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Collecting and analyzing data, along with graphing are some of those real life skills that students can truly grasp when we bring it to life! If you ever thought teaching kids to master this skill was a hard task, you’re in the RIGHT PLACE! In this post, you are going to learn a lot of great, easy to implement ideas and strategies to help your students learn about data and graphing in a FUN and organic way.
Setting the Stage
While teaching any skill to students, I think of two things- how do I differentiate and how can I let them play to learn this? For differentiation, I always turn to the CRA Model because I want students to start off with the concept concretely- somehow allow students to touch and manipulate what we’re working with. If students are touching and manipulating things, chances are we can make it some sort of game to play. Learn about why playing in the classroom is so important HERE!
So first things first, we set the stage for students. One of the best and most ORGANIC ways to teach about data and graphing is to collect and graph REAL data about THEM! On our first day of our graphing unit, I hang a large pocket chart with three categories at the bottom to stir up some curiosity. Instant Engagement! I love using THIS unit because it includes student labels they can decorate and it covers just about any category or type of data and graphing situation you can think of. I love having students decorate their own student label to get ready for their very first VOTE for our pocket chart graph! Talk about excitement. I typically start with topics such as their favorite specials class, food, or season. Students LOVE voting, placing their student label on the pocket chart for their corresponding answer, and seeing what their friends choose.
After everyone has had the chance to vote, then we can discuss the data and the graph. This is where the real power comes in. Having conversations can help dismiss the misconceptions students have or clear up any confusing concepts. Here we can discuss challenging questions students will face while learning about data such as “Which category had the least?” Or “How many more did ____ have than ____?” This is where the concrete learning magic comes in. When physical things to touch and manipulate are provided, like their name cards, they can take and move the cards to help them answer the questions. It is a serious GAME CHANGER when students began navigating these types of questions on their own.
Our daily routine during our graphing unit is a huge part of building mastery in being able to collect and represent our data, notice things about the data, ask and answer questions about it, and eventually formulate their own questions about the data. The daily routine looks like this:
-each day students use their name card to graph their choice from the category provided
-after everyone has been represented, we discuss what we notice about our graph
-a mini lesson is provided with lots of modeling for the skill of the day, as well how to find the most, least, how many more and less
-we ask and answer questions about the graph, where students can come up and manipulate the cards to solve them
-students ask their own questions while we discuss and then students break into centers for practice
See a picture below of a graph we completed together for our daily routine.
Sorting and Organizing
This is SUCH an important skill and the great thing for us is that children already NATURALLY sort. However, when you add in extra pieces to the data, labeling, organizing and representing things on a graph, it can sometimes seem to students a challenging skill. There are a few ways I love making it concrete for students to gain a true deep understanding.
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Another fun way is by creating a simple digital graph template and allowing students to choose their own emojis to sort and organize. They LOVE it! For students who need a little more scaffolding, prep their graphs already with a set of emojis to sort and organize! Seesaw is a great tool for this that allows for easy differentiation. See ways I’ve differentiated below.
Questions and Answers
Formulating questions can be really tricky for students. This is the PERFECT time to teach or review what a question is and how we use them. Our daily routine, with our own personal data, REALLY helps students formulate their own questions about data, as well as answer them. In our mini lessons throughout the unit, I tend to focus A LOT on those tough comparison questions: how many more and less. I model A LOT how to answer those questions and ways to solve them. It truly helps students begin to be independent with this skill. When you subscribe, you’ll gain access to a video of me teaching this tough skill!
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HANDS ON GRAPHING GAMES
Connecting the Real World
For our culminating activity, turn your kiddos into Data Collection Detectives! With this resource, students are provided their very own OFFICIAL Data Collection Folder that allows them to begin their own investigation and practice ALL the data and graphing skills they learned in a FUN real life way. They get to formulate their own driving question, collect their own data, graph their collected data, and ask and answer questions about this data. They LOVE this activity and have such a blast collecting data from their friends. Their questions are always hilarious and love learning more about each other. See this activity pictured below. Be sure to grab the engaging graphing bundle HERE!
DATA COLLECTION DETECTIVES PROJECT
Digital Graphing Activity
Looking for something digital? You’ll love this interactive digital resource for Google Slides and Seesaw. It is a fun and engaging way for your students to practice these crucial skills digitally.
DIGITAL GRAPHING ACTIVITY
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Here are important facts according to the Guttmacher Institute:
- Almost half of American teenagers are sexually active (that means almost half admit to being sexually active).
- The average age for American teenagers’ first sexual experience is 17.
- About 15% of American teenagers report having sex for the first time prior to turning 15 years of age.
- American and European teenagers are equally active sexually, but European teens are more likely to use birth control and have lower teen pregnancy rates.
- According to a Centers for Disease Control survey about 10% of teenagers had sex with multiple partners during the twelve months prior to the survey.
- About half of all American sexually transmitted infections (STI) occur in those aged 24 and younger. That age group incurred about 9.7 million infections in 2008 and also accounts for a little more than 20% of HIV infections.
- Adolescents account for about 15% of all unintended pregnancies.
- In 2013 American adolescents had approximately 110,000 abortions.
- Abortion is pregnant teenagers’ choice only 24% of the time. They choose to take the baby to term 61% of the time, meaning more times than not these teenagers become single mothers.
- The number of teenage girls using contraception rose from 48% in 1982 to 79% in 2011.
- In 1980, 118 per 1,000 teenaged girls became pregnant each year but in 2013 that number reached the record low of 43 pregnancies per 1,000. However, the pregnancy rates vary significantly by state. New Mexico, for example, has a teen pregnancy rate of 62 per 1,000 whereas New Hampshire’s rate is only 22 per 1,000.
- Between 1985 and 2007 the number of teenagers having abortions dropped by at least a third.
That’s a lot of information.
Bottom line? A large number of teenagers are sexually active. A fair number get pregnant. Some have abortions. But teen pregnancy and abortion rates have declined in recent decades? Why? And why are teen pregnancy rates declining more slowly in some states than others? Several factors likely explain the differences in teen pregnancy rates, but concluding that it is because kids in some areas have more sex would be inaccurate. The evidence is that kids have sex at the same rates pretty much everywhere.
Let’s compare two states with opposite rates. Texas has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country and Colorado one of the lowest, and Colorado’s rates continue to decline steadily.
In Texas a 17 year old who wants contraceptives must have parental permission, and that doesn’t change even if a teenager has a child at an earlier age. Even after having a child a 17 year old would need parental permission to obtain birth control. Further, 58% of sex education in Texas is “abstinence only” and another 25% of school districts offer no sex education at all. Yes, that means about 83% of Texas schools teach abstinence only or no sex education at all. The remaining 17%? They teach “abstinence plus”. Oh, and research indicates that a good bit of the information provided in abstinence only programs is either false or misleading (that, for example, condoms are ineffective). They also rely on fear and shame, and neither of these works. Obviously.
