Illustrated summary of the 8 articles in this series, links to articles on specific themes, alphabetical list and links for artists, and recommended books.
history of painting
From their genre roots in the Dutch Golden Age, through Géricault and Courbet, to the social realism of Millet, Manet, and most of all Lhermitte.
The very large Paris Salon of 1883 introduced the public and critics to a new and growing movement in painting. It wasn’t Impressionism or Post-Impressionism, though.
The best of the 111 paintings shown in this series, to mark the half millennium which has elapsed since his birth.
His 8 Last Suppers from 1547 to around 1593 compared with contemporary versions by Titian, the Bassanos, and Veronese. A true feast.
In his final decade, he designed the vast ‘Paradise’ for the Doge’s Palace, and several great paintings, but probably painted relatively little himself.
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Tintoretto, 15: The Sala terrena of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Scenes from the early life of Christ, carefully referenced to those of the Passion to come, the Virgin Mary, and two other saintly Marys. His last major series.
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Tintoretto, 14: The life of Christ in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco
A prolific period in which he painted the life of Christ for the Scuola di San Rocco, the Gonzaga Cycle, and a smaller series of Venetian histories.
Danaë, raped by Jupiter in the form of a shower of gold; Lucretia, whose rape resulted in the Republic of Rome; Leda, raped by Jupiter in the form of a swan. And a portrait of a Venetian senator.
Six mythological works, which culminate in what is probably his finest of all: the Origin of the Milky Way, analysed in detail here.


noun, plural: platyrrhines
Any of the small to mid-sized primates belonging to the pavorder Platyrrhini, characterized by having flat-bridged nose and often a long, prehensile tail
Of an animal having a characteristic similar to the animals of the pavorder Platyrrhini, particularly having a broad, flat nose
Primates are placental mammals and taxonomically may be divided into two suborders: the Strepsirrhini and the Haplorhini. The Haplorhini includes the simians and the tarsiers. The tarsier line and the simian line diverged during the Cenozoic era, i.e. about 60 million years ago. The simians may further be subdivided into two major groups: catarrhines (Old World monkeys and apes) and platyrrhines (New World monkeys).
Platyrrhines are primates belonging to the parvorder Platyrrhini. They are characterized by having a broad, flat nose and with sideways-facing nostrils. They have prehensile tails, which are long, grasping tails. They have twelve premolars (as opposed to the eight premolars in catarrhine primates).
Platyrrhines include marmosets, tamarins, capuchins, squirrel monkeys, owl monkeys, titis, sakis, uakaris, woolly monkeys, etc. They are small to mid-sized primates. The pygmy marmoset is considered as the world’s smallest monkey.
Word origin: Greek platy– (“flat”) + rhin– (“nose”)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Primates
- Suborder: Haplorhini
- Infraorder: Simiiformes
- Parvorder: Catarrhini É. Geoffroy, 1812


If a person self-IDs as something that does not match their biological sex, and their biological sex is no longer recorded in their medical records, there are significant health and medical care implications and risks, including:
Reproductive health issues being missed or under diagnosed.
Pregnancies being missed and a lack of proper antenatal care.
Risks relating to medications and treatments including blood transfusions.
Blood donation. For example, females have a smaller blood volume than males of the same height and weight, so the amount of blood that can be safely collected is smaller.
Clinical interpretation of blood tests such as the haemoglobin test.
Platelets cannot be collected from female donors due to the increased risk of a rare but dangerous reaction called transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) that is associated with antibodies in plasma.
Most medication dosages and some side effects risk profiles.
Calculation of dosages, toxicity, risk profile, and efficacy of the medication/treatment.
Most medical care is in fact significantly shaped by sex differences and needs to take sex into account for reasons of safety and efficacy.
The fact that some birth certificates can be changed means that none can be trusted as records of (biological) sex. There is no way of telling whether the sex marked ‘female’ on a birth certificate is the sex of someone born female, or whether it refers to someone born male—unless there is some marker that indicates the change. Policy makers should care about the consequences of changing sex on birth certificates for women as it will have an impact on medical research and the impending degradation of demographic statistics and historical research.
Another medical care issue with self-ID, is what has happened in the NHS in the UK, where Trans identifying male medical staff do not need to disclose their biological sex, and women who have requested women only medical staff and treatment teams are not allowed to refuse care from a Trans identifying male clinician or nurse, because ‘trans women are women’.


There are facilities across the U.S. and the globe that remember the World War II genocide against Jews. But great museums celebrating the rich history and contemporary vigor of Jewish life are rare. A group of American donors led by San Francisco businessman Tad Taube and the Koret Foundation set out to remedy that.
The group focused their efforts on the country that had the largest Jewish community in the world at the onset of the twentieth century—Poland. They donated $30 million ($20 million of it committed by Taube) to create a series of exhibits that include a replication of a seventh-century synagogue, dozens of films, and a trove of historical documents and artifacts. The government of Poland erected an $80 million building to house the exhibition, which opened in late 2014.
The museum aims to undo some of the erasures of Jewish existence carried out during the Nazi period—when Jewish cemeteries were bulldozed, synagogues destroyed, and books and official records burned. “I want to improve the Jews' image of themselves. And I want to see the world abandon its attempt to make Jews the victims,” says Taube in explaining his gifts that celebrate the strength and endurance of Jewish community traditions.
- Philanthropy article on the Polin Museum, philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/a_tribute_to_life


Among the multiple reinterpretations of this literary work, we have all, time and again, come across the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy: the personifications of “pride” and “prejudice”, respectively.
However, the question that remains is: how can a book essentially focused on the search for marriage and romance, in their most classic and “traditional” forms, be so intertwined with the feminist achievements? That's what we wish to discuss!
Firstly, it's important to understand that “Pride and Prejudice” aims to portray the way women were perceived by the deeply patriarchal society of the time - and it does quite effectively.
Secondly, it is undeniable that Elizabeth Bennet is a strong, intelligent, charismatic, witty, feminist character! Elizabeth is an avant-garde woman who shares her father's ideas in the sense that she doesn't appreciate the conventional thoughts of society's perception of wealth as a formulator of a social “ranking”.
Which brings us to our third topic! We cannot fail to highlight the ability of this work to focus on a subject that has everything to do with the principles of equality that govern feminism. Feminism must be libertarian, without regardless of races, ethnicities, or social classes. “Pride and Prejudice” demonstrates that two centuries ago, there were already huge dichotomies between classes (it's all in the title: “Prejudice”.)
Despite being set at a time when women had as much value as the “quality” of their marriages (a factor that depended, for example, on the husband's ability to support his family), reading “Pride and Prejudice” is an excellent way to understand that we still have a long, long way to go. Yes, it is true that nowadays we already have the freedom to make our choices (personal, romantic, professional...), but if that's happening, we owe it to “characters” like Elizabeth, able to reaffirm their opinions!
There are many more reasons we could enumerate, but the best thing is to read Jane Austen's classic. Do it and share your opinions in the Josefinas' Book Club, on WhatsApp (HERE) or Telegram (HERE).
Have a nice reading!


Swiss cattle procession bids for UNESCO heritage status
The Swiss tradition of taking cattle up to alpine pasture has been put forward for inclusion on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
From the beginning of May to mid-June, farmers herd more than a quarter of a million cows from their valley farms to mountain meadows – and then back them down again in early autumn.
This is because alpine pastures offer perfect grazing for cows to produce the milk for a variety of famous Swiss cheeses.
On average cattle climb about 590 metres (1,936 ft), covering 16.3 kilometres (10.1 miles) as the crow flies – a figure that mounts higher on the often steep, serpentine trails.
Switzerland wants the tradition, which dates to the 14th Century, to be recognised globally as an integral part of the country’s culture. UNESCO is expected to announce its verdict by the end of 2023.
Seven and counting
The Intangible Cultural Heritage list already contains seven Swiss traditionsExternal link, including the annual Basel carnival, the craft of watchmaking, the Vevey winegrowers festival and the art of scaling mountains (alpinism).
In submitting its proposal to include cow herding, the Federal Office of Culture pointed to the handing down of traditions such as cheese making and songs.
In addition, the alpine cattle procession, particularly the autumn descent, has turned into a social event in many communities that often attracts tourists.
They are treated to the sight of cows wearing floral crowns being led through town by yodelling farmers, who are also dressed up in traditional attire.
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The well-preserved coloured mosaic floor from a Georgian church or monastery was uncovered in the coastal city of Ashdod, South-East Israel. The mosaic is said to be 1500 years old.
The mosaic was discovered at an ancient settlement mound of Ashdod-Yam by archaeologists led by Alexander Fantalkin of Tel Aviv University’s Archeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Department, and Angelika Berlejung of Leipzig University. The ancient artwork includes a fourline Greek commemorative inscription dedicated to the structure’s builder, Bishop Procopius, as well as the year of its construction, based on the Georgian calendar. According to Leah Di Segni, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who deciphered the inscription the text translates as follows: [By the grace of God (or Jesus)], this work was done from the foundation under Procopius, our most saintly and most holy bishop, in the month Dios of the 3rd indiction, year 292. The year mentioned in the inscription, being 539 AD, might be the earliest appearance of the use of the Georgian calendar in Israel.
According to the researchers, the ancient city of Ashdod-Yam, known in sources from the period as Azotus Paralios, was one of the most important cities on the coast of Israel in the Byzantine period. It covered a large area and housed public buildings, including churches and a street flanked by colonnades. It also is believed to have been home to the largest community of Jews of Georgian origin in the world. The researchers state that this is also the first time that a Georgian church or monastery has been discovered on the Israeli coast.
(after Anat Resyuk, Israel Antiquities Authority & The Jerusalem Post)


