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Stephania D

Green Countries - 0 views

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Countries water polllution

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  • China in particular has long argued that it is too poor to afford the Western luxury of environmental awareness.
  • China ranks last among 15 nations in its income group (the fifth decile), behind Vietnam. If Colombia, the group's leader, can afford environmental concern, why can't China?
  • China fares slightly better in protecting its habitat but much worse in measures of industrial ills.
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  • One conclusion to be drawn from the Yale-Columbia project is the need for better data, which requires funds.
  • Experiences like the recent biofuels surge, which is driving up food prices, show how treacherous even well-intentioned decisions about the environment can be when they're uninformed.
  • The same holds for consumers, who sometimes think paying somebody to plant a few trees will compensate for flying around the world in airplanes.
  • For such decisions, data are essential. If we're going to avoid squandering our natural resources, the quicker we begin to rely more on facts and less on assumptions, the better.
  • Some countries simply lie or make up the facts.
  • Today's Russian bureaucrats may still be fudging its environmental figures.
  • Among the worst offenders were Japan, South Korea, Brazil, the United States, Italy and Paraguay.
  • (While there are good comparative data on ozone, smog also includes nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxides and other components that are poorly tracked in most nations.) Among the best industrial countries were Malaysia, the United Kingdom and all of Eastern Europe (a legacy of the Soviet nuclear program).
    • Stephania D
      Stephania D on 10 Dec 08
       
      desert nations how trouble with water supplies. Israel looks better than other nations.
  • Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, which have more severe water problems.
  • Brazil is another country whose high rank—34th—is deceptive.
  • Brazil is a vast land blessed with an abundance of water, which yields energy relatively cheaply with no carbon emissions
  • Brazil is now the world's fourth biggest emitter of carbon, mainly due to the felling of trees.
  • By contrast, Belgium and the Netherlands, which share much in terms of population and geography with their neighbors, suffer from neglect of the environment—particularly in protecting native habitats.
  • Stephania D on 03 Dec 08
     
    The countries doing worst and best with water pollution
Minjie Kim

Behaviorism - 0 views

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bahaviorism psychology behaviorists

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  • philosophical position that says that psychology, to be a science, must focus its attentions on what is observable
    • Minjie Kim
      Minjie Kim on 04 Dec 08
       
      while most psychology is about what is not observable, this states that behaviorism deals with what is. ^.^
  • reflexology, and defined it as the objective study of stimulus-response connections
  • unconditioned stimulus and an unconditioned response -- a reflex
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  • neutral stimulus with the reflex by presenting it with the unconditioned stimulus
  • conditioned response
  • spontaneous recovery strongly suggests that the habit has been there all alone
  • extinction
  • first signal system is where the conditioned stimulus (a bell) acts as a “signal” that an important event is to occur
  • cond signal system is when arbitrary symbols come to stand for stimuli, as they do in human language.
  • The law of exercise
  • The law of effect.
Paloma Gomez

Dead dog as art - Opinion - 0 views

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shared by Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08 - Cached
  • When asked to provide an explanation for his actions Vargas claimed that this so called "art exhibit" was his way of paying respect to his friend who had died recently after he was attacked by two Rottweilers guarding a shop which his friend had been burglarizing.Upon reading through a few of the comments and blogs, I found that there were several threats against the artist, saying that he should be tortured and allowed to die just as the dog. However, no one mentions anything about the spectators. I am in no way defending Vargas's actions, I am however disgusted at the idea that no one attempted to rescue the dog. Pictures show people standing close enough to get a good look yet far enough away to escape any responsibility for the suffering the dog was clearly enduring. The stray dog is more alive today then he was the day he stood as a spectacle of suffering and selfishness. This story has gotten the attention of people everywhere, and rightfully so
    • Paloma Gomez
      Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
       
      tell alittle bit of the reason the so called artist tied up the dog and tell that the dog is still living today
  • What everyone is forgetting is that the controversy around this is exactly what he was getting at with his statement everyone cares about a dog that was going to starve on its own anyways, nobodys cares about the millions of people starving around the world every day or even the dogs starving in his home country its like everyone just saw the words starving dog and immediatly jumped to death threats
    • Paloma Gomez
      Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
       
      other people believe that what the so called artist did was a good way to make a statement
  • Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
     
    tell alittle bit of the reason the so called artist tied up the dog and tell that the dog is still living today
Kate L

