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1. Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
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Get students thinking about how they can make a difference. Search the news for examples of kids helping others and discuss how and why their efforts made a difference. Ask students to share something-big or small-that they could do to help someone else. Based on their ideas and interests, encourage them to investigate possibilities for a class service project.

Titles to Try for Older Readers

What Elephants Know by Eric Dinerstein (Disney-Hyperion, 2016) is the story of Nandu, an orphaned boy who saves his community in southern Nepal by helping to establish an elephant breeding center.

Draw the Line by Laurent Linn (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2016) presents Adrian Piper, a gay teen who comes to realize that he can use his artistic talents to do more than just help himself cope when he witnesses a hate crime against another gay student.

2. Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaverasby Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of how the calaveras-festive skeletons is synonymous with Mexico's Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)-came to be. (ABRAMS, 2015. ARTWORK USED WITH PERMISSION. ABRAMSBOOKS.COM)

Engaging Readers

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Titles to Try for Older Readers

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Get students thinking about the power of names. Have them research the naming rites and rituals of Native American cultures. Ask students to think about their own names, their pet names, or nicknames and how they got them. Have them compare and contrast their own experiences to what they learned about Native American naming customs.

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4. Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood and illustrated by Sally Wern Comport is a story of trash to triumph and offers a message of music, hope, and perseverance.
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Have kids design and create original musical instruments out of items from the recycling bin. Start by investigating the science of sound and look at how different vibrating systems produce musical sounds. Let kids test available materials and sketch ideas for their instruments before they start building. After they build, strike up the band!

Titles to Try for Older Readers

Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly (Greenwillow Books, 2015) is about Apple, a Filipino American eighth-grader, who believes she can change her life by learning how to play the guitar.

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson (Candlewick, 2015) is the true story of a city under siege and of Dmitri Shostakovich, who wrote a symphony to rally and commemorate his fellow citizens.

5. In Going Home, Coming Home by Truong Tran and illustrated by Ann Phong, a young girl discovers she can call two places home when she visits her grandmother in Vietnam.
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Help students learn from their own families. Get students to discover family stories by having them interview an older relative, such as a grandparent or great aunt or uncle, who can share family memories. Have students craft open-ended questions that ask for descriptions of past celebrations, vacations, or milestones as well as simple biographical questions.

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Have students work together to write a group poem. Show students an object or an image and have them each write a phrase in response to what they see. Assemble the poem by having students read the lines they have each written one after another. Reassemble and edit the poem as many times as students like by changing the order lines are read. Or give small groups all the lines and see how many different poems emerge.

Titles to Try for Older Readers

Hypnotize a Tiger: Poems About Just About Everything by Calef Brown (Henry Holt and Co., 2015) is a bouncy collection of silliness that looks at everything from Catsup cats to UFOs to Royal Gravy.

A Fire In My Hands by Gary Soto (HMH Books for Young Readers, 2013) includes poems about universal human experiences and accompanying personal anecdotes about Soto's life.

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Help students understand that the terms Asian American and Asian Pacific American include a number of diverse cultures and peoples. Get students to challenge stereotypes and investigate who Asian Americans are. Have them create a world map that shows all the places from which Asian Americans hail, along with historic places in the U.S. where Asians and Pacific Islanders played a role in the heritage of the United States.

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Have students generate ideas for a passion project-something they want to know more about, learn how to do, or create. Guide them to resources and give them the time to develop their project and feel confident in their new knowledge so they can present their learning journey and products to peers and parents.

Titles to Try for Older Readers

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson (Dial Books, 2015) is a graphic novel adventure about Astrid who discovers a passion for roller derby as she and her best friend grow apart.

The Boys in the Boat (Viking, 2015) by Daniel James Brown is the true story of nine working class boys who overcame adversity to win a gold medal in rowing at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

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Pretending to be someone else activates imaginations and exercises language skills. Have students talk about the expression "walking in someone else's shoes." Ask students to think about how they can use their imaginations to learn about and understand the experiences of others. Have them generate a list of "shoes to walk in," research related issues, and come up with ways they can communicate their new understanding.