Studies have shown the health benefits of holding hands with someone you love. This can reduce stress and anxiety. That’s because the physical act of holding hands releases oxytocin, a hormone associated with feelings of love, trust, and comfort.
The other health benefits of holding hands
In addition, holding hands with someone you love can also lower blood pressure and reduce physical pain, making it an effective way to promote overall well-being and improve mental and physical health.
Holding hands can also boost self-esteem and confidence, making it a helpful tool for managing feelings of insecurity or low self-worth. It can even encourage communication, which helps to facilitate deeper connections and understanding between individuals.
Studies have also shown that holding hands can help to improve memory recall and enhance cognitive function.
Oxytocin: The “love drug”
Oxytocin is often referred to as the “love hormone” for its positive effects on physical and mental health. For example, studies have shown that the release of oxytocin can help to lower blood pressure. This, in turn, can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke.
It can also have pain-relieving effects that can help treat a variety of painful conditions like migraines, menstrual cramps, and arthritis.
The “love hormone” is also a mood booster. Oxytocin can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in some people.
Finally, doing things that release oxytocin can help you strengthen your relationships. It helps promote feelings of love, trust, and comfort. This helps you form both personal and social bonds with those around you.
Reach out and touch…
There are many studies that demonstrate the cognitive benefits of touch. Yet it’s a sense that we don’t fully appreciate. Nevertheless, it helps us form both bonds and memories.
So, next time you’re feeling stressed or anxious, try reaching for your loved one’s hand. — WTF fun facts


What is Diabetic Retinopathy?
In the United States, diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of blindness among adults. People with diabetes have difficulty controlling their blood sugar, which makes them more prone to the condition. Diabetes retinopathy occurs when someone’s blood sugar spikes, resulting in damage to the retinal blood vessels.
Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
This form of diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. In the early stages of diabetic retinopathy, the walls of the blood vessels in your retina weaken.
Diabetes damages the tiny blood vessels in the retina. These damaged vessels then leak fluid or blood into the retina. This is the most common type of diabetic retinopathy.
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
As diabetic retinopathy progresses, new blood vessels may grow and threaten your vision. Because the new blood vessels are weak they can break open and cause blood or fluid to leak into the middle part of your eye in front of your retina and cause a significant change in your vision.
Is treatment available?
If non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy is present, patients should take appropriate measures to keep blood sugar stable.
For proliferative diabetic retinopathy:
- Any diabetic who has blurred vision, flashes, or floaters should be seen promptly by his/her eye care specialist.
- Laser surgery may be recommended
- If a retinal detachment or vitreous hemorrhage occurs because of the weakened vessels, surgery can be done to fix these problems.


Physical Health Benefits of Running
by azengear on Aug 03, 2018
Why is running such a popular activity worldwide? For a variety of reasons, including its association with countless health benefits. With little to no specialist equipment required, it is one of the most accessible forms of exercise. Just as long as you stick to it, your running regime could return an array of incredible physical health benefits including:
1. Improved Heart Health
A heart is the most powerful and important muscle in the human body. It also requires regular exercise to remain healthy and operate efficiently. Running prompts the heart to pump more blood to muscles around the body, improving the elasticity of the arteries and reducing fatty deposits from their interior walls. Healthy exercise can significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, heart disease and other cardiovascular health problems.
2. Lower Blood Pressure
Running can also have a positive impact on blood pressure. Research has shown that the blood pressure reducing properties of long-distance running has the potential to equal that of a commonly-prescribed medication.
3. Cholesterol Control
Scientific studies have shown that during active exercise such as running, DHL cholesterol levels in the bloodstream increase, while harmful triglyceride levels experience a marked reduction. This in turn helps to lower a heart disease risk in runners.
4. Improved Lung Capacity and Function
Running is dependent on the intake of much higher levels of oxygen, which can result in the lungs being exercised 50% more intensively than during rest. Over time, this can significantly improve both lung capacity and function, assisting with the strong and consistent distribution of oxygen throughout the body.
5. Stronger and Larger Muscles
Muscle strength and general endurance can be improved significantly through an ongoing regime of running. As the muscles are worked, their component fibres are slowly repaired and strengthened to cope with the next round of activity. Over time, the cycle results in the development of noticeably larger and stronger muscles, particularly around the lower half of the body.
6. Stronger Bones
One of the best ways of warding-off osteoporosis and similar conditions is to regularly exercise the body's bones and joints. Running is known to contribute to the ongoing flexibility, strength and endurance of joints and bones, significantly reducing the risk of osteoporosis.


A wide variety of baskets and plaited objects are produced during lulls in the agricultural cycle in Sabah where plant resources and raw materials are abundant, accessible and inexpensive. Nearly all indigenous communities, from the coast to the remote interior, make and use one or more types of basketry objects from leaves, stems, spathes, bark and roots available in the vicinity or harvested or purchased further afield. The basketry techniques of weaving, plaiting, coiling and twining allow flexible and creative use of these different plant materials to craft these objects, many similar in form, appearance and construction, for domestic use and trade.
Back-carrier baskets, ranging from large, circular carriers to smaller, flatter bags for utilitarian and ceremonial needs, are the most iconic. For remote interior farming communities with no road access, large back-carrier baskets made of palm spathes lashed together using rattan twine and shoulder straps of woven rattan or bark cloth, are vital to transport goods, agricultural produce, hunting spoils and personal belongings, allowing villagers hands-free mobility on rugged terrain. While many baskets are not identified with a particular district or ethnic group, their names distinguish the design, shape and materials used, such as the popular wakid, made of split bamboo, with a narrow circular base that widens at the mouth.
Hats made of rattan, bamboo, plant fibre and twine are another mainstay of indigenous farming life. Each district and community produces and uses its own variation of these conical hats, distinguished from one another by shape (mostly circular but occasionally hexagonal), design, motifs and materials. More elaborate and finely crafted hats are usually reserved for ceremonial and ritual purposes, such as the siung, plaited on its three sides with traditional motifs in black and red.
Increasing loss of natural habitats and the consequent scarcity of natural fibres has led to some use of synthetic materials or a combination of natural and synthetic for basketry and plaited objects while maintaining traditional forms and functions. But growing tourist demand for Sabah’s hand-crafted objects has spurred various cultural, tourism and rural development agencies to revitalise and improve production standards through training, exhibitions and state and district cultural festivals.


Non-probability sampling techniques introduce selection biases into a research study
Non-probability sampling is used in observational research designs. The lack of randomization in these designs introduces selection and observation biases that can greatly skew the inferences yielded from statistical tests. However, these are important sampling methodologies that allow for researchers to use inclusion and exclusion criteria to purposefully seek out participants that meet certain criteria and study their outcomes. Non-probability sampling techniques are used to study rare outcomes, generate hypotheses, study associations, establish prevalence, and measure for odds and risk of developing disease states based on risk factors.
Two types of non-probability sampling methods
Specific groups of a population are targeted for participation in a study.
The most prevalent form of non-probability sampling. Researchers access retrospective data available to them.
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By Haruna Gimba
The first online portal on vaccine development for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) was launched at the 23rd IUSTI World Congress.
The portal, STI Watch contains technically sound and updated information on the most common STIs and the vaccine development status for each.
Despite decades of global efforts to control STIs, which have a major impact on sexual and reproductive health, by promoting healthier sexual behaviours, including increasing condom use, treating people with STI symptoms, and improving access to testing and treatment, global STI rates remain stubbornly high.
Innovations are needed in the fight against STIs. The development of safe and effective STI vaccines has the potential to revolutionize the approach to STI prevention.
STI Watch is a collaborative effort between WHO, US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC).
WHO and NIAID along with other key stakeholders have developed a roadmap for STI vaccine development and introduction.
The roadmap lays out next steps for accelerating STI vaccine development, including: assessing the public health need and value of new vaccines; defining their preferred product characteristics; and outlining the pathway to developing, evaluating and licensing the vaccines.
This collaboration was extended to AVAC to create a web-based clearinghouse for STI vaccines in order to raise their profile globally.
Most STIs go untreated, often because they cause no symptoms. If left untreated, STIs are easily transmitted to others, and can cause severe health consequences, including increased risk for HIV, infertility, adverse pregnancy outcomes and cancer.
Vaccines currently exist for only 2 common STIs – human papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis B virus. Where they have been implemented widely, these vaccines have led to significant decreases in cervical cancer and in acute and chronic hepatitis.
Currently, research to develop vaccines against herpes simplex virus (HSV) and HIV is advancing but not complete. Vaccine development for gonorrhoea has become increasingly promising.
Randomized controlled trials using licensed vaccines against a related pathogen, serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis (MenB), are underway to assess whether these vaccines also prevent gonorrhoea.
A vaccine candidate for chlamydia has entered early clinical trials, and research studies into vaccines for syphilis and trichomoniasis are in earlier stages of development.


