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Everyone gets those situations in life where an emergency has come up, and you don't have the time (or sometimes the ability) to get a good lesson plan in to school for your students. Maybe you have a family emergency or a disrupted travel plan and you just cannot get into school to leave detailed lessons. That is why it is essential for you to have an emergency lesson plan available and handy.The emergency lesson plan should be able to be used at ANY point in the year. It doesn't have to fit in with what you're currently doing (nor should it - it is to be used when you cannot leave normal sub plans). The lesson should be related to your normal curriculum, but it could be a supplement or an...

Pow Wow time is the Native American people's way of meeting together, to join in dancing, singing, visiting, renewing old friendships and make new ones.Today Pow Wow are held all across the North American continent, from small towns such as White Eagle, Oklahoma, to some of the largest, such as Los Angeles, California. They can take place anywhere from cow pastures to convention centers, and occur year round. These festivals last only one weekend, but usually draw Native Americans and visitors from hundreds and even thousands of miles away.Pow Wow is also a compilation of European folk magic that crossed the color line in America. During the 1940s, cheap newsprint editions of "The Black Pullet...

The city of St. Petersburg is celebrating its 303 anniversary this year. Nowadays it is a megapolis with a population of more that 5 million people, a city with a fascinating history and culture.However, if we could look at these lands back in the year 1703, we would find vast marshy lands and small villages scattered here and there. The foundation of the city dates to the time of the first construction at this place - Peter and Paul Fortress.Peter and Paul Fortress was founded in May 1703. After the series of successful military actions against Sweden, Russian troops pushed the border far northwest, thus reconstructing the original boundaries of 1613 and gaining the outlet to the Baltic sea.Peter...

"Health" and "illness" are contrasting terms. They can be used in physical or in mental context. We know that physical exercise done on a regular basis keeps us healthy. Mental exercise also keeps us mentally healthy. Just like after doing physical exercise we need rest, after mental exercise the mind also needs rest. But we hear the term "physical rest" frequently. The term "mental rest" is rarely used. No doubt then that as mental activities have increased with industrialisation, stress has increased. This stress results from our inability to allow our mind to become inactive or relaxed for even a short time.Some people believe that our brain becomes inactive when we sleep. If that were...

There is much more to music figurines, wooden jewelry boxes, children's jewelry boxes, and wooden keepsake boxes that meet the eye. Indeed, all mechanical music, including music boxes, has a unique history. Let's continue to discover what that is.After the creation of carillons, chiming watches, and barrel organs, musical movements made from carillons without bells or hammers began. After Antoine Favre's creation of using a steel toothcomb, which could be plucked to make music (cylinder music box), initially no one thought of making a music box just to enjoy. However some, such as Phillppe Meyland did begin to make musical snuffboxes, and a group of watchmakers in 1810 and began to work on...

"Health" and "illness" are contrasting terms. They can be used in physical or in mental context. We know that physical exercise done on a regular basis keeps us healthy. Mental exercise also keeps us mentally healthy. Just like after doing physical exercise we need rest, after mental exercise the mind also needs rest. But we hear the term "physical rest" frequently. The term "mental rest" is rarely used. No doubt then that as mental activities have increased with industrialisation, stress has increased. This stress results from our inability to allow our mind to become inactive or relaxed for even a short time.Some people believe that our brain becomes inactive when we sleep. If that were...

Buffalo Bill's Cody/Yellowstone Country The Northwest region of Wyoming offers visitors a reflection of life in the Old West. It has a thriving cowboy culture, Native American history and spectacular landscapes which both challenged the rugged fortitude of early settlers and inspired the formation of the National Park Service. This is one of the most traveled regions in the state and Cody is at its center. Cody was founded by its namesake, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody who, with several friends, arrived here for the specific purpose of developing the land to build a community. The consummate entrepreneur and promoter, he used his influence to persuade the federal government and the Burlington...

In the midst of numerous proposals before the Senate regarding legislation concerning the legalization of illegal aliens has arisen a little known provision of the recently signed 2005 Deficit Reduction Act. On February 8, 2006, President George Bush executed a bill into law which now requires recipients of Medicaid benefits to provide either an original birth certificate or passport in order to apply for or to continue to receive their health care benefits, commencing July 1, 2006.The Medicaid program, available to American citizens who fall into a specified low income bracket, provides health care to adults and children, as well as the elderly and those in nursing homes. While much hand wringing...