In recent years Colorado has moved quickly to change sex education curricula in public schools, making it more age-appropriate and comprehensive. Also, in Colorado the state actually subsidizes long acting, reversible birth control for those in lower income brackets and, you guessed it, teen pregnancy and abortion rates have plummeted. In fact the teen pregnancy rate was cut in half during the first five years of the Colorado Family Planning Initiative. That means that a large number of teenage women who might have become pregnant will now be able to attend college or pursue careers, build families, and be more productive members of society than would likely have been the case had they become single mothers.
There has been a modest decline in the number of teenagers having sex (again, this is self-reported so the statistics may be inaccurate), but the decline in the number of kids saying they have sex doesn’t come close to explaining the steep decline in the teen birth rate since the early 1990’s. Numerous factors contribute, but most significantly about 80% of kids report using birth control the first time they had sex. Kids are also using more effective forms of birth control than in the past. Interestingly, a 2016 Brookings Institute report also concluded that such TV shows as “16 and Pregnant” (on MTV) led to a decline in teen births because these shows accurately portray the consequences of unprotected sex.
In America we have this idea that if we tell kids not to have sex, they won’t. If we just ignore the topic of sex and don’t discuss it with our kids they won’t become interested. If we don’t tell them about the birds and the bees they will only be interested in chocolate. This is just a dumb attitude. Yes, in an ideal world kids would wait until they were old enough to understand the consequences of sex, but a good many just don’t, never have and never will. The urge to have sex is powerful (thank goodness or I would not be here to write this and you would not be reading it).
We should stop pretending that telling kids to abstain from sex works. Evidence overwhelmingly condemns abstinence only education as ineffective and supports comprehensive sex education. So instead of reducing funding to programs seeking lower teen pregnancy rates, we should increase spending for those programs. The cost is minor compared to the social and emotional costs of young girls having unplanned and unwanted babies or, even more troubling, choosing to abort those pregnancies.


Menu Monday 05 DEC 2011
- By: Hallee
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Menu for the week of 05 December 2011
The “rules” of our household diet can be found in the tab above labeled Hallee’s Galley and further explained in Our Diet.
I usually serve leftovers for lunch the next day, or we’ll save them during the week to graze lunch on the weekends. One meal a week, we eat whatever we want. This is usually our “Dinner Out” meal.
Almost all of the breads are homemade using fresh milled flour. I’ll continue to link to my recipes as I post them. Our daily bread is Whole Wheat Honey Oatmeal Bread.
Here’s the menu for my family for the week of December 5th. As far as desserts go, I’m making Stuffed Red Velvet Cookies (but I’m going to experiment with juicing a beet to use for the red dye instead of commercial dye) for a birthday present for a work colleague of Gregg’s, and making Stacy’s Pumpkin Roll for a birthday present for the kids’ horseback riding instructor. I’ll probably be nice and make double to share with the family. :-)
ground lamb in Whole Wheat Pita Bread, Hummus bi Tahini, Greek salad, Sweet Potato Fries
Family Game Night
Dinner: Hebrew National Hot Dogs, potato chips, fruit salad, Vegetarian Baked Beans
Crockpot Chicken Stew (recipe to follow), herb Buttermilk Biscuits, garden salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing
Christmas party – dinner out
We are hosting our small groups Christmas party at church. I’ll be making lasagna – both Spinach Lasagna and traditional lasagna. Other families are bringing dessert, salads, and breads.
Gregg’s best friend will be nearby from Afghanistan. We’ll hopefully sharing spending dinner with him.
baked chicken legs, Sour Cream Potatoes, Roasted Brussels Sprouts, garden salad
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Thanks so much for sharing this! I now have 3 new recipes i want to try! I am a 21 year old wife and Mama to be and the Lord has really been convicting us on nutrition and diet so I am slowly making the switch and really appreciate your blog! :) Blessings! Katy


Hailing from Lancashire, England Sunken Monkey is a punk/alternative group with pride in
their British roots, holding on to the European flare in their music’s style and the band’s image.
A sound that could possibly be identified as the lovechild of Green Day and Flogging Molly, the
group produces tunes that will pump you up, with great tempos and angst filled lyrics, a rebellious headbanger could appreciate. Unfolding to its listeners exactly what the band has to say matched with the perfect musical layouts to set the tone, each song tells a new story.
Having released a self titled album in 2009, Sunken Monkey has been working on new material and will be releasing their newest album in October.
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The greatest achievement, I would say, has been a relief work in which the children of BYMM were involved. In the month of June in the year 2004, a fire raged in one of the suburbs of Munger. 450 houses were gutted. The people had no shelter, no food, no clothes, nothing. The relief itself became a disaster. There was a lot of looting, there was a lot of hanky-panky, and shady deals.
I told the children you have two days to help the people. From morning until evening 4,000 children spread throughout the town, knocked on every door, and said, “Give us whatever you can – even if it is one handful of rice, and this we are going to give to the people whose houses have been gutted and who have nothing.”
Such an impact was created, that even the rickshaw-wallahs from town took off their shirts and t-shirts. In 24 hours, these children collected two trucks of materials and food – grains. It was about 30 tons. We started making 450 bundles. In the meantime, children had gone to the place where the fire had taken place, and had found out the details of each family – how many children, how many males, how many females, and they came back with the list.
Each bundle weighed about 40 kilos, 40 to 50 kilos, and everything was done in 24 hours, by 4,000 children. We sent 450 children, one to each family, with a message: nobody will be receiving the goods, except the lady of the house. We will bring the gift straight to your door. You don’t have to go anywhere to collect it.
For the first time in history, it happened. The news of this went to Delhi, to the department of disaster management. The department was so impressed that they wanted the detailed plan of how the whole thing was conducted – to use it as a model for the national disaster management programs.


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Just a disclaimer for the reader, I will be leaning heavily on Lutheran theology in this post. If you have never heard the word “sacrament” before you may want to read my series on Soteriology before proceeding.
This is my second post in an on-going series on Meme Theology. This meme stuck out to me because the concept is actually pervasive in american pop-christian culture and it’s worth talking about. The author seems to be drawing a dichotomy between religion and relationship. His point as I understand is that relationship has more substance to it and that we should avoid religion.
Before I interact with the meme I would like to take a look at the word religion. With or without the meme, how should we define it? It’s not a Biblically defined term anyways. We would expect the meaning to change over time. To do that I would like to compare the definitions of an older dictionary to a newer one.