Queen's Swan Marking: River Thames birds 'under threat'
Swans on the River Thames are under threat from dog attacks and the American mink, the Queen's Swan Marker has said.
David Barber said the number of cygnets were down on last year as his team began an annual population survey.
Swan Upping dates to the 12th Century, when the Crown began counting numbers in order to ensure a supply for feasts.
Mr Barber said: "We've had a pretty rough time with...dog attacks, all sorts of things - like mink."
"They're not indigenous to this country and they're breeding like mad on the river here, and they do take a lot of young cygnets," he added.
The Queen's Swan Marker has the duty of counting the number of young cygnets each year on certain stretches of the River Thames and its tributaries.
Teams of surveyors board rowing boats, known as Thames Skiffs, to count the number of young swans while checking for signs of disease or injury.
American mink are thought to have escaped into the wild from farms decades ago.
Mr Barber said his team had been encouraging people to keep their dogs on a lead in nesting season, but added it had been "very difficult" for the cygnets.


Red Fife wheat is an heirloom in many senses of the word.
Bakers and farmers often describe heirloom wheats as older varietals that have more flavor and growing variations than many wheats streamlined for broad audiences and modern commercial farming operations. They also typically are lower in gluten content, not having undergone breeding changes that have greatly increased the amount of gluten in our flour in the last hundred years.
But Red Fife also has a long and unusual history. According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, legend holds that a ship from Ukraine was in the Glasgow harbor when a man dropped his hat in the wheat.
A few grains stuck in his hatband, and he shipped them off to a friend, Scottish farmer David Fife in Canada. The cow ate all of the wheat they planted except for one stalk that Fife’s wife managed to save, and that one head of wheat went on to prosper and become the most popular wheat in Canada.
Depending on the source, people say that Red Fife fell out of favor either due to replacement with new pest-resistant strains of wheat, or from folks eating their seed grain during the Great Depression, but it went nearly extinct until, in 1988, the chief interpreter of The Grist Mill historic site in British Colombia decided to plant a “Living Museum of Wheat” with seven historic varieties, including Red Fife.
This new planting became of hit with chefs, some of whom cooked it for the British royal family during a visit, and Prince Charles purportedly enjoyed it so much, he asked for some bags to bring home, and the family continues to order it whenever they visit.
Apart from its history, Red Fife’s taste is so prized that it has been placed on the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity’s “Ark of Taste.”
Ingredients: Freshly-milled Red Fife hard spring wheat from Gianforte Farms, water, natural levain, Amagansett Sea Salt.


Luke 21:25-26 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
- Wildfires are increasingly burning California’s snowy landscapes and colliding with winter droughts to shrink California’s snowpack
- A new study shows that midwinter dry spells lead to dramatic losses of winter snowpack in burned areas
- The early pandemic years overlapped with some of California’s worst wildfires on record, creating haunting, orange-tinted skies and wide swathes of burned landscape. Some of the impacts of these fires are well known, including drastic declines in air quality, and now a new study shows how these wildfires combined with midwinter drought conditions to accelerate snowmelt.
- The enhanced snowmelt midwinter creates challenges for forecasting water availability from the natural snowpack reservoir. During the winter months, water managers need to leave room in reservoirs to prevent flooding; this means that earlier snowmelt may not be captured for later use in the dry season.
- This study really highlights the importance of bringing fire back onto our landscape in the sense that we need fire — good fire is the answer to our wildfire problem,” Hatchett says. “Bringing a more natural regime of fire, through prescribed and cultural fire, back onto our landscape will help reduce the likelihood of future severe fire.”
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Sketching in Winter - Drawing Snow
“Even in winter an isolated patch of snow has a special quality.” -Andy Goldsworthy
Sketching in nature is a way of seeing. As artists, we look at the world differently, more closely. Take a walk or hike this week and notice the subtle colors of snow. Watch for the branched patterns of light. Try using a subtle winter color palette, like the palette we have suggested, inspired by the photo above. Our AD Marker winter palette includes: Warm Gray 1, Sepia, Willow Green, Cool Gray 2 and Blue Glow.
Now that you have your palette ready...here are a few suggestions for drawing snow:
1. Observe how snow piles up, look at how it overlays or hangs off the edges of what it lays on.
Take time to draw in the shadows cast by the snow where it overlaps with the object it sits on.
2. Blue, light purples and grays are cool colors. Try incorporating the warm tones of cut wood and green pine trees. These colors will pop against the cooler shades.
3. Draw "around" the snow, with light dots and broken lines on the top edges to suggest that it is not as solid and dark as the surface on which it lays.
Artwork by Shari Blaukopf


It is feasible that the primary title of the record Chromosome 9, Trisomy Mosaic is not the name you anticipated. Kindly inspect the words detailing to locate the alternating name(s) and also condition community(s) covered by this record.
- Trisomy 9 Mosaic
- Trisomy 9 Mosaicism
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Chromosome 9, Trisomy Mosaic, likewise referred to as Trisomy 9 Mosaicism disorder, is an uncommon chromosomal problem where the whole 9th chromosome shows up 3 times (trisomy) as opposed to two times in some cells of the physical body. The term “mosaic” suggests that some cells include the additional chromosome 9, while others have the typical chromosomal set.
Associated conclusions and also signs and symptoms could differ substantially in variety as well as intensity, depending on the percent of cells with the added chromosome. Chromosome 9, Trisomy Mosaic could be triggered by mistakes throughout the department of a father and mother’s reproductive cells (meiosis) or throughout the department of physical body tissue cells (somatic cells) early in the growth of the embryo (mitosis).


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Building a sequence map of the pig pan-genome from multiple de novo assemblies and Hi-C data
Pigs were domesticated independently in the Near East and China, indicating that a single reference genome from one individual is unable to represent the full spectrum of divergent sequences in pigs worldwide. Therefore, 12 de novo pig assemblies from Eurasia were compared in this study to identify the missing sequences from the reference genome. As a result, 72.5 Mb of non-redundant sequences (∼3% of the genome) were found to be absent from the reference genome (Sscrofa11.1) and were defined as pan-sequences. Of the pan-sequences, 9.0 Mb were dominant in Chinese pigs, in contrast with their low frequency in European pigs. One sequence dominant in Chinese pigs contained the complete genic region of the tazarotene-induced gene 3 (TIG3) gene which is involved in fatty acid metabolism. Using flanking sequences and Hi-C based methods, 27.7% of the sequences could be anchored to the reference genome. The supplementation of these sequences could contribute to the accurate interpretation of the 3D chromatin structure. A web-based pan-genome database was further provided to serve as a primary resource for exploration of genetic diversity and promote pig breeding and biomedical research.
Science China Life Sciences
Tian, X., Li, R., Fu, W., Li, Y., Wang, X., Li, M., Du, D., Tang, Q., Cai, Y., Long, Y., Zhao, Y., Li, M., & Jiang, Y. (2020). Building a sequence map of the pig pan-genome from multiple de novo assemblies and Hi-C data. Science China Life Sciences, 63 (5), 750-763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-019-9551-7


This species was formerly grouped with the lacecap hydrangeas because of its flattened flower heads that consist of central, small florets surrounded by showy, larger florets. It is similar to H. macrophylla but is a more compact plant with smaller flowers and leaves.
Noteworthy CharacteristicsBlue or pink lacy flowerheads.
CareGrow in moist but well-drained soil, in sun to partial shade. Provide shelter from drying winds.
PropagationSow seed in a cold frame in spring; take softwood cuttings in early summer, hardwood cuttings in winter.
ProblemsGray mold, slugs, powdery mildew, rust, ringspot virus, leaf spots
- Genus : Hydrangea
- Plant Height : 3 to 6 feet
- Plant Width : 3 to 6 feet
- Zones : 6, 7, 8, 9
- Uses : Containers
- Bloom Time : Fall, Summer
- Tolerance : Frost Tolerant
- Light : Full Sun to Partial Shade
- Maintenance : Low
- Moisture : Medium to Wet
- Growth Rate : Moderate
- Flower Color : Pink
- Characteristics : Showy Seed Heads
- Plant Type : Shrubs
- Plant Seasonal Interest : Summer Interest


