Waching daily Aug 25 2017

welcome to Wright ideas of Susan today I have six simple lesson ideas to

help you teach the parable of the great banquet - so let's get started.

Look what I got in the mail - what is it? yes it's an invitation it's an

invitation to a wedding. have you ever gotten an invitation before? maybe to a

birthday party? how do you feel when you get invited to something like that?

you feel pretty special don't you? well today we're going to look at a parable

that Jesus told about a man putting on a really incredible banquet but you'll be

surprised with how the guests responded to his invitation. and I could share the

parable through just Bible storytelling and a lot of times I like to use my

old flannel graph to share the story or my curriculum

actually has a PowerPoint with pictures that I could use. another way that I like

to do it most often is to just use my iPad and my Bible app and show it up on

the screen and do guided reading. then after I've gone through the story it is

a great story to act out. as you can see here there's a group of kids that are

acting it out and all someone is doing its just narrating the story while they

act it out and it's a great one because it can involve the whole class in this

parable story... after we act it out - if I have time, there's always a good

video clip that I can show and I have looked on YouTube and I've come up with

a list of really good video clips that may suit an age that you're teaching as

well. then I like to refer back to the invitation and talk about it. and you

know inside this invitation there's a little card it says RSVP what's that for?

it's a little card to respond to the invitation and let

them know if I'm coming or not and my husband and I, we did go to this wedding

and it was beautiful and we felt really honored to be invited to this special

event - but when I was 12 years old I was invited to even something more special

I learned that Jesus invited me and everyone to be part of his family just

by putting my faith and my trust in what Jesus did for me and so I did that and I

must say I am so glad I did that! because I feel God helping me every day of my

life, in good days and bad days and just

ordinary days and I know one day I'm going to really understand what Jesus

meant by this parable story because it says in the Bible that everyone is

invited to this banquet to be with him in heaven at a great feast and all those

people who accept his invitation are going to be at that feast in heaven. how

good is that!!! but there is a reality that not everybody is going to accept God's

invitation to put their faith or their trust in Jesus. and just like the parable

story - many people have their own reasons or excuses for not wanting to put their

belief or their trust in Jesus and you know that's up to them. God's not going

to make them believe in him is he? no, he's not! it has to be their own choice.

but I like to pray for my friends and I like to encourage them and I hope that

one day that they'll want to put their faith and trust and accept God's

invitation to be part of his family. Now As a little final activity I have made a

little invitation for the kids to be able to color and it says. everyone's

invited and on the inside I put the verse 'to all who believed him and

accepted him he gave the right to become children of God' and so the kids can

color that and then they can take it home. And if you like these ideas can you

give it a thumbs up? and if you want more simple ideas like this you can go ahead

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notified when I put up a new idea. now I do hope to be able to put up a website

soon - soon as I figure out how to do it, to be able to put up a little copy of

this invitation so that you can download it and hopefully that will happen.

Once again, thanks so much for watching and may God bless you as you teach the

next generation that they too have been invited to be part of God's family.

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We Built a 'Holodeck' for Animals! - Duration: 5:15.

If you've ever wanted to take a virtual vacation… you'll have to keep waiting.

Unless you're a fly.

Or Ant Man.

In a new study published in the journal Nature Methods, researchers announced that they've

built a mini-holodeck a lot like the one in Star Trek.

It's called FreemoVR, and it's for mice, zebrafish, and flies.

Unlike other virtual reality technology, this holodeck is totally immersive, so the animals

can move around VR environments pretty freely.

Eventually, scientists hope this technology will help us study some of the brain mechanisms

behind animal behavior, like making decisions or social interactions.

See, when we study animals in a lab, it's hard to control variables to research how

an animal responds to different environments or to learn about interactions in groups of animals.

Virtual reality can help, but a lot of VR studies involve restraining animals with something

like a harness and only measuring their eyes or brain waves to see how they respond.

That's not exactly a natural interaction, and the brain doesn't process, say, running

on a spherical treadmill with VR the same way as running through an actual maze.

They're different sensory experiences.

But now, scientists have tried to build custom holodecks for fruit flies, zebrafish, and mice.

These animals are used as model organisms in studies all the time because they have

some similar biological factors as humans.

Plus, they're pretty easy to breed in a lab and manipulate for experiments.

In this paper, the researchers ran tests to see if the animals thought their holodeck

environment was real -- basically, if they changed their behavior to match what was happening

on the screens.

Cameras tracked their positions, and then computers updated the projections to respond

to anything the animals did.

In the fly experiment, the holodeck was a chamber with images projected on the walls.

And researchers created a virtual pillar to see if the fly would move around it.

Since mice often avoid heights, the researchers set up a holodeck with a circular running

track over a floor projection.

Half of the track was made to look like it was high above the ground, while the other

half looked lower.

They wanted to see if the mice would stay on the lower side.

And zebrafish often swim in groups, so the researchers used a special bowl and projected

a bunch of space invaders -- like the video game!

The sprites had an open spot in their squad, to see if the fish would join them.

They also did other tests, like designing a holographic fish to see if the real animal

would interact with it.

