Secure a Prosperous Future for All by Strengthening Nondiscrimination Protections
No one should be fired, evicted or denied service in public places because of who they are. But LGBTQ+ people continue to face discrimation based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Further, research shows that the social, economic, and health effects of stigma and discrimination against LGBTQ+ people costs a state tens of millions of dollars each year. This policy would create a fairer state by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity for things like jobs, housing, public accommodations, schools.
LGBTQ+ rights advocates
Public health officials
Workers’ rights advocates
Human rights advocates
Businesses looking to attract and retain talent
Special interests that oppose human rights
Businesses that have an interest in being allowed to discriminate
This act shall be known as the STATE Nondiscrimination Protection Extension Act
To prevent discrimination against people on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, credit, jury systems, and state programs.
(a) STATE anti-discrimination laws with regard to public accommodations, education, employment, housing, credit, jury systems, and state programs are hereby amended to include protections against discrimination on the basis of
-(ii) Sexual orientation, and
-(iii) Gender identity
-(i) The term ‘sex’ includes (A) a sex stereotype; (B) pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition; and (C) sex characteristics, including intersex traits.
-(ii) The term ‘sexual orientation’ means identity, or another individual’s perception thereof, in relation to the gender or genders to which the individual is sexually or emotionally attracted
-(iii) The term ‘gender identity’ means having or being perceived as having a gender identity, self image, appearance, behavior or expression whether or not that gender identity, self image, appearance, behavior or expression is different from that traditionally associated with the sex assigned to that person at birth.


Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band.
Talking Points about Singing
Article Published: 4 de octubre de 2017
Article Updated: 4 de octubre de 2017
Comentarios desactivados en Talking Points about Singing
- Music & Opera
By the same author
From the same category
The Number One source featuring the gossip from the theatre and performing arts industry
Art in which the concept involved in the work that takes precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Art leads to transformation. Entertainment gives you a predictable pleasure and makes us feel good.
Carnival expresses the culture, history, music, and images of Brazil
Carnival expresses the culture, history, music, and images of Brazil South America, fourth largest of the world’s continents. It is the southern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere, or simply the Americas.


Writing down the meanings of vocabulary words is one element of a larger practice: notetaking. Good thinkers rarely rely on their memory; instead, they commit their notes to the page.
Tim Ferriss is the author of three #1 New York Times bestsellers and creator of the most popular podcast on the planet. He describes himself as “a compulsive notetaker.” He has over eight feet of shelf space devoted to notebooks in which he has recorded observations about his experiments, his reflections, and his reading. All these notes were taken by hand. When writing his books, he opens his notes.
Taking notes forces you to think about what you’ve read and put it in your own words. that’s a huge aid to comprehension.
It’s a good test of it too. If you find that you can’t summarize your reading in a few sentences, you probably don’t understand it very well.
There are many ways of taking notes, too many to go into detail here. You’ll need to find a system that works for you. You can:
- Try various systems, like Cornell notes, mind-mapping, or charting
- Experiment with when to write your notes (while you read, or after you are done)
- Experiment with what to include
Just keep the ultimate goal in mind: You want to understand what you read and remember it better. Find the system that helps you meet those goals.
Do not let your child read a textbook unless she is taking notes on a separate sheet of paper. Reading a textbook is pointless if you aren’t using some system that will enable you to sort, store, and retrieve the information. Highlighting or underlining the text is not a substitute. It’s always worthwhile to take the extra time to think and take notes.
Leave a Comment


Father Shanley was ordained on May 30, 1874, at the age of only 23. Following his ordination, Shanley arrived in St. Paul in July 1874 where he began as an assistant to Father Augustine Ravieux, Bishop Grace, and Father Ireland. In the well developed city of St. Paul, a large Catholic congregation offered Shanley many opportunities to grow in his ministerial skills. Ireland took Shanley under his wing and gave him many responsibilities in the church. Almost two years after he had come to St. Paul, Shanley was appointed as pastor of the cathedral parish. During Shanley’s time in St. Paul he made it a priority to serve minorities and the destitute. During the time when racial equality was decades in the future, Shanley conducted services for African-American Catholics in the basement of the cathedral and moved to have regular services held for these parishioners.
When Shanley first came to North Dakota in the late 1880s the compassion he developed for the less fortunate was exhibited by his treatment of the Native Americans. Following the battle at Wounded Knee, relations between the Indians and settlers were quite tense. Shanley took up defense for the Indians and in 1891 sent a letter to the Fargo Argus defending those on the Turtle Mountain Reservation. In his letter, he denounced the actions taken by local agents and highlight the positive aspects of Indian culture and conduct.
 Weber, Gerald Michael. 1951. John Shanley: first bishop of Fargo. St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Seminary. 17.


The Interceptor is a wired network tap which passes network data out over a wireless network so it can be sniffed on a network device on a remote machine.
First the the two wired NICs on the Fon+ are bridged. This allows it to be placed in-line on any network and the data to flow freely. Ideally the bridge doesn’t have an IP address so it can’t accidentally interfere with any traffic flowing through it. From simple experiments the bridge doesn’t alter the TTL but does increase the time the data takes to flow between the machines.
This project has been built and tested on a Fon+ but should in theory work on any device which will run OpenWrt and has at least a pair of wired interfaces and a wireless one.
This isn’t intended to be a permanent, in-situ device. It is designed for short term trouble shooting or information gathering on low usage networks, as such, it will work well between a printer and a switch but not between a switch and a router. Here are some possible situations for use:
- Penetration testing – If you can gain physical access to a targets office drop the device between the office printer and switch then sit in the carpark and collect a copy of all documents printed. Or, get an appointment to see a boss and when he leaves the room to get you a drink, drop it on his computer. The relative low cost of the Fon+ means the device can almost be considered disposable and if branded with the right stickers most users wouldn’t think about an extra small box on the network.
- Troubleshooting – For sys-admins who want to monitor an area of network from the comfort of their desks, just put it in place and fire up your wireless.
- IDS – If you want to see what traffic is being generated from a PC without interfering with the PC simply add the Interceptor and sit back and watch. As the traffic is cloned to a virtual interface on your monitoring machine you can use any existing tools to scan the data.


oDREAMS: Students Build Video Games, Learn to Problem Solve
eMINTS is partnering with the University of Colorado-Boulder (UCB) on a project to train 200 classroom teachers how to use “Scalable Game Design” concepts.
The goal of the project, called oDREAMS, is to teach 15,000 middle school students computational thinking skills—higher level problem-solving skills—as they learn to design, program and debug their own video games using the AgentSheets software developed at the Boulder campus.
eMINTS staff and UCB faculty created the professional development for teachers curriculum as both an online training option and as a “blended” training option – combining both online components with additional classroom training.
UCB received a $1.92 million grant from the National Science Foundation to complete the four-year project with teachers from nine states.
The oDREAMS online professional development course for teachers, “Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving with Game Design,” prepares teachers to introduce students to their first programming experience. Teachers leave the course with lesson plans and game examples for immediate classroom implementation. They also receive a building license for the AgentSheets software.
“We have had an amazing response from teachers who want to take the course and get their kids started programming,” says Lorie Kaplan, executive director for the eMINTS National Center. “Instead of worrying about how to recruit enough teachers for the research project, we’ve had to start a wait list for grant-funded seats in the course.”
Founded in 1999, eMINTS offers professional development courses through online and classroom instruction to teachers across the United States and in Australia. For additional information or to join the project, please contact eMINTS at email@example.com or 573-884-7202.


Everyone a leader: Regional Seminar on Innovative School Leadership and SDG 4.7
School leadership matters. In the first instance, school leadership is usually seen to belong only to school principals, particularly in light of statements such as “the principal is the nerve centre of school improvement”, which is frequently quoted in research studies.
The roles and responsibilities of school principals are not limited to human and financial resource management within the school perimeter, but include instructional leadership that has to keep pace with the complex challenges of the 21st century and beyond.
Nonetheless, the scope of school leadership extends beyond the school principals. Delegates at the 9th International Summit on the Teaching Profession, held in March 2019 in in Helsinki, Finland pointed to the “centrality of shared leadership at every level of education systems: teacher leadership, school leadership and system leadership”.
Embracing a broader concept of school leadership will surely contribute to the development of effective strategies for schools to respond to the challenges and demands of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Recognizing the importance of school leadership, UNESCO Bangkok convened regional seminar with school leaders, teachers, students and policymakers in the Asia-Pacific region on 26-28 June 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The seminar enhanced the understanding of school leadership, identified and shared innovative practices to contribute to the SDGs in general and SDG 4.7 in particular, and explored systems thinking principles to enhance distributed/shared leadership.
Download the presentations HERE.
Download the photos HERE.
For more information:
Main photo credit: jcomp / www.freepik.com


Non woven Geo fabrics are polymer fabrics and you use these fabrics to construct roads, breakwaters and harbor works. You can also use them for other civil engineering purposes.
Advantages of non-woven geo fabric
- These fabrics are much lighter than the woven fabrics but for both, you are able to use the same yarn. This makes it easier for you to handle them and lay them on the sites. The labor, as well as the transport costs, is much lesser as well.
- These knitted geotextiles have very good tear strength.
- If you want you can also add an extra fabric that will help in forming a composite geotextile.
These non-woven geotextile fabrics do have their own uses and applications. They are used for different purposes based on durability, drainage and also strength. They are also made using a needle punch process. This means that you can use barbed needles and create a geotextile fabric that is permeable.
- This fabric will be able to control erosion.
- Very durable and also versatile.
- This is made using the most advanced technology that helps in meeting the actual demands as well as the performances of the customers.
- These also come with both flexibility and also strength.
- The uniformity level is at its highest ends.
These fabrics are highly stable and can be used even at high temperatures. They also have very high tear strength. Non-Woven Geotextile is able to perform very well and is the best solution for a number of industries. The nature of these is also highly diverse and it is for this reason that they are more popular and also viable. These are mostly used in construction and agriculture to improve the soil that is there on the road.