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11. School's First Day of School by Adam Rex with pictures by Christian Robinson, explores the first day at Frederick Douglas School from the anxious school building's point of view.
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In Fish In a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2015), Ally's new teacher helps her understand that everybody is smart in different ways.

Fight to Learn: The Struggle to Go to School by Laura Scandiffio (Annick Press, 2016) describes learning obstacles faced by children worldwide.

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Meet Martina Flores.

Martina knows that education is important and that it will help her be successful in life. But with the rising costs of a college education, obtaining a degree seems almost impossible.

In this episode of "Continuing Fed-ucation," we're going to discuss:

investing in human capital;

factors to consider when choosing a college; and

ways to fund higher education.

Economists use the word investment to refer to spending on capital, which can be either physical capital such as tools and equipment, or human capital such as education and training.

Investment in Human Capital is the effort that people put into acquiring education, training and experience to increase their productivity and earn higher income.

Martina is debating between a career as an elementary school teacher or a computer programmer. Either career requires a college degree. She has to decide which career is best for her and what college to attend.

There are some important points Martina should consider when she makes her decisions. One source of career information is The Occupational Outlook Handbook on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.

Martina visits the BLS website and learns that in 2012 an elementary school teacher with a 4-year degree earned a median annual salary of $53,090, while a computer programmer with a 4-year degree earned a median annual salary of $74,280. She also learns that the expected job growth for elementary teachers over the next decade is 12 percent and for computer programmers, job growth is 8 percent.

Although the expected salary is lower, Martina really enjoys working with children and thinks she would prefer a teaching career. Now, Martina moves on to her next decision: What college should she attend? There are some important things for Martina to consider here as well. One is return on investment.

Return on investment, or "ROI," is a term used in relation to a financial investment such as the purchase of a stock or bond. Return on investment tells us how well the investment performed. In this case, we use the term "ROI" to think about the cost of 4 years of college in relation to the potential income that could be earned.

Martina knows her expected income from her visit to the BLS site but now she needs to consider the financial costs of attending college? Should she attend a public or a private university?

Between 2009 and 2013, the average cost of attending a 4-year public university including tuition, room and board was $65,238, while the average cost of attending a 4-year private university was $132,853.

Given Martina's projected median income should she only consider public universities? Not necessarily, but she should consider cost.

Of course, a lot depends on whether Martina has scholarships and grants or whether she has to pay the full cost herself, which might require student loans. How should Martina decide which university to attend?

Some of the criteria she should consider are the student to teacher ratio, the qualifications of the professors, the types of organizations and clubs available, job placement services, and the school's location. These factors-and many more-will contribute to Martina's experience and could affect her probability of graduating from college and landing a good job.

Martina thinks Public University, is a better choice for her. It is a good fit with high-quality faculty, lots of organizations and clubs in which she is interested, excellent job placement services, and a convenient location. And, because the cost is lower the return on her investment is likely to be higher.

So now she needs to determine how to pay for her education. Along with scholarships and grants, she can use a combination of these methods: pre-funding, post-funding and funding from current earnings. Pre-funding is saving money ahead of time. Post-funding means taking out student loans that must be repaid after graduation. And funding from current earnings is paying for college with the income from a current job.

Martina is lucky that her parents started saving money when she was younger. They opened a college savings account under her name and contributed money to it annually. However, the amount Martina's parents saved is not enough to cover the full cost of college; so, Martina will need a loan.

She could acquire a federal loan or a private loan. Federal loans are made by the U.S. Treasury and have slightly more flexible repayment plans. Martina found good information about federal student loans at this site: Studentaid.ed.gov. Private loans are made by private banks, and have slightly higher interest rates than federal loans.

Using her college savings with a college loan, Martina can pay for her tuition and room and board. But she'll have additional expenses such as books, gasoline and personal spending money.

She's decided to look for a part-time job that gives her the flexibility to attend classes. By thinking through all of these considerations, Martina can earn the degree she wants at a reasonable cost.

College is an investment and there are risks. Making careful choices about what college to attend and how to pay for it reduces the risk. And, college pays off-those with a college degree have greater lifetime earnings than those with a high school diploma, and they are less likely to be unemployed.

