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Pretty Pea Puffers Pea puffers are the tiny little fish...with the long list of names! They are sometimes called pea, dwarf, bumblebee, blue-eyed, pygmy or malabar puffers. They are from inland waters of India to China. You might find a small school of them in a river, lake, floodplain and even sometimes in a brackish water estuary. Pea puffers are intelligent little fish and very inquisitive. In the wild they will live in areas with lots of plants and many hiding places. They will set up their own territory and defend it very well. They each will swim in their own unique pattern and are quite fun to watch. Pea puffers are carnivores, and grow very strong and sharp teeth. To keep their teeth ground down, they will munch on snails. Eating snails makes them a molluscivore. They will also eat brine shrimp, bloodworms and other small animals and insects. The main criteria of a pea puffers diet is size, since they are so small!
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Pumpkin Bars: 5 (1.7 ounce) Bit-O-Honey Bars 1 cup canola oil 4 eggs 1 (15 ounce) can pure pumpkin 1 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cups all-purpose flour Cream Cheese Frosting: 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 4 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 cups confectioners' sugar For the pumpkin bars : Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13 x 9-inch pan with nonstick spray. Freeze the Bit-O-Honey Bars 10 minutes. In a food processor, chop candy bars coarsely. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, using electric mixer, combine the oil and eggs, and mix 30 seconds on high. Add the pumpkin, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger, nutmeg and salt. Mix on medium 1 minute, scraping down sides of the bowl. Add the baking powder, baking soda and flour, and mix on low 30 seconds. Fold in the chopped candy bars. Pour the batter into your prepared pan and bake 25 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting. For the cream cheese frosting: In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Mix in the vanilla extract. Add the confectioners' sugar and beat until thoroughly mixed together. Spread the frosting evenly over the top of the cooled pumpkin bars. Cut into 2 x 3-inch squares.
Cut carrots in half, both crosswise and lengthwise. Cook carrots in a medium saucepan, covered, in a small amount of boiling water 8-10 minutes, or until crisp-tender. Drain well; remove from pan. In the same saucepan combine butter or margarine, brown sugar, and salt. Stir over medium heat until combined. Add carrots. Cook, uncovered, about 2 minutes or until glazed, stirring frequently. Season to taste with pepper.
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Republic of Ireland • Ireland is a island nation on the western edge of Europe. Aside from Great Britain, is the second largest island on the continent. • The capital is Dublin. It is also the largest city and is home to over a quarter of Ireland’s population! • Ireland only takes up 80% of island, the other 20% is Northern Ireland which is a part of The United Kingdom. • The population is about 5 million people! • The currency is the Euro. • There are four seasons in Ireland. Throughout Spring and Summer the climate stays around 40 degrees to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. In the Winter and Fall the climate stays around 46 degrees Fahrenheit. • The traditional and most popular sports in Ireland are Gaelic football and hurling. But, at the Olympics, boxing was Ireland’s most successful sport. • The languages spoken in Ireland are English and Irish Gaelic. Irish Gaelic is the country’s first official language. However the second official language, English, is more commonly spoken in present day. • The government is a Constitutional Democracy. It consists of an elected parliament that makes laws and a president, who is head of state. • Ireland is known for not having any snakes. The only reptiles within Ireland are lizards. • The Ireland-United Kingdom border is also referred to as the Irish border. The border runs a total of 499km from Lough Foyle on the north of the island to Carlingford Lough on the northeast of the Irish sea. • A type of clover called the Shamrock is the national symbol for Ireland. Along with the harp, it is a registered trademark of the Country. • On March 17th every year, St. Patricks day is celebrated. The holiday began as a religious feast for the patron saint of Ireland. Now it has become an international festival celebrating the Irish culture. It is com-
Ireland's flag uses color to symbolize religions; green is representative of Catholics; orange is representative of Protestants, and the white is symbolic of the union of both.
monly celebrated with dancing, parades, foods, and of course a whole lot of green. • The Celtic harp has been used on the Coat of Arms of Ireland Blarney Castle since Medieval Times. Today it is still used as the symbol of the Irish State. Ireland is the world’s only country with a musical instrument as it’s national symbol. • “Gulliver’s Travels” writer Jonathan Swift, is buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. • Kilkenny-born architect James Hoban designed the original White House in Washington after winning a competition sponsored by President George Washington and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in 1792. • The tune of the "Star Spangled Banner" was composed by the great, blind harpist Turlough O’Carolan, who died about 35 years before the American Revolution. The Blarney Castle is one of Ire• One of the longest names of a land’s most popular landmarks. place in Ireland is a townland There, you can visit the legendary called Muckanaghederdauhaulia, Blarney Stone. It is believed that if in County Galway. you kiss the Blarney Stone, you will gain the gift of eloquence and never be at a loss for words.
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Why Are You Right-Handed or Left-Handed? Do you know that more than 90% of the world is right-handed? But, there are more left-handed peoples than ever before. One of the main reasons for this is that years ago, teachers forced lefthanded kids to write with their right hand! They were told that was the correct way. Actually, being left-handed is perfectly alright and totally natural. What makes a person left or right handed? Scientists are not sure and not all agree on the answer. They have noted however, that being left-handed runs in families. So the hypothesis or guess is that your genes or DNA influences whether or not you turn out to be left-handed or right-handed. Many scientists also believe that most people’s brains develop more on one side than on the other. And since the left side of your brain controls the muscles on the right side of your body, and the right side of your brain controls the left side of your body, this could influence the muscles in your hands as well. If the left side of your brain is more developed, than you are right-handed. If the right side of your brain is more developed, then you are left-handed. If your brain is equally developed on both sides, you are ambidextrous which means you can use one hand as well as the other. Sometimes getting hurt can also make a person left-handed or right-handed. If you injure your hand and can’t use it anymore, you become the opposite of the injured hand. The rumor is not true that left handed people are always artsy. Two famous artists, Rembrandt and Van Gogh are two good examples of that as they were right handed. Here's how that theory began. For both righties and lefties, the brain is divided right down the middle into two sides called hemispheres. One hemisphere is on the right side of your head, and the other is on the left. But here's the strange part: For complicated reasons, the right hemisphere controls movements on the left half of the body, which includes the left hand. The left hemisphere controls movements on
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I Want To Play The Bassoon! The bassoon is the lowest sounding and the largest of the woodwind instruments. They are made of maple wood and also of ebonite. Student sized bassoons are made of plastic resin to make the instrument more affordable. Most bassoon players need to have big hands so many students learn another instrument first. It has a double reed that is attached to the bocal which is a curved tube. Early bassoons were called Dulcians or Curtals. The main difference from those to modern day bassoons, is that the old instruments were carved from a single piece of wood and didn’t have any keys! In France during the 17th century, instrument builders made the first bassoon with separate joints and by the mid 19th century, the 17 key bassoon was developed.
The bassoon is held diagonally in front of the player and cannot be supported by the player’s hands alone. Additional support is required as it is heavy. The extra support is either a neck strap or a seat strap which is attached to the bassoon and laid across the chair seat before sitting down to hold it in place. To make a sound, the bassoonist blows air through a double reed causing it to vibrate. To play notes and vary the sound, the bassoonist must cover different combinations of tone holes with fingers or keys.
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