An invitation to share a mindful practice in another teacher’s classroom this week.
In Student Success Lab (off day computer lab for online curriculum work), a small group of students are learning about how to navigate Math anxiety. The teacher calls this group Eustress Math.
I have been invited to share how deep breathing can help calm feelings of anxiety. The 30-minute activity starts with this video and then an explanation of the physiology of the brain and how deep breathing affects the 10,000-year-old human brain.
Then the chime is rung and I lead the group in slow breathing: 4 counts in, 2 counts hold, 6 counts out. After a few guided breaths the students count for themselves. Finally, we imagine that we are holding a cup of hot cocoa: breathe in the flavor; hold while admiring the cocoa; breathe out the mouth to “cool off” the cocoa. After a few hot-cocoa breaths the chime is rung to mark the end of the practice.
I could definitely sense the students had relaxed. Out of the 4 students, one had not been in a class with me before so this was her first exposure to mindfulness. She expressed that closing her eyes was uncomfortable for her so I explained how this is common for new students of mindfulness as it is related to the prehistoric origins of our brains. A discussion about fear of being attacked by a tiger ensued and I explained that it takes time and practice to retrain the brain.
A successful and enjoyable way to expand mindfulness into other teachers’ classrooms feeds gratitude to be on this adventure.


Winter flu cases are skyrocketing, and officials aren't sure why.
Authorities are cutting back on visitor access to some hospitals in the Chicago area over worries about a sudden spike in winter flu cases.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported that there has been a statewide increase in the flu, with 326 intensive care admissions for influenza during the winter period as of Feb. 27, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Typically, the flu season peaks in early January, but it’s happening much later this year perhaps due to the fact that it has been a fairly warm winter season.
But it’s enough to cause concern for health authorities,, who have started limiting access to visitors at local hospitals in order to halt the spread of the flu. Hospitals are banning visitors younger than 18 years of age, as well as adult visitors who have symptoms consistent with the flu. The restrictions were enacted for some hospitals on Feb. 22, according to the report.
Authorities are advising people to wash their hands frequently and to stay home if you feel sick. Also, consider getting a flu shot to keep from getting the disease altogether.
“Influenza, commonly called ‘the flu,’ is an infection of the respiratory tract caused by the influenza virus,” states the Illinois Department of Health on its website. “Compared with most viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, influenza infection often causes a more severe illness. Typical influenza illness includes fever (usually 100 degrees F to 103 degrees F in adults and often even higher in children) and respiratory symptoms, such as cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, as well as headache, muscle aches and extreme fatigue.
“Although nausea, vomiting and diarrhea can sometimes accompany influenza infection, especially in children, these symptoms are rarely the primary symptoms,” the site adds. “The term ‘stomach flu’ is a misnomer that is sometimes used to describe gastrointestinal illnesses caused by organisms other than influenza viruses.”
Leave a Reply


Reflections on Gratitude and Acknowledgement
Updated: Nov 12, 2021
November immediately pops into our mind as the month to celebrate gratitude and thanksgiving. Thanksgiving, as a US holiday, is generally a time to gather and share with friends and family, to feast and discuss all the many ways we have been blessed and are grateful. We also take a moment to acknowledge that our homes and communities are on the ancestral and unceded lands of those who were here long before european settlers arrived. Yes, thanksgiving and acknowledgement go hand in hand.
November is also the month we've dedicated to honor our veterans here in the US. It was November 1954 when our nation began observing November 11th as a day of remembrance for those who served in our military
and died while serving.
This poem by Ed Bowers serves as a reminder of our gratitude to the Veterans who have served our nation. The fact that we have homeless veterans on the streets is a harsh and sad reality. Homeless Veterans should be a statement of the past and our local, state and federal government should be prioritizing this crisis in a way that is urgent, human and just. Our Veterans have already invested, sacrificed and fulfilled their duties for this nation and we have an obligation to see that they are provided this basic human right.
November is indeed a month to give thanks, not just for our own personal blessings, but for our Veterans and all those that make our nation a safe place to call home. To our Veterans, thank you for your service.
Yes, oh, yes, thanksgiving and acknowledgement go hand in hand as we remember where we’ve come from, all those who we honor for their sacrifices, and those whose land we walk upon. We offer thanks and we continue seek to make amends.
To read more poems from The In Plain Sight anthology, you can order a copy from


|This is an AoPSWiki Word of the Week for June 6-12|
For an angle , the (internal) angle bisector of is the line from such that the angle between this line and is congruent to the angle between this line and :
An angle also has an external angle bisector, which bisects external angle :
The external angle is defined by , and the two angle bisectors are perpendicular to each other.
Features of Angle Bisectors
- The distances from a point on an angle bisector to both of its sides are equal.
- The angle bisectors are the locus of points which are equidistant from the two sides of the angle.
- A reflection about either angle bisector maps the two sides of the angle to each other.
- In a triangle, the Angle Bisector Theorem gives the ratio in which the angle bisector cuts the opposite side.
- In a triangle, the internal angle bisectors (which are cevians) all intersect at the incenter of the triangle. The internal angle bisector of one angle and the external angle bisectors of the other two angles all intersect at an excenter of the triangle.
- A bisector of an angle can be constructed using a compass and straightedge.
|incenter I, incircle (blue), angle bisectors (orange), and external angle bisectors (green)|


A brief look at older texts - from Old English through to Middle English, and even up to Late Modern English - should reveal that spellings have undergone significant changes over time. Some are due to fairly simple typographical conventions of the time - how will smilies like this appear to readers in 20, 50 or 100 years? ;-) - while others seem to change for other reasons, such as particular foreign influences. How about French/Norman "querunto", American "color" or Jamaican "sekkle"?
An article in today's Guardian points the finger at one of the media for spreading changes in orthography: the internet. According to Patrick Barkham, dubious spellings of common expressions and cliches, whose meanings and original forms have become lost in time, are increasingly being disseminated through the internet. Take for example some of these:
"slight of hand" instead of "sleight", "phased by" when it should be "fazed by", "butt naked" instead of the correct "buck naked" and "vocal chords" for "vocal cords."Many of these are quite baffling and rely on words that have either dropped out of usage or have changed meaning over time, but with the increased speed of communication that the internet offers, the "wrong" spellings seem to spread like wildfire.
But as Catherine Soanes, of Oxford Dictionaries goes on to explain in a pleasingly descriptivist way, "We have to accept spelling is not fixed and can change over the years. You only have to look back 100 years, when the word rhyme was spelled rime. But since then we adopted rhyme as the correct spelling because this is more like the Greek word from which it originally came".
And for this week's Haribo prize, what's the deliberate spelling mistake in this post's title, and what should it be? The first two answers posted as comments below get the prize...
ENA5 - Language Change


Invertebrates are animals that do not have any backbones; they also have features unique to the specific species.
The species of invertebrates include jellyfish, lobsters, crabs, clams, sea stars, sea urchins, sponges, insects, spiders, worms, centipedes, and millipedes. Invertebrates and vertebrates share features like hemoglobin which makes your blood cells red, poison defense moves, strong eye vision, and gills. However, one feature that vertebrates don’t have but invertebrates do is called radial symmetry.
Other types of invertebrates are coral, which has cells that can sting you, and the sea anemone, which uses its tentacles to sting. The invertebrates that have armored shells and spines are called echinoderms. Other types of invertebrates are called arthropods and can be distinguished by a hard covering over their bodies called an exoskeleton. Bugs that are arthropods are spiders, insects, centipedes, millipedes, and the crustaceans like lobsters and crabs. More than 90 percent of animals in the world are invertebrates.
All invertebrates are known as simple animals. Invertebrates are the most common and unique animals in the world because of their abilities and how they hold good mechanisms.
[Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Animals]


On July 13 of every year, there is a something curious going on at around 10 o'clock in the morning on a remote mountain of the Pyrenees: people of the Baretous Valley in Bearn, France gave the people from the Roncal Valley in Navarre, Spain, 3 cows as a peace tribute.
According to legend, the whole thing started in 1375, when a Roncalese farmer met a Baretous Valley farmer and a quarrel ensued over grazing rights. The war of words turned deadly and before you know it, the two villages were at war.
After a particularly bloody battle, the feud was settled in one of the world's oldest peace treaties: The Tribute of the Three Cows, where the people of Baretous gave the Roncalese a yearly of 3 cows.
Then the Roncalese mayor asks in a loud voice: “Are you coming, as in past years, to pay the tribute?” The mayors from Baretous respond, also in Spanish, “We are, señor.” The Roncalese mayor asks the same question a second and third time, each time receiving the same response. Then the president of the mayors calls out the same formula repeated since bygone times: “Pax avant!” [So, let there be peace.] The mayors of Baretous repeat the words.
This has gone on every year since 1375 (with only two exceptions, one during the War of the Convention between France and Spain, and one during Nazi occupation of southern France), and every year the ceremony gets more and more popular.
Here's the story of the Tribute of the Three Cows: Link


The Blueprint and Stepwise Approach towards Rabies Elimination
The Blueprint for Canine Rabies Prevention and Control is an online resource developed by global rabies experts to enable ministries and other interested parties to help themselves through the process of designing, implementing and evaluating a large scale rabies control programme.
The Blueprint provides:
- Detailed, practical guidance on rabies control
- Single online point of access to all relevant international resources
- Modules on canine rabies, fox rabies and surveillance
- User-friendly, Frequently Asked Questions format
The Canine Rabies Blueprint incorporates the Stepwise Approach towards Rabies Elimination (SARE). The SARE tool provides measurable steps, designed as a logical flow of activities, to progress from Stage 0 to Stage 5, in efforts towards freedom from dog-transmitted rabies. Countries with no information on rabies start at Stage 0, while others may start further along the scale, and when the country reaches Stage 5, it is free from dog-transmitted rabies.
The SARE tool, when used with the rest of the Canine Rabies Blueprint, provides guidance on institutional responsibilities concerning each activity and who might carry out the work. It encourages relevant stakeholders to work together to progress from stage to stage towards rabies elimination.
Regional networks such as the Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) are using the SARE tool to self-assess the status of the rabies prevention and control programmes in each country as well as to identify gaps and challenges.