Can too much exercise be dangerous for your health?
Watching episodes of Spartacus or Game of Thrones may leave you feeling like you want to hit the gym extra hard, but experts say “Hold your horses.” Athletes who overdo it at the gym can put themselves at serious risk for developing a life-threatening condition called rhabdomyolysis.
Known in fitness circles as “rhabdo,” where skeletal muscle tissue breaks down quickly causing damaged cells to enter the bloodstream. Left untreated, rhabdomyolysis can cause severe damage to your organs, including fatal kidney failure.
Bruce Ferguson, fitness specialist and personal trainer at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill. says the pain caused by rhabdo can be excruciating.
“Symptoms include muscle pain, weakness and swelling of the affected muscles,” he says. “You can also tell by looking at your urine, which may be noticeably dark or tea-colored.”
Ferguson added that even though overexertion can cause rhabdomyolysis, there are other conditions that can trigger it, including infections such as the flu, salmonella, malaria and injuries where people are crushed. This is why rhabdo is commonly reported after earthquakes where survivors have been trapped under rubble, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Treating and Preventing Rhabdo
When caught early, the prognosis is good and you can generally return to normal activities within a few weeks. Ferguson says drinking plenty of water and staying hydrated is your best bet to prevent getting the condition.
Other experts also warn to avoid supplements such as creatine, which can put you at a higher risk of developing rhabdo.
Ferguson says athletes should always remember to slowly work their way up to strenuous exercise, especially if they’ve had an extended break. “You don’t have to become a Titan in a day.”
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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are those that can affect fertility, and are acquired through risky sexual practice. Risky sexual practices are intercourse with infected people, unstable sexual or multiple partners, early initiation of sexual intercourse, etc.
Sexually transmitted diseases are closely related to early infertility (15 to 39 years), especially in women generating inflammation of the pelvic area, locating the source of infection (bacterial or fungal) in the upper part of the reproductive system, where fallopian tubes, ligaments, or uterus are located.
Gonorrhea and chlamydia can cause scarring and fibrous obstruction of the tubes, preventing the oocyte from reaching the uterus.
Diseases such as herpes, HIV, papilloma, among others, negatively impact the quantity and quality of sperm, as well as the alteration of pH and seminal fluid.
Other STDs that are related to infertility
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 450 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases are registered each year.
It is important to carry out periodic controls in order to diagnose and treat the resulting disease in time, since currently there is a high percentage of the population that suffers from at least one or more diseases simultaneously.
Regardless of the contraceptive, the only effective method to prevent contact of the mucous membranes with fluids and rule out infection by fungi, viruses or bacteria, is the condom.
Sex education is essential, especially in young people. Currently, only 5% (estimated) use condoms.
Keep in mind that many of the fertility problems caused by sexually transmitted diseases can begin to develop during the adolescent period.


America’s WWII-Era Subs – 2x Size Of German U-Boats
The waters of the Pacific Ocean were not an easy place to venture into during World War II. Constant threats of attack from Imperial Japanese Destroyers and aircraft were present so avoiding detection became of the utmost importance. To bring the fight to the Japanese the United States began to use submarines for combat, so they brought their biggest sub.
Introduced five months after the attack on Pearl Harbor the Gato-class submarines were the biggest American submarines in WWII. They were really big nearly twice the length of German U-boats at whopping 312 feet long and 27 feet across. The even cooler fact about these subs is that they could be built relatively quickly and their numbers blossomed to a total of 77 during the war.
The reason they are so big is that they could accommodate a crew of roughly 60 crewmen at long-ranges from bases for a long period of time. The ship feasibly could operate for up to 75 days and travel halfway around the globe without the need for refueling. Unlike other submarines of the time, the Gato-class had refrigeration units, air conditioning, laundry facilities and resting accommodations for the crew. Basically, the idea was that if a crew is going to be submerged on a long journey it should at least be a little more on the tolerable side.
The most notorious Gato-class Submarine was the USS Wahoo operated by Commander Mush Morton. The Wahoo sunk 19 Japanese submarines, more than any other American vessel during WWII and solidified its place in history. The Smithsonian Channel provides a deeper look into the Gato-class Submarine in this clip.


Macadamia nuts come from the fruit of a large evergreen tree native to eastern Australia. Thousands of years before European settlement, the aborigines of Australia gathered the native nuts from rainforest floors and consumed them as snacks. Other major producing countries are South Africa and USA (Hawaii).
- In general nuts contain many good fats and unsaturated fats.. The macadamia contains many of these unsaturated fats and some studies show that this type of nut helps to reduce blood cholesterol.
- Macadamia nuts have sweet taste and are rich source of energy. 100 g of nuts provide about 718 calorie/100 g, which is one of the highest calorific values among nuts.
- The nuts are rich source of mono-unsaturated fatty.
- Macadamias are an excellent source of minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese and zinc.
- Also rich in many important B-complex vitamins that are vital for metabolic functions.
- Macadamia nuts are usually eaten on their own by roasting them slightly.
- Roasted and crushed nuts are sprinkled over desserts, sweets, salads and cereals. They are also used in the preparation of muffins, cakes and biscuits.
- Use it as butter, oil or simply munch on a handful-macadamia nuts will fill with their flavor and give the body the nutrients it requires.
Nutritional information per 100 gr of Macadamia’s
- Energy: 718 kcal
- Protein: 8 g
- Total fat: 76 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Monounsaturated fat: 60 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2 g
- Carbohydrates: 13 g
- Fiber: 8 g
- Calcium: 70 mg
- Iron: 2.65 mg
- Selenium: 11.7 mcg
- Phosporus: 198 mg
- Magnesium: 118 mg
- Sodium: 4mg
- Potassium: 363 mg
- Vitamin A: 0 IU
- Vitamin B6: 0.36 mg
- Vitamin C: 0.7 MG
- Vitamin E: 0.57 mg
- Vitamin K: 0 mcg


Emojis were designed to represent feelings symbolically. The frowning Face With Open Mouth emoji is a yellow face smiley with open, blank eyes, and a mouth that is wide open and curved down. This emoji might mean disappointment, worry, fear, or disbelief.
NOTE: Frowning Face with Open Mouth was approved as a part of Unicode 6.1 in 2012 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
A frowning face with open mouth emoji copy and paste is being used to show the disgust and anger mixed together. People like this emoji very much when they want to express themselves in distress. If you need more than 10000 emojis copy and paste the emoji, and do it on heatfeed emoji. By copying your emoji from heatfeed your computer would not be affected. Follow the given steps.
There are some other emojis that look alike 😦 Frowning Face with Open Mouth emoji is 😧 Anguished Face emoji and 🤯 Exploding Head emoji. Among many others, each emoji transmits a distinct message.
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Courses developed since 2009:
Latin America between Fact and Fiction: An upper-division mixed lecture/discussion course focusing on the colonial and modern periods and considering questions of method, evidence, and disciplinary boundaries.
Memoir of Latin America: Developed initially as a Reading & Research syllabus with three students, this Reading and Writing course imagines the history of Latin America, from the fifteenth century to the present, through autobiography and memoir.
Truth-telling in History — Part of Boston College’s core renewal program, this course for first-year students looks at different time periods, different regions, and different kinds of sources to consider the fundamental historical question: is it possible to tell the truth about the past?
Chocolate and Sugar, Silver and Gold — Latin America and its Commodity Empires: An undergraduate seminar considering the intertwined histories of empires and the commodities that shaped them.
Archives and Sources: A graduate course focusing on the politics, theory, history, and practice of working in archives.
Early Maps and Distant Places: Part of Boston College’s “Making History Public” series, this undergraduate course curates a collection of early maps from the Burns Rare Books Library.
Colonial Latin America: An undergraduate lecture survey focusing on Latin America from the pre-Columbian period to the early 19th century.
Latin America in the Long 19th Century: A lecture survey focusing the “long” 19th century.
The Land of Eternal Spring – Guatemala and the Cold War: A freshman seminar introducing students to the practice of history through the study of primary documents and scholarly work relating to Guatemala during the Cold War.
Travelers in Latin America: An undergraduate lecture/discussion course focusing on travelers in Latin America from the colonial period to the present.
The Inquisition in Spain and the New World: An undergraduate lecture/discussion course focusing on the history of the Inquisition in Spain and the Americas.
Introduction to the Historiography of Colonial Latin America: A graduate seminar designed to introduce masters and doctoral students to the field of colonial Latin American history.
Writing the Conquest of the Americas: A methodology course for undergraduates on how the conquest of Latin America has been written and rewritten over the course of two centuries.
Latin America and the World: A History Core class focusing on Latin America and touching upon the related histories of Europe and Africa.


The last few weeks have brought renewed attention to the security and reliability of our voting systems. After credible reports last month that Russia was attempting to influence American elections by hacking into the DNC email server and other campaign files, new reports show the FBI has determined foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases.
This fact sheet describes what the risks to America’s voting system security really are — and what states, localities, and voters can do to prevent successful attacks against the integrity of our elections.
The Brennan Center has studied the use of computerized voting systems for over a decade. In a comprehensive study released last year, we found the use of outdated voting equipment across the country presents serious security and reliability challenges.
The United States has made important advances in securing our voting technology in the last few years. Relatively few votes are cast over the internet or machines connected to the internet, and the vast majority of ballots will be cast on systems that have a paper trail that allows election officials to independently verify software totals. This makes it highly unlikely that a cyberattack against our voting machines could have a widespread impact on the results of a national election.
Still, there is much more we should do to promote the security and accuracy of our voting systems. Computer scientists have demonstrated that older equipment, in particular, can be very insecure. It is also more difficult to maintain, and more likely to fail (even without interference from an attacker) on Election Day. While small-scale attacks or failures of individual machines might not have a widespread impact on national vote totals, they can severely damage voter confidence, and would be particularly troubling in very close contests.
Similarly, while proper safeguards can ensure attacks on voter registration databases don’t prevent a legitimate voter from casting a ballot or having her vote counted, an attack on these systems could put voters’ personal information at risk. Election officials must take all steps necessary to protect such information.
In the short run, we should do everything we can to minimize the impact of such attacks or failures. In the long run, we must treat our election infrastructure like other critical infrastructure, with regular investments and upgrades.
Voting System Security and Reliability Risks by The Brennan Center for Justice on Scribd


