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BENT'S FORTRESS OF FREE THINKING.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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March 8, 2003
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Byline: Tom Noel
Once upon a time, a special place in faraway Colorado welcomed all the peoples of the Rocky Mountain West - Indians and soldiers, Mexicans, Germans, French, Irish and blacks. At Bent's Fort, all were wined and dined by the Bents and their black cook, Charlotte, the ``only civilized lady in the whole damned'' Rocky Mountain West.
Two brothers from St. Louis, William and Charles Bent, built this private trading post in 1833 on the north bank of the Arkansas River, then the boundary between the United States and Mexico.
Made of adobe, ...
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Fractions.(DISCOVERY with Neville de Mestre)
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Designing fraction-counting books.
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Formulated fractions. (use of milkfat fractions)(includes related article on lower fat cheeses)
Magazine article from: Dairy Foods
; ...is a range of milkfat fraction ingredients with varying...Categories of Milkfat Fractions (Butter's melting...96 [degrees] F) Fraction Melting Point ([degrees...When pursuing milkfat fraction application opportunities...easy rule: Use milkfat fractions with low melting points...
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Communicating about fractions with pattern blocks.
Magazine article from: Teaching Children Mathematics
; ...exploring and connecting fraction concepts and representations. Meanings of Fractions A major challenge...numbers, especially fractions. The most basic way of visualizing a fraction is as part of a...continuous model of a fraction based on area. The area model for fractions seems to ...
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Cloud fraction and relative humidity in a prognostic cloud fraction scheme
Magazine article from: Monthly Weather Review
; ...cloud cover produced by a prognostic cloud fraction formulation is compared with observations...state version of the prognostic cloud fraction equation, a diagnostic relation for cloud fraction can be derived for subtropical boundary...
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Is teaching fractions a waste of time?(National Standards: Pro and Con)
Magazine article from: The Clearing House
; ...add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. The highly influential National Council...Mathematics is on record in favor of teaching fractions in a systematic and direct way (NCTM...found to give increased attention to fractions (Bezuk and Cramer 1989). Top-Down...
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Teaching Fractions: Strategies Used for Teaching Fractions to Middle Grades Students
Magazine article from: Journal of Research in Childhood Education
; ...classroom for teaching fractions. This study was conducted...find ways to improve fraction instruction. For four...prior experiences with fractions from lower grade levels...effectiveness of teaching fractions, teachers iteratively...of their lessons on fraction concepts. Dorward...
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Maitake D-Fraction: a promising natural agent for alternative cancer treatment.
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Picnicking with fractions.(Investigations)
Magazine article from: Teaching Children Mathematics
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