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Tornado Safety Tips, Tornado Preparation, Tornado Readiness - National Geographic - 0 views

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tornado safety

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  • • Prepare for tornadoes by gathering emergency supplies including food, water, medications, batteries, flashlights, important documents, road maps, and a full tank of gasoline.
  • • When a tornado approaches, anyone in its path should take shelter indoors—preferably in a basement or an interior first-floor room or hallway.• Avoid windows and seek additional protection by getting underneath large, solid pieces of furniture.• Avoid automobiles and mobile homes, which provide almost no protection from tornadoes.• Those caught outside should lie flat in a depression or on other low ground and wait for the storm to pass.
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Basic Skills - Receiving, Passing and Shooting : NSCAA Education - 1 views

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skills

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  • Keep your eye on the ball. Choose which foot to receive the ball with (this may depend on the location of the defender). Receive the ball with one foot with the toe pointed up (ankle locked). Don’t stop the ball. Instead, prepare it for the next action: shot, dribble, pass or to play away from pressure.
  • Receiving the ball in the air is a skill that involves six major phases:
  • See the target. Approach the ball. Plant and position of support, or non-kicking foot (the toe of the non-kicking foot should be pointed in the direction the player wants the ball to go). Look at the ball, holding the head steady. Contact the correct area of the ball with locked ankle. For instep and outside of foot pass, the toes are pointed down and contact is on the top of the foot. For inside of the foot pass, toes are pointed up. Follow-through: kick “through the ball," following through toward the target. Transfer the weight forward.
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  • Keeping your eye on the ball. Reading the flight, speed and direction of the ball. Deciding which body part will control the ball (foot, thigh, chest or head). Getting the body in line with the direction of the ball. Preparing to receive the ball by presenting the body part to the ball. Cushioning the ball with the body part to slow it down and preparing for the next touch.
  • If possible, the player should look up to see the position of the goalkeeper, choosing a side to shoot the ball. Approach the ball. Plant the support foot beside or slightly ahead of the ball, which helps to keep the shot low. Keep the head steady and eyes on the ball. Make proper contact with the ball. Ankle of kicking foot is locked and the toe is pointed down if shooting with instep. Hips and knee of kicking foot are pointed in the direction of the shot.
  • Follow through to keep the ball low (weight going forward, landing on the kicking foot).
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    How to play soccer
Purple People

Saint Louis Zoo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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St. Louis Zoo

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  • is a zoo in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri,
  • a leading zoo in animal management, research, conservation, and education.
  • Date opened 1904
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  • Number of animals 19,000[1] Number of species 655[1]
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    Wikipedia has quite a lot of info on the zoo.
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The Magic House - St. Louis Children's Museum - 0 views

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magic house

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  • engage all children in hands-on learning experiences that encourage experimentation, creativity and the development of problem-solving skills within a place of beauty, wonder, joy and magic.
  • Create exhibits and programs that reflect the special abilities and interests of children, that give children the tools to construct their own knowledge and that foster their natural curiosity to learn. Provide a safe, wholesome and stimulating environment where families can learn together, laugh together and be together. Extend learning beyond the museum experience—creating exhibits and programs that serve as an enticement to further investigation and learning. Be an educational resource to the community through programs that support hands-on education. Be an inclusive organization, reaching out to those in the community who have the fewest opportunities.
  • opened to the public on October 16, 1979 in a quaint 5,500 square foot Victorian mansion located in the demographic center of the St. Louis region.
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  • Barbie Freud and Jody Newman
  • I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
  • the Museum now houses 55,000 square feet of exhibits and serves over 550,000 visitors annually.
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    magic house history
Candy Bacon Toy Thieves