Estrogens play an important role in the development and progression of several types of cancers. The synthesis of estrogens occurs in almost all tissues of the body in addition to the gonads. The enzyme aromatase (CYP19A1) encoded by CYP19A1 gene is involved in the synthesis of estrogens. Genetic variations in CYP19A1 gene influence both the structure-function relationship of the enzyme and the rate of its synthesis. Extensive studies have reported different types of polymorphisms in the CYP19A1 gene and have shown that the polymorphisms, depending on their location in the gene, have different effects on the function and activity of the gene product. Association studies have been conducted and have led to the realization that interpopulation differences are widespread. Not only do polymorphic forms exert different effects on the development of different cancers, due possibly to the influence of other genetic variations, environmental, metabolic, and epigenetic factors, but also are important as they lead to the interindividual differences seen during treatment of the cancer state. This chapter covers important aspects of the aromatase function, the CYP19A1 gene structure, polymorphisms identified in the gene, different cancers and associated polymorphisms, and the role of the polymorphic forms in affecting the treatment strategies.
Part of the book: Genetic Polymorphisms


Smoking has long been recognized as a major health risk, with numerous studies showing that it can lead to a variety of health problems, including lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke. In recent years, many smokers have turned to vaping as a potential alternative to smoking. Here are some of the reasons why vaping is often considered a better alternative to smoking. Must visit this site to know the features of pod salt vape device.
Traditional cigarettes contain thousands of harmful chemicals and toxins, including tar, carbon monoxide, and ammonia. Vaping, on the other hand, involves heating e-liquid that typically contains fewer chemicals and toxins than traditional cigarettes. While some chemicals may still be present in e-liquid, they are generally present in much lower concentrations than in traditional cigarettes.
Less harmful to others:
One of the biggest dangers of smoking is the risk of secondhand smoke, which can be harmful to those around the smoker. Vaping, however, produces vapor that is generally considered to be less harmful than secondhand smoke. While the long-term effects of secondhand vapor exposure are still being studied, many experts believe that it is likely to be less harmful than secondhand smoke.
More control over nicotine intake:
Nicotine is the addictive substance found in both traditional cigarettes and many e-liquids used for vaping. However, one advantage of vaping is that users have more control over their nicotine intake. E-liquids come in a range of nicotine strengths, allowing users to gradually reduce their nicotine intake over time if they choose to do so.
Reduced smell and stains:
Smoking can leave a strong odor on clothes, hair, and furniture, as well as cause stains on teeth and fingers. Vaping, on the other hand, produces vapor that is generally odorless and does not leave stains. This can make vaping a more socially acceptable alternative to smoking.
Variety of flavors:
Another advantage of vaping is the wide range of flavors available. E-liquids come in a variety of flavors, from traditional tobacco and menthol to fruity, sweet, and savory flavors. This variety can make vaping a more enjoyable experience for some users.
While vaping is not completely risk-free, it is often considered a better alternative to smoking due to its potential for fewer toxins, less harm to others, more control over nicotine intake, reduced smell and stains, and a wide variety of flavors.


E-sports (electronic or cyber sports) are multiplayer video game sport competitions in which usually, professional players participate. Depending on the game, they participate individually or in teams.
Most famous franchises:
- League of Legends
- Street Fighter
How does videogame protection operate?
Different intellectual property protection schemes are applicable to video games.
Videogames are complex audiovisual works. Thus, its elements must be protected separately: the story, characters (in some cases), drawings or sketches of the locations where the videogame take place, animation, music, scripts, source code.
To use the name and image of any real person—famous or not—in a video game, you must have its owners’ release.
Videogames’ names can be registered for their commercialization.
Business models or special non-patentable technologies developed by each video game manufacturer are protected as trade secrets. In addition, the databases and information that developers collect from their players are also confidential pieces of information and are protected as trade secrets.
A videogame per se is not patentable. However, they can use patented technology to make improvements in the videogame (e.g., the development of a mechanism to improve graphics or lighting and/or shading in videogames).
Challenges of the videogame industry
The videogame industry faces several challenges, among these, competing with other forms of entertainment such as movies, sports and music, which have, as a general rule, a much more standardized market behavior; whereas the development and positioning of a videogame is subject to technological advances and the fact that in each territory there is specific legislation on fundamental issues for the development of this industry.
As it happens in:
Personal data protection
Behavioral patterns, personality and/or character profiles of players, location data and personal data of minors as competitors.
Regulation and/or content prohibition
Japan has a strong anti-gambling regulation, which has slowed down the development of the e-sports industry.
New monetization models and scenarios


Stative verbs are the verbs that describe the state, and they generally don’t have continuous forms. They usually don’t describe the action.
feel (meaning: think)
EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS:
keep (meaning: continue)
have (meaning: possess)
Some of these verbs will sometimes have a continuous form:
I’m seeing my sister today. (when you are going to meet someone)
BUT: Did you see my keys? (referring to senses)
To think, to consider, to expect to have continuous forms when they refer to an action.
Stop that noise, please. I’m thinking.
I think these colours don’t match you.
Have a bath/a good time/fun/a nap can take continuous forms.
I cannot take this call; I am having a bath at the moment.
My baby is finally having her nap.
These two sentences describe an ongoing action; that’s why we can use the continuous form.
I hope that now you will remember what the stative verbs are and how you can use them. Good luck!


Last Sunday after Pentecost, Year A, Old Testament Lesson
Scripture: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
The prophet Ezekiel’s ministry happened during a time of great upheaval, beginning in 593 BCE (just before the fall of Jerusalem) through 571 BCE (into the Babylonian exile). Throughout the Book of Ezekiel, we hear a message of judgment, destruction and restoration. Ezekiel is warning of the judgment of the leaders and others who have only worried about themselves or have forgotten the ways of God. Our lesson today is a ray of hope from Ezekiel to those who were in the Babylonian exile, telling them of God’s promise to look for them, gather them, care for them, and bring them home as a shepherd bring the sheep home and tends to them after they have been lost.
Note: This is also the last day in the church year, so Option 2 of the lesson focuses a bit more on that if you wish to help the children prepare for the New Year we begin next Sunday on the First Sunday in Advent.
Download the Old Testament Lesson Plan for the Last Sunday in Pentecost
LPTW Last Pentecost, Year A, Younger Children, Old Testament
LPTW Last Pentecost, Year A, Older Children, Old Testament


UM Researchers Get $1 Million Grant To Improve Chesapeake Bay Water Quality
Two University of Montana faculty members won a $1 million grant last week to help conservation groups improve water quality in the Atlantic Coast’s largest watershed.
Alex Metcalf, with the College of Forestry and Conservation, and Justin Angle, with the College of Business, will work with conservation groups to find ways to encourage farmers to use less pollutive practices in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
“An organization that’s interested in conservation outreach is typically a nonprofit or government agency or somebody without a lot of money to spend," Angle said. "And so, we’re trying to help such organizations spend their scarce resources more efficiently.”
Farming is the biggest source of nutrient and sediment pollution in the watershed.
Angle says their past research in the area showed which types of people responded well to conservation messages. Now, they want to identify people in the broader population who might respond similarly.
They plan to use microtargeting, which uses public information about a person, to predict which farmers might be more open to hearing about improving their conservation behavior. Behavior like using “no-till” agriculture, where crops are grown without disturbing the soil, or better managing manure, which makes up almost half of the nutrient pollutants entering the Chesapeake Bay.
They’ll also look at the best way to frame messages to encourage certain behavior.
Angle says this research could also be used in Montana to improve farming practices and water quality.
The Chesapeake Bay watershed is home to 18.1 million people and includes cities like Baltimore and Washington, D.C. It also provides habitat for more than 3,600 plant and animal species.
The grant was awarded through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund. It’s a partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and a grant program from the EPA.