I have selected the number #1 definition from the 1828 Websters and set it alongside that found in Dictionary.com.
|“Religion in its most comprehensive sense, includes a belief in the being and perfections of God, in the revelation of his will to man, in man’s obligation to obey his commands, in a state of reward and punishment, and in man’s accountableness to God; and also true godliness or piety of life, with the practice of all moral duties. It therefore comprehends theology, as a system of doctrines or principles, as well as practical piety; for the practice of moral duties without a belief in a divine lawgiver, and without reference to his will or commands, is not religion”||“A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.”|
One thing that stands out to me is that in 1828 Websters monotheism seems to be assumed as a premise. In the modern dictionary we are not seeing this. I just find that interesting, at the very least we can say the meaning of the word has flattened over the past 200 years. That said, both renderings essentially break the word down into practice and theology, something you do and something you believe.
This isn’t how the meme author uses the word though. He pits the two against each other. In the authors mind religion is something you only believe or think about and relationship is something you do. At the very least it’s fair to assume he is using unique definitions of these terms. Because I am familiar with evangelical cliches I am going to assume that he means something close to:
“Christianity isn’t a religion, it’s a relationship”
I don’t know who originally coined it but it can’t have been that long ago. As I understand, the sentiment that is intended is that the ‘smells and bells’ of a liturgical service are supposed to be dead and lifeless, and that in it’s place one should seek a more spontaneous personal relationship with Jesus.
This relationship can vary in definition and is generally conveyed in a way that can be interpreted however you personally prefer it to be. It could be simply a life marked by charity and good will, daily devotional readings, a warm gooey feeling in your heart that you refer to as God, adding an acoustic guitar to your music service, or all of the above.
To be honest I completely understand the sentiment. Something about my generation in particular is that we long for substance. Old symbols and traditions can feel lifeless and intangible, particularly amongst American evangelicals under-girded by a Zwinglian theology that denies the sacraments. There is no actual substance, it has long been rejected centuries before any of us were born, so we cling to other things and call it a relationship. That is my observation anyways, your mileage may vary.
Do we have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? Well sure, but I would call it a one-sided relationship. He has died for us, and delivers his body and blood to our mouth. He has poured his death burial and resurrection over us and into us in the waters of our baptism. It is a relationship of him coming to us and saving us even though we constantly sin against him. So in that sense, I would say that Christian religion is also relationship.
Your good works will never be good enough to bring you closer to God. That warm gooey feeling in your heart has more to do with the jalapenos in your breakfast than it does the presence of God the Holy Spirit.
The fact is, God has promised to work in physical tangible things in space and time that we can see touch and feel, he has promised to work in with and under the preaching of his word to give us faith. These are the places we should look for him because that is where he has promised to be. He comes to you no matter what your mood or feelings are. There is substance to it, it’s objective rather than subjective, and it’s both relationship and religion.
“He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.” John 6:56 KJV
The meme is incoherent to me because I don’t understand how I could get any closer to Jesus than eating his flesh and drinking his blood, and at the moment the only place my church offers that is under the steeple. I want to be where that is offered.
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RestrictionEnzyme Laboratory Report
RestrictionEnzyme Laboratory Report
Restriction enzymes found in bacteria. They are DNA cutting enzymesand have found significant use in genetic research. The DNA cuttingenzymes are used in sequencing work for their precision. Restrictionenzymes recognize and cut DNA at particular sequences of nucleotides(Jones et al., 2016). Enzymes “scan” the DNA molecule whilelooking at specific sequences. The sequences comprise four to sixnucleotides. Upon recognition of the sequence, the enzyme cuts thestrands from both sides but by running in opposite directions. Theprocess of cutting results in the production of blunt or sticky endsdepending on how the particular enzyme conducted the same. Unevencutting results in the production of the sticky ends while cutting ineven manner results in the formation of blunt ends of nucleotides(Schuler, & Zielinski, 2012).
In this experiment, an in vitro analysis of DNA molecules would beconducted by the use of recombinant DNA techniques such as genecloning, plasmid extraction, and restriction enzyme analysis. Theexperiment will be carried out in a procedural manner from ligationcontrol and ligation reaction, the transformation of the recombinantDNA into E. coli, culturing of kanR Transformants, extraction ofrecombinant plasmid DNA to the analysis of restriction enzymes.
Understand the concepts of restriction digest
Understand the use of micropipette, agarose gel, and electrophoresis
Compare the DNA bands on a gel to those on a restriction map
Understand significance of restriction enzymes
LigationControl and Ligation Reaction
Microcentrifuge tubes were labeled as C1 and R1 where C1 containedthe ligation control gel sample while the R1 contained the ligationreaction gel sample. A fresh pipette tip was used to transfer 20μlof the stock ligation reaction mixture to tube C1. The tubecontaining T4 DNA Ligase was centrifuged to collect the enzyme at thebottom of the tube. Next, 40 μl of the stock ligation reaction wasadded to the tube containing T4 DNA Ligase. The solution was thenmixed by pipetting, and the ligation reaction was collected at thebottom of the tube. Samples were incubated at room temperature forfive minutes. Samples were then incubated in a water bath for 30minutes at a temperature of 16˚C. 20μl was transferred from thesample to reaction tube R1. Next was the addition of 5μl gel loadingsolution was added to both the tube serving as a control (C1) and thereaction tube (R1).
Ligation of Plasmid Vector to kanR Gene Fragment
The plasmid vector was prepared by the digestion by a restrictionenzyme that was compatible with the foreign DNA. The plasmid vectoris mixed with the DNA sequence of the kanR gene in the presence ofthe T4 DNA ligase (Loenen, Dryden, Raleigh, Wilson, & Murray,2014). The DNA ligase allows the formation of phosphodiester bondsbetween the 5’-phosphate and the 3’-hydroxyl resulting in acovalent bond. The kanR Gene fragment formed a bond with the plasmidvector. The reaction was conducted at a temperature of 16 ˚C forefficient ligation process.
Transformation of Recombinant DNA into E. coli
The ligation reaction was diluted by mixing adding five μl of theDNA derived from T4 DNA Ligase tube with 45 μl of pure water in aMicrocentrifuge tube. The tube was labeled as a “Diluted LigationReaction”. The two tubes for control and reaction are labeled C2and R2 respectively. 500 μl of Calcium chloride was transferred tothe C2 tube by use of a sterile pipette and placed on ice. Next, fiveisolated colonies of E. coli plate were transferred to the C2 tubeand resuspended. 250 μl of the cell suspension were transferred tothe R2 tube and placed on ice. Ten μl of control DNA was added to C2and put on ice. Similarly, ten μl of diluted ligation reaction tothe R2 and put on the ice. Both samples were gently mixed andincubated on ice for ten minutes. The transformation tubes were putin a water bath for ninety seconds at a temperature of 42˚C. Theheat shock step allowed for entry of the DNA into E.coli.
