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\"From what to wear (a bathing suit, of course!) to what to expect (no, your teacher will not be a mermaid), 1, 2, 3 Jump! covers the what if's and how to's of getting in the pool for the first time.\"-- Publisher's description.
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Close to home
This lake says oofta, something my Minnesotan mother might say while walking bent-over uphill or something that I might say while dusting books...
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Close to home
This lake says oofta, something my Minnesotan mother might say while walking bent-over uphill or something that I might say while dusting books...
Journal Article
Testing evolutionary predictions in wild mice
An experimental demonstration of a “simple” evolutionary path for camouflage in nature
Four decades ago, Dougal Dixon used “thought experiments” based on evolutionary and ecological principles in his book
After Man
(
1
), to imagine what adaptations species may develop in a future after humans disappeared. For example, he imagined that pytherons, a group of carnivorous mammals evolved from rats, would fill the ecological niche currently occupied by seals in the polar oceans. Pytheron evolution included fin-shaped limbs and a streamlined body, better adapted for swimming. His book on “speculative evolution” is a reminder that making specific predictions about trait evolution in nature, in many cases, belongs more to science fiction than to science. Indeed, evolutionary ecology has yet to build a predictive framework that allows forecasting how genetically encoded traits may respond to known selective pressures (
2
,
3
). On page 499 of this issue, Barrett
et al.
(
4
) take advantage of recently evolved traits in wild mice (
Peromyscus maniculatus
) with known genetic architecture to experimentally simulate the ecological context and evolutionary forces that may have led to the evolution of differences in coat color according to soil color in Sand Hills, Nebraska.
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No swimming for Nelly
Nelly loves to wear her swimsuit but the thought of swimming scares her, that is until Grandma, who just so happens to be a swimming champion, helps Nelly realize she has nothing to fear.
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Reading for Pleasure – A Silver Bullet or a Wild Goose Chase?
Although we all inherently feel we understand the pleasure experienced when reading an engaging text, the application of these feelings to reading education can become conflated with subjectivity, socio-cultural partiality and personal bias, making the definition of ‘Reading for Pleasure’ highly subjective. This paper investigates the research around the phenomenon of ‘Reading for Pleasure’ and questions some of the assumptions made by that research particularly around the definition applied. It suggests that a more useful approach for educators would be to promote a commitment to reading in schools and, through research evidence suggests how this might be achieved.
Journal Article
Shark Nate-O
Nate, who loves sharks, cannot swim, but with his brother's prodding, a good coach, and a lot of determination he learns to swim like a shark. Includes facts about sharks.
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Gay Fiction, Homophobia and Post-Troubles Northern Ireland: An Interview with Jarlath Gregory
Northern Irish writer Jarlath Gregory became a fresh voice in Irish gay writing when Snapshots came out in 2001, a novel which explores gay experience in Crossmaglen--a Catholic town in Co. Armagh--against the backdrop of the Troubles. Since then, he has published two other novels: G.A.A.Y.: One Hundred Ways to Love a Beautiful Loser (2005), which depicts gay life in 1990s Dublin, and The Organised Criminal (2015), where he offers valuable insights into the Northern Irish underworld of smuggling and cross-border criminality. The present interview, while aiming to fill the gap in criticism on Gregory's brilliant novels, provides a series of reflections on gay fiction, homophobia and post-Troubles Northern Ireland. Key Words. Gay fiction, homophobia, Jarlath Gregory, Northern Ireland, contemporary Irish literature El escritor norirlandes Jarlath Gregory emergio como una voz literaria novedosa cuando, en el ano 2001, publico Snapshots, donde relata como es vivir como homosexual en Crossmaglen--un pueblo catolico en el condado de Armagh, Irlanda del Norte--con el conflicto de los \"Troubles\" como trasfondo. Gregory ha publicado otras dos novelas: G.A.A.Y.: One Hundred Ways to Love a Beautiful Loser (2005), que describe la vida gay en el Dublin de los anos noventa, The Organised Criminal (2015), que trata sobre el contrabando y el crimen organizado en la frontera norirlandesa. A pesar de que sus obras ofrecen visiones muy interesantes sobre la sociedad irlandesa, la critica que se ha escrito sobre sus novelas es todavia escasa. Los temas a tratar en esta entrevista son la ficcion gay, la homofobia y la \"post-Troubles\" Irlanda del Norte. Palabras clave. Literatura gay, homofobia, Jarlath Gregory, Irlanda del Norte, literatura contemporanea irlandesa
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