The Energy Story - Chapter 15: Solar Energy - 0 views

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energy thermal resources

shared by Kate L on 03 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Solar energy can also be used to make electricity.
  • solar power plants, like the one in the picture to the right in California's Mojave Desert, use a highly curved mirror called a parabolic trough to focus the sunlight on a pipe running down a central point above the curve of the mirror.
  • mirror focuses the sunlight to strike the pipe
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  • gets so hot that it can boil water into steam
  • team can then be used to turn a turbine to make electricity.
  • California's Mojave desert, there are huge rows of solar mirrors arranged in what's called "solar thermal power plants"
  • this idea to make electricity for more than 350,000 homes
  • problem with solar energy is that it works only when the sun is shining
  • cloudy days and at night, the power plants can't create energy.
  • solar plants, are a "hybrid" technology
  • daytime they use the sun
  • night and on cloudy days they burn natural gas to boil the water so they can continue to make electricity.
  • form of solar power plants to make electricity is called a Central Tower Power Plant, like the one to the right - the Solar Two Project.
  • Sunlight is reflected off 1,800 mirrors circling the tall tower
  • mirrors are called heliostats
  • move and turn to face the sun all day long
  • light is reflected back to the top of the tower in the center of the circle where a fluid is turned very hot by the sun's rays.
  • luid can be used to boil water
  • make steam to turn a turbine and a generator.
  • We can also change the sunlight directly to electricity using solar cells.
  • Solar cells are also called photovoltaic cells
  • PV cells for short
  • be found on many small appliances
  • calculators
  • even on spacecraft
  • first developed in the 1950s for use on U.S. space satellites
  • made of silicon, a special type of melted sand.
  • sunlight strikes the solar cell, electrons (red circles) are knocked loose
  • move toward the treated front surface (dark blue color)
  • electron imbalance is created between the front and back
  • two surfaces are joined by a connector, like a wire, a current of electricity occurs between the negative and positive sides.
  • individual solar cells are arranged together in a PV module and the modules are grouped together in an array.
  • arrays are set on special tracking devices to follow sunlight all day long.
  • electrical energy from solar cells can then be used directly
  • used in a home for lights and appliances
  • in a business
  • Solar energy can be stored in batteries to light a roadside billboard at night
  • energy can be stored in a battery for an emergency roadside cellular telephone when no telephone wires are around.
  • Kate L on 03 Dec 08
     
    Solar/ thermal energy
Kate L

Zero Energy House - Front View on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - 0 views

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solar-powered house

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  • Kate L on 08 Dec 08
     
    This is Catawba Valley Habitat for Humanity's Zero Energy House in the Ridgeview Neighborhood of Hickory, North Carolina. It is considered to be the first Zero Energy home in the entire state. Built in cooperation with Appalachian State University in Boone, the ZEH features passive solar heating, photovoltaic panels, solar hot water heater, rainwater collection for garden use, icynene insulation, polar wall insulated siding, and a geothermal heat pump. As in all of their houses, CV Habitat used 2x6 exterior walls for more insulation, compact flourescent bulbs, high power exhaust fans in the bath, and low-e windows. Working with Advanced Energy (based in Raleigh, NC), CV Habitat also had the heating and cooling bills guaranteed at $17/month, which is not too far below the average for the other houses they build. The ZEH was was finished in Sept. 2005, remained open for a year as an office and educational venue, and was finally dedicated and turned over to a homeowner in early Oct. 2006.
Carlen Hodgson

