very serious and anyone suspecting a hobo spider bite should seek medical care immediately.
How Altus Pest Control Can Help Get Rid of Hobo Spiders
For those dealing with a serious hobo spider problem, professional pest control may be necessary. The team at Altus has experience handling troublesome pests of all kinds and can find a solution that fits with your home situation and needs.


Chest Plumage, Dominance and Fluctuating Asymmetry in Female Starlings
It has been proposed that levels of fluctuating asymmetry (FA) may be used in establishing and maintaining dominance hierarchies, as asymmetry reflects aspects of individual quality. However, previous manipulations of FA have failed to reveal that the level or outcome of agonistic intra-sexual interactions are affected by levels of FA. In female European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), correlational data suggest that FA of the speckled chest plumage may be related to dominance status. These data are confounded, however, by total number of spots on the chest and the proportion of the chest that is white, both of which positively covary with chest asymmetry. Thus, we deconfounded the effects of these plumage traits on dominance by experimentally manipulating the number of spots and spot number asymmetry in a factorial design. The results indicated that dominance is influenced by the number of spots on the chest, but not by spot asymmetry. Birds with spottier chests were dominant over birds with experimentally decreased spot number. We suggest that female starlings' chests are exposed to extensive abrasion throughout the breeding season and so are susceptible to damage asymmetries that may mask the `true' fluctuating asymmetry of the trait. This may devalue the use of chest asymmetry as a quality indicator. Spottier chests may be costly to maintain, in part because of increased susceptibility to abrasion, and so may be a better indicator of quality than asymmetry.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B
- Pub Date:
- May 1995


After this most recent recession, there was a dynamic that slightly changed balanced. That's the percentage of men and women who make up the work force. Men still occupy more jobs than women overall, today women make up a larger portion of the workforce than they did before the economic downturn. At the start of the recession men held 3.2 million more jobs than women, but that gap has narrowed with men holding 1.6 million more jobs than women.
A large part of that is the increasing number of women receiving a higher education and advancing and keeping jobs longer. Some say that the rise of the more educated woman would ruin the "traditional marriage" roles, but a new study published in this month's issue of the American Sociological Review says quite the opposite. It looks at marriages formed between 1950 and 2004 and finds that marriages between educational equals have remained most common, but that when there is a difference, women are increasingly likely to have the educational edge.
It looks like the old roles are eroding as time goes on, such as the man must "earn more than the woman, know more than the woman, be stronger, older, taller and wiser than the woman," says Stephanie Coontz, a professor of history and family studies at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash.
"We are seeing on a great many fronts a greater comfort among men with women who are their equals or perhaps even know more than they do."
A more educated wife: Not a recipe for divorce (USA Today)


ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP - Reference → Program structure
ABAP Program Types
The type of an ABAP program determines, for example, which declarations and processing blocks a program can contain and how it can be executed in the ABAP runtime environment.
The following table lists all program types for standalone programs ( compilation units ) and what impact each of these has on their properties.
|Program Type||Execution||Global Declarations||Processing Blocks||Dynpros||Text Pools|
||Local interfaces and classes, all other declarative statements||All except function modules||Yes||Yes|
|Class pool||Calling a visible method using
||A global class of the class library, local interfaces and classes,
|Function group or function pool||Calling a function module using
||Local interfaces and classes, all other declarative statements||All except event blocks for reporting events||Yes||Yes|
|Interface pool||None||A global interface of the class library||None||No||No|
|Module pool||Calling a dynpro using a transaction code||Local interfaces and classes, all declarative statements||All except function modules and event blocks for reporting events||Yes||Yes|
|Subroutine pool||External calls to local procedures (subroutines or methods)||Local interfaces and classes, all other declarative statements||Event block
|Type group or type pool||None||
The second table column indicates the type of execution primarily intended for the program. The third column indicates which declarations can be made in the global declaration section of a program of the specified type. The fourth column indicates which processing blocks the program can contain. The fifth column indicates whether your own dynpros are supported, and the last column indicates whether you can create your own text pools.


Craftsman style houses, also known as Arts and Crafts homes, are popular for their distinctive architecture and emphasis on handcrafted details. The style emerged in the late 19th century and was popularized in the United States by the Arts and Crafts movement. Craftsman houses are known for their low-pitched roofs, exposed rafters, and wide front porches with tapered columns. The interiors are characterized by open floor plans, built-in cabinetry, and natural materials such as wood and stone.
Craftsman style houses are easily recognizable by their unique features, including:
- Low-pitched gabled roofs with wide eaves overhanging exposed rafters
- Large front porches with tapered columns and stone bases
- Double-hung windows with divided panes, often arranged in pairs or threes
- Natural materials such as wood siding, stone, and brick
- Open floor plans with minimal use of interior walls
- Built-in cabinetry and bookcases with leaded or stained glass doors
- Use of natural materials such as wood, stone, and metal for furniture and decor
- Decorative details such as handcrafted woodwork, tile, and glass
Craftsman style houses are known for their attention to detail and craftsmanship, making them a popular choice for those seeking a unique and well-crafted home.


At Baylor Scott & White Health System, community health workers (CHWs) are members of interdisciplinary teams that include social workers, nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and sometimes chaplains. Teams are dedicated to subcategories of patients, including Medicare beneficiaries, individuals with chronic conditions, and individuals encountering social needs. CHWs work with patients to navigate the healthcare system, facilitate self-management of chronic diseases, and connect patients to primary care homes. They enhance care coordination by providing direct patient engagement and support, addressing barriers to care through social resource connections, & provide education to help strengthen care.
CHWs have the ability to meet patients where they are (physically and emotionally) as a trusted peer, often with lived experience. CHWs are viewed as fellow members of the community with whom patients can be open and honest. Typically, CHWs wear plain-clothes, even in a clinical environment – this helps the patients to see CHWs like themselves. Some CHWs conduct home visits to physically meet the patients where they are – this helps to further address any unidentified social needs that patients may have. Their cultural humility and competence allow them greater understanding through high-touch, low-volume interaction with patients who may not seek out or continue with complex care or treatment. This is in contrast to physicians who may operate at a high-volume, low-touch clinical pace. CHWs often follow-up through phone calls or other outreach for patients to confide in them their struggles, misunderstandings, and any confusion about their complex and chronic health issues. Bi-lingual support can be critical to patients that may be fluent enough in English to answer questions with a simple yes or no, but may not be fluent not enough to ask questions of their own or have health literacy issues that have not been identified by other care team members


Neighborhood segregation between Hispanics and whites is lower than the markedly higher segregation levels between blacks and whites. Yet, as shown in my book Diversity Explosion, Hispanic segregation does vary across regions of the country, reflecting settlement histories of different Hispanic nationalities. Segregation levels (defined on the map) range from low values of 25 to a high value of 63. Among the most highly segregated areas are those that served as major gateways for Hispanic immigration, especially Los Angeles and New York, but also Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas and Houston. These areas contain established Hispanic enclaves that continue to receive new waves of immigrants, keeping their segregation levels relatively constant.
Another set of somewhat highly segregated areas is located in the Northeast, including Boston, Providence and Philadelphia, all areas where Puerto Ricans comprise a sizable share of the Hispanic population.
Those areas with lower Hispanic-white segregation are spread over the country, particularly in the South and the interior, areas where Mexicans are a prime nationality and containing small but quickly growing Hispanic populations (e.g. Atlanta, Charlotte, and Salt Lake City). This is significant because as Hispanics continue to disperse away from highly segregated core settlements to these newer destinations, more of them will reside in less segregated neighborhoods.
Material adapted from Diversity Explosion: How Racial Demographics Are Remaking America by William H. Frey, 2014.


Wills and estate planning for thousands of Canadians could be affected in 2016 if the government proceeds with their intention to eliminate tax benefits that arise from taxing testamentary trusts and estate grandfathered inter vivos trusts, created by wills and estates at graduated rates, after a reasonable period of administration for estates.
In the March 2013 federal budget, the government announced it would consult with stakeholders on, among other things, subjecting testamentary trusts to tax at a flat rate equal to the top rate of combined federal and provincial tax for individuals. Estates would also be subject to this flat top-rate taxation starting immediately after the 36 months that follow the individual's death (top-rate estates). Estates could therefore retain access to graduated rates for up to the first 36 months of their administration.
The proposed measures would not change the preferred beneficiary election rules that apply to trusts for disabled beneficiaries or the rules that apply to trusts for certain minor children or to the rollover rules applicable to spousal trusts and common-law partner trusts.
What is a Testamentary Trust? It is literally a trust in a will that arises upon a person's death. It is created to address any estate accumulated during that person's lifetime or generated as a result of the death itself. The trust can be created to oversee assets from life insurance policies or other assets accumulated during the person's lifetime. A trustee is appointed to direct the trust until a set time when the trust expires, such as when the beneficiary's children reach a specified age, etc.