Effects of Bullying | StopBullying.gov - 0 views

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effects bullying

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  • Kids who are bullied can experience negative physical, school, and mental health issues
  • Kids who are bullied are more likely to experience:Depression and anxiety, increased feelings of sadness and loneliness, changes in sleep and eating patterns, and loss of interest in activities they used to enjoy. These issues may persist into adulthood.Health complaintsDecreased academic achievement—GPA and standardized test scores—and school participation. They are more likely to miss, skip, or drop out of school
  • Kids who bully others can also engage in violent and other risky behaviors into adulthood. Kids who bully are more likely to:Abuse alcohol and other drugs in adolescence and as adultsGet into fights, vandalize property, and drop out of school
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  • Have criminal convictions and traffic citations as adults
  • Be abusive toward their romantic partners, spouses, or children as adults
  • Kids who witness bullying are more likely to:Have increased use of tobacco, alcohol, or other drugsHave increased mental health problems, including depression and anxietyMiss or skip school
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    effects of victims,bystanders, and bullies when they get older and when they are younger too.
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The Long-Term Effects of Bullying | Common Sense Media - 0 views

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bullying

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  • every school day can be a nightmare.
  • school no longer feels safe.
  • While other kids are playing and learning, victims of bullying are likely to experience psychosomatic symptoms like headaches, sleeping problems, and abdominal pain,
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  • the effects of bullying shape victims throughout their lives.
  • he study found both victims and bully-victims (those who are victims and also bully) were at higher risk of poor health, job problems, debt, lower educational attainment, domestic violence, and poorer quality relationships with parents and friends.
  • “Being bullied is not a harmless rite of passage but throws a long shadow over affected people’s lives. Interventions in childhood are likely to reduce long-term health and social costs,”
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  • Although the study doesn’t address cyberbullying, other research has found it can be equally as harmful and can be associated with “substance use, violent behavior, unsafe sexual behavior and suicidal behavior.”
  • Kids who are bullied may become hyperalert and hypervigilant in response to threatening situations because their stress response is altered by the bullying experience. They may fly off the handle more easily, or be more fearful of what others see as n
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  • situations.
  • This altered stress reaction can also weaken the immune system and make people more susceptible to diseases. Bullying can also affect school performance, with long-term consequences for education attainment,
  • Consider me a reluctant convert, but I’m starting to view bullying the same way I do abuse in the home,
  • Over and over, emotional troubles and financial hardships linger in the victims’ lives. One former victim, a 29-year old man n
  • amed Anthony Testaverde, dreamed of career in technology or as an engineer but never went to college for fear of being bullied.
  • “A part of my life has been robbed,
  • Sometimes I think about what would have happened, if I hadn’t been as depressed, if I could have taken more risks.’’
  • The CDC found one in five kids experience bullying, and even considers it a public health issue. If we consider those numbers on a large scale, that’s one-fifth of students whose paths are at risk to be diverted, whose potential may never be fully reached because bullying affected them on such a deep level at such a young age.
  • Across the board, experts agree that prevention is a key to curbing bullying. We have resources to kick-start prevention in your classroom. Our Cyberbullying Toolkit is packed with lessons and information to ensure every student is safe at school, and that fewer futures will be hindered by bullying.
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      bullying is very serious and people can have multiple side effects
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    side effects of bulying
Purple People

Better Soccer Ball Kicking Technique in 5 Steps - 0 views

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soccer

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  • How to Perform 1. The Position of Your Kicking Leg - The first point is critical whether you will get a powerful kick or not. The technique behind it is very simple: The higher you bring your kicking leg back the more powerful kick you will get. However, it is not necessary to hit your back with the heel of your kicking foot in order to get a powerful kick. :-) 2. The Position of Your Ankle - Try to keep the ankle of your kicking foot locked. This is one of the easiest things to forget during the kicking moment. 3. Position of Your Knee - The knee of your supporting leg needs to be slightly bent. By doing this it will be easier to kick the ball with the instep part of your foot. Keep in mind that the more you bend your knee the easier you'll have to kick the ball with your instep. 4. Distance of Your Supporting Leg - The foot of your supporting leg needs to be about a foot away from the ball. This will make it possible to strike the ball from a 45 degree angle which will give your kick with great power. Keep in mind also that the direction of the ball will depend in which direction your supporting foot is pointing. 5. Position of Your Body - If you lean your body forward your shoot will stay low to the ground. However, if you lean your body back the ball will fly higher.
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    How to kick better 
Candy Bacon Toy Thieves

