Bible Verse for Today
- John 15:5,8 Sun, 9 Dec, 2018““I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”
Haleakala National Park
Quote of the Week
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892).
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Imago Dei
The Mapuches are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of present-day Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common linguistic heritage as Mapudungun speakers. Their traditional economy is based on agriculture. Today, many Mapuche communities are engaged in conflict over land and indigenous rights in both Argentina and in Chile.
CDC Travellers’ Health Notices
- Watch - Measles in Madagascar Thu, 29 Nov, 2018There is an outbreak of measles in Madagascar. Travelers to Madagascar should make sure they are vaccinated against measles with the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine.
The Human Brain
The human brain can produce enough electricity to light a small electric bulb. The brain consumes glucose from the body to produce this amount of energy.
Relief Web
- Major UN logistic operation underway to deliver aid to Syria from Jordan Sun, 9 Dec, 2018Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic To mitigate the suffering of the Syrian people, some 369 trucks will be involved to carry much needed lifesaving assistance to hundreds of thousands of women, children and men. (Amman, 9 December 2018): The United Nations today commenced a one-off exceptional […]
Astronomy Picture of the Day
The Elephant's Trunk in IC 1396.
Credit & Copyright: Rolf Geissinger. The 20 light-years long Elephant's Trunk Nebula winds through the emission nebula and young star cluster complex IC 1396, in the constellation of Cepheus. This composite, through narrow band filters that transmit the light from ionized hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen atoms, highlighted the bright swept-back ridges that outline pockets of cool interstellar dust and gas, with embedded, dark, tendril-shaped clouds contain the raw material for star formation and hide protostars within the obscuring cosmic dust. Nearly 3,000 light-years distant, the IC 1396 spans over 5 degrees.
2018 Sky Guide This Week
December 8: Asteroid Harmonica is at opposition, 19h UT (2 PM EST).
December 9: The Moon passes 1.1° north of Saturn, 5h UT (12 AM EST).
December 10: The Moon passes 0.7° north of Pluto, 4h UT 11 PM EST).
December 12: The Moon is at apogee (405,177 km from Earth), 12h25m UT (7:25 AM EST).
Credit: Astronomy.
NASA
- NASA InSight Lander 'Hears' Martian Winds Fri, 7 Dec, 2018NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander, which touched down on Mars just 10 days ago, has provided the first ever "sounds" of Martian winds on the Red Planet. A media teleconference about these sounds will be held today at 12:30 p.m. EST (9:30 a.m. PST).
Mars Exploration Programme
- NASA InSight Lander 'Hears' Martian Winds Fri, 7 Dec, 2018Vibrations picked up by two spacecraft instruments have provided the first sounds of Martian wind.
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Conservation International
- From ‘Tarzan’ to tarsiers: one conservationist’s wild journey Thu, 6 Dec, 2018Mittermeier, a conservationist, is credited with the now-widespread use of biodiversity hotspots.Olivia DeSmit
National Flag of The Niger
The Flag of Niger was inaugurated in 1959, a year prior to its formal independence from France, consisted of the colours of orange, white and green, in equal horizontal bands, with an orange roundel in the centre. The upper orange band represents the northern regions of the Sahara Desert, the white band represents purity, and the green band represents both hope and the fertile regions of southern Niger. The orange circle is said to represent the sun or independence.
The U.S. Department of State Travel Warnings
- Australia - Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions Thu, 6 Dec, 2018Exercise normal precautions in Australia. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page. If you decide to travel to Australia: Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive Alerts and make it easier to locate you in an emergency. Follow the Department of State on Facebook and Twitter. Review the Crime and Safety Reports for Australia. U.S. citizens […]
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The UK Foreign Service Travel Advice
- Mali Fri, 7 Dec, 2018Latest update: Summary - protest march planned for the centre of Bamako on 8 December. Terrorism - update to list of recent terrorist attacks in Mali.GOV.UK
Work of Art
Sunflowers (Tournesols) is the name of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, executed a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase. In the artist's mind, both sets were linked by the name of his friend Paul Gauguin, who acquired two of the Paris versions. On March 30, 1987, Japanese insurance magnate, Yasuo Goto, paid the equivalent of US $39,921,750 for van Gogh's Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers at auction at Christie's London. The painting currently resides at Seiji Togo Yasuda Memorial Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.
Idiom of the Day
- keep something at bayIf you keep something at bay, you stop something that could be a problem for you from getting too close or from getting worse.
Pray for Christians in China
HOUSE CHURCH IN JIANGXI RAIDED. Click on the image to read more.
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