Fats, Oils, and Greases aren't just bad for your arteries and your waistline; they're bad for sewers, too!!
As you may know, sewer overflows and backups can cause health hazards, damage home interiors, and threaten the environment. An increasingly common cause of overflows and backups is sewer pipes blocked by GREASE.
Grease commonly enters residential sewer systems through household drains.
The City of Muscatine needs the help of all its residents to keep our sewer system running properly and to keep your residential service lines clear.
You can help avoid sewer overflows, backups, and repeated maintenance problems by following a few simple guidelines. Read on to learn how: What we can do to help?
The easiest way to solve the grease problem and help prevent overflows of raw sewage into your homes or the environment is to keep this material out of the sewer system in the first place.
There are several ways to do this.
NEVER pour grease down sink or tub drains, garbage disposals, or into toilets.
Scrape grease and food scraps from trays, plates, pots, pans, utensils, grills and cooking surfaces into a can or the trash for disposal. Put baskets/strainers in sink drains to catch food scraps and other solids, and empty the drain baskets/strainers into the trash for disposal. Pass this information concerning the problem of grease in the sewer system and how to keep it out with your friends and neighbors, please contact the Department of Public Works, Collection and Drainage Division 15 563.263.8933 if you have any questions.


George Washington Bust in George, WA
A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.
In the early 1950s, 339 acres of land in Washington state was set aside by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to build a town to support the nearby agricultural areas. A pharmacist named Charlie Brown bid $100,000 for the site and with the help of a city planning instructor from the nearby University of Washington, started to build his town.
On July 4, 1957 the city of George, Washington was incorporated. The town’s website claims that the name was first suggested by a man from the Bureau of Reclamation who, in a conversation with Brown, suggested that somebody should “get smart” and name a town after the nation’s first president. (Perhaps he had never visited Washington, D.C. or another of the over 250 towns, cities, and boroughs named after Washington.)
Still, Brown took his advice to heart, and decided that George would be an appropriate name for a town in Washington. Notably, while there are other places named “Georgetown” in the country, Brown’s city is the only one named “George” in the United States.
Today, true to theme, the City of George, WA boasts a popular Fourth of July celebration (during which they bake the largest cherry pie in the world) and a grand birthday party on President’s Day.
Also, just off Interstate 90 at exit 149, a large bust of George Washington greets visitors as they pass by Shree’s Truck Stop & Gas Station. The bust is a copy of the one created by Avard Fairbanks for the nation’s bicentennial. The original bronze bust is installed at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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Park at the Shree's Truck Stop and Gas Station. The bust is in the corner under the sign.
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Ostensive signals contribute to the segmentation of actions in toddlers.
Kliesch, C., Hoehl, S., Reid, V., Parise, E. Ostensive signals contribute to the segmentation of actions in toddlers. (2019). Poster presented at the Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development (BCCCD19), Budapest, Hungary.
Ostensive signals such as direct gaze and infant-directed speech denote pedagogical contexts. Additionally, ostensive signals may also provide structural information. Parents use ostensive sig- nals such as direct gaze particularly at event boundaries (Brand, Hollenbeck, & Kominsky, 2013; Brand, Shallcross, Sabatos, & Massie, 2007). We investigated whether ostensive signals can help to segment action sequences and change children’s imitation of the actions using a paradigm by Carpenter, Call, and Tomasello (2005): When an experimenter moved an animal in a hopping or slid- ing movement, infants were less likely to imitate the manner when they were shown the animal go into a house, compared to when they saw the action being performed on its own. It is possible that children perceived the action manner and outcome as part of a single action. In the current study, we investigated whether addressing toddlers with a short “Wow” and direct gaze after the hopping/ sliding, but before putting the animal into the house (boundary marked) poises them to perceive both actions as separate and increases their manner imitation. A control group was addressed after the animal was put in the house (boundary unmarked).
For the salient hopping action, marking the boundary between action manner and outcome did not increase imitation. However, for the less salient sliding action, marking the boundary increased imita- tion considerably. These results highlight the complex relationship between actions, salience and ostensive signals during pedagogical interactions and suggest that ostensive signals can contribute structural information to segment actions.


So astronomers can predict the absolute magnitude (i.e., the mean intrinsic luminosity) of any given Cepheid by measuring the time it takes to rhythmically change its brightness. By observing the apparent luminosity, dimmed by the inverse square law of light traveling across the vast reaches of space, and comparing this with the predicted luminosity, astronomers can calculate the distance to that star.
Why should there be a period-luminosity relationship in the first place?
The answer involves some simple physics combined with a little bit of geometry. At the heart of it is gravity. Most stars, including Cepheids, are in hydrostatic equilibrium where there is a balance between the inward force of gravity and the outward pressure of the energy the star radiates.
As stars evolve, that equilibrium can be perturbed and in some circumstances leads to stable oscillations, as in the case of Cepheids. For mechanical systems (including those regulated by gravity), the natural period of oscillation is largely controlled by the average density, which is mass divided by volume (or equivalently the cube of the radius).
The bottom line is that low-density stars have longer periods. And variables like Cepheids also tend to have larger radii. Larger radii translate into larger surface areas, which for a fixed surface brightness means higher luminosity. Longer-period Cepheids will then have higher luminosities. Periods predict luminosities.


They are the most powerful objects in the universe. Nothing, not even light, can escape the gravitational pull of a black hole. Astronomers now believe there are billions of them in the cosmos, engulfing the planets to the stars around the feeding frenzy of violence. A new theoretical research in the twisted reality of a black hole suggests that the three-dimensional space can be an illusion. That reality really takes place in a two-dimensional hologram on the edge of the universe.
Black hole is almost as difficult to imagine how it will be detected, but some scientists have been up for the task of centuries. Cambridge scholar John Michell wrote an article in 1783 in which the hypothesis of the existence of “dark stars” – stars as big and with so much gravity that light could not escape its surface. Most astronomers of the time thought it was an absurd idea.
Then in 1915, Einstein published his theory of general relativity, which provides a framework for a reinterpretation of the hypothesis Michell. A graduate Indian student by the name of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar their backs on the theories of Einstein to suggest that the stars of a certain size – much bigger than our sun – experience a catastrophic collapse at the end of his life, transforming the bodies in the cosmic vacuum’s powerful gravity could suck all light and matter in its black mouth.
This is the second episode. See the list of all the episodes here: through the hole.


Contraction of the heart is a complex process initiated by the electrical excitation of cardiac myocytes (excitation-contraction coupling, ECC). In cardiac myocytes, Ca2+ influx induced by activation of voltage-dependent L-type Ca channels (DHP receptors) upon membrane depolarization triggers the release of Ca2+ via Ca2+ release channels (ryanodine receptors) of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) through a Ca2+ -induced Ca release (CICR) mechanism. Ca2+ ions released via the CICR mechanism diffuse through the cytosolic space to contractile proteins to bind to troponinC resulting in the release of inhibition induced by troponinI. The Ca2+ binding to troponinC thereby triggers the sliding of thin and thick filaments, that is, the activation of a crossbridge and subsequent cardiac force development and/or cell shortening. Recovery occurs as Ca2+ is pumped out of the cell by the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) or is returned to the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) by sarco(endo)plasmic Ca2+ -ATPase (SERCA) pumps on the non-junctional region of the SR.


“This website is about a The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. It looks like it’s been updated recently. Let’s see of we can find out who the author is,” I said to my screen of empty Brady Bunch Squares.
Suddenly, I hear a student shout, “That’s cap!”
“What?!” I ask. No only is it unusual for anyone to speak during this period, but I didn’t know what he said.
He repeated for me, “I said, That’s cap!”
“Huhhh?!” I still didn’t know what he was saying. This was about a supposed tree octopus. The earlier period called it “sus” and “not legit,” but I didn’t know what he was saying…
“Cap. C – A – P,” Student 1 spelled out.
And then just as I was about to say, “I have no idea what you’re saying!” Student 2 jumped in.
“She doesn’t know what that means, man,” Student 2 explained to the first student. Then speaking to me, Student 2 explains, “It means fake. He says it’s fake.”
“Oh!” I reply. “Thank you! Yes, it’s a fake website. How do we know that?” I continue, one more word added to my ever expanding vocabulary courtesy of my students.”