Providing physical and emotional security for each child and helping each child to know, accept, and take pride in him or herself while developing a sense of independence is my responsibility as a child caregiver. Part of my responsibility is treating each child as an individual and promoting their own strengths and needs as they grow. To encourage growth in each of these areas I use books, pictures, stories, and discussions to help children identify with positive events and experiences in their lives. I help to ensure each of my children feel love, affection, and security through consistent encouragement and positive reinforcement.
The children I serve are the ages of three and four. They need to develop social skills that help them work and play cooperatively and productively with others in the pre-school setting, as well as, real world settings. I make the children feel accepted during group and also encourage them to communicate and work well with their peers. I encourage children to make friends to improve their social skills as well making each child feel valued as a member of the group. Social skills are imperative for the growth of each child.
Providing positive guidance is essential to the growth and development in children. To promote positive guidance I encourage and my students to problem solve. I use positive language such a, “please use your walking feet” instead of, “DON’T RUN”, and “please use your quiet voices” instead of “be quiet!”. I guide my children to the best of my ability.
CG 3.1 – Describe some of the ways you support the development of children’s positive self-concepts and growing social/emotional skills.
Children have a mental picture of themselves. They see themselves as short or tall, a leader or a follower. This picture is called self-concept. Every person can be thought of as having a general self-concept. Even though children


BY Carey Raimo
Stony Brook Elementary School
The goal of developing the Stony Brook Elementary Green Team is to collaborate with community resources and educate students in grades K-2 on the importance of recycling. As a result of the education, students will actively participate in a school wide recycling program in order to reduce the amount of waste produced on a daily basis.
How will the project be evaluated (e.g. how will you gauge its success)
The success of the project will be determined by the number of classrooms fully participating in the act of recycling. In addition, students in 2nd Grade will be provided with a pre and post education survey gauging the impact of direct education and involvement in a consistent recycling program.
Benefit to the students and the school
The development of the Stony Brook Elementary Green Team will allow students to learn about the impact of recycling (or not recycling) on their community and the earth. Additionally, the Green Team will collaborate with local organizations and neighboring school (Eddy Elementary) to help the young members of the Brewster Community make a difference on the environment.
Timeline of Project (when will you do the project, if applicable)
Initiatives have already begun, including changes in the cafeteria. This includes using metal silverware rather than plastic and the development of a system to prevent young students from accidentally throwing away the metal silverware. Efforts will continue in order to establish recycling routines, with the goal of having the students fully and actively recycling by the end of the 2017-2018 school year.


Who doesn’t have to eat and drink? Food and drink are secondary only to the air we breathe. They give us physical strength and without them we could not function in the world!
We give thanks for food producers who grow and prepare the things we need to remain physically healthy and active in the world.
This week is the Jewish Passover, where the deliverance from Egypt is remembered.
In Exodus 12, God gave Moses instructions that they should prepare to travel, having bread without yeast (representing the eradication of sin), painting the blood of a sacrificial lamb on the doorpost (the lamb was also eaten). Thus, the Angel of Death ‘passed over’ those houses. Blood and bread were imbued with powerful and deep symbolism - deliverance and new life.
As Jesus sat at the Passover meal with his disciples, He transformed the meaning of the physical food and the Passover bread and wine, injecting them with the eternal significance of that first Good Friday.
As we need food and drink, and just as we need to remember God’s faithfulness, we need to partake in His body and blood as a remembrance of the eternal sustenance of His body, broken for us, His blood, shed for us.
When you look at this bread and wine, what do you see?
‘For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.’ - John 6:55-57
Date - 4.4.23 | Author - Kev Shaw | Series - Easter


COVID-19 requires that we continuously explore new ways of relating to others, new ways of working, new habits and new routines. These changes in habits are akin the experience of culture shock which is a disequilibrium caused when an individual’s internal capabilities are not aligned with the demands of the new environment. For years, I have researched, taught and practiced reflective journaling as a way to cope with the emotional demands of culture shock, make sense of novel situations and, learn new ways of being and behaving. These tools can be helpful in this unprecedent pandemic. In this post, I discuss how to use journaling to sooth emotions. For a reflection process on learning, see this post.
Journaling can help us deal with feelings of loneliness, anxiety and helplessness, by providing a space to focus inward, become aware of and label feelings, which deactivates the part of the brain that initiates a stress response.
The simplest way to journal to sooth emotions is to find a quiet space and write every arising thought or feeling without judgement or concern for writing quality for about 15 minutes. You may focus on how you feel at the moment or about an emotional situation you experienced during the day. As you do that, name your experience as it arises: bored, worried, concerned. Don’t try to change anything, just honor what comes up. Describe your emotions in detail, drawing on a resource such as the Feelings Wheel or Feelings Inventory to identify words to describe how you feel. As you write, notice how these emotions feel in your body. Notice the desire to avoid or control emotions, and breath into these sensations.
Just by labeling these feelings, you may find that they become more manageable. To take this reflection to the next level, consider tools from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy as explained in this article to help you manage difficult emotions in these challenging times.


Number of Federal Prisoners Declines for First Time Since 1980
In September, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released their annual report on the prison population of the United States. In 2013 an estimated 1,574,700 prisoners were held under the legal authority of state and federal correctional officials–a figure that excludes the population of local jails. This is an increase in over 4,000 offenders from 2012. However, while the number of people in prisons increased, for the first time since 1980 the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) imprisoned fewer inmates at the end of the year (215,900 prisoners in 2013) than it did the previous year (217,800 prisoners in 2012).
In 2013, federal prisons released 1,121 more prisoners than they admitted. Twenty-seven states drove the increase in total prison population as almost 86 percent of all offenders were held in state prisons. At the state level, an additional 25,000 inmates, sentenced to more than a year, were added in 2013 and while less than 12,100 were released.
Although the number of federal and state prisoners increased in 2013, the overall imprisonment rate decreased. This decline may reflect efforts by both federal and state governments to lessen their prison populations. States across the country have considered policies aimed to alleviate overcrowding by focusing prison space on violent offenders. States should continue to focus and promote initiatives that promote rehabilitation, refocus funding and strengthen community corrections.
For more information please visit http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p13.pdf and http://www.alec.org/initiatives/prison-overcrowding/


Fun Phonics Learning Targets:
I can read, write, identify, and make the sound for Zz
I can read, write, and identify my sight words of the week: want, some, all
I can review all my letters and words we have learned
Find the items on this list. You can search around your house, in books, and wherever you think you might find these things! Can you find them all? Which was/were the most tricky? I can think of another Z word we use each week: ZOOM! That’s what we use for our class meetings!
READ ON YOUR OWN BOOK
Count how many words you could read by yourself!
- Read the book with someone at home
- Read it to yourself
- Read the book to someone
WRITING MY SIGHT WORDS
Write your new words with 4 different colors or writing utensils (crayon, marker, colored pencil, or 4 different colors). If you do not have multiple writing utensils, you can practice writing with your favorite utensil you have at home, 4 times for each word:
From, no, and one.
I HAVE, WHO HAS
Use your sight word cards to play I have, who has.
If you have done this in past weeks, the idea will be the same, but with sight word cards!
- Divide up your sight word flash cards with someone at home (the more people, the better!)
- Take turns reading your card, and saying I have….. Who has….
I have and, who has my ? I have my, who has see? ...etc.
Practice your sight word and alphabet flash cards.
How many words do you know? How many letters and sounds do you know?
- Come up with at least 3 sight word sentences with words you are still working on.
- Make a pile of letters and words you are still working on, and practice them at least once per day.
Sight Word Songs (want, some, all))
Letter of the Week Songs (Zz)


New research has suggested that more people survive major heart attacks with fewer problems if doctors use a mini-vacuum to clear out an artery blockage instead of pushing it aside to restore blood flow.
The Dutch study happens to be the largest to date to show that suctioning out the clot before implanting a stent has big benefits
Further, it could lead to wider use in heart attack treatment. Previous smaller studies of various devices offered mixed results.
“This study suggests that it is worth doing,” said George Vetrovec, a heart disease expert at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
Most heart attacks occur when a buildup of plaque in a coronary artery ruptures and a blood clot forms. The preferred treatment is an angioplasty.
Doctors snake a tube through a blood vessel to the blocked artery and use a small balloon to compress the blockage and restore blood flow. A tiny metal-mesh stent is put in place to keep the artery open.
But sometimes the procedure causes bits of the clot or plaque to break off and plug the tinier vessels, restricting blood flow to the heart, said Felix Zijlstra, who led the study at University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands.
They tried a different approach, suctioning the clot out before inserting the stent, and found reduced debris and improved blood flow.


The Food and Drug Administration just lowered the age at which girls can get the Plan B oral contraceptive without a prescription to 15. Critics argue that that’s too young, but PETA insists that birth control should start as early as 8 weeks—for puppies and kittens. It’s called “prepubescent sterilization,” and to illustrate our point, we’re planning to place this billboard in Oklahoma, which has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the country:
Animals can’t unwrap a condom, open a package of birth control pills, or walk into a pharmacy and request Plan B. So responsible animal guardians should start their young charges off on the right paw—by spaying and neutering them as soon as possible. This prevents “oops” litters before guardians realize that the animals are sexually mature. Cats, for example, can become pregnant as young as 4 months old.
Sterilization ensures that your animal companions won’t contribute to the animal-overpopulation crisis. Just one unaltered female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 puppies in only six years. In seven years, one female cat and her offspring can produce 370,000 kittens.
Early spaying and neutering has health benefits, too: It reduces animals’ risk of some forms of cancer and other diseases. A study by the University of Georgia found that spayed and neutered dogs live an average of about a year and a half longer than unaltered animals.
Don’t let your animal companions qualify for the next Teen Mom cast: Spay and neuter them.


E-Safety For Parents
Keeping our children safe in a digital age is a challenge for schools and families to face together. At Long Mountain CE Primary School we want our children to develop healthy relationships with technology and to have a discerning and - above all - safe approach to online activity.
We have put together links to a number of resources that you may find helpful.
School e-safety policy
Click below to see our school E-Safety policy and other related policies. These are regularly reviewed and updated in line with new guidance.
Support for Children
Thinkuknow is an excellent website for pupils, parents and teachers. We use it in school to support our e-safety teaching and pupils might like to look at the resources at home too.
Useful parent guides:
These helpful guides have been produced by the National Online Safety website. They are really clear about what ages these apps and devices are suitable for and provide information about elements parents need to be aware of.
Please note the following apps which should not be being used by children at primary school:
Snapchat is for ages 13+
WhatsApp is for ages 16+
TikTok is for ages 12+ (younger children must be supervised by a parent/carer/suitable adult.
These guides are included here to make sure parents understand the risks associated with younger children using them and to help inform families with old siblings.