Visit stlouisfed.org for more information on these and other economic topics.

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Male: Great Pizza!

Male Credit Card: Is it worth $2,000?

Male: Huh?

Female: I didn't say anything.

Male Credit Card: I DID!

Male: Who are you?

Male Credit Card: I'm the credit card you just used to pay for that $2,000 pizza.

Male: What are you talking about? It only cost $9.95!

Male Credit Card: Yeah, IF you paid it off within the grace period... but you only pay the minimum due.

Male Credit Card: AND you've almost MAXED OUT your $500 credit limit... Mostly on Pizza and other impulse purchases!

Male Credit Card: So if you just keep paying the minimum, it will take you 267 months to pay me off! And all those little charges will wind up costing you $2,129! *based on an 18.9% APR

Female: Ha! We'd better enjoy this pizza! You'll be paying for it for 22 years!

Female Credit Card: I wouldn't talk if I were you.

Male: Who's that?

Female: Uh, Oh! That's my credit card!

Female Credit Card: That's right! And you owe about $3,000 on me!

Female: That's not so bad, is it?

Female Credit Card: No, except you only make minimum payments too!

Female Credit Card: That means you'll be paying for that smart watch about two decades after it has gone out of style. By then that $3,000 balance will have cost you $12,774! *based on an 18.9% APR

Male: So you're saying we shouldn't use credit?

Male Credit Card: Not at All! Credit cards are a powerful tool when you let them work for you!

Female Credit Card: Credit cards are handy and safe for on-line purchases, and we can be a lifesaver in an emergency. We help you establish the good credit that will help you purchase important things, like a car or home.

Male Credit Card: Use credit within your budget and try to stay away from impulse purchases!

Male: Like food?

Female: And clothes?

Male Credit Card: It's fine to use us for a special celebration...

Female Credit Card: or to buy a suit for important interviews!

Male Credit Card: But remember to think before you spend and stay within your budget! Here are some simple guidelines for managing your credit.

1. Have credit cards, but manage them responsibly.
2. Pay your bills on time.
3. Keep balances low on credit cards and other "revolving credit."
4. Pay off debt rather than moving it around to other credit cards.
5. Don't open a lot of new accounts too rapidly.
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Feline Reactions to Bearded Men

by Catherine Maloney, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, Sarah J. Lichtblau, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois Nadya Karpook, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Carolyn Chou, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Anthony Arena-DeRosa, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Abstract

Cats were exposed to photographs of bearded men. The beards were of various sizes, shapes, and styles. The cats' responses were recorded and analyzed.

Findings of Prior Investigators

Boone (1958) found inconclusive results in studying feline reactions to clean-shaven men. O'Connor and Brynner (1990) found inconclusive results in studying feline reactions to shaven heads. Quant (1965) found inconclusive results in studying feline reactions to bangs. Seuss (1955) found inconclusive results in studying feline reactions to hats. Ciccone (1986) found inconclusive results in studying feline reactions to hairy legs. Other related studies (Smith/Brothers 1972, Conroy 1987, Schwartzenegger 1983) have since been retracted because the investigators were not able to reproduce their results.

Norquist (1988) performed a series of experiments in which cats were exposed to photographs of Robert Bork[1] (not pictured here), a man whose beard is confined largely to the underside of the jaw. After viewing the Bork photograph, 26% of the cats exhibited paralysis of the legs and body, including the neck. An additional 31% of the cats exposed to the Bork photograph showed other types of severe neurological and/or pulmocardial distress and/or exhibited extremely violent behavior. Because of this, we did not include a photograph of this type of bearded man in our study.

Materials

Five photographs were used in the study. The photographs, reproduced here, display a range of different types of bearded men. (As noted above, one type of bearded man was, however, excluded from use in this study.)

The test subjects were female cats, all between the ages of four and six. 214 cats participated in the study. Three cats died during the study, due to causes unrelated to the bearded men. Fifteen cats gave birth while viewing the photographs.[2]

Methods

Each cat was exposed to the photographs. One photograph was shown at a time. Each photograph was visible for a span of twenty seconds. The photographs were presented in the same order to each cat.