Off-Season Basketball Coaching, Coach's Clipboard Playbook - 0 views

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  • As coaches, we expect our players to work in the off-season and make improvements. But what about us as coaches... what are we doing in the off-season to help our team and to improve ourselves as coaches?
  • Maintain balance in your personal life. Right after the season is over, step back and forget about it for a couple weeks. Take time for your family and friends, relax, enjoy life and your time away from the gym.
  • We already discussed re-evaluating your system, plays, players, etc. Make the necessary adjustments, if any, that you think will help next season. Think about your goals for the upcoming season. Now is the time to create a master practice plan, if you find that helpful.
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  • state athletic associations have rules as to how much time you can spend with your players in the off-season, so make sure you understand the rules first. The off-season is a good time to try to correct individual shooting technique and other fundamental errors.
  • he off-season is a good time to experiment with your players. If you have a few team camps and scrimmages, now is the time to try a player in a new role or a new position... for example, moving a player into the post, or a wing player to the point guard position, etc. The off-season is also a good time to try out a new offense or defense. But I wouldn't show all my favorite plays in scrimmages. Finally... let's go back to our first discussion point. Play a little golf, go fishing, take a family trip, etc. Enjoy the off-season!
Tucker Haydon

Australian Crocodiles info. - 0 views

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  • There are two kinds of crocodile in Australia.
  • They live in the hot north of Australia.
  • Crocodile scales have become thick skin
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  • the Estuarine, a saltwater crocodile
  • Johnsons, a freshwater crocodile
  • Both are found in the hot, tropical northern part of the continent.
  • The Estuarine crocodile, while it can live in salt water, is able to go quite far up river into fresh water. It is one of the most dangerous of all the crocodile family, being the biggest and heaviest. It grows to between 4 and 7 metres long.
  • The Johnsons crocodile lives mostly in freshwater, but can also live in salt water. It grows up to 3 metres long. It is considered to be dangerous even though it is not known for attacking humans.
  • ong narrow snouts
  • 4th tooth of the lower jaw is outside when the mouth is closed
  • 50-80 eggs
  • 90 days until the eggs hatch.
Ann Thomas

The Health Benefits of Owning a Cat: Pets Reduce Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, and Othe... - 0 views

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  • Cat ownership helps children to learn responsibility and develop a greater capacity for empathy at an early age. In addition, pets provide unconditional love and acceptance, which can help children through difficult times.
  • Cats also offer protection against certain physical conditions. If adopted before or shortly after a child is born, owning a cat reduces the risk of developing animal allergies, asthma, and possibly other illnesses as well. One study found that children living with pets were 13-18% less likely to miss school due to illness than children without pets. Researchers who measured the salivary immunologobulin levels of young pet owners found that their immune function was less likely to be in the sub-normal range than that of non-pet-owners. Additionally, cats can provide particular therapeutic benefits for children with conditions such as autism, especially those who suffer from motor coordination problems.
  • and cat owners tend to have lower triglycerides, which reduces their risk of developing and dying from cardiovascular disease.
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  • Pet ownership has also been shown to boost the levels of mood-regulating neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin. As such, pets can reduce feelings of loneliness, anxiety, depression, and other negative states.
  • Elderly people are particularly likely to benefit from the health-protective effects of cat ownership. Those with cats are less inclined to suffer heart attacks, their blood pressure is lower on average, they report less tension and stress, and they live longer overall.
  • A University of Minnesota study of 4,435 people found that those who did not own cats were 30-40% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease, even if they owned dogs.
  • Ann Thomas on 03 Dec 08
     
    Owning cat can provide psychological and physical health benefits, particularly for children, seniors, and those with medical conditions or disabilities. Cat ownership helps children to learn responsibility and develop a greater capacity for empathy at an early age. In addition, pets provide unconditional love and acceptance, which can help children through difficult times. Cats also offer protection against certain physical conditions. If adopted before or shortly after a child is born, owning a cat reduces the risk of developing animal allergies, asthma, and possibly other illnesses as well. One study found that children living with pets were 13-18% less likely to miss school due to illness than children without pets. Researchers who measured the salivary immunologobulin levels of young pet owners found that their immune function was less likely to be in the sub-normal range than that of non-pet-owners. Additionally, cats can provide particular therapeutic benefits for children with conditions such as autism, especially those who suffer from motor coordination problems. and cat owners tend to have lower triglycerides, which reduces their risk of developing and dying from cardiovascular disease. Pet ownership has also been shown to boost the levels of mood-regulating neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin. As such, pets can reduce feelings of loneliness, anxiety, depression, and other negative states. Elderly people are particularly likely to benefit from the health-protective effects of cat ownership. Those with cats are less inclined to suffer heart attacks, their blood pressure is lower on average, they report less tension and stress, and they live longer overall. A University of Minnesota study of 4,435 people found that those who did not own cats were 30-40% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease, even if they owned dogs.
Minjie Kim