The importance of documentation in an organization is often determined by multiple factors including the adopted software development practices (waterfall, agile etc.) and the size of the software being documented. Regardless, the documentation is a vitrine for the software that reflects its health and livelihood. A thriving software ecosystem has regularly updated documentation.
Ideally, documentation not only offers brief and informative guidelines to help busy users achieve their goals rapidly but also includes detailed user/developer manuals to provide deeper insights into the software infrastructure. The former type of documentation is often entitled as getting started, quick guide, 10-minutes to … etc. The 10 minutes to Pandas and 10 minutes to Dask are great examples of such documentation. The documentation can also be complemented by short video tutorials or brief blog posts with practical examples.
The developer documentation, on the other hand, involves several more detailed pieces of information such as build requirements and dependencies, or how to compile/build/test/install the software.
Documentation also commonly covers the application programming interface (API). The API reference often involves the documentation of various internal files, function and class signatures as well as the reasoning behind the naming conventions and certain adopted designs. Mature scientific and engineering libraries such as oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) and oneAPI Deep Neural Network (oneDNN) library from Intel provide great examples of this class of documentation.
The documentation should be kept up to date with changes in the code. This is not an easy task, especially for large and fast-moving code bases using agile software engineering practices. However, slightly out-of-date documentation is generally preferable to no documentation. We recommend compiling and testing the examples provided within the documentation regularly, in order to maintain the quality and usefulness of the documentation over time.
Popular documentation packages:
Examples of good documentation:


Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a tool that enables a holistic approach to the design, construction and management of the facilities used in the built environment.
At present, the focus for implementation of BIM within a project is the construction phase, with design and engineering teams utilising three-dimensional, real-time modelling software to analyse geometry, spatial relationships, geographical information and properties of building components.
There is, however, the potential to incorporate operational information within the model from the earliest stages of design, allowing end users to maintain an asset through a singular, centralised database. This would mean building management would be taken as a realistic consideration throughout the complete process of construction, and not in the latter stages before handover.
BIM will assist building operators in making existing asset management processes and data collection more efficient, having the conclusive effect of improving maintenance procedures and whole-life costing evaluations.
In order to build upon the experience of the industry as they progress towards the UK Government’s 2016 BIM Mandate, it essential that we collate lessons learned and publish them in an open and honest manner. The Birmingham City University development case study researches not only the necessary levels of detail at each stage of the project lifecycle, but also the supply chain’s adaptive journey of collaborating within a BIM environment.
See more at http://www.fgould.com/uk-europe/articles/bim-optimisation-facilities-management/
3 Responses to BIM for the Optimisation of Facilities Management: A Case Study Review


What has changed?
Foner devotes a measly 2 paragraphs to “Human Rights.” During Clinton’s presidency human rights organizations gained influence throughout the world. Governments were now beginning to respond to crises in foreign nations both judicially and militarily. The idea that you were not to interfere in a sovereign nation’s internal affairs began to change with the growing Amnesty International organization, as well as the hundreds of other nongovernmental agencies that sought to protect human rights.
In modern day, we hear of reports of infractions upon human rights (although not frequently enough as news of Trump’s new escapades overshadow the suffering of peoples) in Syria, Lybia, Egypt, China, Sudan, and countless others. One begins to wonder, why do we get involved in conflicts so petty when, sadly, hundreds upon hundreds of undeniably justifiable reasons exist for aiding other countries in protecting humans. It seems that the influence of Human Rights organizations on foreign and even domestic policy has weakened unforgivably.
Below is a video regarding the UN conviction in the Rwandan Genocide case:
Below is a video on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:


Women In Industrialized Societies
Attempting to answer the question, "What factors contribute to a decline in the status of women in industrial societies?" proves somewhat problematic. Because one would invariably assume that as the overall standard of living improves so too should the status of women, discerning what promulgates the decline of women with a industrialized society requires the social scientist to take more than a precursory look at cultural and social discourse. Rather it requires the social scientist to look beyond obvious educational and economic status to determine the role that women play in postmodern culture.
Looking specifically at the United States, it can clearly be argued that women enjoy a comfortable standard of living. Comprising slightly more than half of the current work force, in the twentieth century women, as a minority group, have made more advances than any other ethnic or social group. Despite this advancement, however, it seems that the inherent structure of industrialized society carries with it a prescribed set of gender roles and/or stereotypes that ultimately force women into a subordinate position in regard how much they can ultimately achieve.
To illustrate this point consider what the following author has to say about women's roles in Western society: "It is generally accepted that inequality between men and women stem from attitudes, prejudices and assumptions concerning the different roles assigned to men and women in society. These roles, which are learned, e.g., those of parent, housekeeper, provider of basic needs, etc., largely determine the type of work men and women do". While one may assume that these attitudes are those that were prevalent in the early and middle part of the twentieth century, one needs to consider that this article was written in 2001. Thus, it becomes apparent that when it comes to how women achieve and what women achieve, gender bias or stereotypes play a significant role in shaping women's overall status in society.


The word Poker is derived from several different words, but there are no firm historical sources to support this theory. The word may have come from a game of card hustlers, who used the word “poke” as slang to deceive unsuspecting opponents. In fact, the word may even have come from a French game known as poque, which evolved into the German word “poch,” which was a modified version of primero. Regardless of its origin, Poker is a simple game with a hint of cheating and money.
As a beginner, the learning process for poker is a gradual process. Beginners begin with basic strategies, such as hand strength and bluffing, which don’t require much knowledge about game theory or psychology. After a period of playing poker, advanced players begin to consider the texture of the board and the ranges of other players. Meanwhile, sophisticated high-level players start taking a bird’s-eye view of the game and familiarizing themselves with all aspects of the “game tree” that relates to the game.
A high pair wins when two hands have the same high pair. When there is a tie in a poker game, the high card or the highest pair wins. High cards are the exception to this rule. They break ties when two hands have identical pairs. A hand with an ace beats a hand with a pair of threes or a low pair of fours. In a poker game, the higher pair of fives or twos wins.


To Get Help From A Little Kid, Ask The Right Way
Motivating children to stop playing and help out with chores isn’t exactly an easy sell, as most parents and teachers will attest. But how you ask can make all the difference, psychologists say.
If you say something like, “Please help me,” the kids are more likely to keep playing with their Legos. But ask them, “Please be a helper,” and they’ll be more responsive, researchers report Wednesday in the journal Child Development.
Being called a helper makes kids feel like they’re embodying a virtue, says Christopher Bryan, a psychologist at the University of California, San Diego and one of the researchers behind the study.
Read the whole story: NPRMore of our Members in the Media >
APS regularly opens certain online articles for discussion on our website. Effective February 2021, you must be a logged-in APS member to post comments. By posting a comment, you agree to our Community Guidelines and the display of your profile information, including your name and affiliation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations present in article comments are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of APS or the article’s author. For more information, please see our Community Guidelines.
Please login with your APS account to comment.


The remains of a settlement which dates back to the 13th century have been discovered inside a jungle of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said here on Thursday.
The settlement covering more than 20 acres has been discovered in the jungles of Ramghat under Tarasso circle during an excavation by the archaeology section of the state directorate of research. A 226-metre-long rampart made of stone blocks, burnt bricks and stone boulders along with a gate was found there. Symbols resembling bow and arrow and trident were inscribed on the stone blocks, archaeologist Pura Koji and assistant Tadu Ringku of the department said. A broken Shivalinga, sealing ball and potsherds were also found at the settlement where stone pillars were in use. Stone blocks of different shapes and sizes and 31 burnt bricks have been used to build the fortification, Koji said. Archaeological exploration in and around nearby Vyas Kund under Tarasso circle was also conducted and remains of a stone staircase were discovered. Koji said that further intensive fieldwork and investigations are needed in the jungles of the Ramghat and Vyas Kund areas to unearth more ancient remains. The research team also conducted archaeological exploration and excavation at Balijan circle in the same district and unearthed remains of some structures which also seem to be part of an ancient settlement, he said. A path made of bricks and a flake tool which could belong to the Palaeolithic era (Old Stone Age) were found there. The land of Papum Pare is mostly mountainous with Himalayan ranges. It has lush green forests, deep river valleys and beautiful plateaus. Nyishi community people, believed to belong to Tibetan-Mongoloid stocks, are the inhabitants of the district. (PTI)


Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal
|Was||Scientist Botanist Pteridologist Educator|
|Field||Academia Biology Science|
|Birth||27 November 1794, Xanten, Wesel, Düsseldorf Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia|
|Death||12 October 1866, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (aged 71 years)|
Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle) was a German botanist.
He studied in Berlin, in 1819 becoming curator of the Royal Herbarium. He was a professor of botany and director of the Botanical Gardens at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1833 until his death in 1866.
The genus Schlechtendalia (Asteraceae), from Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, was named in his honor.
He was editor of the botanical journal Linnaea (from 1826), and with Hugo von Mohl (1805-1872), was publisher of the Botanischen Zeitung (from 1843).
He conducted important investigations of the then largely unknown flora of Mexico, carried out in conjunction with Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838), and based on specimens collected by Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede (1798-1836) and Ferdinand Deppe (1794-1861).
- Animadversiones botanicae in Ranunculaceas, Berlin 1819–1820.
- Flora berolinensis, Berlin 1823–1824.
- Adumbrationes plantarum, 1825–1832.
- Flora von Deutschland, Jena 1840–1873 (with Christian Eduard Langethal and Ernst Schenk; fifth edition by Ernst Hallier 1880–1887).
- Hortus halensis, Halle 1841–1853.