Royal Society Research Professor, 2014-2019
Department of Physics, Imperial College London
Professor Michele Dougherty is a pioneering space physicist and a member of the team who carried out unmanned exploratory missions to Saturn. She will also be part of a mission to explore Jupiter in 2032.
Her work contributed to the exciting discovery of an atmosphere containing water and hydrocarbons around Saturn’s moon Enceladus — opening up new possibilities in the search for life.
As principal investigator for the magnetometer (MAG) instrument on board the Cassini spacecraft, Professor Dougherty joined the mission to explore Saturn and its neighbourhood. She and her team measured the level and direction of magnetic materials from the environment around Saturn and the moons visited by Cassini. Her innovative use of magnetic field data has therefore had an enormous impact on our understanding of the moons in our solar system.
Professor Dougherty was the Science Definition Team Lead for the European Space Agency’s JUICE spacecraft, scheduled to go into orbit around Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede, in 2032. She was also selected as Principal Investigator for JUICE’s magnetometer.
The Research Professorship provides long term support for world-class senior researchers allowing them to focus on their research for extended periods of time. It is the Society’s premier senior award.
“The Research Professorship has been crucial for me. It really has allowed me to focus on the science and it will allow us to obtain the spectacular results that we long planned for and for which the instruments were designed.”


A data security checklist is known as a set of tools that protect against data loss, and help you recover shed or thieved https://dataroomsystems.info/data-security-checklist-during-ma-due-diligence/ info. It includes both preventive and reactive tools which can be used to secure on-premises, cloud, and on-device info from inadvertent or harmful access.
A database security checklist might be created by the repository administrator (DBA), a DBMS vendor, or a non-profit or educational institution. It may include best practices for safeguarding data in a database, and also cover issues such as customer authentication, documentation, and access control.
The data protection methods covered by a checklist can vary, but generally they consist of encrypting info, restricting access through firewalls or NTFS permissions, minimizing storage and backup of sensitive information, enforcing pass word policies, and monitoring intended for suspicious activity. Ensure that personnel follow these kinds of policies and procedures, and supply training about data privacy.
Inadvertent use of data arises when a person gains use of information that they shouldn’t, usually through negligence or simply by violating the company’s policies. Malicious access can be when an out of doors attacker or perhaps an inside attacker, such as a cybercriminal, deliberately tries to access, steal, and/or corrupt data.
Using a low-code platform, you can quickly develop cyber security systems to record the outcomes of regular runs and audits. This will enable your team to identify areas of your IT environment that require addressing, and reduce risk. By simply automating these operations, you can save money and time and boost efficiency.


Even when music artists release their content through exclusive channels, most listeners don’t exactly have a hard time getting their hands it for free. Music piracy is also, of course, illegal, and it’s costing the global economy hundreds of millions a year—even in industries beyond music itself.
While pinpointing exact revenue loss is obviously impossible, the European Union Intellectual Property Office is out this week with a meticulous report (pdf), assembled from various global data sets from 19 EU countries in 2014, on music piracy’s direct and indifferent effects.
These nations lose an estimated €336 million ($376 million) a year due to piracy, it concludes.
Of that, €170 million is in music sales (a 5.2% drain on the music industry) and the rest in related losses, such as goods and services from suppliers. Since pirated music is illegal, activity in this realm doesn’t get taxed, meaning government revenue also took an additional hit of roughly €63 million.
It says music sales per person in these 19 EU member states have declined by one-third in nine years, from €12 in 2005 to €8 in 2014.
And in case financial figures are too abstract to induce any guilt, the EUIPO also took a look at piracy’s impact on employment. It figures that, in 2014, something around 2,155 jobs were lost thanks to the underground free-music market. Authors of the report note that the project “attempts to shed light on a phenomenon that, by its very nature, is not directly observable.”
Given that the EUIPO is pretty experienced at estimating the effects of counterfeiting, however, its findings can be trusted—even though they contradict other claims that piracy is actually good for the music business.


DigiPen (Singapore)’s multidisciplinary projects equip students with strong technical knowledge and practical soft skills.
Every trimester, students from four of DigiPen (Singapore)’s degree programs come together to work on a common group project.
At DigiPen (Singapore), cross-program collaboration starts from as early as a student’s first year on campus.
Students from the art and design programs work together on visual design, the art pipeline, and more to create an interactive application.
Meanwhile, students from the two computer science programs collaborate to create a simple game or interactive simulation from scratch.
These multidisciplinary project modules give students an opportunity to learn and hone a variety of technical skills and soft skills.
These project classes are compulsory, high credit-bearing modules.
Learning to work with peers from different disciplines simulates the real world and gives students a taste of what to expect when they enter the industry.
For example, artists must talk to software developers to understand technical limitations and optimize their art accordingly to prevent crashes.
From their second year, students from each program contribute their individual expertise in computer science, design, and art to create a professional-quality game or simulation together.
While working on these projects, students from the different degree programs generally assume the following types of roles within the teams.
Students also learn project management skills such as the Scrum framework and Agile software development techniques that help them work collaboratively and effectively.
Additionally, students will have ample opportunities to work on their presentation skills, as there are at least three presentations per trimester for every project class.
As you can see, DigiPen (Singapore)’s multidisciplinary project collaborations are a core part of our unique curriculum that trains every student to be industry ready.
By the time DigiPen (Singapore) students graduate, they will be confident innovators in technology, with skills that are relevant for the digital economy.
Find out more about DigiPen (Singapore)’s degree programs!


Leaves submerged in water should be removed
When you place a flower stem in a vase, there will inevitably be leaves submerged in water. Remove the leaves for longer-lasting blooms.
Remember to cut the stems
This is such an important step! Cutting the stem at an angle makes it easier for the flower to take in water. You should cut the stem by 1-2 inches, or however much you need for the stem to be the desired length for the vase.
You shouldn't fill the vase with water
I was surprised by this one, but it makes sense! The reader noted that just an inch or two at the bottom, as long as the ends of the stems are submerged, is great for maintenance. Trim the stems every other day under room temperature water and replace in the vase. This ensures you’re continually refreshing the water, and the flowers are always primly cut for water intake.
Put a few ice cubes in the water for tulips
You should do this every day! This is a little-known trick that helps them live longer.
Structural support for a case can be achieved by making crosses with tape
This trick has been hailed as a game-changing arrangement hack! Simple scotch tape can be used for this trick. As a result, the arrangement remains upright and in position much longer, keeping the arrangement as a whole fresh and healthy.
No flower food? Not a problem. Try these instead.
There were many ideas on what to use as flower food instead of actual flower food! Among the top suggestions were soda, aspirin, and vodka. One person even suggested putting a coin on the bottom of the vase! (Probably the most surprising tip on how to keep flowers fresh, but I love it!)


As an important parameter of projectors, the lumen plays an important role in the projection image. In this guide, we will introduce the lumens and ANSI lumens conversion.
Lumens vs ANSI lumens Conversion
What Is Lumen and ANSI Lumen?
ANSI lumens are given under a 9-point test, which is widely applied to projectors in the US and Europe. When it refers to the lumen, it is a measurement of the luminous flux of a light source.
There are many lumen units on the market. You may see light source lumens, LED lumens, and ISO lumens. Light source lumens are given by measuring the brightness of the light source, while LED lumens are seen in some LED projector sellers. ISO lumens are given based on ISO21118.
If the projector is fixed, the lumens figures based on different brightness standards vary greatly. Their relations can be like that: Light source lumens> LED lumens>ANSI lumens> ISO lumens. That is to say, the figures of light source lumens and LED lumens are greater than ANSI lumens and ISO lumens.
Recently, China Video Industry Association released a new standard for projector brightness, CVIA lumens. Mainstream Chinese projector suppliers have replaced ANSI lumens with CVIA lumens for their projectors. According to the public data change, the CVIA lumens value is nearly half of ANSI lumens.
How to Convert Projector Lumens?
The conversion rate between ANSI lumens and ISO lumens is 1: 0.8, while the conversion rate between ANSI lumens and LED lumens is 1: 2.4. You can just use this projector lumens converter tool to convert different lumen units.
It is worth noting that lumen figures under different measurement standards can never be accurately converted. The conversion result is an approximated figure for reference.


