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11 seps Biology class-  are task was to research the pros and cons of kidney transplant and kidney dialysis. We had to work individually or in groups of twos and threes. After finding our information we created powerpoints to show our ideas.

below is my groups ( Catherine, Damian and Aaron) Presentation

kidney-transplant 

(btw you do not need powerpoint or powerpoint viewer to view this document(!))

With a new school on the way, Woodchurch High is trying to do its bit to help the environment. The school has appointed eco reps to help manage and control the new green scheme.

In every classroom there is now a grey recycling bin with a label on the lid educating students on what things they can or cannot recycle. Every week (or fortnight) a person from a form has to take the recycling bin to the recycling area where it is taken away to be recycled.

The school also has class rooms where there are no switches at all. the lights and computers are turned off automatically at the end of the day and during holidays to save electricity.

More updates on “green” progress soon!

Some quick questions to get you thinking…

What are you doing to help the escalating problem of climate change?

Do you think anything we need to do anything at all?

Who or what do you blame for the cause of climate change?

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TGV toilets are equipped with a powerful suction system

A passenger on a French train had to be rescued by firemen after having his arm sucked down the on-board toilet.

The 26-year-old victim was trapped when he tried to fish out his mobile phone, which had fallen into the toilet bowl, and fell foul of the suction system.

The high-speed TGV train had to stop for two hours while firemen cut through the train’s pipework.

The man was carried away by emergency services, with the toilet still attached to his arm.

“He came out on a stretcher, with his hand still jammed in the toilet bowl, which they had to saw clean off,” said Benoit Gigou, a witness to the man’s plight.

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 Mitosis is the process by which a cell separates the chromosomes in its cell nucleus, into two identical sets in two daughter nuclei. It is generally followed immediately by cytokinesis, which divides the nuclei, cytoplasm, organelles and cell membrane into two daughter cells containing roughly equal shares of these cellular components.

Thousands of homes were affected by power cuts as the storms tore through the eastern state on Monday afternoon.

The southern city of Suffolk was among the hardest hit. Cars were flipped over, roofs blown off houses and trees and power lines brought down.

Officials have declared a state of emergency in the worst-affected areas.

 A Tornado forms when warm winds meet cooler winds, as the two winds move around each other a spiral of spinning air forms, this is know as a vortex . The vortex can spin at up to 300 mph. A wind that strong can destroy most things in its path. Objects, animals and even people have been picked up and hurled many miles away!

Below is a list of dangers straight from the Centre Of Responsible Nanotechnology website

http://www.crnano.org/PR-dangers.htm

 Molecular manufacturing (MM) will be a significant breakthrough, comparable perhaps to the Industrial Revolution—but compressed into a few years. This has the potential to disrupt many aspects of society and politics. The power of the technology may cause two competing nations to enter a disruptive and unstable arms race. Weapons and surveillance devices could be made small, cheap, powerful, and very numerous. Cheap manufacturing and duplication of designs could lead to economic upheaval. Overuse of inexpensive products could cause widespread environmental damage. Attempts to control these and other risks may lead to abusive restrictions, or create demand for a black market that would be very risky and almost impossible to stop; small nanofactories will be very easy to smuggle, and fully dangerous. There are numerous severe risks—including several different kinds of risk—that cannot all be prevented with the same approach. Simple, one-track solutions cannot work. The right answer is unlikely to evolve without careful planning.

More coming SOON! :p

Liquefying Adjuncts

Adjuncts are used as an extra source of starch in brewing and usually consist of cereals. Protein also plays a vital role in fermentation by providing soluble nitrogen compounds that the yeast needs. Since the protein proportion in some types of adjunct is very small, it may be necessary to provide extra protein in the wort. This can be done by utilising the protein in the malt more efficiently. By adding a protein splitting (protease) enzyme, more protein can be solubilised and made available to the yeast.

In their natural form, starch­based cereals such as maize grits and rice are boiled before being added to the malt mash. The boiled (gelatinised) cereals are very viscous and need to be thinned (liquefied) before they can be pumped into the mash copper. This is done using an alpha amylase. Heat-stable alpha amylases are also available that are effective even at 100?C to ensure full liquefaction of the starch

Filtration

Slow rate of filtration is generally a problem when the mash is run off in the lauter tun and also during the final filtration of the beer. This is due to the presence of certain polysaccharides, mainly beta­glucans and pentosans, which are found in barley and poorly modified barley malt. The solution is to break down the beta­glucans using a beta­glucanase added during mashing or at the start of the fermentation process.

Maps offers a range of amylases, glucoamylase, proteases for distilling depending on the processes and applications.

In the next couple of weeks think about what YOU can do to help the planet become a greener place. Liturally!