The tubes were then returned to the ice and incubated for twominutes. It was followed by a transfer of 250 μl of the LuriaRecovery Broth to the tubes and mixed by flicking the tubes. Thecells were then incubated for ten minutes at a temperature of 37˚Cin a water bath to allow for the cell walls to express the antibioticresistance gene. The cells were allowed to recover and tubes labeled“Control” and “Ligation.” The cells were removed from thewater bath and centrifuged for five minutes at full speed. The 0.4mlof the supernatant was removed and discarded from the C2 tube andresuspended in 0.1ml of the remaining liquid. All of the recoveredcells from C2 tube were spread to a plate by use of a sterileinoculating loop and covered. The steps were similarly repeated forthe ligation cells in the R2 tube with a fresh pipette. The cellsuspension was given time to be absorbed by the agar plate. Theplates were then placed in an overnight incubation for 37˚C in abacterial incubation oven. The results were analyzed through thedetermination of the transformation efficiency.
Culturing of the kanR Transformants
A culture tube was picked, and an inoculated with isolated coloniesfrom the tube labeled ligation. The tube was then placed in a 37˚Cshaking water bath and cultured overnight.
Extraction of Recombinant Plasmid DNA
A Microcentrifuge tube containing the pelleted E. coli cells waslabeled. 200 μl of TEG buffer was added to the bacterial pellet andresuspended by pipetting up and down. The cell suspension was thenincubated for five minutes at room temperature. Next, 5V of RNase wasadded to the cell suspension and mixed followed by addition of 350 μlof lysis buffer and gently mixed. 200v of Potassium Acetate solutionwas then added to the suspension and mixed thoroughly until a whiteprecipitate formed. The sample was then incubated for five followedby centrifugation for another five minutes. The supernatant was thentransferred to a 1.5ml Microcentrifuge and the tube containing thepellet discarded. Next, the 0.6 ml of isopropanol was added to thesupernatant followed by incubation for ten minutes at roomtemperature.
Restriction Enzyme Analysis
For 1.5ml Microcentrifuge tubes were labeled as 3, 4, 5 and 6. 150 μlof pure water, 25 μl restriction reaction buffer, and 25vresuspended recombinant plasmid was mixed in a Microcentrifuge. Thisformed the restriction digest cocktail. 40 μl of restriction digestwas added to each of the labeled tubes. Ten μl of pure water wasadded to tube three that served as restriction digest control. Fiveμl of pure water and five μl of EcoRI enzyme was added to tubefour. The same was done for tube five containing the Pvu11 enzyme andClal enzyme to tube six. Tapping of the tubes then mixed therestriction digestion reaction.
The samples were then incubated for 37˚C for one hour followed byaddition of 5 μl of 10* gel loading solution to each of the reactiontubes. The samples were then electrophoresed.
Results and Discussion
Ideal products of ligation derived were the plasmid containing thefragment of foreign DNA. The successful transformation of thecompetent E. coli cells is inefficient by the use of the linearmolecules (Clark, 2013). Because of the same, it could be mandatoryto have the optimization of the circular molecules that contain themultiple arrays of the vectors. Also, the large recombinant moleculesthat contain multiple arrays of the vector and the insert may not beable to replicate efficiently (Stevens, Cheng, Li, Xie, Hong, Maire,& Wang, 2013). Treatment with alkaline phosphatase may be prudentin other instances.
Restriction enzymes have found significant use in the field ofmolecular biology research. There are different types of restrictionenzymes that have been classified depending on the regions that theycut their DNA substrates. The restriction enzymes operate by makingincisions at two points of the particular DNA substrate. The enzymesare found in archaea and bacteria. They are useful for their abilityto provide defense against viruses. They execute the tasks by cuttingup any foreign DNA while the host DNA is protected from modificationby an enzyme named methyltransferase. The enzymes form therestriction modification system. Much of the enzymes are availablecommercially and are used for different research purposes. Notably,they are used in molecular cloning.
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Loenen, W. A., Dryden, D. T., Raleigh, E. A., Wilson, G. G., &Murray, N. E. (2014). Highlights of the DNA cutters: a short historyof the restriction enzymes. Nucleic acids research, 42(1),3-19.
Jones, J. A., Vernacchio, V. R., Sinkoe, A. L., Collins, S. M.,Ibrahim, M. H., Lachance, D. M., … & Koffas, M. A. (2016).Experimental and computational optimization of an Escherichia colico-culture for the efficient production of flavonoids. Metabolicengineering, 35, 55-63.
Schuler, M. A., & Zielinski, R. E. (2012). Methods in plantmolecular biology. Academic Press.
Stevens, M., Cheng, J. B., Li, D., Xie, M., Hong, C., Maire, C. L.,… & Wang, T. (2013). Estimating absolute methylation levels atsingle-CpG resolution from methylation enrichment and restrictionenzyme sequencing methods. Genome research, 23(9),1541-1553.


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This is welcome news:
The head of Target Corp. apologized Thursday over a political donation to a business group backing a conservative Republican for Minnesota governor, which angered some employees and sparked talk of a customer boycott.
Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel wrote employees to say the discount retailer was “genuinely sorry” over the way a $150,000 contribution to MN Forward donation played out. Steinhafel said Target would set up a review process for future political donations.
“While I firmly believe that a business climate conducive to growth is critical to our future, I realize our decision affected many of you in a way I did not anticipate, and for that I am genuinely sorry,” Steinhafel wrote.
He added, “The diversity of our team is an important aspect of our unique culture and our success as a company, and we did not mean to disappoint you, our team or our valued guests.”
It’s nice to see that Target is willing to learn from its mistakes. This is still an extremely interesting situation from the perspective of the Citizens United ruling, of course, as that was always the larger story. But it seems that they’ve at least learned the lesson that a candidate’s entire record is important, and that a politician’s antipathy to gays is not just an “Oh, by the way.” Republican candidates should pay attention, actually. Corporations give lots of money to the GOP (and the Democrats too), because they tend to roll over and let large corporations do whatever the hell they want when they’re in power. Those politicians know where their daily bread comes from too. The current GOP electoral strategy is to bait the rubes with racist, nativist and anti-gay sentiments, like it’s been since the 1960’s. But large corporations have a stake in being inclusive, and it’s going to become more and more difficult for them to align publicly with politicians with records of bias and bigotry, and more than ever, people are paying attention.