Yesterday, I watched in disbelief George W. Bush's convoluted speech to the House of Representatives. It was rather telling that this speech wasn't in primetime but rather at 9 a.m. (6 a.m. in the West). I know a lot about politics since I write political thrillers ( and I am constantly doing research for my books and articles. But it doesn't take a writer of politics, or even one who doesn't follow politics, to realize that what George Bush said yesterday made absolutely no sense. With all the (major) problems he and the Republican party are in, it is no wonder he has suddenly chosen to speak (or deceive) the American people about America's economics: November is coming.In essence, Bush said that...

When discussing Native American healing, one must first get a basic understanding about the practitioners of its art and the understanding needed by patients. Most tribal people have one or more types of healthcare specialists that frequently overlap. Some Native healers use herbs, some heal with songs, and some with spiritual rituals. A midwife or a medicine woman or man might focus on natural medicines such as herbs and hands-on techniques but also use prayer and ceremony. Shamans or holy people emphasize spiritual healing but are often also knowledgeable about natural medicines. Kahunas are people, usually of Hawaiian ancestry, who have developed a level of spirituality that joins them with many...

Recently, I attended a Venture Capital Conference in which one of the speakers predicted we would see technology change in the next 15 years that would rival advancements similar to the past 100 years. That is a bold prediction, but as new technologies continue to emerge we are seeing some of the so called "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" technologies are now becoming reality.I suggest that if you are interested in capitalizing on these changes, just look to the trends in the Venture Capital community. Current trends in the Venture Capital community outline three areas that will be the center of focus in the short term: Cleantech, Globalization, and Web 2.0.CleantechThe high energy costs are creating...

The term Indian wars usually represents the opposition and conflicts between the Europeans and the original inhabitants of North America. First settlements were met friendly by the Indians but newcomers were aggressive and didn`t want to cooperate. They wanted everything including the native lands of Indians. English settlers provoked conflicts when they began to occupy the Atlantic Coast. All the history of English settlements is full of tribal conflicts and wars. The outbreak in Virginia in 1622 was followed by the century and a half of wars...

Minnesota golf courses come in many varieties, from 9-hole mom and pop operations to 54-hole resort complexes. We have been discussing golf vacation destinations in Minnesota during this series of articles. Today we will highlight Dacotah Ridge in Morton, Minnesota.Dacotah Ridge is located approximately 110 miles southwest of the Twin Cities. From other regional centers it would be approximately 235 miles from La Crosse, Wisconsin, 310 miles from Des Moines, Iowa or 144 miles from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dacotah Ridge is an enterprise of The Lower Sioux Indian Community.Native American run casinos have been in operation in the United States for the better part of twenty years and over the past...

Well it appears that Washington DC is built along a massive flood zone? How convenient indeed. Heck it serves those bureaucrats and podium politicians right does it not? Well what is the tally so far? Well we have flooded the National Archives, Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service, Rail System and several tunnels.The streets are impassible and for the most part no one can work in Washington DC. Big deal they do not do anything there anyway but waste our taxpayers money, make excuses and meet with lobbyists for lunch. Well when they are not enjoying the male homosexual prostitutes that the lobbyists hire for their more leisure activities?Oh you did not know that? Well you see when they are...

Native American cooking includes practices in the culinary arts of the native peoples of the all the Americas. Modern day native peoples retain a rich body of traditional foods, some of which have become iconic of present-day Native American social gatherings (for example, frybread). Foods like cornbread are known to have been adopted into the cooking of the United States from Native American groups. In other cases, documents from the early periods of contact with European, African, and Asian peoples allow the recovery of food practices which passed out of popularity in the historic period (for example, Black Drink). Native American cooking of the United States The native cooking of the Native...

Here, In no particular order, are the 12 worst a-mall health hoaxes of the last decade. Al1 have been thoroughly debunked by health ant medical experts1. Antiperspirants cause breast cancer. This hoax began circulating In 1999 and claims that the use of antiperspirant (deodorants are safety) is the leading cause of breast cancer. Citing a ''health seminar'' as the source of information, the writer alleges that antiperspirants prevent the body from eliminating toxins through sweat, resulting in the accumulation of toxins in lymph nodes, which eventually leads to cancer. Men are less likely to develop breast cancer through the use of antiperspirants "because most of the antiperspirant product is...