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Thumbnail Filmstrip of Broomsedge Bluestem - Native Images
Broomsedge bluestem is a warm-season perennial bunch grass native to North America. It grows 24 to 48 inches tall, requires full sun, and at least 25 inches of annual rainfall. It can be found from central Texas to the east coast.
Broomsedge grows well on sites low in fertility especially on eroded worn out fields. In fact, broomsedge increases on deteriorating ranges and open woodlands and can contribute as much as 60 to 90 percent of the total grass coverage in such areas. High plant density can be reduced by heavy grazing in the spring when the plant is most palatable to livestock.
Broomsedge provides some livestock grazing and wildlife support. As a forage early grazing is decent but quickly loses quality and palatability during the summer. In the winter small birds utilize broomsedge seed when other food supplies are limited. The grass provides cover for ground nesting birds such as quail and turkey.
Common Name: Broomsedge Bluestem
Origin: North America
Height: 24" - 48"
Bloom Period: September - November
Germ Temp F: 60
PH Range: 4.5 - 6.5
Annual Rainfall/Irrigation: > 25"
Light Requirement: 3 - 15
Rate Per Acre: 8 - 12
Planting Dates: 12/1 - 6/1
Seeds Per Pound: 250,000
Planting Depth: 1/4 "


Seals have been protected in Ireland for 30 years following the introduction of the 1976 Wildlife Act.
Water Safety Ireland (IWS) in cooperation with the Irish Seal Sanctuary (ISS) want the public to enjoy our seal population but are cautioning the public to respect seals by adhering to the following guidelines in the interests of safety and the protection of our seals. On foot of public feedback and the experience of the ISS we have noted changes in seal behaviour and growing interaction between seals and humans.
As a general principle however the public should enjoy these creatures at a distance and not feed them, as they confuse their boundaries of behaviour.
Swimmers have been at risk, particularly where novice swimmers and swimmers with weak hearts have been approached by seals, which to them is amiable behaviour. These encounters are quite frequent at the 40-foot and at Sea-point in Dublin. Avoid swimming in the water if they are in close proximity to your bathing area.
Divers have become quite familiar with our seals and they have reported diminishing shyness and increasing playfulness and interaction. There have been numerous cases of seals nibbling divers fins or approaching the diver directly. Change your Dive Plan to avoid close encounters with seals should you observe them at your Dive Site.
Anglers from piers and small boats should not feed seals, as a large grey seal could capsize a small boat.
People operating Fast Power Craft or Jet Skis should be vigilant not to hit seals that are resident in a lot of our harbours and small sheltered bays. Please reduce your speed in these restricted areas and avoid colliding with them.
Accidental seal scrapes from flippers or teeth are potentially dangerous carrying the additional risk of a bacterial infection sometimes known as “Seal Finger” seek medical assistance should a seal break your skin.


The Governing Board recognizes the important connection between a healthy diet and a student’s ability to learn effectively. The Board also acknowledges that schools play a vital role in childhood nutrition and fitness, and as part of the larger community, schools have a responsibility to promote family health and provide a strong foundation for the future health and well-being of its students. It further recognizes that significant research indicates a positive relationship between adequate nutrition and learning, resulting in academic success.
Bonny Doon Elementary School recognizes that a healthy school community is accomplished through a multi-faceted approach towards the students’ education. To accomplish this goal we utilize the following programs for all students: Regular Physical Education. Life Lab, Waste Free School, Conflict Resolution, TRIBES and Life Skills.
We encourage families to follow the nutrition recommendations of the United States Dietary Guidelines :
1. No more than 30% of total calories from fat (averaged over a week)
2. No more that 10% of total calories from saturated fat (average over a week)
3. Fruit and vegetable drinks containing 50%or more full-strength fruit with no added sweetener
4. Not more than 35% of the total weight of the food item, excluding fruits or vegetables, is composed of sugar
5. Milk that is nonfat, 1%, or 2% fat or soy, rice or similar non-dairy milk
Class celebrations are traditions in public schools, however families should consult with the classroom teacher before bringing food to the classroom. We ask that, when bringing food items for class celebrations, families take into consideration students who may have allergies or special dietary needs.


We’ve already looked at the Mortality Schedules and the Agricultural Schedules. Both provide information about individuals, and can be useful when doing genealogical research. But did you know that there are also some Nonpopulation schedules that provide information on a county or town level? They are called Social Statistics Schedules, and they were taken between 1850 and 1870.
The Social Statistics provide general information about entire civic municipal divisions, ranging from mill towns and neighborhoods in large cities to townships and election districts of counties. Even though you can’t find information on an individual level, you can find a lot of great stuff about the community.
These schedules cover such topics as the value of real estate paid in taxes, the number and type of schools, the value of wages paid, the number and type of churches, and the number and type of libraries.
The schedules also list the names of the newspapers published during the census year. Here we see part of an 1850 Social Statistics schedule from Philadelphia. It lists five newspapers and periodicals published. We can see that there were two monthly publications and three weekly publications – and one of the weeklies was an Anti-Slavery journal.
If you know where your ancestors were living, and you can find a Social Statistics schedule that lists newspapers, you may be able to find obituaries or other articles that mention your family. Even though individuals are not named, you can still use these schedules to further your genealogical research. You can find out about the community as a whole, but you may also find some clues that lead to other records.
The Social Statistics schedules held by NARA are available on microfilm. For a list of available records by state, see our website.
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AM LOOKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE AI NASR FAMILY TREES HE IS ONE OF THE FAMUS FAMILIES HWOM STARTING TO CONESTRUCT THE OLD DOGOLA IN SUDAN
CAN I FIEND THE FAMILY TREES HISYORIES NAMES THANKS
If the family lived in Sudan, we probably won’t have anything here at the National Archives. For the most part, we only have records created by the U.S. government. You can try searching online at genealogy websites such as Ancestry.com. Good luck!


by Kim Vu
(Richland WA, Benton County)
Q.English is mine second languag, I have to do my persuasive speech and I am not sure which topic is good. Please help me thanks.
A. Well, we can't choose your topic for you, but you do bring up an interesting question. How do language barriers effect public speaking? How do you overcome those barriers? What do you take into account when you choose your speech topics?
The purpose of public speaking is communication, and, ultimately, persuasion. To accomplish these goals, one must get into the mind of the audience. A speech must work on an audience member at many levels - logically, emotionally, and if possible even physically (many good speeches get audience members involved, and many good speakers try to get people moving). All of these require effective, and understandable, communication.
What if, because of language or other barriers, you can't communicate perfectly on all levels? We have some good news for you - nobody communicates perfectly! We all have barriers to overcome. The key, then, is knowing what to emphasize. What topics and arenas we can choose and speak in to accentuate our strengths and minimize our differences.
Kim, you're worried because English isn't your first language. I want you to know that that doesn't matter. If you are willing to think about your topics, then put in effort to prepare them, you don't have to worry.
Choose a topic that is meaningful to you. Choose a topic that the audience can connect with you one. You're coming from a unique situation, and so have some unique perspectives. You notice things about this language, and this country, that I have never noticed before because I grew up here, I'm used to it, so my eyes are closed. But your eyes are open. Choose something that you've noticed and experienced, something that is close to your heart. Perhaps you can persuade people to learn more about different people and cultures. Your topic could be as simple as persuading someone to try ethnic food from your country. Tie in your experience. Your language difficulty will actually lend you credibility.
This way, your language won't be your weakness, but your strength.
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3.29 Why do we fast for 40 days during Lent?
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which is named after the ashes that are marked on our foreheads (in the form of a cross) on this day. Jesus fasted for forty days in the wilderness (Mt. 4:1-2) Mt. 4:1-2: Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be put to the test by the devil. After forty days and forty nights fasting, He was hungry., and we follow his example by fasting during Lent.
During Lent, we want to remind ourselves that without God’s help and grace we are not worthy of the gift of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.
What do we learn from the temptations of Jesus in the desert?
The temptations of Jesus in the desert recapitulate the temptation of Adam in Paradise and the temptations of Israel in the desert. Satan tempts Jesus in regard to his obedience to the mission given him by the Father. Christ, the new Adam, resists and his victory proclaims that of his passion which is the supreme obedience of his filial love. The Church unites herself to this mystery in a special way in the liturgical season of Lent. [CCCC 106]
Why was Jesus led into temptation? Could he really be tempted at all?
Jesus was truly human, and as part of that he was truly susceptible to temptation. In Jesus Christ we do not have the sort of redeemer “who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sinning” (Heb 4:15). [Youcat 88]
In the Church’s tradition, this journey we are asked to take in Lent is marked by certain practices: fasting, almsgiving and prayer. Fasting means abstinence from food but includes other forms of privation for a more modest life. However, all this is not yet the full reality of fasting: it is an outer sign of an inner reality, of our commitment, with God’s help, to abstain from evil and to live by the Gospel. Those who are unable to nourish themselves with the word of God do not fast properly. [Pope Benedict, General Audience, 9 Mar. 2011]


Wilderness may only be designated by an act of Congress. The Wilderness Act defines wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” There are over 109 million acres of designated wilderness in the United States, 57 million of which are in Alaska. There are 439 wilderness areas on the National Forest System, covering 36 million acres — or almost 19 percent — of the National Forest System. National Forest wilderness areas make up 58 percent of all wilderness acres in the lower 48.
These wilderness areas are part of an impressive system of conservation lands managed by the Federal government. There are 84 million acres of National Parks, including over 2 million acres of proclaimed national monuments (almost half the National Park System is designated wilderness). There are 150 million acres of National Wildlife Refuges (over 28 percent of the Refuge system is designated wilderness). There are over 245 million acres of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
For the most part, these lands are off limits to permanent development or land use change. Extensive public involvement and strict environmental review are required before any type of intensive land use can take place. As result, the Federal lands of the United States provide a unique conservation legacy which provides opportunities for outdoor recreation and resource use found nowhere else on earth. Wilderness is the most restrictive land use designation on Federal land. Together with roadless areas, more than half the National Forest System is off limits to most resource use, development, or other intensive land management.
Congress has not sent any Wilderness bills to the President since 2009. However, dozens of Wilderness bills, including 22 bi-partisan wilderness bills, have been introduced in the House and Senate. Many of these bills have been crafted with the support of public lands users, including wilderness proposals in Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Utah. At least 1.8 million acres of proposed wilderness is covered by bills sponsored by the members of Congress or Senators whose districts or states include those areas. Some bills include guarantees for land management on acres outside of the proposed wilderness.


