Health & Science
Saturday, 12 November 2011 20:18
Free cholesterol screening
The Kings Highway division of Beth Israel Medical Center will offer free cholesterol screening at state Senator Carl Kruger's district office, 2201 Avenue U (at East 22nd Street) on Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call the district office, 718-743-8610.
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Even though we in southern Brooklyn are very close to the beach, this time of year there’s a proliferation of inflatable pools in neighborhood backyards.
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Our drinking water is endangered.
Filmmaker Josh Fox has a warning for all of us who use New York City tap water for drinking, washing, cooking, and bathing – we may be next to turn on the faucet and see our tap water burst into flame.
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It is often said that what first seems like a hardship, can have good consequences later on.
Jeff Eisenberg, for one, would have little trouble applying this concept to something as disgusting and annoying as bedbugs.
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Who would have thought that a bug no bigger than a poppy seed could cause such a stir in homes, apartments, schools, cruise ships, dorms -- even , ironically enough, the offices of the city’s Health Department? People in the Bay area and all over the city have been worried about going to school, the office, and even the movies because they do not want a bed bug crawling over them.
It’s a national problem, but New York State has had the highest rate of infestation. In the city, the City Council established an advisory board to focus on what many have called an epidemic.
This past summer bed bugs were found at some of the most popular movie theaters in Manhattan, and locally at the UA Movies at Sheepshead Bay. The theaters are now bug-free, officials said.
Contrary to popular conception, the tiny critters do not…
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By DOMINIQUE CARSON
Should intelligence be measured only by scores on IQ, SAT, or other standardized tests?
No, says Harvard professor Howard Gardner – educators should think of intelligence as multi-faceted.
Gardner developed his theory of “multiple intelligence” in 1983 because he felt that schools limit students to linguistic (word-smart) and logical-mathematical intelligence. He believes teachers and administrators should devote attention to the way students are smart in individual ways -- in the arts, architecture, music, dance, fashion design, entrepreneurship, or other talents.
"All children learn better when they are given the chance to learn at their own pace and given different ways to gain knowledge, not all children get it through memory or textbooks,” said art teacher Laura Monel at Public School 190 in East New York.
Gardner developed eight different intelligences to promote children potential in schools. The eight intelligences are linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal,…
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