San Gregorio El Magno
Around 574 he sold his properties, converted his Roman home into St. Andrew’s Monastery and
became a monk. He also founded six monasteries on his estates in Sicily. After several years in
seclusion at St. Andrew's, Gregory was ordained by Pope Pelagius II, and in 578 he was made one of
seven papal deacons. He served as papal nuncio to the Byzantine Court for six years, but in 1586
he resumed monastic life and became abbot of St. Andrews.
In 589 when Gregory was on his way to England to evangelize the country, a plague struck
Rome. The ailing Pope Pelagius summoned him home. When Pelagius died, Gregory was
elected Pope and consecrated on September 3, 590. He made radical changes such as
removing unworthy clerics from office, and abolishing fees for burials and ordinations. He was
prodigious in his charities and responsible for converting England to Christianity. He sent forty
monks, led by St. Augustine, who became Bishop of Canterbury. In 593 he negotiated a peace
with the Lombard king, removed the Byzantine emperor’s representatives and appointed
governors of the Italian city states, in this way broadening the temporal power of the papacy.
An eloquent preacher, Gregory also wrote treatises, notably Dialogues, Liber Regulae
Pastoralis (Duties of the Bishops), and hundreds of sermons and letters. He greatly influenced
the Roman liturgy: the Gregorian chant is named in his honor and the custom of saying thirty
successive Masses for the deceased was his idea and bears his name.
One of only two Popes to bear the title, “the Great,” Gregory was the last of the traditional
Latin Doctors of the Church and is considered the founder of the medieval papacy. He preferred
his own title, “Servant of the Servants of God.”
Gregory died in Rome on March 12, 604, and was canonized by acclamation immediately
after his death. His feast day is celebrated on September 3rd.
Courtesy Pastor Emeritus Fr. Joseph Darbouze and Joseph Peden
The Parish of St. Gregory the Great: A Profile and History 1907-1996.


On February 14, 1869, women of Utah proudly stepped up to the voting booth and marked their place in history as the first female voters in the United States.
In an effort to shed light on Utah’s rich history of supporting women’s rights, Neylan McBaine established Better Days 2020, a nonprofit intended to popularize Utah women’s history in creative and communal ways. The organization’s website reads, “We believe that by exploring the legacy of our past, we make Utah a better place for women in the future.” McBaine acknowledges the significance of 2020 commemorating not only the 150th anniversary of the first woman to vote in the nation but also the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted suffrage to all women in the United States.
To educate individuals about the women who helped shape Utah history, the Better Days 2020 team commissioned Utah illustrator Brooke Smart to create portraits of influential Utah women’s rights activists. These portraits are available on postcards, limited edition prints, pins, coloring pages, and more at www.betterdays2020.com. McBaine states, “Art, images, and photographs have a huge impact on the way we feel about social change.”
Addressing BYU Law students at a Law and Social Change Forum, McBaine described the process for social change: “As hearts and minds change, [it plants] those seeds of cultural change, pushing against the door. Then, finally, when the door is ready, it opens for legal codification.” She indicated that when a cultural shift comes in conjunction with legal change, real social innovation occurs: “The skills you’re learning here at the law school are going to be invaluable to any movement to create positive change in your lifetime. The awareness of how the law can interact with cultural change is a really powerful equation that you can all take to your future.”
BYU Law’s Law and Social Change Initiative
Acknowledging the social injustices in our communities, a growing body of law students and faculty recognize that law can affect behavior and promote social change. Their interest in making a difference encouraged the development of the law and social change lecture series, bringing in experts from the field who have invested in improving lives.


Westchester County is home to a number of species of owls, though it is somewhat rare to see one. Many are nocturnal, of course, though some are crepuscular, meaning most active at dawn and dusk. They are very good at camouflaging with the trees and hiding in sheltered spots. Their hearing is unbelievably good–most have ears set at two different levels on their head, so they can triangulate the exact spot a sound is coming from, which comes in very handy for hunting. Owls can turn their heads about 270 degrees, which makes up for the lack of movement in their large eyes. They eat small mammals, amphibians, birds and insects. They don’t typically make their own nests, but may co-opt another large bird’s nest or just find a nice hollow tree for their eggs.
Barred owls seem to be the most commonly seen and heard in northern Westchester. Their gray-brown and white feathers are horizontally striped on wings and back, and mostly white with vertical streaks on the front. They don’t migrate, and tend to stay in the same general area. Their call sounds like “Who cooks for you?” though it can vary.
Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern screech owls are small–only about 8 inches tall–and can be either reddish or gray in coloring. They live in trees, and like to be near water, but they can often be found in suburbia. Their calls are described as a whinny or trilling sound.
Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owls are the largest owls to be found in Westchester, and they can eat larger prey, including hawks and other owls! They can be found in varied habitats throughout North America. They have a stuttering call, which sounds like hu-hu-hu-HOO-HOO.
Northern Saw-Whet Owl
Northern saw-whet owls are tiny–less than 8 inches tall! They have reddish-brown and white feathers which are darker on the back and paler and streaked on the breast. They prefer dense forests and roost in evergreen trees, near the trunk. They make a rhythmic, repetitive tooting noise.


At the start of lay, it is essential to ensure that the layer receives optimum nutrition to support growth and egg production by feeding a high-density diet. Feed and water should always be available to the birds.
Depending on the age of the layers as well as the type of housing and season, a specific feeding guideline must be followed according to the Novatek Layer Brochure.
When the point of lay hen starts to lay eggs at around 19 weeks of age, she cannot consume enough feed to support growth and egg production. The point of lay hen must be fed the densest nutrient diet named novatek layer 95 mash up to 32 weeks of age.
From 33weeks of age the caged layer can be fed a less dense diet at a lower feed cost per kilogram. During the summer season novatek layer 100 mash should be fed. During the winter season the layer requires more feed to keep warm and a bulkier feed such as novatek layer 105 mash can be fed.
If layers are kept on the floor in a deep litter system they will require more energy for additional movement and increased feed wastage. During the summer season novatek layer 110 mash should be fed and during the winter season novatek layer 115 mash should be fed.
At no stage during production should feed or water intake be restricted. Once a week layers should be allowed to completely empty feed in the feeders, but only for a maximum period of 1-2 hours.
Always keep records of the daily feed consumption (number of bags x 50,000gram divided by the number of layers) together with the number of eggs produced per day. This together with daily mortalities and the number of cracked eggs will allow easy management of the layer farm.
|Layer Guidelines||Housing||Season||Feeding Period(Weeks)||Min Feed Intake/Bird/Day|
|Novatek Layer 95||ALL||ALL||19 - 32||100 - 120|
|Novatek Layer 100||Caged||Summer||From 33||105-125|
|Novatek Layer 105||Caged||Winter||From 33||110-130|
|Novatek Layer 110||Floor / Deep Litter||Summer||From 33||115-135|
|Novatek Layer 115||Floor / Deep Litter||Winter||From 33||120-140|


Carrots? Yes, but in small (1-2 tablespoons) amounts. Can rabbits eat grapes are high in natural sugars so are a rabbit 'treat food'. However, the green top part of the carrot can be fed frequently.
If you are part of the amazingly lucky group of people who own rabbits you will know that there is a wealth of information out there on rabbit care and in particular on feeding your rabbit. However, when it comes to feeding, much of it is general e.g.: rabbits can eat fruit.
As bunny lovers, we know that sometimes you need to know about a specific item. So we've put together a list of some of the most common food (and non-food!) items we get asked about.
So, what do rabbits eat? Can they eat apples? Celery? What about carrots, mushrooms or even nuts? Find out below.
Do rabbits eat...
Apples? Yes, in small quantities (see 'Fruit') but not the pips as they are toxic to bunnies.
Bananas? Yes, refer to 'Fruit' for more details
Basil? Yes, bunnies love basil.
Berries? Yes, refer to 'Fruit' for more details
Bread? Yes but only as a super special treat. Some owners may disagree with this but bread can be used as an extra treat for example when toilet training. Just don't let it become a habit as while it is not harmful to buns in small doses it is definitely not on the 'regular food' list.
Broccoli? Yes, but in small amounts. This family of vegetables can produce gases which could upset your bunny's tum.
Bugs? No. Rabbits are vegetarians so don't eat other animals.
Cabbage? Yes, but as with broccoli just in very small amounts.