Palmer, Lee K., et al. “Shellfish Tropomyosin IgE Cross‐Reactivity Differs Among Edible Insect Species.” Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 2020, p. 1900923., doi:10.1002/mnfr.201900923.
Insects are a potentially environmentally friendly alternative dietary protein source to supplement mammalian and fish sources, but potential allergenic risks are a concern. Consumption of insects may result in anaphylaxis and has been implicated in cross‐reactivity with shellfish. Many allergenic proteins may be involved in cross‐reactivity, including tropomyosin (TM). The uniformity of TM cross‐reactivity among edible insects is unknown. Candidate edible insects for variability in shellfish IgE cross‐reactivity are investigated.
Methods and results
Selected insects and known related sources of allergens are extracted and probed by immunoblot with sera/plasma from patients sensitized to insects or shellfish. Quantification of TM in these extracts is performed using mass spectrometry. A comparison of the quantity of TM and the IgE reactivity of TM from these insects is performed. Distinct patterns of IgE cross‐reactivity are observed with three insect species showing diminished reactivity. This pattern is not consistent with the amount of TM present in these insects, or with overall sequence homology.
Insects display a diversity of TM‐associated IgE reactivity. It is likely that minor sequence features and/or structural effects are primarily responsible. Additionally, it is demonstrated that some insect species may present significantly less IgE cross‐reactivity to shrimp than do others.


Mostly Mute Monday: The Glory Of Saturn’s Rings
The most spectacular satellite system of any known planet, Saturn’s Rings are a sight like no other.
“This then, I thought, as I looked round about me, is the representation of history. It requires a falsification of perspective. We, the survivors, see everything from above, see everything at once, and still we do not know how it was.” -W.G. Sebald
Saturn is remarkable in a number of ways; among all the planets we know of, it’s the least dense, and also the only one with a spectacularly visible set of rings. Composed of icy, dust-like material, these rings are not solid at all, but made up of particles that pass each other, stick together briefly and then fly apart once again.
Snowballs and planetesimals coalesce, only to be torn apart by tidal forces exerted by Saturn and its passing moons. Gaps in the inner rings are caused by the gravitational presence of moons themselves, while many of the outer rings — like Saturn’s E-ring, below — are actually caused by the moons themselves.
The main rings extend from 7,000 km to 80,000 km above Saturn’s equator: larger than Saturn’s radius. The ring system itself is just 10 meters to 1 kilometer thick all the way through, and is as old as Saturn itself. Composed of 99.9% water-ice, the ring system has thousands of thin gaps, and was likely thicker and more varied in the past. The once-rocky material has coalesced into moons, but the watery rings will remain for as long as our Solar System exists.
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Education is an essential component in implementing the sustainable development agenda. Reflecting this, UNESCO launched the project ‘Today for Tomorrow: Coordinating and Implementing the Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)’ in February 2016. ECOPER has collaborated with Ockham IPS to conduct the project’s final evaluation. The evaluation featured stakeholder interviews and an online survey, with a field mission to Cost Rica being undertaken by ECOPER.
Reinforcing democratic processes in vulnerable populations
The peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC in 2012 brought with it the promise of more peaceful living conditions and new opportunities to participate in democratic processes. However, such opportunities are not evenly distributed. To help address this, Caritas implemented the project ‘Reinforcement of Democratic Processes with Gender and Differential Approaches in Vulnerable Populations in Chocó, Columbia’ between October 2015 and July 2017. ECOPER has presented its final evaluation report on the project. The evaluation methodology was constructed around a participatory approach, which involved the conducting of focus groups and semi-structured interviews with project beneficiaries and other stakeholders.
Increasing teacher participation in education reform
Recent research by international organisations has found that teachers do not sufficiently participate in key discussions on educational reform in developing countries, therefore depriving the process of teachers’ input and undermining teachers’ sense of ownership and commitment. The UNESCO project ‘Improving Teacher Support and Participation in Local Education Groups (LEGs)’ sought to address this deficit. Having run since 2015, ECOPER and Ockham IPS evaluators have recently completed an evaluation of the intervention. A mixed method approach was used for the evaluation, involving interviews with stakeholders at international and national levels, an online survey and field missions to Ivory Coast, Nepal, and Uganda, which provided a deeper understanding of how the project had operated at a country level.


William Glasser was an American psychiatrist.
William Glasser Quotes
If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship.
I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.
Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.
To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education.
If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.
If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement.
I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.
Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.
What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — This has been a summer of social change across the country. Symbols of the Confederacy from statues to flags have been taken down.
Several articles online claim Maryland’s flag is one of them.
Does Maryland’s flag have Confederate symbols in it?
True. The Maryland flag has a Confederate symbol in it.
However, it originally was part of the symbol of the founding family of Maryland. Only later was it co-opted by Confederate soldiers, according to a vexillologist.
It’s barely remembered that way today.
“A symbol like a state flag kind of transcends where it came from and it becomes an entity in itself,” said Peter Ansoff, vexillologist.
The state of Maryland’s website and a vexillologist, or a flag expert, Peter Ansoff.
“There’s never been any secret about it,” Ansoff said. “You can read it on the Maryland state website.”
Ansoff explained Maryland’s flag is the coat of arms of the Calvert family which is the founding family of the state of Maryland.
That coat of arms is made up of two symbols. You have the Calvert family banner and the Crossland family banner.
Here is where the controversy lies. During the Civil War, Marylanders fought for both sides.
“Marylanders who fought for the North used the common symbol which was the Calvert banner of the Black and Gold,” Ansoff said.
“The Southerners used the other part from the coat of arms, the Crossland Banner because they wanted to be different.”
After the war, Marylanders as did the rest of the country came back together. The state began to use two symbols again together on a flag.
“The notion behind it was that this is a compromise,” Ansoff explained. “We are trying to bring the parties back together and move ahead as a unified state.”


THE GIANT INDOOR OCEAN TRAINING WAVE POOL OF THE US NAVY
We all know that the Navy doesn’t joke when it comes to training and being fit. One way to ensure ultimate training for all situation in order to serve and protects, the US Navy installed a 12-million-gallon, football-field-size pool at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.
This interior body of water is the largest wave pool in the world, and makes uses of 216 giant paddles to create waves and conditions of any type that ships might encounter throughout the world. The Navy tests models in the basin to be sure that billion-dollar ships will float before it builds them, but also to assess whether sailors can launch missiles and land helicopters in particular circumstances, and how vessels handle with a full tank versus running on fumes. Pitch, roll, sway, heave, acceleration, displacement—the calculations alone are enough to make you queasy.
Derek Muller, who recently visited the giant indoor ocean said, “This is the biggest wave pool in the world and they can make all kinds of different waves so they can test scale ships and make them better before they actually go out on the open ocean. It is 360 feet long in this dimension, 240 feet long in that dimension. It’s 20 feet deep. Just about the size of a football field out there.”
Derek Muller of Veritasium visited the Naval Service Warfare Center Carderock in Bethesda, Maryland to learn more about how water navigators are trained with an “indoor ocean”. He also explained that the paddles uses frequency to generate waves rather than motion.
“There are lots of wave pools in the world, but what makes this one different is control. You can create waves of a specific amplitude and frequency and do so repeatedly. …They send out high frequency waves first followed by lower and lower frequency waves. And because the high frequency waves travel slower, the lower frequency waves gradually catch up. …The ocean engineers can do this again and again, in exactly the same way, thanks to their precise control over the waves.”