While each cat was viewing the photographs, it was held by a laboratory assistant. To ensure that the cats were not influenced by stroking or other unconscious cues from the assistant, the assistant was anesthetized prior to each session. The cats' reactions were assessed for changes in pulse rate, respiration, eye dilation, fur shed rate, and qualitative behavior.

Results

The results are presented in Table 1. The quantitative results are average values calculated over the entire feline subject population. The qualitative results are broken out by percentages of the subject population.

Table 1



Pulse Rate:

Runkel:         +42%

Crafts:        unchanged

Despradelle:   +87%

Pritchett:     +2%

Wiener:        unchanged



Respiration:

Runkel:        +186%

Crafts:        unchanged

Despradelle:   +317%

Pritchett:     + 3%

Wiener:        unchanged



Eye Dilation:

Runkel:        +23%

Crafts:        +1%

Despradelle:   +31%

Pritchett:     +3%

Wiener:        unchanged



Fur Shed Rate:

Runkel:        +12%

Crafts:        unchanged

Despradelle:   +19%

Pritchett:     +2%

Wiener:        unchanged



Qualitative Behavior:

Runkel:

          52% attacked photograph; hissing; spitting;

                generally agitated behavior.

          34% fled.

          14% had no visible response.

Crafts:

          2% attacked photograph.

          1% fled.

          1% licked photograph.

          94% had no visible response.



Despradelle:

          79% attacked photograph; hissing; spitting;

                generally violent, agitated behavior; chaotic

                tail twitch; screeching; incontinence.

          19% fled.

          2% had no visible response.

Pritchett:

          7% attacked photograph.

          1% fled.

          91% had no visible response.



Wiener:        (100%) No visible response.

Interpretation

1. Cats do not like men with long beards, especially long dark beards.

2. Cats are indifferent to men with shorter beards.

3. Cats are confused and/or disturbed by men with beards that are incomplete (e.g., Bork) and to a lesser degree by men whose beards have missing parts (e.g., Crafts).

These interpretations are not categorical. They are subject to several obvious qualifications. The most notable are listed below.

Qualification A. This study excluded photographs of men with beards confined largely to the underside of the jaw (see above discussion of Robert Bork). While data are available from studies conducted by other investigators, those studies made use of a different methodology than the one we used in our study. We are therefore hesitant to interpret our findings in light of the "Bork" findings, or vice versa.

Qualification B. This study was conducted with photographs of bearded men. In a future study we intend to investigate feline responses to animate bearded men. A large number of factors might produce significantly different results in the two studies. In particular, there has been speculation that bearded men produce pheromones which could have a significant effect on cats.[3]

Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank The MIT Museum Collection for allowing us to use photographs from its Bearded Men Collection and for generously granting permission to reproduce the photographs as part of this research report. Special thanks to Sally Beddow for assistance in selecting appropriate photographs (the Collection includes more than 71,000 photographs of bearded men) and to Warren Seamans and Kathy Thurston. Special thanks also to Lisa Yane for coordinating the scheduling, travel and housing arrangements for the feline subjects and for obtaining medical clearances in connection with anesthetizing the research assistant.

Notes

1. Bork was a nominee to the United States Supreme Court. Because of Bork's distinctive beard, his photograph has been used in reaction studies with dogs, rats, and planaria (flatworms) and in bombardment studies with pigeons.

2. We excluded all data pertaining to the fifteen cats who gave birth while viewing the photographs. The reproducibility of the GAVE BIRTH/DID NOT GIVE BIRTH data will be addressed in a separate, future study.

3. Photographs do not, of course, produce pheromones, but they do emanate airborne scents derived from chemicals used in the photo developing process. Our study with animate bearded men will employ a strategy to eliminate this imbalance: before being shown to the cats, each bearded man will be immersed in a photochemical bath.

Bibliography

Boone, Patrick, "Cat Reactions to Clean-Shaven Men," in Western Musicology Journal, March/April 1958, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 4-21.