Prosecutors play a central role in the criminal justice system in the U.S.A. Prosecutors are governments' lawyers who complete cases of the government against defendants. The government has the role to investigate, arrest and charge a person who is suspected of criminal activity and the prosecutor does the work.A prosecutor is called as city attorney, county attorney or district attorney. The prosecutor is the adversary of a criminal defendant and the attorney. These two have a head to head confrontations in the court.Drunk driving is one among the biggest killers in the country. Hence, laws in states like New Jersey have strict DUI (driving under influence) and DWI (driving while intoxicated) is...

A collections of home school resources for middle schoolers. Struggling to keep up with lesson plans for you middle schooler? Having trouble teaching your child about the events surrounding World War II? What about literature? Let the internet help.There are thousands of education based sited appropriate for your middle school child. Here are some of my favorite home school resources. great site with links to all kinds of research possibilities. online encyclopedia. A good jumping off point. Caution, can be updated and edited by users. Introduce your children to fact checking. great information about states and capitals, along with state bird,flower,tree,flag,ect... similar site to...

Women's health insurance is a subject that is of major concern for a vast majority of working ladies. In fact, health insurance in general, is a hot topic for many of today's consumers. With so many companies downsizing or completely eliminating their employee benefit packages the thought of not having adequate health insurance is scary. This is especially true for women because the facts clearly show that nearly 1 out of every 5 women are underinsured or have no women's health insurance offered by their employer.Like most other health insurance plans there are a variety of women's health insurance providers, but they are a scattered patchwork of insurance offerings that leave many ladies...

HIPAA compliance requires special focus and effort as failure to comply carries significant risk of damage and penalties. A practice with multiple separate systems for patient scheduling, electronic medical records, and billing, requires multiple separate HIPAA management efforts. This article presents an integrated approach to HIPAA compliance and outlines key HIPAA terminology, principles, and requirements to help the practice owner to ensure HIPAA compliance by medical billing service and software vendors.The last decade of the previous century witnessed accelerating proliferation of digital technology in health care, which, along with reduced costs and greater service quality, introduced new...

Occasional conflict is a fact of organizational life. There are a variety of reasons why it arises, many of which are normal and natural. However, left unaddressed and unmanaged, conflict will increase business risk and financial loss as well as reduce work performance quality. In circumstances of prolonged tension, employees' vision becomes myopic and their view of the organization's future (and their own future with the organization) becomes blurred. Shortsighted decision making and reactive defensive behaviors damage the company's ability to achieve long-term goals.With all of these harmful ramifications of something that inevitably occurs in every organization, it behooves leaders to...

When Andrew Jackson became a president in 1829, 125,000 Native Americans still lived east of the Mississippi River. 60,000 of Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indians held millions of acres in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The most crucial political issues at that time were if all of these Indians would be allowed to stop the expansion of white man and if the U.S. government would tolerate the previous treaties with Indians. Under Jackson's presidency two solutions of this issue were possible: assimilation and removal. Assimilation meant that Native Americans would have to become similar to white people. They would have to adopt cultural and economic practices of white Americans. The...

The thunderbird has been one of the most dominant icons in Native American art and legends. In fact, the concept of the thunderbird has been so popular that it has been used in the non-Native world to name a classic automobile, liquor, a 1960's children's adventure television show (and subsequent recent movie), a US Air Force squadron and is referenced in pop music (remember the word 't-bird' in 1950's rock and roll?). The thunderbird is one of the few cross-cultural characters in Native American mythology since it is found in legends of Pacific Northwest, Plains, and Northeastern tribes.The Native Indians of the Pacific Northwest Coast always lived along the shores and never ventured inland to...

Return of The Universal ManMarch 27, 1966Every age has its heroes and its geniuses.Some of these outstanding personalities flash but briefly through the historical firmament.But a few are universal men whose achievements transform the lives of people beyond their communities and beyond their times.Society today yearns for the return of the universal man. Unrest of the human spirit is world wide. All peoples are seeking the meaning of life and their places in civilization.Whether it's nationalism in Africa, industrialism in the Orient, freedom in the Iron Curtain countries, or racial strife in the United States - the winds of change are reaching gale strength. Conditions demand captains who can sail...

The view of health by Native Americans is both all encompassing and thoughtful. Traditional medicine can play a more stoic and relentlessly lend to the scientific approach, but Native Americans have a more holistic outlook. Health is viewed as a balance or harmony of mind and body. The goal is to be in harmony with all things, which means first being in harmony with oneself. Harmony is thought to neutralize problems and help one's life to become beautiful. Good health makes it easier for all people to do their part in the universe, to serve others, and to fulfill their personal life visions. Life is considered in all of its dualities: winter/summer, cold/hot, day/night, mind/body, spiritual/physical...