New Delhi (India), June 4: British Asian model and actor Sangeet Samra has been on a roll for the past few months. Since her music video with Jonita Gandhi went viral on Tik Tok & Instagram Reels, Samra has been fielding lucrative offers from the Punjabi Film Industry. The latest hit to her credit is Gurnaam Bhullar’s Music Video for the song Jija Sali which has over 40 Million views on Youtube alone. The songstress and actor collaborated with Parichay and Jonita Gandhi on the remake of the 90’s classic, Tum Mile Dil Khile, which first put her on the map. But with the latest track doing big numbers, Samra is easily the talk of the town.
Soon after the track’s release, Samra was invited to participate in Bigg Boss India and the British reality show Love Island. But Samra is making her choices wisely. She is currently in talks regarding a Lead Role in a big Punjabi Film featuring a superstar of the Punjabi industry. Talking about her latest success, she says, “Jija Sali is a loveable song, and I am elated to see the track fare so well. It’s been gratifying over the past few months. The success of a few things that I pursued has made people notice. Tum Mile did well for me, but currently, I’m weighing my options. There is some interesting film offers coming my way, and I’m hoping to make a choice soon. Watch out for an interesting announcement just around the corner from my end.” Well, that’s our cue to stay tuned!
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Publicly announced two weeks ago, Ingrid Schaffner will curate the fifty-seventh Carnegie International, an exhibition staged every third to fifth year at the Carnegie Museum as the oldest international survey of art held in America. Until this appointment, Ingrid has been Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia for fifteen years.
Seated often in her office encircled by exhibition posters and pinned cards, Ingrid is sprightly, with waist-length hair twisted into an arabesquely wound bun. As Ingrid relocates to Pittsburgh, her birthplace, she leaves behind her distinctive Philadelphia home built by architect Anne Tyng, whose designs and methods Ingrid presented in a 2011 solo exhibition at the ICA. Ingrid’s formed sympathy with the architecture is underscored by her zeal for living within its walls, and sharing Tyng’s building with visitors. The three-story wooden house is taut and narrow, with a structural complexity that, rather than being cold and foreboding is warm and inviting. This attitude is readily visible in every exhibition she organizes, which include thorough monographic presentations of Karen Kilimnik, Jason Rhoades, and Polly Apfelbaum, among others.
Also left behind will be biographical anecdotes that I think of as synonymous with her: enthusiastic mention of a favorite museum, the Puppet Theater Collection in Munich, Germany; preparations of meals from the Ottolenghi cookbook; a retained dislike of green peppers but an enthusiasm for bread; an askew framed word portrait above the dining table, reading “fine light fair/ clear skin and a/ sharp yet delicate/ truly elegant/ appearance”; and a strict observation of Sunday as a day for oneself.
Karen Kilimnik, 2007, installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania
Erin: As part of your described plan to curate the Carnegie International alongside a group of “traveling and thinking partners”, will the curatorial partners operate as advisors to you, as sounding boards, or as auxiliary curators who also put forward artists for possible inclusion?
Ingrid: The traveling and thinking partners are not expected to also serve as curatorial advisors. Though I do hope the sense of partnership will extend beyond the limits of each journey ~ and that we will be (telegraphically) traveling and thinking together in terms of our collective body of work throughout the process of my organizing Ci18. Since it’s impossible to touch down everywhere, I imagine we will convene in Pittsburgh first, to decide where in the world it seems most urgent and relevant to travel.
Erin: Your proposed research strategy for curating the Carnegie involves travel to unfamiliar regions, unfamiliar both to you and to your partners. By “unfamiliar”, do you mean traveling for the first time to regions of the world unknown to you? Or does unfamiliar also imply visiting artists who you have had a long-standing, but unfulfilled, curiosity about?
Ingrid: Yes to all. But most simply put: say you’re expert in the Antipodean art scene, then I want to go to Eastern Europe with you. Because if we went to New Zealand we would just see what you already know and you would be my guide. I would rather we were both equally open to who we meet and what we experience. At the same time, the knowledge and predilections each traveling partner brings to the table—or itinerary—will be extremely valuable to creating the connections and starting points you need to navigate new terrain.
Erin: Does this working method imply an avoidance of art you have previously exhibited?
Ingrid: I hope not. Working with an artist over time is a privilege. Plus I don’t think that the charge of the Carnegie is to run around and discover completely other ways of seeing and doing one’s work. Rather, it’s an opportunity to widen and deepen the scope and beat of what one knows and is passionate about—and then transmit that through the form of an exhibition.
Erin: I am looking to your previous interest in archives, particularly demonstrated in the exhibition you initiated, “Deep Storage” first curated at Haus der Kunst in 1997. Does your attraction to archives parallel your interest in curating? Is the uncovering of a remnant in history similar in behavior to seeking out unnoticed or overlooked aesthetic production?
Ingrid: I like to be in exhibitions that operate on many different levels, that ignite sparks of association—formal, conceptual, historical, political, theoretical, subjective—and that slow you down in the process of looking, participating, or whatever is called for in the process of absorbing the work on view. So yes, there is something to being in an archive and doing research—to letting what you find lead to places unknown—that is for me fundamentally akin to my curatorial approach.
I approach my projects as informed, but open inquiries—not defining statements—about a resonant theme or body of work that invites further investigation. I’m a great fan of independent study and surrealist-style questionnaires. For one of my favorite shows at ICA, the catalogue took the form of this bristling compendium of 80 answers to a solicitation to describe the queer voice, which seemed suddenly increasingly heard across culture. Talk about atomizing the binary in a single blast.
Erin: Recurring survey exhibitions such as the International often propose to display the most timely, geographically inclusive, and methodologically diverse group of artworks possible. Is there a term that you would like to add or remove from the list?
Ingrid: For now, I plan to shut my eyes and ears to such lists, as if diversity and inclusiveness could be so prescribed. No artist wants to be invited because they are “French” any more than they want to fill the “Community Engagement,” “Black,” or “Woman” slot. I’m always interested in how artists are making what we think about and see plural as well as prickly – critical of mainstreams that tend to run fast and not too deep. I’m all for art that eddies the flow.
Erin: Are you expecting this opportunity to change how you curate? Or how you looked for avenues and artists at the Institute of Contemporary Art and even prior?
Ingrid: I am leaving the ICA—one of the best jobs a curator can have, excellent colleagues doing inspiring work, a great university—to do the Carnegie exactly because it is bound to enrich my work. The opportunity is an amazing gift and goad, both. Because on the one hand, it’s like a giant research grant, on the other you have to realize your own ideals of what an exhibition of this scope and visibility can be.