Thought processes - 0 views

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thought process . psychology reasoning

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  • Cogito ergo sum (I think therefore I am)
  • reasoning and problem solving
  • deductive, inductive or abductive
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  • Deductive reasoning involves deciding what must be true given the rules of logic
  • Inductive reasoning involves deciding what is likely
  • Deductive reasoning derives the logically necessary conclusion from the given premises.
  • it can lead to a logical conclusion which conflicts with our knowledge of the world
  • Human deduction is at its poorest when truth and validity clash
  • people bring their knowledge of the real world into the reasoning process
  • Induction is generalizing from cases we have seen to infer information about cases we haven't
  • In the absence of counter examples, all that we can do is gather evidence to support our inductive inference
  • Abduction reasons from a fact to the action that caused it
  • can lead to unreliability as an action preceding an event can be wrongly attributed as the cause of the event.
  • Problem solving is the process of finding a solution to an unfamiliar task
  • Gestalt theory and the problem space theory.
  • productive problem solving involves insight and restructuring of the problem
  • productive and reproductive
  • Reproductive problem solving draws on previous experiences
  • Reproductive problem solving could be a hindrance to finding a solution
  • theory says that problem solving centers around the problem space.
  • People solve novel problems by mapping knowledge in a similar known domain, to it
  • people miss analogous information unless it is semantically close to the problem domain.
    • Minjie Kim
      Minjie Kim on 04 Dec 08
       
      doesn't this basically say that humans are quite narrow minded, and fail to see a connection between two things unless it's right in front of them??
Minjie Kim

Unconscious Thought Processes | in Chapter 03: States of Consciousness | from Psycholog... - 0 views

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Unconscious Thought Processes thought process psychology

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  • 1. Mental activity is unconscious if people are unaware of it. For example, you might tap your toe to music without realizing it. 2. Something is unconscious if it happens without effort. For example, in speaking, you retrieve most words in your everyday vocabulary quickly and smoothly, without conscious effort. 3. An unconscious action is one that is unintended. For example, you might accidentally call one person by another person's name. 4. An unconscious mental process is autonomous (runs by itself, without conscious attention). For example, you set your alarm to 7 a.m. and find yourself waking up at 6:59 a.m. 5. A behavior is unconscious if it resists conscious control, for example, a person might not be able to stop saying "um" or "you know" despite trying.
  • the fourth-being autonomous-seems to be the broadest
Janina Jose

Kids Search - powered by EBSCOhost: HAPPY NEW YEAR - 0 views

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  • Section: Festival The Lunar New Year is the most important festival of the Chinese year. It is the celebration to welcome the start of a new year and a festival of family reunion. Families who live apart come together to celebrate. Although outside the Chinese-speaking world (China, Taiwan, Singapore, and some parts of Malaysia) Chinese New Year is not a public holiday, people still celebrate with a family get-together and a special meal, either on Chinese New Year's Eve or on the first weekend after the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year is a family celebration that takes place in the home. The Chinese place particular importance on caring for the family. This is particularly true at the New Year Festival when the very young are treated specially because of their importance for the future, and the old are honored for their connection with the past. Public celebrations of Chinese New Year happen all over the world; cities with Chinese communities celebrate with Lion and Dragon Dances and parades with traditional costumes. They also welcome the new year with firecrackers. In China many places have traditional celebrations that last for several days. ~~~~~~~~By Sarah Moyse This article is copyrighted. All rights reserved.Source: Chinese New Year (0-7613-0374-X)
Carlen Hodgson

