Recent content by Twister Frost

Try the English Shepherd Club-- http://www.englishshepherd.org/breeders-with-puppies.html We have two English Shepherds, and I wouldn't trade them for the world. We got our female from Oklahoma and the male from Wyoming. They are great kid dogs, but they are great cattle/sheep dogs for us...

Thank you, Leaning H, Big Muddy, and Faster for the ideas. Spent some time today talking about it again, even brought it up to an older class and had a few really neat ones. I guess time marches on---although, like all three of you, have a spent a good part of my day thinking back on my...

Was discussing a story with the kids today, and talking about traditions around the holidays, specifically Christmas (since it seems to be easier for them to think about right now!), and I was slightly amazed by the lack of traditions being carried down today. I am not judging, mind you, I was...

Based on the book (Preston/USAMRIID/CDC information), the Reston strain of Ebola did have at least one confirmed case in the US--a man who worked in the monkey house. He survived because the Reston strain is more like a terrible flu---killed monkeys all the same, but not humans. At the end of...

Yes, Hypo, you were correct on two levels. One of the physical signs of Ebola in all of the chimps at Reston, VA, and at the USMARID was that immediately after death during the necropsy, the notes were always the same, "the internal organs looked like those of an animal that had been dead three...

There is a book, The Hot Zone by Robert Preston, that details the original Marsburg, Ebola Sudan, and Ebola Zaire outbreaks of the 70's thru 90's---nonfiction--scary stuff. As I am reading it right now, I have to keep putting it down because what the US military's biohazard team has to say is...

Sending condolences, Soap and family---May your memories brng smiles and his teachings live on through each of you as God's greatest gifts.

I think this is one of those opportunities for members of the ag community to speak out against HSUS. I was happy to leave a comment on Muck Boots page, as I think we all should. We know we are bigger (as in numbers) and better (strictly an IQ thing!) than HSUS, and maybe it is time that...

Hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but there is a reason Bill Gates has his fingers and his checkbook open for this (Race to the Top funds, InBloom testing, grants and scholarships to different colleges). I am amazed at how the Dept. of Ed. in my own state is constantly trying to spin and cover...

All I have to say about Common Core is that if people thought the education system was a mess before, just wait---it will get worse!

And it looks like they might have found a way to bring in some money and nmbers---take away the Anonymous Shopper button...and lie some more... http://eaglerising.com/3117/obama-order-official-lie-congress/#kxYOPGfvFqEKyLbu.03

The problem with teaching to the test is that the same test is administered to all 4-8-11 graders across the country; but, each state has its own set of state standards. Because of this, and because certain states cannot seem to raise their scores and meet AYP, we now have Common Core. Pretty...

I do not have a clue about the teacher tests that Callifornia or Georgia use, but in North Dakota and South Dakota we use the PRAXIS test. I will leave a couple of the sites for PRAXIS practice tests that have been retired. http://praxismathpractice.com/Default.aspx?Page=Home choose the...

This teacher thinks they both did an outstanding job! Good job!

And it is terrible that this Coalition didn't see the need to check with the former First Lady to see if they could use her sound bite/words. She has asked to be removed, and I bet others will follow, since it doesn't appear this group has the common courtesy to even let its front speakers know...