The idea that studying music improves the social development of a child is not a new one, but at last there is incontrovertible evidence from a study conducted out of the University of Toronto.The study, published in the August issue of Psychological Science was led by Dr. E. Glenn Schellenberg, and examined the effect of extra-curricular activities on the intellectual and social development of six-year-old children. A group of 144 children were recruited through an ad in a local newspaper and assigned randomly to one of four activities: piano lessons, voice lessons, drama lessons, or no lessons.Two types of music lessons were offered in order to be able to generalize the results, while the groups...

When Andrew Jackson became a president in 1829, 125,000 Native Americans still lived east of the Mississippi River. 60,000 of Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indians held millions of acres in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The most crucial political issues at that time were if all of these Indians would be allowed to stop the expansion of white man and if the U.S. government would tolerate the previous treaties with Indians. Under Jackson's presidency two solutions of this issue were possible: assimilation and removal. Assimilation meant that Native Americans would have to become similar to white people. They would have to adopt cultural and economic practices of white Americans. The...

You have decided on teaching abroad so you are off on the job hunt. Aside from the obvious considerations such as what country to work in and what training/qualifications to obtain; there are other things a teachers should consider when looking at potential job offers.There are many factors a teacher considers which will affect whether they accept a position. The most obvious factor would be the content of the position. What is the school asking of you as a teacher? You must ask yourself if the job is interesting and fits into your career plans as a teacher. The person you will be working for is also an important consideration so you must take the time to talk to them either via email or phone...

Somewhere around the summer between my 5th and 6ths grade years at EV Cain Elementary School a girl named Rhonda moved from Grass Valley to Auburn, and there was something about her that fascinated me. I saw her sometimes during the summer, going to the show with other girls, or shopping downtown with her Mother. She was intriguing to me for some reason. I can't think of that reason now, but I wanted to meet her, or to do something, anything, so she would notice me. Once I saw her at the town park up by the Recreation Field, and since I was a fast runner in those days, I thought I might show her how swift I was, and thereby impress her with my speed. I had just seen a Superman movie, and was...

American ginseng is a deciduous perennial growing to the height of one foot. American ginseng has a smooth stem, leaves with oblong to oval leaflets, small greenish flowers, and kidney shaped scarlet berries. American ginseng is native to North America as well as the Himalayas. A woodland plant, it is rarely seen in the wild due to over-harvesting. American ginseng is cultivated in Wisconsin, China and France. The root is gathered in autumn.History of American ginseng Native American people may have considered this herb a means to increase female fertility. From the mid 18th century, the collection of the herb for export to China became a virtual gold rush, with so many Native Americans, out...

Native American drums are probably the most recognizable Native American instruments among American Indians and non Native people alike. Drums for generations have been at the center of Native lifestyle, forming what has become the foundation of religion and spirituality as well as social gatherings where a pow wow drum is center stage. Indian tribes in North America history have all used drums in various ways to connect with a higher power known to most as the Great Spirit. To Native people, Indian drums are much more than just decorations or interesting musical instruments. American Indian drums are believed to speak to the drummer. Native drums being made in a circle represent the earth and life...

Last year my son had the opportunity to begin instrumental music lessons and band at school. He chose saxophone and seems to be enjoying the experience, most of the time.Last year, when all the parents were called to the band-room at school to learn about the school's instrumental program, I was eager to go. When I walked into the room with all the chairs arranged for band practice, the music stands poised in front of the chairs, a rush of nostalgia swept over me. It was such a long time since my days of playing flute in the band at school. I, like my son, started playing an instrument in the fourth grade. I remember the first day of lessons, twelve girls sitting nervously with their flutes. The...

I can not tell you how many teachers have began their career teaching Middle School and quickly started looking for a new occupation. Believe me when I tell you that if you are not prepared for the job they will eat you alive on the first week of school.If teaching is your occupation, and you are teaching Middle School, I hope you are ready to teach teenagers and not beat yourself up about teaching Math, Science, English, Literature, or Social Studies. I get very up set when I ask a fellow teacher what they are going to teach and they tell me they are going to teach Math. This brings me to the first of the ten tips I plan to share with you as you begin a new year teaching Middle School Students...