Erin: The curators cooking for and hosting visiting artists have been a central component of your time at the ICA. Do you imagine cooking for the curators of the Carnegie International? And will being an adept chef be a litmus test for your traveling partners?
Ingrid: HA! At the Carnegie, we will have to see, but there’s good precedent: Rirkrit Tiravanija cooked and served Thai food to visitors of the 1995 Carnegie International. Actually, because I didn’t want it to be a retention issue for the curatorial department, initially, I cooked all the long table dinners following public events. It’s a way of honoring our guests and being more inclusive of colleagues. Just yesterday Anthony Elms reminded me that when he was considering coming to ICA, his friend the curator Anthony Huberman said, “I hope you like to cook.”
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- Invitation to Dinner - April 10, 2015


Our Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival team never ceases to amaze! It is the skills and love labor of our team of creatives that makes this multi-dimensional, multimedia festival what it is. All of the visual content associated with the books are “hand crafted” specifically for the festival. All of the imaginative arts and crafts are designed by members of our team. The voices in read-alongs and the words on the website – all can be attributed to our dynamic and brilliant festival team. We have nothing but love and gratitude for the group of people who brought this festival to life.
Yoon S. Byun is a creative problem solver, a strategist, and a planner who thrives on the fly. Through his background in photojournalism, Yoon’s work stays on point with storytelling that is intimate and relatable. He is the co-founder of Strewn Wonder, a storytelling company working with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations. It is a creative collaboration with his wife, Chelsea Conaboy, officially launching in late 2021. He is the lead video producer for the 2021 Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival.
Yoon has also applied his passion for mentoring by teaching documentary photography and film at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at MECA, and is a coach at Boot Camp for New Dads through Maine Boys to Men, a nonprofit that works to change the definition of masculinity and end violence against women and girls.
Atiim Chenzira & Jason Williams (aka JasWho?) have over 40 years of music composition, production, and sound design between them, and are an amazing team to hire for your next sound environment project. Together they make up Ridah Ridah Entertainment (R2E), a sound design and music composition company. R2E has leveraged their legacy skill sets of indoor/outdoor sound design and music composition to create sound environments for films, built environments (art installations and more), video & music projects, as well as read aloud books.
Atiim Chenzira is a musician, songwriter, spoken word poet, community activist and family therapist. Cultivated in the rich musical soil the Eastbay, his music is an eclectic mix of New Age Hip Hop, Old School Soul and Jazz Poetry.
Jay Williams, aka JasWho?, is a veteran live musician who has toured the US, Japan and England with various bands, including as a keyboardist, guitar and bass player with improv experimental dance music ensemble Playground and Elektra records project Family Funk.
Thank you Dream Team!
Meet the incredible Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival Planning and Production Committee. For over a year this group of talented, dedicated individuals have been working tirelessly on all components required to bring this Festival to light.


You learn something new everyday if you allow your mind, heart, and spirit to be receptors of what’s new. One of my favorite classrooms is Nature. You can learn a lot from Nature — its plants and its animals.
During the month of December 2018, God allowed me to preview and try out a few new ways of doing his work — starting with prayer. I’ve been on my knees, on my face, lying down, and dozing off — not sure if the latter is actually a prayer posture. All I know is that I give it all I’ve got each day no matter the time of prayer or the posture. Lately, I have turned a routine walk with my dog along my neighborhood trail into a prayer posture.
I’m reminded of my own words from a talk I gave on my birthday last year, and it’s reverberating in my head at this very moment.
Sometimes you’re going to look silly when doing God’s work, and the world won’t understand. It’s ok if they laugh. Keep circling.
I smile about that preview in particular because I know I look silly as I’m walking and praying out loud or singing the song that’s on my heart. No one needs to know what’s going on in my bubble during those times. I’m protected as he covers me with his feathers and takes me under his wings of refuge. His shield of faithfulness is all that I need. His wings are wide and long enough for you as well. Let him shelter you from all the fiery darts headed your way. You can’t survive them without him.
What have you learned from Nature? Take a walk today and learn from the Master’s Teacher. May the peace that has eluded you fall fresh upon your face this day and always. Happy New Year, and may blessings abound!
4 thoughts on “Learning Log 1”
Sometimes silly looks better.
I can attest to that, my friend.
You are so special, such a great person that makes me proud to be your other mother.
I love and admire you so much.
I love you too! Thanks for taking time to read and to comment.


As a student, I always wondered why I was more comfortable remembering a movie dialogue than the physics theorems in my textbooks. Now, as an instructional designer, I got an answer to my question – if we find something attractive and interesting, we take extra efforts to learn and remember it for a long time.
But, what goes into making your eLearning courses engaging? Well, you can create highly interesting and engaging eLearning courses by focusing on certain instructional design strategies. Let us see more.
Avatars/ characters can be used in an eLearning course; they act as a guide for the learner, throughout the course. The use of these animated characters makes the course more interesting and engaging for the learner because it interacts directly with him. For example, the use of an animated character dressed like a doctor helps the learner connect better with the content of an eLearning course on healthcare.
Here is an example from one of our eLearning courses, where we have used an ant as an avatar to guide the learner throughout the course and make him understand the basics of supply chain management.
VideoScribe can be used to grab the attention of your learners, and it’s a unique way of presenting information. VideoScribe is a software application that can be used to create our own style of whiteboard animations and embed music in the background. Using this, learners are engaged in the course as we are entertaining and simultaneously educating them.
Click here to view our demo course on financial accounting.
Simulations help the learner engage actively in the process as they get to learn in an interactive environment that is close to the real life. The learner can transfer the knowledge to work, easily.
Simulation-based eLearning courses engage the learner very effectively. This is because he can watch the process, practice it with the help of on-screen instructions and perform the procedure on his own.
Games are the ideal means to engage learners and reinforce learning. Let’s now look at a scenario-based assessment, “the magic lamp”. Assessments such as these make learning engaging and effective because they present challenges to learners. They enable them to think deeply, analyze all options provided and evaluate what they have learned. When the learner answers a question correctly, he gets closer to the treasure. If he answers a question incorrectly, he has to shell out coins. If he answers all the questions correctly, he wins the treasure.
Interactivities enable learners to interact and engage with the course as active participants. Click on tabs, images, hotspots, numbers, slide show and so on help keep the learner effectively engaged.
Hope you find this blog useful. Please do share your thoughts!


Don’t see your cat drinking much at home? Cats are notorious for being fussy about water and not drinking enough. It can lead to many complications such as dehydration, kidney issues and urinary tract problems. This is especially so in our warm Singaporean climate, where cats also might lose moisture from sweating through their paws. In this article, we will share ways to help make sure your cat is drinking enough water and is well-hydrated!