CLICK IMAGE BELOW TO WATCH THE VIDEO
A Level Geography FAQs
The world we live in is changing: Geography allows you to see why and how. Studying Geography can enhance your communication, literacy, numeracy and IT skills; your sense of spatial and environmental awareness; your ability to solve problems and work as part of a team. We follow the Edexcel Geography A-level specification. In addition to the below specific entry requirements for Geography, it’s also crucial that you have a curiosity about the world’s places, peoples, processes and environments. You should enjoy asking questions and finding answers; be interested in local, regional and global issues, and have the ability to think independently. Above all, you must be prepared to leave the classroom and see for yourself what is going on as geography is out there!
To study Geography at Bilborough, you need a minimum grade 5 or above in Maths and 5 in English GCSE, and grade 4 if studied at GCSE.
Our links with HE
If ever you need help in deciding which steps to take next, our Geography teachers are always here to help with valuable support and advice. We provide students with lots of opportunities to attend extra talks and events with local universities including through the Nottingham Geographical Association Branch and our annual [email protected] event which sees many top universities geography departments running workshops with students in college. Geography provides a sound basis for further academic study in a wide range of subjects due to the wide range of transferable skills you will develop. This has led to Geography Graduates being amongst the very most employable graduates in the UK in recent years. Universities and future employers highly value many of the transferable skills you will build and develop during the course including communication, team work, data analysis and evaluation. Further study of Geography at university is a popular option with many of our students who develop a real passion for the subject whilst at Bilborough.


Can an algorithm outperform an experienced physician? The answer might be, “yes,” but with a caveat.
Findings from a recent study (Zhang, B, et al.) published in Thyroid suggest that a machine learning algorithm could be superior in specificity and accuracy than an experienced radiologist using ultrasound technology in diagnosing thyroid nodules in patients. Machine learning is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed.
The retrospective study measured the effectiveness of preselected algorithms to identify and diagnose 2,064 thyroid nodules from 2,032 patients. All patients had previously undergone ultrasound and real-time elastography imaging at least one month before undergoing thyroidectomy surgery.
Using the data from the ultrasound and elastography, the researchers established two data sets that nine algorithms interpreted 1,000 times. Results from each algorithm were compared with each other, and the most successful of the nine was then compared with the diagnostic area under the curve, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of a thyroid radiologist with at least 17 years in the field.
The investigators wrote, “It may be possible to develop a superior noninvasive diagnostic method by taking advantage of the ability of artificial intelligence to ‘learn’ from clinical data sets and predict diagnoses, in some cases more accurately than human experts.”
However, Dr. Michael Friedman, thyroid expert and medical director at Chicago ENT cautions, “Although algorithms that help diagnose suspicious nodules are always beneficial, the tendency is often to underperform a needle biopsy. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is an extremely cost-effective, reliable procedure that can detect cancer and save lives.”
Dr. Friedman clarifies further, “Current radiologic thinking is to avoid aspirations, but in doing so, diagnosis and treatment may be delayed. Increased accuracy of FNA along with genomic testing makes these diagnostic tools more reliable than ever. Avoidance of FNA is not always in the best interest of the patient.”
The takeaway? Surely, the predictive value of algorithms is an advancement of another tool in the toolbox, but we should not put aside safe, reliable, tried-and-true diagnostic methods such as fine needle biopsy.


Advanced Imaging Technique Offers New Opportunities for Understanding Addiction and Eating Disorders
Complete the form below to unlock access to ALL audio articles.
Research identifies specific brain cells involved in feeding and reward
Using advanced bioimaging technology, researchers have identified separate groups of cells deep within the brains of mice that play key roles in hunger and eating, a discovery that offers new prospects for understanding the neurological underpinnings of anorexia, bulimia, and other self - destructive behaviors. The findings were presented November 16 at Neuroscience 2014, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health.
“The area of the brain we focused on — the lateral hypothalamus — is known to be involved in elements of eating, including hunger and consumption,” said Garret Stuber, PhD, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Until now, however, we didn’t know which particular cells within that area of the brain contribute to each of those behaviors.”
To identify those cells, Stuber and his colleagues introduced fluorescent proteins that can detect changes in neural activity into neurons in the lateral hypothalamus, the region of the brain critical to a range of functions, including feeding and controlling reward processes. They also implanted thin visual probes called microendoscopes directly above these cells. When coupled with very high - resolution fluorescence microscopes, these devices enable scientists to observe and record how cells function while animals are in action and engaged in complex behaviors.
The researchers found that different neurons within the lateral hypothalamus became activated when the mice consumed food compared to when the mice worked to gain access to food, although the processes were highly intertwined. This finding suggests that some of the symptoms of eat ing disorders may derive from the haywire activity of specific groups of cells within the lateral hypothalamus. Learning how to regulate the activity of those cells may offer promising avenues for treatment.
Note: Material may have been edited for length and content. For further information, please contact the cited source.
Society for Neuroscience press release


NASA has selected two companies of the United States for the purpose of developing the electric propulsion technologies for the aircraft, along with the aim of introducing this technology to the aviation fleets of the United States by the year 2035.
The two companies are MagniX and GE Aviation, and it is also going to conduct their work during the next five years, which has been including the ground and flight test demonstrations, along with the collaborations with the other NASA projects that have been focusing on the electric propulsion, along with the data analysis and the flight test instrumentation.
The awards to the companies have been given under the EPFD (Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration) program of NASA, and it is having a combined value of 253.4 million dollars, and out of the full amount, 179 million dollars had been awarded to the GE Aviation and the company ‘MagniX’ will be getting 74.3 million dollars.
Gaudy Bezos-O’Connor, EPFD project manager at NASA said, the MagniX and GE Aviation is going to be performing the integrated megawatt-class powertrain system ground along with the flight demonstrations for the purpose of validating their concepts and the benefits of the projects for the configurations of the aircraft in the future.
He also said, these demonstrations are going to responsible in identifying and retiring the technical barriers along with the risks associated with the integration, and it is also going to be helpful in informing the development of the regulations and standards for the EAP systems in the country.


Coyotes are no strangers to Humboldt and the surrounding communities. Towns border on aspen stands, wildlife preserves and open area which are natural habitats for an increasing coyote population.
In the winter months, coyotes skirt the communities in search of prey and occasionally venture into towns and yards. Travis Williams, a wildlife allocation specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, cautions folks against ever approaching the wild animals.
"If someone does encounter an animal that's being aggressive or looks sick in some way, contact your local Ministry Environment Office, or you could report it to the turn-in poachers and polluters line by calling 1-800-667-7561," said Williams.
Folks should stay calm, maintain a safe amount of distance, and make noise to ward them off. Additionally, it is unwise to leave out any food or water for coyotes. They are wild animals and must be treated as such, no matter how much they resemble domestic dogs.
While most of them will be happy to keep their distance, they should still be treated with respect and caution when it comes to interacting with pets.
"They're opportunity feeders, and urban areas can be attractive for coyotes because of the variety of food sources that are provided to them in communities both directly and indirectly," said Williams.
Once the weather eases into spring and summer conditions, most coyotes will return to the open prairies and resume their regular habits.
"Coyotes and other wildlife are part of the natural landscape of Saskatchewan and should be given space and respect where they can be," noted Williams.
If anyone is bitten during an interaction with a coyote or any wild animal, they should immediately seek medical help. Infectious diseases are always a possibility when an animal bites.
(with files from Discover Humboldt)


All Things Algebra® Digital Activities (Volume 1)
What does this bundle contain?
This is a collection of 25 of my activities designed to work with Google Slides™ . This purchase includes is a zip file that includes directions on how download each activity to your Google drive. You and your students must have a free Google account in order to access these activities. Once you download the activity to your Google drive, you can share it with your students. See the list below for activities included in this bundle. Google Slides™ versions of activities are not sold in my curriculum bundles..
• Angle Relationships Puzzle
• Domain and Range Puzzle
• Parallel Lines, Transverals, and Angles Puzzle
• Integer Operations Puzzle
• Simplifying Radicals Puzzle
• Multi-Step Equations Pyramid Sum Puzzle
• Integer Operations Pyramid Sum Puzzle
• Simplifying Expressions Pyramid Sum Puzzle
• Simplifying Expressions Triples Activity
• Angle Relationships Pyramid Sum Puzzle
• Exponent Rules Triples Activity
• The Slope Formula Puzzle
• Systems of Equations Pyramid Sum Puzzles
• Combining Like Terms Pyramid Sum Puzzle
• Factoring a Greatest Common Factor Drag and Drop
• Linear Inequalities Drag and Drop Activity
• Special Right Triangles Puzzle
• Similar Triangles Sorting Activity
• Congruent Triangles Sorting Activity
• Polynomial Operations Triples Activity
• Fractions, Decimals, Percents, and Scientific Notation Drag and Drop Activity
• Systems of Equations Triples Activity
• Properties of Parallelograms Puzzle
• Proving Lines are Parallel Sorting Activity
• Linear Equations Drag and Drop Activity
I wish I could give this more than an A! I love using manipulatives and creating activities, but it's so awesome that the students can use their chromebooks to practice so easily! I also love that there is zero prep for me!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! This is an awesome resource for extra practice, advanced class or extra credit. My students love it!
This is the best purchase I have ever made! I use All Things Algebra for notes and homework, so these digital activities are perfect for days when I don't have time to run a lot of copies.


Photos: Documentry Projects: Settlers of the West Bank
Who are the Jewish Settlers in the West Bank? People who these days, again, Influence by determination the negotiation to resolve one of the longest and critical conflicts in our contemporary world?
We have all seen settlements and settlers - worldwide news medias regularly cover event regarding Them. This documentary work aims to get to know these people intimately - from the inside.
According to the Israeli Interior Ministry, in the end of June 2010 more then 320,000 Jews live in the west bank. In 1996 – 29 years after the 6 Days War and the decision to settle the occupied territories - the government of Israel articulated for the first time, a commitment not to establish any new settlements. But this has not prevented the establishment of over 100 new settlements (known as outposts) throughout the West Bank since.
One who has never been in the West Bank might think that these are few tents or caravans out on hilltops. Some of the more recent outposts are such, but there is much more, entire cities has been constructed, some of them with supermarkets, swimming pools, universities and so on. That is what makes any evacuation a hard decision to take and even more, a hard decision to execute.


