Daily Archives: August 27, 2013

Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”: A Discussion Guide (Free Download)

Posted on August 27, 2013 by davidbruceblog

Free pdf download:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/351719 Or https://davidbruceblog.wordpress.com/about-the-blogger/ Teachers may find this book useful as a discussion guide for the novel. Teachers can have students read chapters from the novel, then teachers can ask students selected questions from this book. Check out … Continue reading →

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Science, including medical science, has its successes. Smallpox has been eradicated. Vaccines save lives

Posted on August 27, 2013 by davidbruceblog

Source of Photograph: Child infected with smallpox. Bangladesh, 1973. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox Science, including medical science, has its successes. Smallpox has been eradicated. Vaccines save lives. Smallpox is a disease that has been epidemic. It used to kill up to 40 percent … Continue reading →

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Check Out the Art of brenditaworks

Posted on August 27, 2013 by davidbruceblog

Source of Photograph: brenditaworks, “Red riding hood v. 1.” Deviantart. Accessed 27 August 2013 http://brenditaworks.deviantart.com/art/Red-riding-hood-v-1-395466409 Source of Screenshot: brenditaworks, “DeviantID.” Deviantart. Accessed 27 August 2013 http://brenditaworks.deviantart.com Check Out the Art of brenditaworks http://brenditaworks.deviantart.com FOLLOW HER ON:WEBSITE | FACEBOOK FANPAGE | … Continue reading →

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Irish rugby player Brian O’Driscoll visits a young girl in the hospital with the Heineken cup

Posted on August 27, 2013 by davidbruceblog

“Micheala Morley (age 5) from Westport meeting Brian O’Driscoll last year [2011] when he took the cup to Temple Street. Michaela has been receiving haemodialysis at Temple Street since she was born and was on the national transplant list for … Continue reading →

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“At First the Children were Calm, But When the Water Came Up to Their Legs They Started to Get Scared”

Posted on August 27, 2013 by davidbruceblog

Source of Screenshots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6WGVGrtCWc In August 2013, Essex, England, endured heavy flooding. When a Mitsubishi Pajero was caught in the flood and got stuck under a railway bridge in Hockley, Essex, bystanders rescued Scott Swinford, age 30, from Southend; his eight-year-old … Continue reading →

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