Bodybuilding.com - Mauro Di Pasquale - Cardio Training Guidelines For Basketball Players! - 0 views

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  • is crucial in order to build a solid base of conditioning. This type of training should be executed 3-4 days per week and can involve activities such as running, biking, hiking and swimming.
  • Running is extremely effective, but it is also extremely stressful if done over long periods and distances. Cross-Training is an effective method to use in order to get results with little risk to your body
  • . The stresses that the body encounters doing a variety of activities is more beneficial to the athlete than the stresses encountered by doing the same old, tired routine. Also, the risk of injury is greater if you only take part in one activity.
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  • Exercise Bike - 30-45 minutes. Jogging - 30 minutes. Stairmaster - 30 minutes. Aerobics Class - 30 minutes. Water Exercise - 30 minutes. Versa Climber - 30 minute
Paloma Gomez

"Artist" Leaves Dog To Die on Exhibition Display - Killing Animals as Form of Contempor... - 0 views

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  • A man who calls himself an artist ties a dog to a wall inside an art gallery. No, you heard me correctly - we're not talking about the night janitor who caught the starving animal littering the front steps of the gallery and decided to vent a lifetime of frustration by pulling off a ridiculously cruel stunt. We're talking about a man who calls himself an artist. His name is Guillermo Vargas Habacuc and the year is 2007. Guillermo is one of the artists taking part in an art exhibition that takes place at a Costa Rican gallery - pompously called "Centro Nacional de la Cultura" (National Center for Culture). He pays a bunch of kids to catch the street dog, which he cruelly baptizes "Natividad" (Spanish for "birth"). His aim is to make an artistic statement about the fragility and the misery in which all dogs - indeed, all human beings live, and he achieved just that by letting the dog starve to death tied to a wall, in plain view of the exhibition visitors, some of whom demanded futilely that the dog be released.
    • Paloma Gomez
      Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
       
      Tells how the man caught the dog and what he did once he put in on display
  • Paloma Gomez on 09 Dec 08
     
    Tell how the animal was caught and put on display... also tells what his explanation or reason is for doing what he did
HUNTER CRUCET

Drug Use In Sport. Steroids And Drug Abuse In Athletics. - 0 views

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athletics Drugs Steroids baseball football soccer tennis

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  • A Crisis In Swimming - A lot has been said and written about drugs in sport. With each passing year, there are more and more of athletes caught taking banned drugs/chemicals that enhance sport performance. In the recent Tour de France cycling race, almost half of the urine samples yielded traces of banned substances. An underlying inference is that anyone who tests positive for drugs is a cheat.
  • A lot has been said and written about drugs in sport. With each passing year, there are more and more of athletes caught taking banned drugs/chemicals that enhance sport performance. In the recent Tour de France cycling race, almost half of the urine samples yielded traces of banned substances. An underlying inference is that anyone who tests positive for drugs is a cheat.
  • hletes using steroids or hormones to add muscle are playing an even more dangerous game with their health, Wojtys says. And concerns are growing. One alarming study reported that adolescent use of steroids is on the rise, according to The National Institute on Drug Abuse
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      HUNTER CRUCET on 02 Dec 08
       
      this is what happens when you take steroids
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  • A recent study by McLean Hospital researchers has found widespread abuse of steroids and the use of other performance-enhancing drugs in many women bodybuilders. In addition, the study also found that many women bodybuilders suffer from eating disorders and other body image disorders.
robert meeker

How to Skydive - Skydiving, Equipment, History, Facts and Statistics - 0 views

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skydiving

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    • robert meeker
      robert meeker on 04 Dec 08
       
