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Billy Gerchick

Grammar Ninja - 4 views

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    Play this game and throw Chinese stars while learning parts of speech; includes a free downloadable version of the game.
Billy Gerchick

EditMinion - 0 views

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    Writing a paragraph from your paper to see areas where your writing mechanics can improve.
Billy Gerchick

Grammar Girl :: Quick and Dirty Tips ™ - 2 views

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    Grammar Girl blog is a wonderful resource for short lessons and reviews on grammar essentials. I learned about this blog at the NCTE 2010 Convention in Orlando, FL.
Billy Gerchick

Content vs. Non-Content Words - 0 views

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    Function word - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Billy Gerchick

Acronymfinder abbreviations and acronyms dictionary - 0 views

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    Find definitions for over 4,219,000 abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms
Jonathan Allen

Green Cars - Environmentally Friendly Cars- Eco Cars - 0 views

  • A board certified cardiologist has provided assurances that a person with a pacemaker can safely drive a hybrid.  
  • You should avoid coming within inches of the engine to avoid harmful complications
  •  Another concern of the hybrid car is the stealth nature and danger it may pose to the seeing impaired.
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  • One concern that has not been fully resolved is the electromagnetic field created and the possibility of certain cancers due to them.
  • Studies suggest that the risk is real; just as real as the other EMF given off from other electrical devices we use every day including computers and cell phones.
  • Electric cars are not new; they have been around since the 1800’s and were among the first vehicles ever built.
  •  One such fear is the harm to people with pacemakers.
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    Interesting listing of possible health concerns from electric vehicles. As well good information on alternative fueled vehicles and hybrids.
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    A good listing of possible health concerns that (could) result from electric vehicles. And information on alternative fuel vehicles and hybrids.
Daniel Opie

Stem Cells Poised To Grow Organs For Transplant - 1 views

  • Grekos showed the successful engraftment of stem cells into damaged organs and subsequent regeneration of tissue.
  • Dr. Grekos also highlighted several case studies to illustrate his team's success with Adult Stem Cells. According to their findings, cardiac disease patients experience an average increase of 21% in ejection rates as well as measurable improvements in congestive heart failure class status, some in as little as one month post-treatment
  • Regenocyte Therapeutic is currently using Adult Stem Cells Therapy to treat Congestive Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Peripheral Artery Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Kidney Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease, Pulmonary diseases (COPD, Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Pulmonary Hypertension) and Early Senile Dementia. Patients can call 866-216-5710 or visit http://www.regenocyte.com for information or consultation.
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      I may want to contact this number for my research. 
  • Therapeutic, addressed physicians from around the world with a presentation on patients treated with pre-engineered Adult Stem Cells. In the presentation,
  • "This is the logical next step in harnessing the regenerative power of stem cells. This will be the next phase in turning science into medicine
  • PET scans confirm that Adult Stem Cells have the ability to engraft themselves into areas damaged by myocardial infarction (heart attacks) and turn into viable new heart muscle.
  • "Three months after treatment, cardiac nuclear scans of the areas treated reveal reversal of damage. We have been able to take patients off the transplant list, and we have been doing it consistently."
  • physicians at the Dominican Republic division of Regenocyte announced clinical results of a 46-year-old patient with pulmonary hypertension who was treated with Adult Stem Cells. His pulmonary artery mean pressure went from 41mmHg (severe pulmonary hypertension) to 24 mmHg (normal) in six months.
  • The patient's saturations are now consistently high and he no longer needs to be supplemented with oxygen continuously or considered for a lung transplant. Another patient was successfully treated for cardiac sequelae of Fabry's Disease, and is also no longer considered for heart transplant.
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    A clinical essay on the use of stem cells on regrowing certain organs and its cit-effects. Is it more dangerous to use stem cells research? Does the benefits out weigh the risks of the procedures? 
Daniel Opie

Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough - Telegraph - 0 views

  • The researchers injected stem cells from rats into the embryos of mice that had been genetically altered so they could not produce their own organs, creating mice that had rat organs.
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      If they are able to do this with animals what about humans? Is this ethical and effective.
  • The scientists claim the rat stem cells grew in the niche left by the absent mouse pancreas and so almost any organ could be produced in this way.
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  • If replicated using human stem cells, the technique could produce a way of treating diabetic patients by providing a way of replacing their pancreas
  • In reality researchers are not allowed to create human embryos that lack the ability to grow organs and so they hope to do the same using pigs.
  • They have, however, already managed to produce pigs that were able to generate human blood by injecting blood stem cells from humans into pig foetuses. He said: "For ethical reasons we cannot make an organ deficient human embryo and use it for blastocyst complementation. "So to make use of this system to generate human organs, we must use this technique using blastocysts of livestock animals such as pigs instead
  • Blastocyst complementation across species had never been tested before, but we have now shown that it can work."
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    This is discussing about using other animals to grow organs inside of those other animals.
Billy Gerchick

School Menus Get a Fresh Look - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    Article on how changing food standards at schools are impacting the philosophies in school cafeterias.
jeremy jakubowski

The death of Steve Myer - 0 views

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    A private inventor claiming to have developed a method to modify a modern day car to run on water was killed.
jeremy jakubowski

Bushes March 2001 energy speech - 0 views

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    Very interesting article on Former presidents view on the energy crisis. I think I am going to use this
jeremy jakubowski

Whitehouse blueprint to the energy plan - 0 views

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    Covers the united states goal and plan for energy consumption.
jeremy jakubowski

Hybrids sales/ Vehicle adoption - 0 views

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    A student from Harvard wrote a study paper on adopting hybrid vehicles.
jeremy jakubowski

Hybrid car sales statistics - 0 views

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    Believe it or not, this is the best vehicle sale statistic site that I can find. I am bookmarking this now and I will continue to keep looking.
Robert Harrison

