The-Prometheus-Project near Excelsior SK (278 Result(s))

Scott Armstrong, USDAARS, Stillwater, Oklahoma,and Rick Granthum, Oklahoma State UniversityThe sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari, also known as the sorghum aphid or 'white' sugarcane aphid, has been found in Kansas for the first time ever. It has caused problems in Texas and Oklahoma sorghum crops. Are those homecanned veggies safe?The Preserve it Fresh, Preserve it Safe series for home food preservation is available through the KSRE Bookstore. The series includes a display and four new fact sheets: What's Your Elevation? , 10 Tips for Safe HomeCanned Food , Sassy Safe Salsa at Home , and Dry Meat Safely at Home . For more fall food safety tips, see You Asked It!

The purpose of large-scale assessments is two-fold: to help the system be accountable (Are we making the best use of our resources?) and to identify trends (Are students learning? What and how well?).To do this, large-scale assessments collect a small amount of information from a large number of students.Classroom assessment, on the other hand, collects a large amount of information from a small number of students.Large-scale assessments are designed to give the system feedback so the system can learn; classroom assessment is designed to give individuals feedback so the individual can learn.Large-scale assessments are designed to assess what students know and can do in relation to what is to be learned, but they do not collect enough information to give a valid picture of what individual students know and can do in a given subject area.

The Cypress Regional Health Authority was established on August 1, 2002 with the proclamation of The Regional Health Services Act. The Authority assumed the operations of the former Rolling Hills, Southwest, and Swift Current Health Districts as of this date. The Cypress Regional Health Authority (RHA) is one of 12 Regional Health Authorities that exist within the province and is located in the southwest corner of the province of Saskatchewan. The Cypress Health Region provides health services to nearly 80 rural and urban municipalities in the geographically diverse southwest corner of Saskatchewan.Cypress Health employs approximately 1,700 staff members who provide a wide variety of facility-based and community-based programs and services in the region's 20 facilities, communities, and individual's homes.The Cypress Health Region offers a full range of services that include: acute care, home care, community and population Health, long term care, mental health, addictions services, support services, and emergency services.

FVL was founded in 1953 by an association of Wisconsin Synod members in the Fox River Valley area. In 1958, 16 congregations joined together in a federation for support of FVL. Currently, 39 WELS congregations within a thirty mile radius of the school comprise the Fox Valley Lutheran High School Federation.