Home » Interactive Animal » Feline » Male Urogenital » Cystitis
Urine, produced by the kidneys, is stored in the urinary bladder before exiting the body through the urethra. The urethra acts as a channel for urine excretion; its length offers protection against infection from the outside. Cats with urinary bladder inflammation (cystitis) strain to produce small amounts of urine (may be mistaken for constipation), urinate outside the litter box, and may have blood in their urine. Common causes of cystitis include feline idiopathic interstitial cystitis, stones, polyps, and tumors. Urinary tract infections affect cats less commonly (<5%) due to their highly concentrated urine. Suspicion of feline cystitis is based on history and physical examination; definitive diagnosis requires a urinalysis, urine culture, and abdominal x-rays. Complicated cases of cystitis may require more advanced imaging with ultrasound and/or contrast studies. Treatment for cats with uncomplicated (non-obstructive) cystitis includes a combination of fluid therapy to help flush the bladder, dietary changes, pain relief, and medications to alleviate bladder spasms and restore normal urine flow. Antibiotics are indicated only when an infection is found. An inability to urinate (straining with no urine production) requires emergency treatment to relieve the painful, life threatening urinary tract obstruction.


THERE WAS SOMETHING rotten in the state of England during the Early Modern Era: teeth with decay. Everyone had a sweet tooth! The English loved the expensive new commodity of sugar so much that the royalty and nobility were extremely prone to tooth decay and foul breath. Foul breath seems to have been on Shakespeare’s mind too because it got at least three mentions in his plays and sonnets.
A Class-Based Dental Health Crisis
The weirdest part is that having a decayed tooth was such a pervasive problem among the rich in particular that it became trendy among the lower classes to artificially blacken their teeth with soot. It was a great way for them to make themselves seem wealthy enough to afford sugar! Unfortunately, back then people didn’t realize the health implications of consuming so much of the luxurious sugar they so loved!
Early Modern Dental Health… Solutions?
How did the English try to keep their teeth healthy? They used herbs like cloves for their breath and toothpicks and cloths to clean their teeth to avoid having a mouth full of teeth with decay. (We would much rather have our modern toothbrushes.)
When these methods proved insufficient to prevent cavities, many people would end up with a decayed tooth. When the tooth became so painful that it needed to be pulled, they had a few options depending on budget. The most expensive choice was a surgeon, but a “tooth-drawer” was cheaper and a blacksmith would do it for a real bargain.
It’s Good to Have Modern Dentists
Isn’t it wonderful to live in a time when we have effective dental hygiene and access to twelve different specialties of dental professionals, everything from pediatric dentists to orthodontists to endodontists and more?
Thank You For Being Part Of Our Practice Family!
The content on this blog is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of qualified health providers with questions you may have regarding medical conditions.


Faces of Roman emperors are being reconstructed using latest technology
This is a depiction of Emperor Nero, who began the persecution that led St. Peter to martyrdom.
This is Trajan, the emperor-soldier who is known for having expanded the empire’s borders.
This is Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher.
Canadian artist Daniel Voshart has applied the latest technology to statues of emperors to reconstruct their faces. He explains that the current coronavirus pandemic led him to launch this project.
“So I chose to do this project because, in Canada, the coronavirus led to a shortage of employment opportunity. Anyone who wasn't an essential worker was laid off, essentially. So I work in the film industry, and the film industry could not film, and so I had no work opportunities and had a lot of free time. In that free time, I decided to learn some software.”
Daniel considers his work to be more artistic than scientific, although he consulted hundreds of historical references for better accuracy.
It’s a closer approach to reality in which he also took the opportunity of deciding the color of the eyes and hair of these Roman emperors.
Eventually, he had to make some changes after consulting experts.
“I received a lot of positive feedback. I'd say most of it was positive, but some of it was negative, and some of the negative feedback was really quite accurate. Like someone pointed out bad sourcing, and so, for the second version of a lot of the emperors, I had communicated with academics or people who are very familiar with a particular emperor.”
Daniel has recreated 54 faces of Roman emperors. They were the rulers who governed between 27 BC and 285 AD. They were the most powerful men of their time. These are the faces of the people whose decisions shaped the future of western society.
Translation: Christian Campos


This episode highlights the struggles and pressures of adhering to multiple, opposing cultures and how lapses in logic – teamed with mob mentality – condenses already difficult challenges, such as racism.
The Bottom Line: In psychology, the Bottom Line describes the core – if not simplified – belief that is normally formed during childhood, based on their experiences and surroundings. This ‘core belief’ sticks with us throughout our lives, influencing our actions and decisions. If it’s negative, then it can lead to unhealthy or unhelpful behaviour that further perpetuate this belief (e.g., “I’m not good enough”), thus becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. Unless identified and challenged, negative Bottom Line(s) continue to affect one’s life – for better or for worse.
This is explained clearly and with many examples by Dr. Melanie Fennell, in her book, “Overcoming Low Self-Esteem” (contains affiliate link. Proceeds go towards funding the podcast).
The Doctor’s Kitchen (COVID-19 Special)
Hosted and edited by Naomi Hoang.
Music by Yaiza Varona.
If you find value in this podcast, please consider sharing with others, leaving a review or making a donation.
Thank you for your support,


Cambrian bivalved arthropods are a polyphyletic group of carapace-bearing arthropods that includes stem euarthropods, stem mandibulates and crustaceans. Here, we describe Pakucaris apatis gen. et sp. nov., a new stem mandibulate bivalved arthropod from the middle Cambrian (Wuliuan Stage) Burgess Shale (Marble Canyon, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada). Two morphotypes of this small arthropod (11.6–26.6 mm long) are recognized, which differ mainly in their size and number of segments, possibly reflecting sexual dimorphism or different anamorphic stages. The carapace presents a dorsal crest extending anteriorly into a small recurved rostrum and two anterolateral processes. Around 20% of the posteriormost body segments and limbs are covered by a large spine-bearing shield. The head bears a pair of eyes, a possible pair of unsegmented appendicular projections and two pairs of segmented appendages. The thorax is multisegmented, homonomous, with weakly sclerotized segments bearing biramous limbs, composed of a stenopodous endopod with c. 20 podomeres and a paddle-shaped exopod. Pakucaris is interpreted as a nektobenthic suspension feeder. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis implies a position within Hymenocarina as stem mandibulates. The posterior shield is regarded as a pygidium, and represents a case of morphofunctional convergent evolution between mandibulates, artiopodans and mollisoniids. Furthermore, Pakucaris adds to a growing number of pygidium-bearing arthropods, potentially hinting at a common developmental pattern across early arthropod evolution. This study not only increases our understanding of the early evolution of mandibulates, but also illustrates a unique case of early evolutionary convergence during the Cambrian Explosion.


This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
Medical researchers keep looking for less invasive ways to perform operations. The aim is to cut less and to reduce pain and recovery time. Some researchers see a future in NOTES.
NOTES is short for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery.
In simple terms, what this means is the removal of diseased organs through the body's natural openings. For example, a man in California recently had his appendix removed through his mouth.
Twenty-five years ago, having your appendix removed meant staying in the hospital for as long as a week. Patients returned home with an ugly and permanent scar on their abdomen.
But since the late nineteen eighties, laparoscopic surgery has gained popularity. It leaves only small marks where holes were made in the skin. The doctor works with a system called a laparoscope, usually connected to a video camera. Laparoscopic surgery rarely requires a hospital stay.
With the newest kind of surgery, doctors make a small cut in the patient's belly button. A camera is placed through the hole to help guide the surgical instrument.
The operation at the University of California San Diego Medical Center in March lasted three hours. It was done as part of a study to test new methods of minimally invasive surgery. Santiago Horgan, director of UC San Diego's Center for the Future of Surgery, led the medical team.
Doctors used a long robotic tube to pass the instrument down the patient's throat. Then they made a cut in the wall of the stomach. The cut was made to pass the instrument through to the appendix for removal.
The researchers said they believed it was the country's first removal of a diseased appendix through the mouth. They said India was the only other country to report such an operation.
The patient in California, named Jeff Scholz, said he recovered quickly and with little pain.
But some doctors say they are not sure this kind of surgery is worth the possible risks. They say stomach fluids could leak if the hole in the stomach wall is not closed completely. A mistake, they say, could be life-threatening.
The surgical method is still being studied to see if it is better than traditional surgeries.
And that's the VOA Special English Health Report, written by Brianna Blake. Archives of transcripts and MP3s of our reports can be found at voaspialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.


Bill Nye’s trying to tell you something – about communication.
Animals communicate, or exchange information, in all sorts of ways. Dogs wag their tails when they want affection. Cats hiss and their hair stands on end when they’re ready to fight. Birds sing to warn other birds that something dangerous is around. You frown when you’re unhappy. By using sound, sight, behavior, and even smells, animals can let other animals know what’s going on.
Most animals only communicate at the moment they need to – except humans. Thanks to such things as books, photographs, video, computers, newspapers, and letters, humans can store information outside their bodies. Other people can read, see, or listen to the information any time after it’s been made. This includes the Bill Nye the Science Guy show.
So tune in to the “Communication” episode to hear what Bill has to say.
The Big Ideas
- Animals communicate by exchanging information
- Humans store information outside their bodies.
Did You Know That?
- Bees communicate by dancing?
- Lobsters make noise by rubbing their antennae together – the sound helps them stay together in groups?
- Morse Code uses sound or light dots (short sound or flash) and dashes (long sound or flash) to spell out messages?
Books of Science!
- “Language and Communication” Published by Arco Publishing, 1984.
- “Communications” by Ian Graham. Published by Hampstead Press, 1989.