Ciccone, Madonna Louise, "Feline Responses to Hairy Legs," in Midwestern Sociological Review, January 1986, vol. 32, no. 1, pp 51-79.

Conroy, Gary, "Feline Responses to Ponytails," in Urban Sociology Review, November 25, 1987, vol. 21, no. 36, pp. 302-321.

Norquist, Winthrop Grover, "Feline Reactions to Supreme Court Nominees," in Journal of Feline Forensic Studies, vol. 12, no. 8, August 1988, pp. 437-450.

O'Connor, Sinead, and Brynner, Y., "Feline Responses to Shaven Heads," in Journal of Head Trauma, May 30, 1990, vol. 42, no. 17, pp. 309-324.

Quant, Mary, "Cat Responses to Bangs," in Tonsological Proceedings, May 1965, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 251-262.

Schwartzenegger, A., "A Study of How Cats Respond to Body Hair," in Mind/Body Review, December 1983, vol. 3, no. 12, pp. 25-108.

Seuss, Doctor, "Feline Responses to Hats," in Veterinary Developmental Studies, July 1955, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 54-62.

Smith, J., and Brothers, Joyce, "Feline Responses to Healthy Adults," in Health Advice, September 1972, vol. 51, no. 9, pp. 32-33.

NOTE: After this report was published, the authors continued their research.
A later report (including newly discovered historical photos of cats reacting to Abraham Lincoln, Csar Nicholas, and others) can be seen in the Sept./Oct. 1999 issue (vol. 5, no. 5) of the Annals of Improbable Research.
And still further reports appear in many of the subsequent issues of the magazine. Also see the report Feline Reactions to Bearded Men of Beard Type #55G.

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Rare photo of the elusive tree octopus
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The Pacific Northwest tree octopus ( Octopus paxarbolis) can be found in the temperate rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula on the west coast of North America. Their habitat lies on the Eastern side of the Olympic mountain range, adjacent to Hood Canal. These solitary cephalopods reach an average size (measured from arm-tip to mantle-tip,) of 30-33 cm. Unlike most other cephalopods, tree octopuses are amphibious, spending only their early life and the period of their mating season in their ancestral aquatic environment. Because of the moistness of the rainforests and specialized skin adaptations, they are able to keep from becoming desiccated for prolonged periods of time, but given the chance they would prefer resting in pooled water.

An intelligent and inquisitive being (it has the largest brain-to-body ratio for any mollusk), the tree octopus explores its arboreal world by both touch and sight. Adaptations its ancestors originally evolved in the three dimensional environment of the sea have been put to good use in the spatially complex maze of the coniferous Olympic rainforests. The challenges and richness of this environment (and the intimate way in which it interacts with it,) may account for the tree octopus's advanced behavioral development. (Some evolutionary theorists suppose that "arboreal adaptation" is what laid the groundwork in primates for the evolution of the human mind.)

Reaching out with one of her eight arms, each covered in sensitive suckers, a tree octopus might grab a branch to pull herself along in a form of locomotion called tentaculation; or she might be preparing to strike at an insect or small vertebrate, such as a frog or rodent, or steal an egg from a bird's nest; or she might even be examining some object that caught her fancy, instinctively desiring to manipulate it with her dexterous limbs (really deserving the title "sensory organs" more than mere "limbs",) in order to better know it.

Map of estimated tree octopus maximum range, including spawning waters

Tree octopuses have eyesight comparable to humans. Besides allowing them to see their prey and environment, it helps them in inter-octopus relations. Although they are not social animals like us, they display to one-another their emotions through their ability to change the color of their skin: red indicates anger, white fear, while they normally maintain a mottled brown tone to blend in with the background.

The reproductive cycle of the tree octopus is still linked to its roots in the waters of the Puget Sound from where it is thought to have originated. Every year, in Spring, tree octopuses leave their homes in the Olympic National Forest and migrate towards the shore and, eventually, their spawning grounds in Hood Canal. There, they congregate (the only real social time in their lives,) and find mates. After the male has deposited his sperm, he returns to the forests, leaving the female to find an aquatic lair in which to attach her strands of egg-clusters. The female will guard and care for her eggs until they hatch, refusing even to eat, and usually dying from her selflessness. The young will spend the first month or so floating through Hood Canal, Admiralty Inlet, and as far as North Puget Sound before eventually moving out of the water and beginning their adult lives.