Is year-round football putting boys behind girls in line for college? - ESPN - 0 views

  • Fact 1: Enthusiasm for football has never been higher -- not just for the NFL, but with young boys and teens. Participation in prep football has increased 21 percent in the past 20 years, by nearly 200,000 boys per year, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. Many states have begun to allow what is essentially year-round football practice. Youth-league tackle football is expanding. American boys are devoting more time and effort to football than ever before.
  • Fact 2: In higher education, student populations are increasingly female. Twenty years ago, there were more men in college than women. Now there are more women, and the ratio of college women to men is rising.
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    Boys are spending their time playing football while girls are taking the slots that are available otherwise occupied by males. This is on a rise and the country has noticed and made more year-round youth football tackle football. Football correlates with grades. 
Robert Harrison

ASU Athletics: Revenue & Expense Figures For 2006-2011 - House Of Sparky - 0 views

  • On many levels, considering the size and profile of the school, this could be considered a disappointment,
  • The first thing that catches the eye is the nearly $4-million drop in ticket sales from 2010 to 2011, that offset contribtuions and other revenue increases.
  • Overall, ASU's revenue of $55,294,113 was well below the conference median of $62.5-million (not including Utah or Colorado).
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  • Texas led all 227 schools with $150-million in revenue, and Coppin State trailed with $3.48-million
  • the overall margins have been in the red for four of the last five years.
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    This article shows the progress of ASU's football program in the last 5 years. 4 million drop in ticket sales, and revenue being low shows this program struggling but shows promise.
Robert Harrison

» Pac-10 Financials Show Little Athetics Profit - 0 views

  • Football Revenue: SEC ($49.9m) Big Ten ($40.6m) Pac-10 ($24.6m) ACC ($20.9m)
  • the average size of football stadium in each conferences lines up in exactly the same order: SEC (78,348) Big Ten (75,447) Pac-10 (64,546) ACC (58,880)
  • Football Revenue Univ of Washington $33,919,639.00 Arizona State $29,587,236.00 Univ of Oregon $29,505,906.00 Univ of Southern California $29,080,117.00 Univ of Arizona $24,398,253.00
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  • Football Expenses Univ of Southern California $20,820,468.00 Univ of Washington $19,207,560.00 Univ of California, Berkeley $18,519,523.00 Univ of Oregon $18,071,012.00 Arizona State $17,977,987.00 Stanford Univ $17,236,945.00 Univ of California, Los Angeles $15,261,681.00 Univ of Arizona $13,685,931.00
  • Football Expenses: SEC ($20m) Big Ten ($17.9m) Pac-10 ($16.2m) ACC ($14.8m)
  • Football Profit Univ of Washington $14,712,079.00 Arizona State $11,609,249.00 Univ of Oregon $11,434,894.00 Univ of Arizona $10,712,322.00
  • Football Profit: SEC ($29.9m) Big Ten ($22.7m) Pac-10 ($8.4m) ACC ($6m)
  • Athletic Dept Profit Univ of Oregon $9,753,014.00 Oregon State $2,943,398.00 Univ of Washington $2,393,812.00 Washington State $1,306,254.00 Univ of Arizona $1,199,802.00 Arizona State $0.00
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    An ASU and U of A comparison of football revenue, expenses, and profit. They also compare their schools in the division to other divisions. 
Robert Harrison

Northern Arizona University Football - Title IX College Sports - 0 views

  • he Northern Arizona University Football sports team has 89 men
  • 1 head coach(es), 10 assistant coach(es), and total revenues of $2,617,797, total expenses of $2,617,797 and profits of $0
  • Enrolled Percent Men41%Enrolled Percent Women59%In-State Tuition (2009-2010)$6,632Out-of-State Tuition (2009-2010)$17,858Acceptance Rate74%Average SAT (Combined Score)1560
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    This is just a article of facts about NAU football like revenue, Enrolled percent male/female, and in-state/ out of state tuition. Good on statistics and overall information of my research.
Robert Harrison

Northern Arizona Athletics - NauAthletics.com - 0 views

  • Other improvements and renovations include: * For the players: New locker rooms and improved training and weight rooms * For the media, staff and coaches: A new press box with elevator access and new, upgraded administrative offices * For the fans: New entryways, concourse areas, restrooms, enhanced retail space and new, more comfortable seating that allows for an enhanced viewing experience
  • 2010 Football Budget Expenses        Scholarships                1,198,000 Salary and Benefits     532,000 Operational Costs       618,000 Total Expenses          2,348,000
  • Revenues Gate Receipts              138,000 Guarantees                  320,000 Donations                    45,000 State Support              365,000 Institutional Support   1,480,000 Total Revenue           2,348,000
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  • Football self generates approximately $500,000 and our goal is to increase this to 50% of expenses or 1.1 million dollars.
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    Article talks about the improvements and renovations it has done to the Skydome at NAU. (J.L. Walkup Skydome). Not making as much as brother and sister universities like ASU or U of A in football, have done well to keep the expenses and earnings level.
Robert Harrison

Sun Devil Stadium, Frank Kush Field - Arizona State University Official Athletic Site - 0 views

  • Roughly 70 to 75 percent of ASU's Intercollegiate Athletics revenue is derived from Sun Devil Football
  • he financial catalyst that will generate the department's projected Fiscal Year 2000 $26 million operating budget.
  • It is this revenue that supports ASU's 21 men's and women's sports.
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  • ASU has plans for further improvements to Sun Devil Stadium, including a concourse expansion, improved food-service facilities, improved restroom facilities, adding chair backs to 20,000 existing seats, and making Americans with Disability Act improvements
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    This article shows how important football is the Universities more importantly ASU. Using that they look into the future of remodeling Sun Devil Stadium.
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