Presented by Dr. Dave Secor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Sturgeons coexisted with dinosaurs, and survived asteroid blasts and glacial eras. The conundrum of sturgeon is that despite their evolutionary resilience, they are particularly sensitive to human impacts. In this seminar, Dr. Dave Secor will introduce how Atlantic sturgeon, once thought to be extinct in Maryland, were re-discovered as a small relict population in the Marshyhope Creek (Eastern Shore). He will also discuss the threats, such as a large salmon factory, that jeopardize the recovery of this endangered species.
This fall, the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory will offer seminars in a hybrid format: you can choose to attend in person, or join via Zoom.
- Register to attend in person at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory campus in Solomons, MD
- Register to attend remotely via Zoom webinar
Directions for in person attendance, or a Zoom participation link, will be sent to the email address you provide during registration.
Science for the Community
This lecture is presented as part of UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory’s Science for the Community seminar series. These public programs invite members of the public to discover how our scientists are developing new approaches to solving the environmental challenges facing Maryland, our nation, and the world. View the complete Science for the Community seminar schedule. All seminars are free of charge.


The latest news in the tech industry is Facebook’s new loophole. This security loophole on Facebook has allowed around a million users, both real and fake, to generate a minimum of 100 million “likes”. The researchers from the University of Iowa in the US found out sites that operate ‘collusion’ networks, which generate likes for free. Posts on Facebook that receive a lot of likes are more likely to be placed higher in other peoples’ news feed; which means users with a higher number of fake likes are likely to generate more attention.
SEE ALSO: Here’s how Google is set to change for iOS and Android users
In order to get a million likes, individuals have to grant the websites with wide-ranging access to their accounts, so that the accounts can be harnessed to like other posts, according to the researchers. The CBS News reported that the researchers tracked collusion networks in the run-up to the presidential election in the US in 2016, but were not able to verify whether the networks were used to boost posts to benefit or hurt the candidates. The team warns that the networks could be used for other purposes, rather than just generate a particular amount of likes. This could include theft of personal and sensitive information of users.
For more details about computer tech news, visit iTMunch.


BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
The AHA’s BLS course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening
emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and
provide early use of an AED. Reflects science and education from the American Heart
Association Guidelines Update for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC).
Who should take this course?
The AHA’s BLS Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who
need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide
variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.
What does this course teach?
- High-quality CPR for adults, children, and infants
- The AHA Chain of Survival, specifically the BLS components
- Important early use of an AED
- Effective ventilations using a barrier device
- Importance of teams in multirescuer resuscitation and performance as an effective team member during multirescuer CPR
- Relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
Basic Life Support (BLS) Course Options :
instructor-led, hands-on class format reinforces skills proficiency
The BLS Instructor-led course teaches both single-rescuer and team basic life support skills
for application in both prehospital and in-facility environments, with a focus on High-Quality
CPR and team dynamics.
Blended Learning HeartCode(r) BLS
Blended Learning (online portion, followed by hands-on skills session)
BLS uses a variety of eLearning assets such as dramatizations, eSimulations, animations, self-
directed learning, and interactive activities to teach students BLS knowledge and skills.
HeartCode BLS is the AHA’s BLS blended learning delivery method. Blended learning is a
combination of eLearning, in which a student completes part of the course in a self-directed
manner, followed by a hands-on skills session.
Complete the online portion + hands-on skills session with an AHA Instructor, or with a
voice-assisted manikin (VAM) or Simulation Station


Cozumel is famous for its spectacular reefs and due to their intensive use and ecological importance and fragility, most of the reefs surrounding the island and lagoons on its south side were declared as the “Arrecifes de Cozumel” National Park in 1996.
One of the greatest threats to this world-renowned dive destination is tourism itself. With an average of 1,500 visitors a day we all must do our part to keep the reefs healthy. There are many things you can do as a responsible diver to promote sustainable use of the reefs.
Choose dive operations that contribute to reef conservation by giving thorough orientations and use clean motors on their boats. Avoid all contact with corals and other marine life, never feed fish, make sure all gear is secured close to your body, avoid swimming through reef caves, avoid stirring sand and never stand, rest or hold on to corals. View all wildlife from a distance. Don’t use gloves or knives and use only biodegradable non-oily sun block. Make sure all your dive buddies understand and comply with reef friendly practices. Congratulate your dive guide for enforcing good practices. Refuse to buy souvenirs made from coral or other marine life. Eat at restaurants that keep reef sensitive species off their menus.
Mexican law establishes a $36 pesos user fee for all marine protected areas. Request your proof of payment to ensure your money goes where it is supposed. Deep down we must conserve.


research the ballets russes and serge diaghilev
Research the Ballets Russes and Serge Diaghilev. Find 5 interesting facts that are not included in the textbook reading. Please include the reasons why you find these facts interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQvyQc68-u4&feature=youtu.be (Short essay questions, clip 1)
1. Describe the classical ballet Pas De Deux. When did it emerge in the history of ballet performance? What are the four major areas of technique in pas de deux?
2. When and where was Le Corsaire first performed? Who was the original choreographer and composer?
3. What was this story ballet based on?
4. How was Le Corsaire made famous?
5. What struck you most about the pas de deux in the Le Corsaire clip?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncz-D1Vf13M&feature=youtu.be (Short essay questions, clip 2)
1. When and where was L’aprÃ¨s-midi d’un faune first performed? Who was the original choreographer, composer, and lead dancer?
2. What was the inspiration for the ballet?
3. How was L’aprÃ¨s-midi d’un faune different from other ballets of that era?
4. What was the cause of its hostile reception?
5. What struck you most about L’aprÃ¨s-midi d’un faune?


Clique aqui para a versão em português.
How much can we know of the physical world? Can we know everything? Or are there fundamental limits to how much we can explain? If there are limits, to what extent can we explain the nature of physical reality? RealityX investigates the limits of knowledge and what we can and cannot know of the world and ourselves.
We will trace the evolution of ideas about the nature of reality in philosophy and the natural sciences through the ages. Starting with the philosophers of Ancient Greece and ending with cutting edge theories about the universe, quantum physics, and the nature of consciousness.
Learners who complete this course will be able to:
A. Communicate with others about the latest scientific discoveries in various disciplines including cosmology, quantum physics, mathematics, machine intelligence and cognitive science.
B. Identify key points in history where scientific advances changed humanity’s philosophy and understanding of the nature of reality and our place in the Universe.
C. Reflect on and examine their own worldview and identify if any changes occurred during this course.
D. Confidently argue about scientific evidence, philosophical viewpoints, and others’ interpretations of both.
E. Demonstrate how the scientific method works, its limitations, and how scientists use it to construct knowledge about physical reality.
Join world-renowned physicist and author Marcelo Gleiser and leading experts as we explore how philosophers and physicists from Plato to Einstein and many others have attempted to explain the nature of the world and of reality.
This course will be offered in both English and Portuguese. Videos will have subtitles,discussions will be supported in both languages, as will all assignments.
This course is a project of the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth (ICE), dedicated to transforming the dialogue between the sciences and the humanities in academia and in the public sphere in order to explore fundamental questions where a cross-disciplinary exchange is essential.


Leonardo da Vinci experimented in this depiction with the idea of a small set of stairs leading to the entrance. There is also a smaller drawing on the left hand side which does not seem to have carried quite the same level of importance to the artist.
You will see a stamp added to this drawing, which would have come about many years later after Da Vinci had complete it initially in 1487-1490. All of this series of works have a similar date attributed to them, it can be very hard to be anymore accurate over work that was produced so long ago and in this medium there was also very little supporting documentation to help art historians learn more about them.
This pen and ink is slightly rougher than his other pieces in this series. Perhaps he spent less time on it and merely wanted to experiment with one or two variations from his other related drawings.
The stamp mentioned on this drawing would have been added by its present owner - that of the Parisen Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France. They hold a fine collection of Leonardo da Vinci drawings which spearhead their overall collection.
There are additional notes written by the artist at the foot of this particular drawing. It was a sign of the importance that he placed on others carrying out his designs in precisely the same manner that he had intended.


A pathologist is a medical doctor who studies blood, body fluids, organs and tissue to search for medical conditions and diagnose disease and illness. Pathologists use samples to perform a variety of diagnostic tests to reach a diagnosis and form a recommendation for treatment. Pathologists also interpret laboratory information to solve complex medical mysteries. They then provide the information to primary care physicians who advise the patient regarding treatment. Pathologists often work with other medical personnel and typically do not have direct contact with the patient. Pathologists also do postmortem examinations to determine the cause of death. Pathologists do scientific research into drugs and disease. Companies developing new drugs need pathologists to study the safety of the drugs [source: education-portal]. Here's how to become a pathologist.
- Study biology and chemistry while in high school.
- Earn a bachelor's degree. You should major in premedical studies, biology and chemistry.
- Earn a master's degree in pathology, microbiology or biochemistry. This is an optional step, which would equip you to work in a laboratory or to assist a certified pathologist. If you're certain you want to be a pathologist yourself, you may want to go straight to medical school.
- Attend medical school for four years and receive Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.
- Do a four-year residency, working in a hospital [source: WUSTL].
- Get your certification. Medical pathologists must be licensed by their state to practice medicine and must be certified by the American Board of Pathology.
- Seek employment. You can work in a hospital, clinic or laboratory, as well as in consulting etc. The field is wide open.


