A study of the use of manipulatives in the assessment of mathematics instruction with ESL Hispanic students. Bilingual Research Journal, 22(2-4), 215-235. I'm including this reference and abstract because it seems like an ideal research article for our group. Unfortunately, the report is written in Spanish only.
Red Rangers are a generation cross from the popular Rhode Island Red & are also known as Columbian Blacktails. These pretty chestnut hen's adapt well to most set up's, especially as backgarden hen's, free-rangers and smallholdings.
The Star of Life is a cross symbol used by the emergency medical services. It is commonly seen on ambulances and paramedic badges. It is usually blue and features the familiar medical symbol in the centre; the Rod of Asclepius (see above). The six arms of the Star of Life represent some of the aspects of emergency medical care. Red Cross