The document discusses the history of chocolate, from its origins in Mesoamerica to its spread throughout Europe. Cacao beans were first used as currency and medicine by the Olmecs and Mayans before Spanish conquistadors brought chocolate to Europe in the 16th century. It then grew in popularity among the elite classes and was promoted as a health drink. Chocolate eventually became commercially produced and more widely consumed in the 18th century.
The document discusses the history of chocolate, from its origins in Mesoamerica to its spread throughout Europe. Cacao beans were first used as currency and medicine by the Olmecs and Mayans before Spanish conquistadors brought chocolate to Europe in the 16th century. It then grew in popularity among the elite classes and was promoted as a health drink. Chocolate eventually became commercially produced and more widely consumed in the 18th century.
Systems building Systems: A Puppet StoryAndrew Shafer
Puppet is a system configuration management tool that allows users to declaratively define system resources and their desired state. It uses a client-server architecture where Puppet clients periodically check in with a central Puppet master server to retrieve configuration instructions and enforce the de�ned resources and their states across multiple operating systems. Puppet aims to revolutionize system administration by making systems easy to manage at scale through its declarative approach and ability to scale across thousands of systems.
This document discusses a symposium on vitamin D insufficiency as a risk factor for chronic diseases. It reviews studies from North America that examine the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency, defined as a serum level below 40 nmol/L. The studies also look at evidence that vitamin D insufficiency may be linked to specific biomarkers for certain diseases.
1) A high school student was suspended for 10 days for creating a "Top 10" list ridiculing his school's athletic director that he wrote and emailed at home to other students.
2) The student sued the school district alleging violation of his free speech and due process rights.
3) The US District Court ruled in favor of the student, finding that the list did not disrupt school operations and the school's policy against abuse was overly broad and vague. The court set boundaries for what speech a school can punish.
Dr. Kritsonis Recognized as Distinguished Alumnus
In 2004, Dr. Kritsonis was recognized as the Central Washington University Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Education and Professional Studies. Final selection was made by the Alumni Association Board of Directors. Recipients are CWU graduates of 20 years or more and are recognized for achievement in their professional field and have a positive contribution to society. For the second consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report placed Central Washington University among the top elite public institutions in the west. CWU was 12th on the list in the 2006 On-Line Education of “America’s Best Colleges.”
Dr. William Allan Kritsonis, School Law, Drug Testing, Student Dress and Grooming, Search and Seizure in Public Schools, Privacy Issues, Due Process, Discrimination, Diversity, Legal Procedures, Rights of Students and Employees
1. The document provides steps and relationships to help with analogies on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
2. It lists relationships like "type of", "part of", and "characterized by" and gives examples of word pairs that fit each relationship, such as "orange:fruit" and "zealot:fervor".
3. It also provides practice analogy questions and explains the relationships between the answer choices, like "a gymnast is agile" and "a charlatan is duplicitous".
William H. Parker Leadership Academy Hall of Honor
In 2008, Dr. Kritsonis was inducted into the William H. Parker Leadership Academy Hall of Honor, Graduate School, Prairie View A&M University – The Texas A&M University System. He was nominated by doctoral and master’s degree students.
Large parts of East Africa, including Kenya and Eritrea, are experiencing a severe drought crisis. Millions of families face food and water shortages as crops have failed and livestock have died. In Kenya, communities have to travel long distances in search of water and some areas have seen total devastation of their land and herds. In Eritrea, malnutrition cases are rising as harvests have failed, leaving families totally reliant on food aid. Climate change is exacerbating the situation, making droughts more frequent and severe.
Homoeopathy is presented as the fore runner of modern science by applying principles at the microscopic level. It works based on the concepts of vital force, levels of action, and electropositivity and negativity to cure diseases. Key homoeopathic concepts discussed include drug provings, drug dynamisation, and the principle of similia similibus curentur. The document differentiates the homoeopathic and allopathic approaches and states that modern medicine works at the root/atomic level, like homoeopathy. It provides examples of common homoeopathic remedies.
Parents are role models for their children and greatly influence their character development. Children learn more from observing their parents' behaviors than from what they are explicitly told. It is important for parents to practice what they preach by controlling their own tempers, being honest, respecting others, and giving their full attention to their children rather than rationalizing mistakes or being distracted by other tasks when children seek their guidance. Letting children develop at their own pace while maintaining their trust and confidence in their parents allows them to feel secure in themselves.
1) The document discusses an Austrian project called eLSA that aims to promote e-maturity in secondary schools through establishing goals and certifying schools that meet those goals.
2) Some key goals of eLSA include having students and teachers regularly use e-learning approaches and sharing experiences, revising school programs to include e-learning aspects, and offering students IT/e-learning certificates.
3) Schools applying for eLSA certification must show evidence of meeting goals like teachers experiencing e-learning in their subjects and collaborating with other teachers.
This was presented in June 2012 at the APG's 'Noisy Thinking' evening in London. It was part of a debate on 'Global or Local Planning - Which Would You Rather Do?' with Guy Murphy and Jackie Hughes. The accompanying short teaser is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL_PSY2bKZM&feature=plcp
This document contains code that counts the number of Fridays that fall on the 13th day of each month between the current date and December 31st, 2013. The code initializes a Calendar object for the end date of December 31st, 2013. It then initializes a second Calendar for the current date and sets it to the 13th day of the month if needed. A while loop runs from the current date to the end date, adding any dates that fall on a Friday to a List, incrementing the month each iteration.
The document contains a series of dates from 2008-06-23 followed by code to run tests on a website. It includes opening the homepage, checking the title, and validating it matches the expected title of "Hello, World!".