      this is a good site
  • well, almost. More often than not, the minimum age requirement for skydiving is 18 years old. However, there are some places that allow 16-year olds to participate in the sport.
  • First of all, if this is your first time sky diving, you will be given a lecture about the sport that would last for at least 4 hours.
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  • Aside from that, you will also get to try on the skydiving outfit and other equipment that can weigh as much as 35 pounds.
  • Those who weigh 200 to 230 pounds are very much welcome to sky dive as long as they are in good shape.
  • On the other hand, for those who are between 230 to 250 pounds may also sky dive provided that they in really good shape
  • Note that skydivers freefalling in a group just use their hands to tell each other about their situation. It’s just too noisy to talk!
  • a single jump is only limited to an 80-second freefall time.
  • To avoid injuries when landing, a sky diver must deploy his parachute around 2000 to 2500 feet.
  • The price of skydiving actually varies from one drop zone to another. More often than not, the price of the S/L course ranges from $120 to $150. Then, you also have to pay for the AFF course, which ranges from $250 to $300. And if you are still a beginner sky diver, don’t forget that you also have to pay for the tandem jump (when someone is strapped to you and controls the jump and landing), which is worth $140 up to $200.
  • Let this exhilarating moment be captured and prepare to pay additional $50 to $75.
Ann Thomas

Pets 911 - Pets, Dogs, Cats provide health benefits to humans - 0 views

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  • Ann Thomas on 03 Dec 08
     
    # Senior citizens who own pets actually need less medical attention than those that do not. # Pet owners typically have lower blood pressure than non-pet owners, and one study actually proved that with as little as 10 minutes with a pet can lower blood pressure significantly. # Pet owners have lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels than non-owners. # Pet owners have overall better physical health due to exercise with their pets. 70 percent of families surveyed reported an increase in family happiness and fun after acquiring a pet. # Children exposed to pets during their first year of life have a lower frequency of some allergies and asthma. # Children who suffer from autism have more pro social behaviors if they own a pet. # Owning a pet - especially a dog - helps children in families better adjust to the serious illness or death of a parent. # Pets decrease feelings of loneliness and isolation in their owners. # Having a pet may decrease heart attack mortality rates by 3 percent, which translates into 30,000 lives saved annually. # Positive self-esteem in children is enhanced if the child owns a pet. # Children owning pets are more likely to be involved in sports, hobbies, clubs or even chores. # Victims of AIDS who own a pet report less depression and reduced stress levels. # Many groups take therapy pets to visit residents of nursing homes, and the experience has shown to be a very positive one for both the pet and the individual. # The reverse is also true - the life of a pet is usually enhanced if its owner cares for it properly.
Diana Davis

Grolier Online - 0 views

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  • only living member of the family Phascolarctidae, in the order Diprodontia, class Mammalia.
  • eastern Australia
  • skull is flattened on the sides
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  • one offspring
  • live more than 10 years in the wild
  • slow moving and defenseless
  • Of the 350 species of eucalyptus, moreover, koalas will eat the leaves of only 20 and prefer those of just 5 species.
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      lora ardoin on 04 Dec 08
       
      hihi
  • its headquarters is in New York City.
  • The Montreal Canadiens have been the NHL's most successful team, winning the Stanley Cup 22 times through 2004.
  • the Edmonton Oilers, New England Whalers (now the Carolina Hurricanes), Quebec Nordiques (now the Colorado Avalanche), and Winnipeg Jets (now the Phoenix Coyotes). The NHL now has 30 teams.
  • The NHL was founded in 1917.
  • The most common type of ovarian cancer is epithelial, accounting for approximately 90% of all ovarian cancers. Epithelial ovarian cancers appear to arise from the surface of the ovary and spread by shedding cancer cells, which are then implanted throughout the lower abdomen. The disease usually spreads without notable symptoms, accounting for the fact that over 70% of epithelial ovarian cancers are diagnosed after the tumor has already spread beyond the ovaries. The other types of ovarian cancer are germ cell and sex cord–stromal tumors.
  • Epidemiologic studies have shown that risk factors for developing this cancer include increased age, never giving birth, infertility, a history of breast cancer or endometrial cancer, and a family history of ovarian cancer.
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      Kristine Abiera on 05 Dec 08
       
      ppl decorate with evergreen trees, mistle toe
    • Kristine Abiera
      Kristine Abiera on 05 Dec 08
       
      Western church-December 25 Eastern church-January 6 celebrated in a twelve-day festival
    • Kristine Abiera
      Kristine Abiera on 05 Dec 08
       