How Much Water Should My Cat Be Drinking?
Cats need 104ml – 133ml (3.5oz – 4.5oz) of water per 2.27kg (5 pounds) of body weight everyday. This means that your 4.5 kg cat should be getting around 1 cup of water a day.
However, don’t panic if you don’t see your cat drinking that much from their water bowl. Wet cat food also contains plenty of water (for wet food, usually >80% of its content is water!). Thus, your cats might not require much additional water outside of their meals.
Having said that, if your cat mainly eats dry food such as kibble, they will definitely have to get more water from other sources.
Why Do Cats Often Not Drink Enough Water?
There are a few theories as to why cats might not drink much water.
In the wild, cats usually get water from their prey, such as mice and birds, which have high moisture content. As a result, they do not drink much from external sources.
In addition, domestic cats today also retain many characteristics from their ancestors, which were desert-dwelling wild cats. This allows domestic cats to survive with low water intakes due to their ability to produce concentrated urine to reduce water loss.
Many of our cats are also extremely picky with how they like their water. This behaviour might be derived from habits formed by their past generations. Whether it’s to avoid contamination or to find the freshest water for consumption, there is no denying that cats are one of the fussiest pets when it comes to drinking water.
However, it is a point of concern if your cat is not drinking as much water as they used to. It could signal that they could have an underlying illness. If you notice such behaviour, please consult your vet as soon as possible.
What Happens If My Cat Isn’t Drinking Enough Water?
Cats that don’t drink enough usually end up with dehydration. This is caused by excessive fluid loss, which also means that the body loses important electrolytes like sodium and potassium. Senior cats, or cats that are ill from certain diseases, such as kidney failure, cancer or diabetes are also more susceptible to dehydration.
Symptoms Of Dehydration
The following are some of the most common signs of dehydration:
- Dry, tacky gums
- Elevated heart rate
- Loss of appetite
- Little to no urination
- Sunken eyes
Most importantly, if you suspect your cat might be dehydrated, you should try checking your cat for ‘skin tenting’, by pulling the skin around the cat’s shoulders up and letting go. If the skin remains up in a ‘tent’ and does not fall back down, it might signal that your cat is severely dehydrated and will require a trip to the vet.
At the vet, dehydrated cats are usually treated by giving them fluids through a needle. This can last for a from few hours to even a few days in serious cases.
Treatment & Monitoring
If not treated, dehydration can lead to urinary problems such as urinary tract infections, urinary stones and crystals as well as a higher risk for kidney disease.
However, if you are caring for a senior cat or a cat that is susceptible to dehydration and urinary issues, you might want to consider getting the Cat Litter Company Health Indicator. Mixed into your cat’s regular litter, this indicator can help alert you when there are anomalies detected in your cat’s urine, so you can bring your cat to the vet early.
How Can I Make Sure My Cat Is Drinking Enough Water?
If your cat shows signs of dehydration, it is crucial to get them to the vet as soon as possible. However, in the meantime, it might be good to encourage more drinking on your own. Hence, you can try enticing your cat to drink by adding a little tuna juice or broth to water as a temporary solution.
Wet Cat Food
The easiest way to get more moisture is through feeding your cat wet food. Tasty with high water content, wet cat food provides cats with liquid they are more than happy to slurp up. If you are feeding your cat kibble, you can also opt to use supplementary wet food as a delicious meal topper.
However, there are definitely cats out there that do not enjoy wet cat food. Thus, when feeding your cat kibble, frozen, air-dried or freeze-dried food, it might be good to mix in some extra water along with their meal to ensure they stay hydrated.
Liquid Cat Treats
Don’t stop at just wet food! Try adding some liquid cat treats into your treat stash as well. Usually fed from hand or used as a meal topper, liquid cat treats come in a huge range of tasty flavours to choose from.
Moreover, just like the movies, many cats also love drinking milk even though they are lactose-intolerant. If your cat likes milk, try treating your cat to some lactose-free pet milk every now and then to replenish their thirst.
Choosing The Right Bowl(s)
Cats can be extremely fussy about their preferred choice of bowls.
Make sure to choose a bowl that is shallow — a deep bowl might not only make it difficult to drink from. It might also put unnecessary stress on your cat’s whiskers which might discourage them from drinking.
In addition, bowls that are elevated and tilted might also help make it easier to drink from, especially for older or injured cats.
The number of bowls also matters! This is especially so if you have a multi-cat household or a relatively large house.
Where you put the water bowls can affect drinking habits too. Try putting their bowl away from their litter boxes and food bowls. Cats are unlikely to drink near where they defecate, and in the wild, cats have also been observed to not eat near water sources to avoid contamination.
The freshness of the water also plays a part in whether cats choose to drink it. The longer your cat’s water bowl sits out, the more particles such as dust, dirt and hair it collects. Thus, it is best to change it once or twice a day. This also means that bowls should often be thoroughly cleaned to ensure the water stays clear and pristine.
Furthermore, just like how some of us love drinking iced water, some cats might also have the same preference too! Hence, try adding a few ice cubes the next time you refill their water bowl to see if they might be more likely to drink their water cold.
In addition, many cats also prefer running water (e.g. if your cat likes to drink from the sink). If your cat is like that, or one that is extremely picky, try getting a water fountain with filtering capabilities to provide your cat with fresh running water 24/7.
Sometimes, living in Singapore can mean that our weather might be a little too warm on some days for our feline friends. Other than encouraging your cats to drink more, make sure you provide them with a place to cool down. For example, having fans, cooling mats and cooling beds are all great ways to make sure your cat doesn’t overheat and become dehydrated.
If you would like to read more about how to better care for your cats, do check out ‘Stomach Sensitivity in Cats – What should I take note of?’ and ‘Things We Should Not Be Feeding Our Cats’.


Google has announced that it will start taking page load times into account when it assesses Quality Score.
Quality score is used by the search engine which influences a particular ad’s position on the Google network, as well as minimum bids for keywords.
Other factors already taken into account are keyword relevance, the historical clickthrough rates of a particular keyword, as well as landing page quality.
Now it seems that publishers with faster loading websites will be given preference. The change will be introduced over the next few weeks, and publisher will then be given a month to make improvements to their page load times.
According to the AdWords Blog, there are two main reasons for the changes:
“First, users have the best experience when they don’t have to wait a long time for landing pages to load. Interstitial pages, multiple redirects, excessively slow servers, and other things that can increase load times only keep users from getting what they want: information about your business.”