Why It's Endangered

Route 101, separating the rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula from Hood Canal

Although the tree octopus is not officially listed on the Endangered Species List, we feel that it should be added since its numbers are at a critically low level for its breeding needs. The reasons for this dire situation include: decimation of habitat by logging and suburban encroachment; building of roads that cut off access to the water which it needs for spawning; predation by foreign species such as house cats; and booming populations of its natural predators, including the bald eagle and sasquatch. What few that make it to the Canal are further hampered in their reproduction by the growing problem of pollution from farming and residential run-off. Unless immediate action is taken to protect this species and its habitat, the Pacific Northwest tree octopus will be but a memory.

The possibility of Pacific Northwest tree octopus extinction is not an unwarranted fear. Other tree octopus species-including the Douglas octopus and the red-ringed madrona sucker-were once abundant throughout the Cascadia region, but have since gone extinct because of threats similar to those faced by paxarbolis, as well as overharvesting by the now-illegal tree octopus trade.

Tree Octopus hat from 1923

The history of the tree octopus trade is a sad one. Their voracious appetite for bird plumes having exhausted all the worthy species of that family, the fashionistas moved on to cephalopodic accoutrements during the early 20th Century. Tree octopuses became prized by the fashion industry as ornamental decorations for hats, leading greedy trappers to wipe out whole populations to feed the vanity of the fashionable rich. While fortunately this practice has been outlawed, its effects still reverberate today as these millinery deprivations brought tree octopus numbers below the critical point where even minor environmental change could cause disaster.

While efforts were made in the past to preserve remaining tree octopus habitat, these were met with resistance by the timber industry, which has traditionally viewed the tree octopus as a nuisance, both because the octopuses favor the valuable, moss-shrouded trees of old growth forests-pitting conservation needs against lucrative sources of lumber-and because octopuses hiding among felled trees often gummed up sawmills and stained pulp vats with their ink.

Traveling sideshow exhibits, such as this one by Glen "Bones" Hartzell from 1942, demonized tree octopuses to the ignorant masses
(Click to enlarge)

These nuisances led many loggers to regard tree octopuses as bad luck, resulting in the pointless killing of octopuses on sight at logging camps in a misguided attempt at eradicating the troublesome species. Anti-octopus sentiment was so strong among loggers that some even began to fear that the octopuses were prone to attacking humans.

These fears were fueled in no small part by gratuitous stories involving tree octopuses harassing lumberjacks and distressing damsels in Northwestern-themed pulp magazines of the 1930-40s and variously "nipping", "entangling", or "suckering the flesh" of the heroes of men's action magazines of the 1950-60s. (The magazine publishers depended on cheap paper made from wood pulp and were glad to contribute to the anti-octopus propaganda campaign of the timber industry.)

To this day, misunderstanding and fear of these gentle creatures can still be found among many old timers, although education campaigns-and special octopus-separators installed at sawmills-have largely halted the practice of tree octopus eradication.

How You Can Help

More Tree Octopus Information

Posters motivate the citizenry to action! Post them!

Tree Octopus FAQs - Frequently asked questions, now with answers.

Tree Octopus Sightings - Includes photos of and behavioral research on the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and other tree octopus species.

Tree Octopus In The Media - appearances of tree octopuses, both real and fictional, in the media and popular culture.

Research On Other Tree Octopus Species:

The author of this article and its subsections is Lyle Zapato.
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other than the Kelvinic University branch of the Wild Haggis Conservation Society.
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Diversity in Books!

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Book Club for Kids is a podcast where middle school readers discuss the books they love with host Kitty Felde. The author answers questions. A celebrity reads from the book.

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YA is for Teens & Adults! Check it out!

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The Evolution of YA: Young Adult Fiction, Explained (Feat. Lindsay Ellis) | It's Lit!

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Exercise Your Right to READ!