Tornado Safety (Online Tornado FAQ) - 0 views

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tornado safety

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      It is important to know the signs of a tornado.
  • Know the signs of a tornado: Weather forecasting science is not perfect and some tornadoes do occur without a tornado warning. There is no substitute for staying alert to the sky. Besides an obviously visible tornado, here are some things to look and listen for: Strong, persistent rotation in the cloud base. Whirling dust or debris on the ground under a cloud base -- tornadoes sometimes have no funnel! Hail or heavy rain followed by either dead calm or a fast, intense wind shift. Many tornadoes are wrapped in heavy precipitation and can't be seen. Day or night - Loud, continuous roar or rumble, which doesn't fade in a few seconds like thunder. Night - Small, bright, blue-green to white flashes at ground level near a thunderstorm (as opposed to silvery lightning up in the clouds). These mean power lines are being snapped by very strong wind, maybe a tornado. Night - Persistent lowering from the cloud base, illuminated or silhouetted by lightning -- especially if it is on the ground or there is a blue-green-white power flash underneath.
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  • In a house with no basement, a dorm, or an apartment:
  • Avoid windows. Go to the lowest floor, small center room (like a bathroom or closet), under a stairwell, or in an interior hallway with no windows. Crouch as low as possible to the floor, facing down; and cover your head with your hands.
  • In a car or truck: Vehicles are extremely risky in a tornado. There is no safe option when caught in a tornado in a car, just slightly less-dangerous ones. If the tornado is visible, far away, and the traffic is light, you may be able to drive out of its path by moving at right angles to the tornado.
  • AFTER THE TORNADO... Keep your family together and wait for emergency personnel to arrive. Carefully render aid to those who are injured. Stay away from power lines and puddles with wires in them; they may still be carrying electricity! Watch your step to avoid broken glass, nails, and other sharp objects. Stay out of any heavily damaged houses or buildings; they could collapse at any time. Do not use matches or lighters, in case of leaking natural gas pipes or fuel tanks nearby. Remain calm and alert, and listen for information and instructions from emergency crews or local officials.
  • Darla Morris on 26 Aug 14
     
    This site tells about tornado safety.
Candy Bacon Toy Thieves

Is FormSpring.me Another Platform for Cyber Bullying? - 0 views

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bullying

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  • With more teen suicides linked to cyber bullying, some wonder whether FormSpring.me, an application that allows users to ask each other questions anonymously, is a cause for concern.
  • The headlines have been full of the high-profile bullying case of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide after months of harassment by her peers. Nine teens involved in the case were indicted on Monday.
  • at an all-time high, with more than 43% of teenagers reporting being victims of bullying by phone or Internet.”
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  • Last week, Alexis Pilkington, a 17-year-old girl in West Islip, N.Y., committed suicide. According to the Daily News, police are investigating whether cyber bullying played a role in the girl’s death. Pilkington’s parents deny that cyber bullying was the main reason she committed suicide,
  • “blame insulting comments posted on Formspring.me, and vowed to boycott the social-network site,”
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    bullying at school
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AAA.com Travel Information - 0 views

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Zoo

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  • Saint Louis Zoo is at 1 Government Dr. in Forest Park. About 19,000 animals representing more than 655 species from around the world reside in scenic, natural settings.
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    This site describes the Zoo in Saint Louis.
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Bullying - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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bullying Effects

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  • Jump to: navigation, search For school bullying, see School bullying.
  • Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others
  • he behavior is often repeated and habitua
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  • Behaviors used to assert such domination can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion, and such acts may be directed repeatedly towards particular targets
  • others
  • If bullying is done by a group, it is called mobbing
  • "Targets" of bullying are also sometimes referred to as "victims" of bullying. Bullying can be defined in many different ways
  • Bullying consists of four basic types of abuse – emotional (sometimes called relational), verbal, physical, and cyber
  • Bullying ranges from simple one-on-one bullying to more complex bullying in which the bully may have one or more "lieutenants" who may seem to be willing to assist the primary bully in his or her bullying activities
  • Bullying may be defined as the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another person, physically or mentally
  • . Bullying is characterized by an individual behaving in a certain way to gain power over another person
  • bullying has been more closely linked to high school violence in general
  • Some have argued that bullying can teach life lessons and instill strength
  • Bullying in school sometimes consists of a group of students taking advantage of or isolating one student in particular and gaining the loyalty of bystanders who want to avoid becoming the next target
  • hese bullies may taunt and tease their target before physically bullying the target
  • There is an inherent power differential in the system that can easily predispose to subtle or covert abuse (relational aggression or passive aggression), humiliation, or exclusion — even while maintaining overt commitments to anti-bullying policies
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    Explains effects,types,characteristics.
Candy Bacon Toy Thieves