“Second, users are more likely to abandon landing pages that load slowly, which can hurt your conversion rate.”
The AdWords Blog advises webmasters to speed up load times by reducing the size of webpages, using fewer redirects and using fewer, and more compressed, images.


The Sustainable World Conclave 2023
The 3rd edition of Sustainable World Conclave is an annual event organized by BW Businessworld in association with Sustain Labs Paris. This summit brings together experts, leaders, policymakers, and activists from different parts of the nation to discuss the theme of India’s big leap with the G20 presidency. The theme of the conclave highlights the critical role India plays in the global economy and its position as the fastest-growing major economy in the world.
During this two-day event, attendees will be able to participate in thought-provoking sessions, panel discussions, and keynote speeches from eminent speakers. The topics covered will include sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, responsible consumption, climate change, circular economy, and much more.
This summit is an excellent opportunity for individuals and organizations who are committed to sustainable development to network, learn, and collaborate with like-minded individuals and organizations worldwide. People who should attend this summit include business leaders, investors, industry experts, policymakers, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, academics, and students who are passionate about creating a sustainable future for the planet.
Previous Edition of Sustainable World Conclave 2022
Understanding the importance of India’s position in the global economy and the role it plays as a significant player in international development initiatives.
Gaining insights into sustainability, digital transformation, climate change, and global governance from experts in various fields.
Learning about the prospects and challenges of India’s G20 presidency, and how this position is contributing to sustainable development goals.
Networking with thought leaders, policymakers, business leaders, academics, and civil society actors who share a common desire to create a sustainable and equitable global future.
Being inspired by the innovative ideas and solutions presented during the conclave, which can be applied in various sectors and India’s economy.
Who Should Attend
- Business: CSOs, CFOs, CEOs, Managing Directors, Other C-Suite and Directors of Sustainability, Vice Presidents of Sustainability, Heads of Sustainability, Heads of ESG, and others from businesses
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- Solution Providers: Business Development Directors, Consultants, Marketing Directors, and Product Specialists providing solutions to businesses to help them with the sustainability challenges
- Government: Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Chief of Staff, Other Senior Government Officials, Director Generals, and Advisors
- Not-for-profits: NGOs, Civil Society, and Associations
- Academia: Professors, Researchers, and others
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Sentence brings ignoble end to Brown’s 34-year political odyssey
♦By Rich Shumate, ChickenFriedPolitics.com editor
JACKSONVILLE (CFP) — Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida was sentenced to five years in prison on tax and fraud charges related to a scheme to loot $800,000 from a bogus scholarship charity and spend it on personal expenses.
Brown, 71, a Democrat who represented metro Jacksonville in Congress for 24 years, was sentenced December 4 by U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan, who called her behavior “brazen” and “born out of entitlement and greed,” according to coverage of the court proceedings by the Florida Times-Union.
Brown, who was ordered to surrender in January to begin serving her sentence, left the courthouse in downtown Jacksonville without comment. Speaking to reporters afterward, her attorney, James Smith, said she would appeal.
“The congresswoman wants to let her supporters know that she’s still strong and resolute, and she appreciates their prayers and their support,” Smith said. “She asks that they not give up hope because she hasn’t given up hope.”
Brown’s former chief of staff, Ronnie Simmons, received a four-year sentence; the head of the charity, Carla Wiley, received 21 months.
Prosecutors alleged that Brown used her contacts and clout as a member of Congress to solicit funds for the charity, which claimed to provide scholarships for economically disadvantaged children. At trial, prosecutors produced evidence that the money was then diverted by Brown, Simmons and Wiley for their own personal use.
Brown took the stand to blame the scheme on Simmons and insist she did not know what he had been doing. But in May, she was convicted on 18 of the 22 counts against her, including including conspiracy, wire and mail fraud and filing false tax returns.
When she was elected on Congress in 1992 after a decade in the Florida legislature, Brown became the first African-American to represent Florida in Congress since Reconstruction. Emphasizing her dedication to constituent service with the phrase “Corrine Delivers,” she would win 11 more times and become a political institution in Jacksonville. She even helped secure the funds to build the Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse, the building where she was tried, convicted and sentenced.
However, in 2016, facing corruption charges and a new district radically redrawn by the Florida Supreme Court, she lost the Democratic primary to now U.S. Rep. Al Lawson of Tallahassee.


The NFL’s free agency period doesn’t officially open until Wednesday, March 16 at 4:00 p.m. ET, but the legal tampering period has arrived for the NFL. Before you know it there will be many new deals agreed upon across the league, sending pending free agents to new teams.
Below you can track all of the moves the Kansas City Chiefs make from the legal tampering period through the various waves of free agency. You’ll find things related to free-agent signings, contract tenders, trades, cuts, free-agent departures, contract extensions and restructures. The front office in Kansas City still has some work to do with the salary cap, so expect those moves to be among the first they make as free agency gets underway.
March 24: Calm after the Tyreek Hill trade. . .
March 23: Chiefs make a big splash trade, but not what you'd expect. . .
March 22: Day 7 of free agency period
- Chiefs WR Demarcus Robinson to visit Raiders.
- Chiefs to sign former SDSU CB Luq Barcoo.
- Chiefs to sign former Giants WR Corey Coleman.
- Chiefs restructure Joe Thuney’s contract.
- Packers to sign Chiefs DT Jarran Reed.
- Chiefs to sign former Blue Springs, K-State LB Elijah Lee.
- Raiders to sign Chiefs WR Demarcus Robinson.
March 21: Day 6 of free agency period
March 20: Day 5 of free agency period
March 18: Day 3 of free agency signing period
March 17: Day 2 of free agency signing period
March 16: 2022 NFL league year, free agency signing period begins
March 15: Legal tampering Day 2
March 14: Legal tampering period opens
- Chiefs fail to re-sign RB Darrel Williams ahead of legal tampering period.
- Packers released EDGE Za’Darius Smith, who the Chiefs are rumored to have an interest in.
- Chiefs named as team to watch for ex-Browns WR Jarvis Landry.
- Chiefs working on reworked contract for DE Frank Clark, still unclear if they’ll be able to agree to a deal.
- Chiefs in touch with ERFA TE Jody Fortson regarding contract tender, nothing imminent.
- Chiefs interested in Bears WR Allen Robinson in free agency per a new report.
- The Chiefs are bringing back FB Michael Burton on a one-year deal per a new report.
- The Chiefs plan to sign Texans free agent S Justin Reid.
- Chiefs DE Frank Clark agrees to a reworked contract, will stay with the team in 2022.
- Chiefs CB Charvarius Ward to sign with 49ers per reports.
- Chiefs never offered S Tyrann Mathieu a contract.