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How many women have won this honor? See below:

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Nobel Prize week is now done and dusted for another year. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to scientists who used directed evolution to produce new enzymes and antibodies, including Frances H Arnold. How many other women have won the prize since it started in 1901? This graphic takes a look at all of the winners!

As the graphic shows, Arnold is only the fifth woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The previous women who have won are:

Marie Curie (1911): Awarded the Nobel Prize "in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element."

Irène Joliot-Curie (1935): Awarded the Nobel Prize jointly with her husband, Frédéric Joliot, "in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements."

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1964): Awarded the Nobel Prize "for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances."

Ada E. Yonath (2009): Jointly with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."

The Nobels have come under fire for their balance of male and female winners of the prizes in the past. The low number of women who've won certainly isn't down to a lack of meritorious nominees. Rosalind Franklin, a commonly cited example, was not awarded a Nobel Prize for her work towards the discovery of the structure of the DNA. However, this was due to her death prior to the award of the prize which rewarded the discovery, and the Nobels are not awarded posthumously.

Franklin aside, there are plenty of other examples of women who could have won a Nobel Prize but didn't. One of the most notable is Lise Meitner, considered to be amongst the biggest Nobel snubs. She was nominated a combined 48 times for the chemistry and physics prizes for her part in the discovery of the nuclear fission of uranium. The man she led a research group with, Otto Hahn, was awarded a Nobel Prize for this discovery in 1944, but her contributions were not recognised.

There are plenty of others too - over at C&EN, they put together a run-down of some of the women overlooked over the Nobel Prize's history which is worth a read. You can also explore the Nobel Prize nomination archives to see all of the scientists nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry from 1901 to 1966.

As the graphic shows, Arnold's win this year means that there have now been more female Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry in the past 9 years than there were in the previous 74. Though there's still a way to go, let's hope that this is indicative of women in chemistry more regularly being recognised for their achievements.

One final point: if you've gone to the trouble of counting up all of the little figures on the graphic, you'll have noticed that there are 176 male figures, in contrast to the 175 male winners mentioned at the top. This is because Frederick Sanger won the prize twice (in 1958 and 1980). He's still the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry more than once. Marie Curie also won two Nobel Prizes, but her other prize was in Physics.

The graphic in this article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. See the site's content usage guidelines.

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How many women have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

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Nobel Prize week is now done and dusted for another year. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to scientists who used directed evolution to produce new enzymes and antibodies, including Frances H Arnold. How many other women have won the prize since it started in 1901?

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Monday, Oct. 22nd, 12:30pm

Sweetwater High School Library

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Submit original work on poster board or paper to Mrs. Brown in the library. Be creative!

Submit only one poster. Judging will take place on Monday afternoon Oct 22nd in the SUHI library, and winners will be notified and announced on SUHI News. 5 Lucky Winners will get prizes! You don't have to be present to win. Extra art supplies are located in the library if you need poster paper. Stop by during lunch to participate. Have a Spooktacular time creating & making!

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Digital Citizenship Contest 10/22 - All entries must be submitted by the end of Lunch in library by Barbara Chappell-Brown | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for for individual educators, schools and districts

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Celebrating Day of the Dead

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It is that time of year that we honor our deceased family and friends. Please leave a chalk message out in front of the library. You are also welcome to use post-it notes inside the library and/or in the front foyer.

In Loving Memory of our family members and friends! Respectfully, Mrs. Brown

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Dia de los Muertos Oct. 31 - Nov 2 - We are celebrating the Day of the Dead at SUHI Library by Barbara Chappell-Brown | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for for individual educators, schools and districts

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Homecoming Week Sept. 10 - Sept. 15 - Awesome Spirit at Sweetwater High School --- Go Red Devils! by Barbara Chappell-Brown | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for for individual educators, schools and districts

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Training in the Library

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Upcoming R.E.d Tech Academy TBD

Saturday, Sep. 8th, 8am

2900 Highland Avenue

National City, CA

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We had a great time learning from each other last Saturday! R.E.d Tech Academy is where you can come and get one-on-one training or help with learning something new that you want to try in your class.