Five Life-Threatening Tornado Safety Myths Debunked - 0 views

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tornado safety

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  • 1. When there is a tornado warning, would opening the windows to equalize the pressure save a home from further destruction?
  • "It's not about the pressure in your house; it's the winds that will ultimately be the cause of further destruction. The winds are going to bring debris from miles around, and if you open the windows, that will bring it right into your living room,"
  • 2. Does seeking shelter under a highway overpass protect you from a tornado?
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  • Winds actually can be funneled and strengthened under overpasses, similarly to opening your windows in your house. Winds are what you want to avoid," Carbin said.
  • All targets are equal, but depending on where certain cities are on the map, they might not be as prone to tornadoes like Chicago or New York City
  • There is no direct correlation that a green tint in the sky means a tornado.
  • 3. Is a green sky an indicator that a tornado is coming?
  • 4. Do tornadoes not strike big cities?
  • 5. Is the southwest corner of my house the safest place to take cover?
  • this myth comes from the thought that tornadoes typically, but not always, move in a southwest to northeast direction and people may feel they are at less risk if they are in the approaching corner, but that's incorrect
  • The best place to protect yourself is in a low place with a reinforced structure above your head. If you're fortunate enough to have a basement in your home or a safe room, those are good options as well.
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      five myths busted
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    good warnings about false myths
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Gateway Arch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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Wikipedia Gateway to the west

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  • The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-high (192 m) monument in St. Louis,
  • it is the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere,
  • Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States,[
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  • Construction began on February 12, 1963, and was completed on October 28, 1965
  • Arch was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and German-American structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947.
  • at a total cost of US$13 million[12] ($97,300,000 in 2014[2]). The monument opened to the public on June 10, 1967.[13]
  • Purple People on 26 Aug 14
     
    Wikipedia has lots of info about the builders and things like that.
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St. Louis Gateway Arch - EnchantedLearning.com - 0 views

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St. Louis Arch

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  • monument to westward expansion
  • on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri, the 630-foot tall stainless steel arch
  • The architect Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 - September 1, 1961)
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  • opened to the public on July 24, 1967.
  • Construction of the arch began on February 12, 1963, and was finished on October 28, 1965
  • cost about 13 million dollars to build
  • Height 630 feet Width at the base 630 feet Weight 43,000 tons Exterior composition Stainless steel When it was built February 12, 1963 -October 28, 1965 Depth of the foundation 60 feet Architect Eero Saarinen Structural Engineer Fred Severud Location In the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, 11 North Fourth Street, St. Louis, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River
  • Purple People on 26 Aug 14
     
    This site has lots of info on the Gateway Arch.
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Busch Stadium Seating Chart, Pictures, Directions, and History - St. Louis Cardinals - ... - 0 views

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Busch Stadium

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      Copy picture for movie!
  • Sportsman's Park was renamed Busch Stadium in 1953, after team owner Gussie Busch
  • third ballpark in St. Louis to carry the name Busch Stadium.
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  • Jan. 17, 2004, and the $365 million opened for business April 4, 2006
  • The first Busch closed in 1966, and both the baseball Cardinals, and the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals moved to a new, multi-purpose stadium, named Busch Memorial Stadium. (Busch Memorial Stadium was razed in late 2005.)
  • The playing field at the current Busch Stadium is bluegrass and the outfield wall is 8 feet high.
  • Stadium is bluegrass
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    Info on when Busch Stadium was built.
Darla Morris

Careers - Francis Howell School District - 1 views

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showme

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  • persons with disabilities
  • plicable federal and state laws requiring nondiscrimination in employment in addition to District policies. The Board of Education has adopted a nondiscrimination program that encourages active recruitment and retention of minorities, women and
  • Chief Human Resources Officer
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  • Benefits Manager
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    FHSD careers webpage- Human Resources contacts, links to the left with salary schedules
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