The Citroën GS Camargue Concept, created by the Italian design house Bertone and French automaker Citroën in 1972, was a highly innovative and technologically advanced concept car that captured the imagination of the automotive world.
The Citroën GS Camargue was designed to showcase the latest in automotive technology, including a sleek, aerodynamic body, advanced suspension systems, and a futuristic interior. The car was also equipped with several cutting-edge features, such as automatic climate control, power windows, and a power-assisted tailgate.
The Citroën GS Camargue Concept engine was a 1.3-litre unit that produced approximately 75 horsepower. While this may seem small by today’s standards, it was considered quite powerful for the time and was able to propel the lightweight concept car to a top speed of around 110 km/h (68 mph). In addition to its powerful engine, the Citroën GS Camargue Concept was also equipped with an advanced four-speed manual transmission, which provided smooth and precise gear shifts. The car’s advanced suspension system, which included hydraulic shocks, also helped to provide a comfortable and stable ride, even on bumpy roads.
Despite its advanced features, the Citroën GS Camargue was also designed with a focus on comfort and driving experience. The car’s spacious interior was lined with soft, comfortable materials, and the driver was given a clear view of the road ahead with large, unobstructed windows.
The Citroën GS Camargue never went into production, as the automaker was facing financial difficulties at the time. However, the concept car has since become a highly sought-after collectible, inspiring many other designers and automakers with its innovative design and advanced technology.


With Pandemic-Related Stress, Abuse Against Kids Can Surge
Stress from social distancing and isolation to stop the spread of COVID-19 can lead to increased family violence at home, Tulane University experts say.
These changes in routine can upset kids, who may lash out and test limits. Stress from bad behavior, along with financial and other concerns can result in angry outbursts -- even verbal and physical abuse, said Dr. Charles Zeanah Jr., chair of psychiatry, and Dr. Myo Thwin Myint, an assistant professor of psychiatry.
They offered their insights in a perspective piece published in the July issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Here's their advice for parents who feel overwhelmed:
Recognize that stress, anger, worry and irritability are to be expected under the uncertainty the pandemic has caused.
Provide structure with consistent wake, bed and mealtimes.
Structure the day with times for reading, exercise, screen time and the like.
If both parents are home, use a tag team approach to childcare.
Remember that kids' bad behaviors probably stem from distress and disruption of their usual routines.
When stressed, use a coping strategy like deep breathing and identifying things you're grateful for. If these don't work, get some rest.
Calling friends or family members can help head off avoid violent behaviors.
"The economic stresses of the pandemic and disruptions of families' usual sources of support will likely extend well beyond the period of stay-at-home orders," Myint said in a Tulane news release. "Recognizing that risk for family violence is high right now may help people be more aware of the signs."
SOURCE: Tulane University, news release, June 30, 2020
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Pope Joan was a female pope who allegedly reigned for a few years some time during the Middle Ages. The story first appeared in 13th-century chronicles, and was subsequently spread and embellished throughout Europe. It was widely believed for centuries, though modern religious scholars consider it fictitious, perhaps deriving from historicized folklore.
According to legend, Pope Joan concealed her gender and ruled as pope for two years, from 853-855 ad. Her identity was exposed when, riding one day from St. Peter’s to the Lateran, she stopped by the side of the road and, to the astonishment of everyone, gave birth to a child.
In most versions of the story, she dies shortly after, either being killed by an angry mob or from natural causes. Her memory is then shunned by her successors.
From the mid-13th century onward, the legend was widely believed, however a problem with this legend is the fact that there is no Pope John XX in any list. It is said this reflects a renumbering of the popes to exclude Joan from history.
So what can we uncover ?
In 1856, the Encyclopedia Britannica took on the Pope Joan legend, and concluded that the legend was false. Here’s an excerpt from the article there:
The grounds on which this conclusion is arrived at may be briefly stated. In the first place, 200 years elapsed between the era of the supposed pope and the date at which her name is first mentioned by any historian. In the next place there were at Rome, during the time assigned to her Papacy four persons, who each in succession sat on the papal throne, and left behind them many and various writings. Had they ever heard of the story, it is impossible to believe that they should each and all have passed it over in silence as they have done. In the third place, all the contemporary writers, without a single exception, attest that, immediately on the death of Leo IV., the papal chair was offered and accepted by Benedict III.


- Check Your Style Guide and Be Consistent. Since there are various ways of writing the date, you should always check your university’s style guide to see if a preferred format
- UK vs. American Dates.
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Other Question and Answers that can be helpful for you
1. What is the proper way to write a date?
Writing the Date in Full. In formal writing, always write the date in full when it is part of a sentence. This usually involves giving the day of the month, the month, and the year: The meeting will take place on April 21, 2019. Note that the year follows after a comma. You can, however, use a few different formats.
2. How to formally write the date?
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3. How to write dates correctly?
Use numerals when you see “MM,” “DD,” and “YY” or “YYYY” on a form.
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Is caste destiny? Occupational diversification among Dalits in rural India
Ira Gang, Kunal Sen, Myeong-Su Yun
The caste system – a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy – distinguishes India from most other societies. Among the most distinctive factors of the caste system is the close link between castes and occupations, especially in rural India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with poverty rates that are much higher than the rest of the population. Since independence, the Indian government has enacted affirmative action policies in educational institutions and public sector employment for SCs and STs. In addition, there has been an emergence of political parties that are strongly pro-SC in their orientation in the more populous states of India. We use five rounds of all-India employment data from the National Sample Survey quinquennial surveys from 1983 to 2004 to assess whether these political and social changes have led to a weakening of the relationship between low caste status and occupational segregation that has existed historically in India. We find evidence that the occupational structure of the SC households is converging to that of the non-scheduled households. However, we do not find evidence of a similar occupational convergence for ST households.
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In 2022, Russia saw its domestic dairy cow population shrink by 1.5% or 119,000 animals. To some extent, this trend might be associated with a significant dependence on imported genetics.
Vladimir Mymrin, director of the Russian breeding company Ural Embryonal Centre told the Russian publication, Agroinvestor, stated: “If the cattle population is steadily falling, we must realise that not everything is going smoothly in the industry.” He added that if it were profitable to breed cows, the dynamics would be the opposite.
The dairy cattle population in Russia has been seen steadily falling for almost a decade. Mymrin assumed that this is linked to “a craze for the Holstein breed”, which, on the one hand, helps farmers to improve efficiency, but on the other, in Russia, there are productive longevity concerns.
“Not so long ago, we considered it normal when the change of cattle happens once every 5 years. Now, at best, it takes place once every 2 years,” Mymrin said, warning that all calculations show that this is a too short for raising and maintaining a cow.
In the context of the growing sanction pressure, the Russian dairy industry could find it challenging to replace cows on farms in the next few years, Mimrin warned. The problem is that the Russian breeding base is nearly ruined.
“There are practically no Russian breeds left in the country – the Karavaev, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, and Kholmogory breeds, which corresponded to world standards, have almost disappeared,” Mymrin admitted.
In the current political reality, Russia should lower its dependence on foreign genetics, as it may come at a great cost.
“We need to stop looking for excuses for the expansion of foreign genes into Russia. We need to develop our own promising breeds of dairy cattle because dependence on imported breeding material carries great risks for the industry,” Mymrin said.
Work on the development of the ‘Russian genetic potential’ in the dairy industry should begin immediately, he said, explaining that the Russian government allocates substantial state aid to cover the cost of dairy farming. Still, there are no incentives for the farmers to switch to domestic genetics.


Nagorno Karabakh is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus.
In 1991 its inhabitants decided for independence, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But, unluckily, they never received an international legitimacy. So, since then, most of the region has been ruled by the Nagorno-Karabakh republic, an unrecognized, de facto independent state established on the basis of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Nevertheless this territory is still internationally recognized as part of the Azerbaijan, a country which has not exercised power over the region since then. The independence declaration led imediately to the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which ended in 1994 and resulted in 30.000 deaths and displacement of more of 700.000 people.
Luckily in 1994, the two nations have gone through a peace talks process and signed a cease-fire leaving Nagorno-Karabakh in a juridical limbo, an unusual state of an unrecognized country. Although it doesn't exist de jure, Nagorno-Karabakh is, de facto, a community of 140.000 people that are more concerned with their everyday lives than worrying about the legal recognition of a state.
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MindSpace involves a diverse, multidisciplinary group of people that recognise the value of being proficient in both technology and education simultaneously. Relevant experience includes science and maths education (teaching and writing), technology (software and hardware), multimedia (video, animation, 2D and 3D interactives), business (development, project management and commercialisation) and education research (qualitative and quantitative analysis of software and extracurricular activities with respect to features such as student interest and success). All personnel have degrees in Engineering, Computing and/or Science, most at a postgraduate level.
Past Educational Projects
MindSpace personnel have been involved in numerous educational technology projects, including both cutting edge research and development (involving HITLabNZ, Ultralab and Lincoln University) and content development on a number of platforms. A brief overview is below, but more details are available at the Past Projects page:
- DNAct: a guided practice activity for teaching students DNA Replication. DNAct also logs all user activity, which was combined with qualitative and quantitative research to gain valuable insight into the usability and educational benefits for high-school students.
- Recursive Returns: an explorative activity involving recursion, algorithms and patterns.
- AR Volcano Kiosk: an Augmented Reality experience in which volcanoes, convection currents, tectonic plates, etc., literally jump from the pages of a book into the userís view of the real world as high-quality, interactive 3D animations.
- Virtual Solar System: another Augmented Reality experience in which the user can study 3D, photorealistic planets in the palm of their hand and then use them to build their own solar system.
- The eyeMagic AR storybook: a 3D animated story taking place on the pages of a real book, conveying the narrative as text, paintings, narration and 3D.
- An interactive 3D simulation of torsion and curvature in relation to crimp of wool fibres.
- Recording, processing and archiving of dozens of technical seminars which are subsequently made available as interactive, platform-independent videos on CD or the internet.
- Video documentation of numerous research projects and presentation of these on an interactive, platform-independent educational/promotional CD.