Come on out to check out what's new that you want to try!

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Saturday, Sep. 8th, 8am National City, CA More information We had a great time learning from each other last Saturday! R.E.d Tech Academy is where you can come and get one-on-one training or help with learning something new that you want to try in your class.

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July/August 2018

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Banned Books Week is coming! Banned Books Week 2018 is September 23-29. See video below!

Students please make sure to stop by the library to check out all your textbooks and/or check out your Lenovo laptop. To check out textbooks please bring in your School ID, even if its from NCM or GJH. To check out your laptop you need to fill out the Parent/Guardian/Student Mobile Device Responsibilities/Usage Agreement 2018-19. If you have any questions please feel free to stop by or go online http://suh.sweetwaterschools.org/students/laptops/.

***** Laptop Update****--Students must turn in the signed contract by parent or guardian to to the library to start the process! Mr. Duncan, IT Tech will deliver laptops to students after he completes the configuration process as time permits. Note: Library staff distributes laptops only with a signed permission slip. Mr. Duncan is responsible for the configuration process. All technical problems with laptops, and Wi-fi issues, please see Mr. Duncan in Room 201.

If you have textbooks from last school year please turn them in! YES, you are still able to turn in overdue textbooks late and library books. NO LATE FEES ON LATE TEXTBOOKS. We need those books for students who are taking those classes this semester and in January.
SENIORS, MAKE SURE TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR LIBRARY FEES. IF YOU FIND TEXBOOKS TURN THEM IN. YOU WILL NOT BE CLEARED FOR GRADUATION IF TEXTBOOKS AREN'T TURNED IN OR IF LIBRARY FEES ARE NOT PAID.

SUHI Library/Digital Citizenship Tips for students!

"What goes online, stays online" Be careful when posting information online. It never goes away! Digital Safety is important to remember when you're online. For example, keep your passwords and personal information private. Don't share your passwords, personal information or where you attend school with others online. Red Devils be careful online!

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Students please make sure to stop by the library to check out all your textbooks and/or check out your Lenovo laptop. To check out textbooks please bring in your School ID, even if its from NCM or GJH. To check out your laptop you need to fill out the Parent/Guardian/Student Mobile Device Responsibilities/Usage Agreement 2018-19.

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Federal Vampire & Zombie Agency
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Dihydrogen Monoxide http://www.dhmo.org/
All About Explorers https://www.allaboutexplorers.com

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Explain the difference between primary vs. secondary source

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Explain the difference between primary vs. secondary source

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What Are Primary Sources?

Primary sources are documents, images or artifacts that provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence concerning an historical topic under research investigation. Primary sources are original documents created or experienced contemporaneously with the event being researched. Primary sources enable researchers to get as close as possible to what actually happened during an historical event or time period. A secondary source is a work that interprets or analyzes an historical event or period after the event has occurred and, generally speaking, with the use of primary sources. The same document, or other piece of evidence, may be a primary source in one investigation and secondary in another. The search for primary sources does not, therefore, automatically include or exclude any format of research materials or type of records, documents, or publications.

As an example, a diary from an immigrant from Vietnam to the United States documenting her travel experiences from Vietnam to Orange County would be considered a primary source for research on Vietnamese immigration to Orange County. However, a book written by a professor that analyzes the various writings of Vietnam immigrants and interprets the experience of those immigrants is a secondary source for this research.

Source:UCI Library website
https://www.lib.uci.edu/what-are-primary-sources

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Information to help students and teachers locate primary source documents for research and study.

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Welcome to Good History Stuff

WELCOME

Whether you're teaching science, art, engineering, literature, or even history, primary sources take you back to events and people; placing them within the context of their lives. Primary sources are those things that remind us that discoveries don't pop out of nowhere, conversations are built on relationships, and people have all kinds of ideas, make all kinds of decisions, and take all kinds of actions - all based on their own life story.

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LibGuides: Primary Source Starter Pack for teachers: Home

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Skip to main content Welcome to Good History Stuff Whether you're teaching science, art, engineering, literature, or even history, primary sources take you back to events and people; placing them within the context of their lives.