      Old English Christes Maesse history of christmas
  • Rap music is a combination of rhymed lyrics spoken over rhythm tracks and pieces of recorded music and sounds called samples, taken from older records.
    • Ariel Bonnee'
      Ariel Bonnee' on 09 Dec 08
       
      rap is rhymed lyrics spoken over rhythm tracks mixed together
  • Rap music is a combination of rhymed lyrics spoken over rhythm tracks and pieces of recorded music and sounds called samples, taken from older records.
  • Sara Espinosa on 03 Dec 08
     
    grolier
  • Beau Wells on 03 Dec 08
     
    the NFL's first superbowl winner
  • Diana Davis on 04 Dec 08
     
    telling about the most common ovarian cancerand how you might have a chance of getting it
Jilliane Velazco

Digital Sales Not Enough to Save Music Industry, says JupiterResearch | Tekrati Researc... - 0 views

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  • Digital music was a $1.3 billion business in 2007, but it still only comprised 10 percent of consumer music spending
  • compete with Apple and the future of music CD sales.
  • “The challenge remains for the industry to find new ways to compete with Apple, who remains the dominant player for portable media devices,”
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  • it will become even more critical to find new devices paradigms to capture consumer attention and new business models to sell content and services on those devices
  • iTunes and other online music retailers are also changing the way music is purchased. Hot and popular are now giving way to Independent artists who are just as likely and able to make their material available on iTunes and other internet resources.
  • Jilliane Velazco on 08 Dec 08
     
    apple is the most popular device/music player and it is hard for other companies to compete with apple and itunes
karen ponce

How the Early Pilgrims Celebrated Thanksgiving - 0 views

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  • t is a basic notion that during the 1600's, accurately in the year 1621, the English settlers and the Wampanoag Indians got together and shared a fantastic fall harvest feast to celebrate the bounty from the rich earth. Today this celebratory feast is acknowledged to be one of the first Thanksgiving festivities in the early days of the colonies. While that long ago feast is supposed by a lot of people to be the first Thanksgiving celebration, it was, in fact, part of a long existing custom of celebrating the seasonal harvest and giving thanks for a good bounty of crops that would last through the long hard winter. Many Native American tribes of what would be named America, including the Pueblo, Cherokee, Shawnee, Huron, Creek, Blackfoot and so many others would hold huge harvest festivals, consisting in ceremonial dances, races, games and other cheerful celebrations of gratefulness hundreds of years before the European peoples arrived. If you are like me, you are surely wondering the kind of meals served at the harvest feast. Historians, as usual, are not one hundred percent sure regarding it; however they are sure that pilgrims weren't eating pumpkin pies nor building castle towers with mashed potatoes. However, it is easy to think that the list of meat available during this period of time should surely include venison as well as several types wild poultry such as duck, goose as well as wild turkey. While there are hundreds of manuscripts describing such feast, the most detailed description of this celebration of late harvest date of 1621 and was written by a man called Edward Winslow. It is from his manuscript called "A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth" that historians have gleaned the greatest part of information about this first Thanksgiving celebration:
  • Although the first Thanksgiving dinners were not concentrated on the turkey; today's usual meal primarily focuses around this animal. During the 17th century, vegetables were not as important as of today, so the meal of this period of time included a lot of different meats. The many types of vegetables we take for granted today were not available to the colonists. Freezing methods did not exist; which means that the vegetable consumption was based on seasonal harvests. Because the colonists and Wampanoag tribe had no refrigeration in the 1600s, they dried a lot of their foods to preserve them. They would dry corn, wild boar hams, fish, venison, and many wild herbs.
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  • he brain is composed of: A.         The cerebrum, which is divided into two cerebral hemispheres. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and is divided into lobes where discrete functions occur. Higher reasoning takes place in the cerebrum. B.         The cerebellum, or little brain, located beneath the cerebrum. The cerebellum controls coordination and balance. C.         The brain stem, which is the lowest portion of the brain and connects to the spinal cord, controls involuntary functions essential for life, such as the beating of the heart and breathing. D.         The meninges, membranes that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. There are three meninges.
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    telling the different parts of the brain
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