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The Forgotten Rural Teacher Strikes
William L. Sherman, 1-13
This article explores the forgotten early teacher strikes in rural Iowa to reveal the conditions that led to the strikes, the teachers’ demands, and the results. This article argues that these strikes resulted in more equitable salaries and, in one case, improved working conditions.
Mayhem and Manslaughter in an Idyllic Setting: "John Barleycorn" at Howell School
Douglas Sturgeon, 14-22
Violence is the subject of much public debate, especially when a school is the scene of a murderous rampage. This article demonstrates that rural institutions like Howell School, Mason County, West Virginia, are not immune to murder and mayhem.
This article relates the various steps Bob Frenz took to research the history of Wisconsin’s Northwoods country schools. It should be especially useful to anyone interested in embarking on such an investigation.
WHAT WE KNOW AND DON'T KNOW ABOUT SMALL SCHOOLS: A VIEW FROM ATLANTIC CANADA
Michael Corbett, 38-52
One-room schools have not entirely disappeared from the educational landscape in Canada and the United States. The following article explores current international research on the effectiveness of small and large schools, the hotly contested trend to close small Atlantic Canadian schools, and efforts to preserve these schools as essential to the well being of rural communities
Twentieth Century Visual Education: Early American Schools and the SterEograph
Veronica I. Ent, 53-72
Around 1900, a new technological era began with the introduction of Visual Education, a teacher’s manual that explained how to use lantern-slides and stereographs for instructional purposes. This article explores the pedagogical foundations of stereo views in the classroom, methods for using stereographs, access and affordability of visual technologies, and the end of the early visual instruction movement in America.


Almost everybody knows that it’s important to stay hydrated. What about folks who can’t recognize their own needs due to dementia or other cognitive disorders?
This is a common problem for the elderly, and they may end up suffering serious health problems when their caregivers don’t pay enough attention.
What are the symptoms of dehydration?
A senior with cognitive issues may not notice the two most common signs of dehydration: thirst and dark urine. Instead, they may have the following symptoms (most of which are related to the reduced blood volume and electrolyte imbalances that dehydration causes):
- Rapid heart rate
- Falling blood pressure
- No sweat despite being warm
- Trouble speaking
- Dry mouth
- Shriveled skin
- Sunken eyes
How can these problems go unnoticed in a nursing home? In general, it comes down to three basic issues:
- Poor care planning, where the patient’s needs are not carefully assessed or communicated to their primary caregivers
- Poorly trained staff, which means that they simply aren’t educated about the signs of dehydration in seniors
- Poor staffing, which means that the facility isn’t keeping enough health aides and nurses on the floor at any given point
A single instance of dehydration that doesn’t lead to irreparable harm is something that you need to address with your loved one’s caregivers right away. Repeat incidents could indicate nursing home neglect — and a hospitalization due to dehydration should definitely alarm you.
Ultimately, if you suspect nursing home neglect due to dehydration, it’s often wisest to learn more about your legal options. That may be the only way to protect those you love.


Cleaner Air In Seaport Container Terminals: Assessing Fuel(s)
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J. M. Vleugel & F. Bal
Policies to reduce air pollution caused by transport have been practiced in many countries for decades. Maritime transport and seaport areas have been included since the 1990s, with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the MARPOL treaty (1997–ongoing) gradually leading the way to cleaner shipping. Political interest is rising, because maritime and seaport emissions negatively affect the lives of millions of people. Environmental policy may stimulate technical fixes, both end-of-pipe and at the source. Seaport terminal operators may buy more energy efficient equipment, replace diesel by electricity and optimize operations. Ship owners may adapt their fleet to reduce fuel consumption. Less fuel consumed means lower (local) emissions (of SO2, NOx, PM10, CO2) to the air; interesting options, which are increasingly put to good service. A critical assessment of their real impact in a longer timeframe is warranted. In a desk-research study, an input-output model was used to determine the impact of these technical fixes on (local) air pollution. It turns out that their impact can be substantial: reductions in air pollution of 70% and beyond by ships and terminal equipment. Cleaner air goes in parallel with lower operational costs as well. A green company image also attracts customers. A caveat is that the environmental impact of cleaner fuels is partially compensated by the growth in container transport. Transport is a consequence of logistic choices. Replacing global- by regional or local sourcing/sales and transport optimisation (optimised use of containers) is a worthwhile alternative, which also makes macro-economic sense. Keywords: air pollution, fuels, sea transport, ports, logistics.
air pollution, fuels, sea transport, ports, logistics.


Microelectrodes can be used to stimulate neural cells and record their activity. They are useful, for example, in cochlear and retinal implants, but also to study the communication in neuronal networks. Microelectrodes based on graphene are small, flexible, and transparent, and they can provide a large safe potential range for stimulation.
Christiane Thielemann, University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg, Germany, Jörg J. Schneider, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, and colleagues have studied graphene-based microelectrodes (example pictured), investigated their recording and stimulation properties, and evaluated their suitability for neuronal implants. The team compared three different electrode compositions: gold, graphene on gold, and plain graphene on a glass substrate. They prepared microelectrode arrays with an electrode size of about 700 μm2 from all three materials, using standard photolithography techniques.
The electrode arrays were characterized using Raman spectroscopy, microscopy, and electrochemical measurements, and their signal-to-noise ratios were tested using neuronal cell cultures. The researchers found that graphene-coated gold electrodes provide a lower impedance, whereas plain graphene electrodes inject more charges for stimulation. This means gold/graphene electrodes have better recording properties, while plain graphene electrodes might be better suited for stimulation applications, such as in neuronal implants. Both materials provided sufficient signal-to-noise ratios.
- Electrochemical Characterization of Graphene Microelectrodes for Biological Applications,
Berit Körbitzer, Peter Krauß, Stefan Belle, Jörg J. Schneider, Christiane Thielemann,


Definition of Imposes:
Synonyms of Imposes:
● Horn in
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Opposite/Antonyms of Imposes:
Sentence/Example of Imposes:
Before the coronavirus pandemic imposed restrictions on physical contact, the Patrick Henry and Georgetown students gathered in person, and over the course of the program, they interacted with different partners.
The second wave of internet regulation laws is now targeting platforms by imposing demands.
In one case, the governor imposes strict lockdowns, mask wearing, and so on.
The Reagan-era Lifeline program imposes fees on telecom giants such as AT&T and Verizon, which pass them along to phone subscribers on their monthly bills.
If Amazon were to make what the FTC considers “deceptive earnings claims” for a second time, the agency would then have the authority to impose civil penalties as well.
In some earlier State of the State addresses, the governor has swiped at policies pushed by the Democratic-controlled legislature on fighting crime in Baltimore or imposing higher taxes.
Comcast raised the speeds at the urging of Shapiro, whose office said Wednesday that the cable giant would also forgo data caps imposed on customers in the program.
Even when Newsom imposed new stay-at-home orders in November, entertainment industry workers were classified as essential workers and thereby exempted.
Since June 2019, the government also imposed the world’s longest internet restrictions over areas of Rakhine and Chin States.
Devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have also imposed similar measures.


NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently captured a new, near-infrared view of one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most iconic targets: the Pillars of Creation.
Due to copious dust, the outstretched fingers of this cosmic hand appear thick and impenetrable in previous images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. But thanks to JWST’s infrared sight, which readily cuts through opaque space dust, Webb’s new view of the Pillars reveals myriad red stars that are still in the process of forming.
You’ll also notice that the Pillars themselves are not the only features that appear more translucent in the JWST image. The background sky around the Pillars, which also sports copious dust (albeit less of it), takes on a particularly clear and crisp look in the James Webb shot.
The Pillars of Creation is just one small feature found within the larger Eagle Nebula, a vast star-forming region some 6,500 light-years from Earth. The Eagle is a glowing red cloud of ionized hydrogen and opaque cosmic dust that formed from a star that exploded some 5.5 million years ago.
Since its birth, the Eagle Nebula has helped hatch more than 8,000 new stars. And thanks to JWST, we now have an unprecedented view of the cosmic chicks that call the Pillars of Creation home.