Scala algorithm: Quick Sort sorting algorithm in pure immutable Scala
Quick sort is a standard merging algorithm, and uses a similar divide-and-conquer approach to MergeSortStackSafe. Where it differs is that it works around a pivot.
Sorting a list eg \([3,2,1]\) should return \([1,2,3]\).
Most interesting thing is that a two-pivot Quicksort is the default sorting implementation for Java.
Do note that this implementation is not stack-safe, it will throw a StackOverflowError when you throw 1M items at it.
We will cover the topic of stack-safe algorithms (including Quicksort) in future, by applying something called 'Defunctionalisation' which turns the implicit call stack into an explicit one that you pass around.
Test cases in Scala
Algorithm in Scala
7 lines of Scala (compatible versions 2.13 & 3.0), showing how concise Scala can be!
We follow the standard definition of quicksort. Scala's partition creates a tuple of values to the left of the pivot, and values to not to the left. (this is © from www.scala-algorithms.com)
Scala concepts & Hints
Pattern matching in Scala lets you quickly identify what you are looking for in a data, and also extract it.


Texting may be an adequate substitute for swearing, suggests a study.
The 2010 Ig Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Richard Stephens, John Atkins, and Andrew Kingston of Keele University, UK, for confirming the widely held belief that swearing relieves pain. [They published a paper describing their research: “Swearing as a Response to Pain”, in Neuroreport, vol. 20 , no. 12, 2009, pp. 1056-60.]
But could there be other as-yet-under-exploited non-chemical pain avoidance strategies? A recent study published in the journal Pain Medicine, Volume 16, Issue 4, pages 667–672, April 2015, found that :
“Text messaging during surgery provides analgesic-sparing benefits that surpass distraction techniques, suggesting that mobile phones provide new opportunities for social support to improve patient comfort and reduce analgesic requirements during minor surgeries and in other clinical settings.”
In a randomly controlled trial, text messaging performed significantly better than doing nothing, or playing Angry Birds™ on a phone. See: Jamie E. Guillory PhD, Jeffrey T. Hancock PhD, Christopher Woodruff MD, FRCPC and Jeffrey Keilman MD, ‘Text Messaging Reduces Analgesic Requirements During Surgery’
Bonus Question: Could further work evaluate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of sending text messages which feature swearing?
[Note: The photo depicts co-author Professor Jeffrey T. Hancock of Cornell University, which funded the study.]


March 30, 1857: The coastal schooner George Hanson
, was bound from Chicago to Dutchman's Point or possibly Racine/Kenosha for a cargo of wood. The vessel was out in a gale and most certainly capsized and foundered during that gale. Some reports state she was on her way to pick up the cargo of wood, but it appears she had already received the cargo and had just left when caught in the storm.
"VESSEL SUNK AND FOUR LIVES LOST.-
The masts of a sunken vessel standing out of the water off Kenosha harbor, were discovered some time since, and it has been ascertained that the sunken vessel is the little schooner Gerorge Hanson
, of Chicago.
She was out in a gale of April 1st, and it is rendered almost certain that she capsized, and that all on board, three brothers and a brother-in-law, were drowned." Buffalo Daily Republic, April 17, 1857.
The George Hanson
was a total loss, only a new mast was ever recovered (by the steam tug McQueen
) from the vessel. Four members of the Nichols family who owned the vessel were lost.
Even thought the George Hanson
was last seen, setting on the bottom, one mile north of Kenosha by the steam tug McQueen
, with the mastheads protruding from the water, the remains of the wreck have not yet been located.


The dot.rural WiSE (Wireless Internet Sensing Environment) Project is researching and testing new digital techniques for monitoring the natural environment, underpinned by developments in state-of-the-art communications and low-cost sensor technology. The system combines still and video capture to monitor a remote location, with sensors and remote processing accessible via satellite Internet access. Night-vision capable cameras and sensors can be flexibly combined to allow triggering methods for the capture of imagery to evolve as operational experience is gained. The demonstration will display the start-to-finish process of sensor activation, communication from the remote site and image capture, to final storage of data in a web database. Visitors will be shown samples of the in-house developed sensors/cameras and will be able to trigger (or try to avoid triggering) capture of images. Remote access will be provided with live streaming from the field site, monitoring of the current sensor values, and the status of the solar-powered battery system. Previously captured sensor data and imagery will be available.
|Number of pages||2|
|Publication status||Published - 23 May 2014|
|Event||Digital Conservation Conference - University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom|
Duration: 21 May 2014 → 23 May 2014
|Conference||Digital Conservation Conference|
|Period||21/05/14 → 23/05/14|


Collinsville Middle School Library/Media Specialist Michael Hayman takes you on a journey to discover how to learn – and learn about – languages. Spoiler alert: He has a TikTok opening number…
Hay-man I Need Help
“HAY-MAN! I NEED HELP” Introduces Information Literacy
Collinsville Middle School Library Media Specialist Mr. Hayman introduces the topic of Information Literacy and how to use the C.R.A.P. test to decide if a source is reliable. Information Literacy is the November 2019 Digital Citizenship topic. Digital Citizenship information is found at: http://www.kahoksread.org/digital_citizenship/
“Hay-Man! I Need Help” Looks at the Purpose of Scary Online Content
Collinsville Middle School Library/Media Specialist Mr. Hayman provides very scary look at what’s really behind frightening content that goes viral in this October 2019 episode of “Hay-Man! I Need Help!”
“Hay-man! I Need Help” Demonstrates Electronic Library Resources
Collinsville Middle School Library/Media Specialist Mr. Hayman provides an in-depth tutorial on how to utilize electronic library resources Destiny & Overdrive that are available through kahoksread.org. Students can their school accounts to access library materials 24/7 using these online tools. This episode also features Dorris Intermediate School students and classrooms.
“Hay-man! I Need Help!” Researches Dominant/Recessive Genes
Collinsville Middle School Library-Media Specialist Mr. Hayman works with Ms. Kirk’s science class to discuss dominate and recessive genes – and demonstrates the library resources to help research the topic.


The Book of Mormon is remarkably accurate in its description of ancient Arabia before Lehi and his family reach the New World. Where would Joseph Smith have found this information if there were no relevant books available to him?
S. Kent Brown notes:
A review of the holdings of John Pratt’s Manchester lending library and those of Dartmouth College has yielded no evidence that any of the aforementioned works dealing with Arabia—classical or contemporary—existed in these two collections in Joseph Smith’s day. They are simply absent from the accession lists of John Pratt’s library. In the case of Dartmouth College, the library did not acquire any of these works until after 1830, except volume 2 of Horsley’s English translation of d’Anville’s work, which came to the library in 1823. Apparently only one of d’Anville’s maps came with the translation, but which one is unknown; copies of forty maps came to the library in 1936. Dartmouth College acquired Edward Gibbon’s famous historical work only in 1944 and the English translation of Niebuhr’s volumes in 1937, much too late for Joseph Smith to have consulted them. Furthermore, the books in John Pratt’s library that claimed to treat the ancient world deal with Arabia only in a general way, focusing almost exclusively on the northern area near the Persian Gulf. In this light it is safe to conclude that Joseph Smith did not enjoy access to works on Arabia in either of the libraries that lay near his home at one point or another in his youth. In a similar vein, any hypothesis that Joseph Smith had access to a private library that contained works on ancient Arabia is impossible to sustain– S. Kent Brown, “New Light from Arabia on Lehi’s Trail,” in Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2002), Chapter 5
Where would Joseph Smith have gotten all his knowledge about Arabia?


Social Studies (NYS K-12 Framework Common Core)
Intermediate, Commencement, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This video, from History.com's archive, focuses on why Halloween was originally celebrated.
Haunted History of Halloween
SS.6.4 COMPARATIVE WORLD RELIGIONS (ca. 2000 B.C.E – ca. 630 C.E): Major religions and belief systems developed in the Eastern Hemisphere. There were important similarities and differences between these belief systems.
SS.6.4.a Civilizations and complex societies developed belief systems and religions that have similar as well as different characteristics.
SS.6.4.b.1 Students will study the belief systems of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism by looking at where the belief system originated, when it originated, founder(s) if any, and the major tenets, practices, and sacred writings or holy texts for each. (Note: Although not within this historic period, students may also study Sikhism and other major belief systems at this point.)
SS.6.4.c.2 Students will explore the influence of various belief systems on contemporary cultures and events.
SS.E.1 Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York.


Perception is 100% of the truth. The only way to change your reality is to shift your focus. In this course, you will explore your assumptions and think deeply about the one certainty in this life: change. From exploring your presumptions about Pidgin and what it is to be local, to searching for symbol and meaning in the ocean, to uncovering the origins of our multi-cultured identities, you will be challenged to best narrate your perceptions, understandings, and feelings. We will further develop strategies for effective college writing with an emphasis on critical reading and thinking. This course includes instruction in the composing process and practice in various kinds of writing, including but
not limited to literary analysis, interpretation, argumentative writing, and research writing from sources.
Access to the internet and a technology-friendly attitude is imperative as you’ll be
responsible for online posting, uploading your papers online, finding e-books
and articles through our online library, etc. This course requires four papers
(twenty pages) of polished written work with the stated premise that WRITING IS
REVISION, which means each paper must be revised at least seven times.
These required texts are available at Revolution Books: 2626 South King St. #201: (808)