If you want to know more updates about the Facebook Climate Science Information Centre, you are in the right place. Climate change has emerged as a key priority in Facebook’s quest to stomp out misinformation, a sophisticated effort that involves policing user posts while simultaneously defending free speech.
In the past few months, the corporate has started fighting climate misinformation with a number of equivalent strategies won’t to battle Covid 19 myths and election falsehoods—a sign of the topic’s growing importance internally. But Facebook’s misinformation policies have also left climate activists frustrated.
Just as Facebook can exacerbate a false narrative, it also has the power to vary it entirely. With almost 2.8 billion users globally, the social network has a chance with global climate change that it hasn’t had with other topics—a chance to teach many people without the pressure of a looming election or public health crisis.
Facebook Climate Science Information Centre
Facebook’s efforts to fight climate-related misinformation picked up last year when it called a couple of experts to invite help. That led the corporate to make the Climate Science Information Center, a fanatical space on the service with scientist-approved information.
The center appears because the top search results when users query climate-related terms, like “global warming” or “greenhouse gases.” Users can see charts mapping the typical annual temperature of their state, or click to read facts about declining ice bear populations or excess CO2.
The best thanks to fighting misinformation are with more information. Experts say the data center may be a good effort but only a start. Oreskes still thinks Facebook should remove climate misinformation entirely.
Facebook Launches Climate Science Info Centers In Nigeria and South Africa
Facebook has announced the roll-out of its climate science information centers to sub–Saharan Africa, starting with South Africa and Nigeria, as a part of its commitment to connecting people to accurate, expert advice and knowledge about global developments that affect their lives.
The center, available in 16 countries, aims to attach people on Facebook with resources from the world’s leading global climate change organizations.
Modeled on the Facebook COVID-19 Information Centre, which has thus far, directed quite 2 billion people to information from health authorities.
the Climate Science Information Centre offers facts about global climate change temperature change”> global climate change and actionable steps people can absorb in their everyday lives to combat climate change. You can get more details here.


More than 5.7 million American children (almost 30%) are estimated to be a bully, a target of bullying or both. Although many adults may consider bullying a traditional part of a youth’s life experience, it may also be one of the precursors for the gun-based crimes perpetuated by youth during the high school years. Bullying over relatively petty issues becomes a rationale for revenge or extreme intolerance that festers from the elementary years through high school.
What we are offering is a complete rounded approach to the issue of bully-ing. The ultimate goal is for every child to have the tools they need to attend school in both emotional and physical safety and with confidence. Children must have the ability to keep themselves out of harms way by learning how to avoid confrontations first and the martial arts techniques to fend off bullies when those confrontations become physical always as a last resort.
Anti-bullying instruction also contributes to children’s confidence and self-esteem because they know what to do. It’s the uncertainty that causes a child to struggle within themselves.
Success Martial Arts training is not only a solution for those children more likely to be victims of bullying, but also for those children who are bullies. It may not surprise anyone that studies show that bullies are generally physically aggressive, hot-tempered, easily angered, and impulsive, with a low tolerance for frustration ... success martial arts training channels the bully’s aggressiveness and anger into healthful physical activity, discipline and a positive attitude.
Children and youth who are bullied are typically anxious, insecure, and cautious and suffer from low self-esteem, rarely defending themselves. Bullied students often have problems concentrating in school. The success martial arts curriculum addresses those issues directly with the education and tools to transform victims of bullying into smart kids who now have the fortitude not ever to be victims again.


For many of those with disabilities, proficient and competent medical care is an absolute necessity. Thankfully, medical care is often provided to disabled individuals who qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) through Medicare and Medicaid.
For instance, SSDI provides disabled workers with medical coverage through Medicare while those with limited incomes that receive SSI often have Medicaid coverage. Sadly, however, a recent report has indicated that those currently with Medicaid coverage may not have access to a wide variety of potentially life-saving preventative health screenings.
Specifically, while the Affordable Care Act generally requires coverage for a several types of health screenings for those on both Medicaid and Medicare, these requirements do not necessarily extend to those already receiving Medicaid through state programs.
Add that to the fact that researchers from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services found that covered screening services can vary greatly from location to location, and it creates a situation in which many of those with disabilities run the risk of not having certain health screenings covered. For example, researchers found that less than half of state Medicaid programs actually cover screenings for cholesterol or obesity.
Moreover, many states had Medicaid policies with extremely unclear language, meaning disabled individuals could not even tell what types of screening were covered and what were not. Unfortunately, the lack of screening for those individuals on Medicaid may result in several ailments that could have been prevented had the proper testing been done in the first place.
Source: Disability Scoop, “For Many With Disabilities, Health Screenings Still Not Covered,” Shaun Heasley, July 10, 2013


Tab on radioactivity in seas off Sri Lanka
A special programme to monitor radioactive substances in the seas off Sri Lanka has been commenced by the Atomic Energy Authority with the aid of International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) and local stakeholders.
The intention of this programme is to analyze the impact on Sri Lankan seas from the radioactive leakage of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan last year. During this leakage, radioactive contaminated water had mixed with sea water posing a threat to aquatic life. A special seminar to educate local specialists with regard to this special programme was held at the AEA recently.
Representatives from Environmental Conservation organizations, NARA, marine and aquatic life conservation organizations, university professionals and experts participated in this seminar.
The IAEA had proposed this project in the seas off 17 IAEA member states of the Asian Pacific region to monitor radioactive substances in sea water by collecting samples of sea water, sea plants and fish.
The marine samples collected from selected 10 places in Sri Lanka within 1km distance from the shore would be checked for radioactive substances, specially for caesium 137.The programme would be continued for next two years. Australian expert Ronald Szymczakiaer of the IAEA arrived in Sri Lanka last week to provide necessary guidance for this programme. The Navy is also assisting in this venture.
IAEA expert Ronald Szymczakiaer observed that marine pollution has become a severe problem in the recent times affecting tourism industry and human health.
In addition to radioactive substances, urban, domestic, industrial and agricultural waste and disposals from fishing vessels and ships have contributed largely towards marine pollution.
Sri Lanka is 7000km away from Fukushima. The result has not been published yet.


What is a dynamic array?
A dynamic array is a contiguous area of memory whose size grows dynamically as new data is inserted. In static array, we need to specify the size at the time of allocation. If the size of the array is allocated to be 10, we can not insert more than 10 items. However, the dynamic array adjusts it’s size automatically when needed. That means we can store as many items as we want without specifying the size at the time of allocation.
Working of a dynamic array
When we try to insert a new item into the array, we first check if the size is full. If the array is not full, we simply insert the item at the end of the array otherwise we create a new array whose size is double of the current array, we move all the times from old array to new array, we delete the old array to free the memory and finally we insert the item at the end of the expanded array. We start by allocating the array of size 1 and repeat this process when a new item is inserted. Figure 1 shows the insertion process for the first 9 items.
We do amortized analysis to find the complexity of the insertion operation (insertion at the end of the array). The normal insertion (when the array is not full) takes the constant time but when the array is full, we need to perform extra work of moving the items into the new array and it takes O(n) time. Since we occasionally do the O(n) operation, the average time of the insertion operation is O(1). Please refer to this link to get the idea of amortized complexity.
Most of the programming languages already have the implementation for dynamic arrays.
ArrayList in Java,
vector in C++,
list in Python is an example of a dynamic array. I have implemented a dynamic array in C++ and JAVA which is given below.
// C++ implementation of Dynamic Array
// Java implementation of Dynamic Array


Multiple cannabinoids derived from the marijuana plant have potential therapeutic benefits but most have not been well investigated, despite the widespread legalization of medical marijuana in the USA and other countries. Therapeutic indications will depend on determinations as to which of the multiple cannabinoids, and other biologically active chemicals that are present in the marijuana plant, can be developed to treat specific symptoms and/or diseases. Such insights are particularly critical for addiction disorders, where different phytocannabinoids appear to induce opposing actions that can confound the development of treatment interventions. Whereas Δ9-tetracannabinol has been well documented to be rewarding and to enhance sensitivity to other drugs, cannabidiol (CBD), in contrast, appears to have low reinforcing properties with limited abuse potential and to inhibit drug-seeking behavior. Other considerations such as CBD’s anxiolytic properties and minimal adverse side effects also support its potential viability as a treatment option for a variety of symptoms associated with drug addiction. However, significant research is still needed as CBD investigations published to date primarily relate to its effects on opioid drugs, and CBD’s efficacy at different phases of the abuse cycle for different classes of addictive substances remain largely understudied. Our paper provides an overview of preclinical animal and human clinical investigations, and presents preliminary clinical data that collectively sets a strong foundation in support of the further exploration of CBD as a therapeutic intervention against opioid relapse. As the legal landscape for medical marijuana unfolds, it is important to distinguish it from “medical CBD” and other specific cannabinoids, that can more appropriately be used to maximize the medicinal potential of the marijuana plant.
Electronic supplementary material
The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13311-015-0373-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Read full study here www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604178/


Methane is gas that is found in small quantities in the atmosphere. Methane is the simplest hydrocarbon, consisting of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas.
Methane is flammable, and is used as a fuel worldwide. It is a principal component of natural gas. Burning methane in the presence of oxygen releases carbon dioxide and water vapor:
CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2 + 2 H2O
Although the concentration of methane in Earth's atmosphere is small (around 1.8 parts per million), it is an important greenhouse gas because it is such a potent heat absorber. The concentration of methane in our atmosphere has risen by about 150% since 1750, apparently largely due to human activities. Methane accounts for about 20% of the heating effects by all of the greenhouse gases combined. Both natural and human sources supply methane to Earth's atmosphere.
Major natural sources of methane include emissions from wetlands and oceans, and from the digestive processes of termites. Sources related to human activities include rice production, landfills, raising cattle and other ruminant animals (cow burps!), and energy generation.
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