Vision problems in children often go unnoticed, even by their own parents. Because eye issues are subtle and children typically cannot articulate what is wrong, they may struggle for years before being diagnosed. Vision problems are also frequently misdiagnosed as a learning disorder because they result in many of the same symptoms.
As a parent, make sure your child is examined by an eye doctor annually and watched closely for signs of eye problems. Vision disorders have a greater chance of being corrected when detected early.
If your child has one or more of the above symptoms, the first step is to schedule a routine eye exam with an optometrist to rule out astigmatism, nearsightedness, and farsightedness. Prescription lenses can often correct these types of vision problems. But just because a child is seeing with 20/20 acuity, does not mean they do not have vision problems. They could have a non-refractive vision problem that cannot be diagnosed during a routine eye exam or corrected by glasses or contact lenses. These are the types of vision disorders that vision therapy helps.
A comprehensive eye exam with an optometrist or vision therapist is necessary to diagnose non-refractive vision problems. The optometrist gives additional tests of eye teaming, depth perception, focusing, eye movements, and visual-motor skills.
If you suspect your child has any sort of eye problems, call Tyler Vision Therapy to schedule a comprehensive eye exam with Dr. Neshia Rudd. As an optometrist and vision therapist, Dr. Rudd is trained to treat more eye problems than a typical optometrist.


Firearm & Ballistics
Forensic ballistics is the application of ballistics for the purpose of justice Forensic firearm examination is the forensic process of examining the characteristics of firearms as well as any cartridges or bullets left behind at a crime scene. Specialists in this field are tasked with linking bullets and cartridges to weapons and weapons to individuals.
There are basically three types of ballistics, internal, external and terminal. Internal ballistics is the study of what happens within the barrel of a weapon from the moment the firing pin hits the primer to the time the bullets exits from the barrel. It is mainly concerned with propellant pressures, acceleration of the missile whilst it is in the bore, muzzle velocity and recoil. Esoteric considerations such as primer ignition time, primer pressure/time curves and temperature also come within the general subject matter of interior ballistics External ballistics deals with the flight of the bullet from the muzzle of the weapon to the target. This is truly a terribly complicated subject involving parameters such as bullet shape, sectional density, atmospheric pressure and even, in larger-calibre weapons, the rotation of the earth. Terminal ballistics deals with the behaviour of the missile once it reaches the target. This is obviously not concerned with simply piercing a paper target, but what the missile does once it encounters a material considerably denser than air. Whilst this will usually be concerned with the missile -s performance and wounding capabilities in animal tissue, this could also include its performance in water, soil, brick, concrete, wood or bullet-resistant materials.


How to Know if you have a Sleeping Disorder
If you find that you're sleepy during the day and have a difficult time remaining alert and focused without the help of a nap or an extra dose of caffeine, you may have a sleep disorder. There are six different categories of sleep disorders, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine: insomnias; hypersomnias; sleep breathing disorders; circadian rhythm disorders; parasomnias; and sleep movement disorders.
Two of the most common disorders are insomnia and sleep apnea. People suffering from insomnia have a difficult time falling asleep and staying asleep. Insomnia can be caused by a number of issues, including stress, depression, poor sleeping habits and certain medications. People suffering from insomnia should see a doctor when their lack of sleep begins affecting their daily activities. Sleep apnea, on the other hand, takes place when regular breathing is interrupted for short periods due to a complete or partial blockage in the upper airway. This causes the person to wake up, interrupting their sleep multiple times throughout the night. If left untreated, severe cases of sleep apnea may be associated with high-blood pressure and the risk of a stroke or heart attack.
It's not always easy to tell when someone is suffering from a sleep disorder, especially because sleep can be disrupted for a variety of reasons - everything from a snoring partner to an uncomfortable bed can keep you awake. While there are a variety of lifestyle tips to help improve your sleep, if you've tried everything and can't seem to figure out why you're having trouble, it's time to meet with your physician. Your doctor may ask you to spend a night or two in a sleep lab where technicians will monitor your heart, brain, breathing pattern and body movements throughout the night. The tests will offer a more detailed report regarding your lack of sleep, allowing your doctor to get to the root cause and better treat your disorder.
Take the National Sleep Foundation Sleepiness Test to get a better idea of whether or not you have a sleep disorder.


Some interpret Hebrews 11:7 as saying it had never rained prior to the Flood: “By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.” Rain could be the correct understanding of “things not yet seen,” or it could be referring to the Flood in general.
Genesis 2:6 says, “But streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.” Before the Flood (Genesis chapters 6-9), the earth was possibly surrounded by a “firmament” or canopy of water, creating a greenhouse effect on the earth’s climate. These would have been the waters that God released, causing the Flood. It seems that before the Flood the dew and ample water supply were enough to keep creation watered. The Bible does not specifically tell us whether or not it had rained before the Flood. Noah seemed to understand what rain was when God mentioned it to him (Genesis 7:4-5). Genesis 2:4-6 mentions that God did not send rain on the earth until after He created Adam and Eve. We can speculate that it had rained before the Flood, but, again, the Bible does not specifically say.


What is it about?
The long-lasting discussion on eating behaviors, food intake, and body weight is still ongoing and requires further research. Our aim was to find behavioral differences in genetically identical twin pairs who consisted of one individual with heavier weight and one with lighter weight. Identical twins are interesting to investigate because they have a lot in common, such as: a. Personal features: age, sex, and DNA b. Early environmental elements: family, neighborhood, and womb These factors play an important role in the development of eating behaviors and body weight. Astonishingly, we still found young adult twins (22–36 y) who vary a lot in body weight. Their variation in body weight must be a result of things they do NOT have in common. One explanation could be their eating behavior. Heavier and lighter twins both reported a healthy intake of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. However, through questions on behavioral patterns, the heavier twins reported more often that they have a habit of overeating than the lighter twins. They appeared more sensitive to triggers for overeating like the smell, taste, and sight of food. Additionally, compared to the lighter twins, the heavier twins were rather unhappy with the way their body looks. In conclusion, overeating behaviors and body dissatisfaction were more often and more severely present in the heavier twins, regardless of personal features and early environmental elements.
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Why is it important?
Age, sex, DNA, and early environmental factors were not responsible for the difference in overeating behaviors and BMI found between lighter and heavier co-twins. This suggests the possibility for behavior-changing interventions to attenuate overeating urges for the benefit of their body weight. Instead of food diaries, questions on habitual eating patterns might improve identification of unhealthy weight and related behaviors. Additionally, the difference in overeating likely originated from other life experiences and exposures than one’s childhood home and neighborhood environment. This supports the importance of a health-enhancing environment during adulthood.
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Focus on workers in the informal economy, migrant workers and the integration of people with disabilities.
The XXII World Congress on Safety and Health ended with a call for the international community to work together to find solutions to the millions of deaths, diseases and injuries that happen every year due to work. When considering general exposure to work-related risk factors these figures will be much higher. The number of cases of non-fatal occupational injuries increased from 340 million in 2010 to 360 million in 2016. These figures do not account yet for COVID-19 and the direct impact it had on health, including on mental health.
Among key topics discussed during the Congress were new occupational hazards that have arisen in the connected age.
Issues such as teleworking or the risks associated with new technologies were at the forefront of the discussion, but longstanding occupational hazards were also addressed as people continue to die because of exposure to risks in sectors like construction, agriculture or manufacturing.
Special concerns were raised about disadvantaged groups such as workers in the informal economy, migrant workers and the integration of people with disabilities. The particular characteristics of Occupational Safety and Health in global supply chains, climate change and automation, mental health and non-communicable diseases were also under discussion.
A particular feature of the Congress was the voice given to the younger generation to express their concerns and hopes. One in six young people who were employed before the pandemic, stopped working and 42 per cent of those that have continued to work have seen their incomes reduced. As expressed by a young entrepreneur, safety and health is not always the priority for youth when looking for a job and this needs to change.
Over 200 speakers from over 40 countries, and 2000 participants representing international organizations, governments, employers and workers’ organizations, academia and OSH professionals called for investments in resilient occupational safety and health systems to respond to COVID-19 pandemic, build back better, prevent and prepare for future crisis, and make of work a positive human experience.
The Congress was organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Institute for Work & Health (IWH), the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) and the International Social Security Association (ISSA), from 20 to 23 September.


In tokamaks, disruptions are sudden losses of the thermal and magnetic energy stored within the plasma, which occur when operating near plasma stability limits or when systems malfunction and plasma control is lost. Disruptions, particularly on large devices like ITER, can lead to high power fluxes and mechanical forces on in-vessel components, which can impact their lifetime. A major contributor to these loads are the electric currents that circulate between the plasma and the components during the “current quench” phase of the disruption when the plasma current collapses. The amplitude and distribution of these electric currents (the so-called halo currents), together with the strong magnetic fields always present in tokamaks, determine the local mechanical stresses on the in-vessel components and thus need to be understood in detail to refine expectations for ITER. Physicists from IPP in Prague working on the COMPASS tokamak and from the ITER Organization have collaborated to perform a series of careful experiments designed to measure the halo currents circulating between the plasma and surrounding components during disruption current quenches. The result is a unique database of high spatial resolution measurements of these currents.
The experiments, reported in this recent publication, have demonstrated (Figure 1) that the local value of the halo current cannot exceed the local value of the plasma particle flux to the in-vessel components. This physics limit, already known for decades to apply under standard plasma conditions in the cool plasma edge where magnetic field lines intersect solid surfaces, has been found on COMPASS during these extremely transient disruptive phases using arrays of dozens of tiny, finely spaced electric sensors known as Langmuir probes embedded in the divertor target surfaces (see LPA and LPB in Figure 2). This probe system captured the halo and the plasma flux simultaneously for the first time during purposely triggered disruptions. The experiments also confirmed previous findings elsewhere that the global value of the halo current is proportional to that of the current flowing in the plasma before the disruption. This, together with the new limit identified in these experiments, means that the area of in-vessel components over which the halo current flows grows with increasing current when the limit is at work. This spreads the halo current across the in-vessel components and lowers the local stresses compared to what would be predicted if such a limit were not applied.


To optimize your children’s development, they need to receive stimulation consistently. Lack of stimulation can affect their development and will have a negative impact on their intelligence.
What does stimulation mean? Stimulation is an activity done to stimulate children’s basic ability to grow optimally. That is why doing stimulation in each stage of their development is very important.
Children’s development process is very important during their golden period, which is the first thousand days of their life. According to research, interaction between parents and the children has an enormous impact on children’s emotional development, learning ability, and cognitive function development.
Moms could interact with the children by touching, hugging, talking listening to them, and reading stories. All of these activities are very useful for their brain development.
So what do they need in order to develop optimally according to their potential? Check out the following:
In doing stimulation for children’s development, Moms should take note on some basic principles, which are:
Even though the crucial period of brain development occurs in the age group of 0-3 years, where their brain size will reach 90 percent of the adult’s, does not mean that their development stops right there. After passing through this crucial period, Moms still have to give them stimulation for an optimal development.
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What is Epigenetics and How Do Environments Affect Gene Expression or Phenotypes: The Case of Slavery in Africa
As Africans, we may need to evolve out of the inherited notions that were a result of enslavement.
Epigenetics is a field of study that looks into changes in gene expression without alteration of the DNA sequence. Primarily, heredity is always appreciated as the passing on of characteristics through DNA. However, epigenetics tells us that traits can be passed on without changes to the DNA or genotype and only through phenotype changes. Phenotypes are observable characteristics of an individual that are a result of the interaction of genotypes with the environment. Genotypes, on the other hand, are the genetic components or DNA of an individual organism. It is their genetic makeup or DNA sequence.
The Impact of Environmental Effects on Gene Expression and Phenotypes
The reason I have taken you to class on some biology is that I want to talk about epigenetics and how environments affect gene expressions or phenotypes. The environment, as we all know has been catalytic when it comes to evolution and how species evolve. Evolution happens only when an individual organism gets exposed to the environment, and environmental factors lead to changes in its genes or characteristics.
Until recently, it was thought that changes to phenotypes could only occur when there is an alteration of the organism’s DNA sequence. The idea got disproved, and we now know that phenotypes are altered by other factors including environmental factors, and not only by the alteration of gene sequence or DNA.


Not only can you get your kicks on Route 66 while touring Rolla, Missouri but you can also experience a bit of Druid Europe at the University of Missouri campus. Here, a modified scale model of Stonehenge was carved by students more than twenty years ago. The megalith was dedicated on June 20, 1984, on the summer solstice, by a Druid Priest.
Built to showcase the stone carving capabilities of the university’s high-pressure water jet lab, this Stonehenge is reportedly accurate to within 15 seconds, when used as a clock.
The half-sized replica, utilizing some 160 tons of granite, was carved in a month with the aid of the high technology equipment, a feat that in ancient times, would have taken decades.
In 1984 the University of Missouri-Rolla received one of the prestigious National Society of Professional Engineers Awards for the Stonehenge project. These awards are typically given for such items as the space telescope.
Today this monument to both the past and the future sits on the northwest corner of the University campus at 14th Street and Bishop Avenue, inviting both students and visitors to drop by for a look at this amazing accomplishment.
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How to Become a Forensic Psychologist
If you’ve seen any of the criminal investigation dramas that have become popular on television recently, you’ve probably seen plenty of depictions of forensic psychology at work.
Forensic psychologists work closely with law enforcement personnel and officials in the legal system to solve crimes and to prosecute criminals.
Forensic psychology involves closely studying different types of criminal behavior, and the life circumstances or psychological disorders that cause people to commit unlawful acts.
In addition to helping catch and prosecute criminals, people in forensic psychology roles may also recommend sentences or rehabilitation measures for those being prosecuted to try to help them overcome whatever drove them to commit crimes.
Forensic psychology professionals work toward understanding criminal actions and impulses, to be able to better catch people who break the law, and to help structure laws and punishments to prevent as much crime as possible.
People in forensic psychology positions are often part of crime scene investigation teams, working with members of law enforcement to examine evidence in order to draw conclusions about the identity or possible future behavior patterns of potential suspects.
Forensic psychologists can also be found in crime labs, closely analyzing evidence to help to narrow lists of suspects.
Forensic psychologists often give testimony in courtrooms as expert witnesses in criminal trials, and may work with lawyers and legal officials in constructing court cases to ensure the outcome that is best for the suspect and for society.
Many forensic psychology positions are available at universities, where they help to train future police personnel, investigators, lawyers, and counselors to prevent crime and to catch and prosecute those who break the law.
What are the requirements?
Forensic psychology professionals
- may be trained in sub-fields such as clinical psychology, research psychology and experimental psychology
- are generally expected to have at least a master’s degree in psychology
Forensic psychology certification programs are available through organizations such as the American Board of Forensic Psychology and, while not required for all forensic psychology positions, can be extremely helpful in obtaining one of these jobs.
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NCERT PDF | Psychology | Class 12
Psychology and Life
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) created a new curriculum and formed Textbook Development Teams for Class XII to write textbooks in Psychology based on the new standards and curriculum. Every question in the 2022 Board Exams will be based only on the NCERT Class 12 Psychology Book PDF, which is available here. Questions about the new pattern The theory presented in this NCERT Psychology PDF is also used to create case-based MCQs.
NCERT Class 12 Psychology Chapter : 8 PDF
On this page, you can read or download Chapter 8 of the NCERT Book for Class 12 Psychology, psychology and life. Students in Class 12 or preparing for any exam based on Class 12 Psychology might use the NCERT Book to supplement their studies. When you don't have access to a physical copy, digital NCERT Books Class 12 Psychology pdf are always useful.
The NCERT Class 12 Books are simple to obtain. Simply click the link to open a new window with all of the NCERT Book Class 12 Psychology pdf files organised by chapter. Choose the chapter you want to download, and you're done. You'll be able to study offline with the PDF on your device.
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About Chapter : 8 Psychology and Life
Students will understand how psychology can be applied to everyday problems, appreciate the relationship between humans and the environment, analyse how pro-environmental behaviour can help people cope with environmental stressors, explain the causes and consequences of social problems from a psychological standpoint, and learn about possible solutions to problems like poverty, aggression, and health in chapter 8 Psychology and Life.


How to Fit More Yellow Vegetables into Your Diet for Better Oral Health Posted on 9/10/2018 by Sundberg Office Even if you aren't a fan of vegetables, you probably recognize their health benefits and why you should eat more of them. Yellow vegetables like sweet corn, bell peppers, and squash can benefit your oral health and your overall wellbeing. So, you may need to get creative in order to find ways to add them to your diet.
Make Vegetable-Based Soups
Almost everyone loves soup, and a good soup is a great way to get multiple vegetable servings into your diet at once. You can puree vegetables to create a base and add in any yellow vegetables you'd like. Both cream and broth-based soups are options.
Make Your Own Sauce or Salsa
Adding in some vegetables to your sauce is a sneaky way to increase your yellow vegetable consumption. Mixing corn into your salsa on Mexican food night at home will not only give the salsa some extra flavor, but it will also increase your veggie intake. Cooking sauces like marinara might also benefit from yellow bell peppers.
Experiment with Vegetable Noodles
If you like pasta, but want to cut back on the carbohydrates, try your hand at creating yellow squash or zucchini noodles. They are easy to make with a spiralizer, which processes the vegetable into the same shape as a noodle. These 'noodles' can be treated just like pasta, so feel free to add meat, other vegetables, or your favorite sauce.
Add Them in to Smoothies
The next time you make a kale and spinach smoothie, try and add in some yellow vegetables. This will enhance the flavor and nutritional content. You can experiment until you get the right combination.A good diet is important for good oral health, but don't forget to visit your dentist, as well. Call us today to set up your next appointment.