And it worked!

The flies flew around the projected pillar, the mice mostly stayed on the seemingly lower

end of the track, and the fish followed their virtual leaders.

Now that scientists think they've built a convincing holodeck, the next step is to

use it in experiments to see what we can learn about these animals' brains.

This probably won't turn into a human-sized holodeck any time soon, but still, it's

pretty awesome they could put this all together in the first place.

Meanwhile, in the world of medicine, scientists are trying to figure out what to do about

bacterial resistance.

Because they mutate and evolve so quickly, many kinds of bacteria have become immune

to the antibiotics that we use to kill them.

An estimated 23,000 people die every year because their illness doesn't respond to medicine.

Besides being careful about what they prescribe, doctors are also trying to find new compounds

that bacteria aren't resistant to yet.

And some of them are in human breast milk.

We already know breast milk is packed with nutrients and bacteria-fighting proteins,

but according to new research presented by Vanderbilt University this week, it has bacteria-killing

sugars, too.

In one small pilot study, the researchers examined 5 samples of breast milk.

They isolated a mix of small sugars, called oligosaccharides, from each sample, then applied

them to a bacterium called Group B Streptococcus, or Group B Strep.

If their parent is infected with the bacteria, a baby can get sick on their way out of the

womb, which causes a fever or problems feeding.

But not all babies born to infected parents get sick, so the researchers thought there

might be some resistance passed on in breast milk.

The mix of sugars in each sample depended on a few factors, like the person's blood

group, but all of them seemed to be effective.

The sugars from one sample almost killed an entire colony of Group B Strep, while the

others all killed at least some bacteria.

We don't know exactly how this works yet, but the oligosaccharides might be interfering

with the bacterial DNA.

And the team is already working on a second study.

This time, they have more than 24 samples of milk, and the results so far are promising.

Besides killing individual bacteria, some of the sugars also broke down biofilms, a

slimy protective network of bacteria that are stuck together with some organic goop.

And combining the sugars with an antibacterial protein called polymyxin B, found in human

saliva and potentially breast milk, made it better at poking holes in bacterial cell membranes

to fight off infection.

Through follow-up experiments that haven't been published yet, the scientists also reportedly

found the sugars could kill bacteria besides Group B Strep that cause infections in hospitals.

So even if we can't have holodecks for humans yet, at least we'll hopefully have better

medical treatments.

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Petrol and diesel BAN - Proposal for 2030 phase-out brings MORE bad news for UK motorists - Duration: 4:01.

Petrol and diesel BAN - Proposal for 2030 phase-out brings MORE bad news for UK motorists

The UK Government last month announced it would The ban outraged motorists, who could be forced to fork-out for an expensive new low emissions vehicles, while simultaneously being slammed by environmentalists for lacking ambition.  A new plan outlined in a study by environmental and aid organisations has outlined that phasing-out petrol and diesel car sales by 2030 could halve UK oil imports.

If all UK vehicles produced zero emissions by 2030, UK foreign fuel imports could be reduced by 51 per cent in 2035, when compared to current projects. .

As well as cutting pollution and improving air quality, the move would boost investment in the UK infrastructure, including charging points.  The report by Green Alliance and supported by Cafod, Christian Aid, Greenpeace, RSPB and WWF, comes ahead of the Governments publication of the clean growth plan, which will outline how the UK will cut carbon emissions to meet legal targets.

Ministers have signalled the delayed plan will be published after Parliaments summer recess.  According to the Government, the aim is for it to be as ambitious, robust and clear a blueprint as it can be.

In 2016, transport accounted for 40 per cent of the UK's total energy consumption and of that, road transport accounted for three-quarters of this.

The Green Alliance study also called for additional funding towards renewable energy between 2020 and 2025 and bringing in zero carbon standards for new homes and building energy efficinet improvements.

Gareth Redmond-King, head of climate and energy at WWF, said the UK could and must go faster than the 2040 goal.

To ensure the UK doesnt miss out on the jobs and investment opportunity in clean, modern vehicles, the UK should up its ambition," he said.

Cleaning up transport and boosting home energy efficiency must be priorities for the UK government in the forthcoming clean growth plan.

Both measures will create jobs for UK businesses and reduce costs to the NHS caused by noxious air pollution and cold, leaky homes.

Laura Taylor, head of advocacy at Christian Aid, said: The UK governments long-overdue clean growth plan needs to prove that this government is serious about speeding up the low carbon transition, not slackening the pace.

The benefits to citizens are enormous but areas like home energy efficiency and heating are lagging behind and need urgent political attention. Why this study is significant is previously the Government's air quality plan in the UK has been rejected by environmental campaigners and they have been taken to court twice over the plans.

If they are taken to court again for the air quality plan, then they may propose tougher measures to slash emissions and this intuitive could be worked into their plans. .

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Holding the head perfectly still for two weeks | By Richard P. Holm, MD - Duration: 2:38.

My Father was in his 50's when his retina, the lining which provides a blanket of vision

on the inside back of one of his eyes, started separating from its base structure.

Called a 'detached retina,' this condition occurs in three people out of 1000;

more often in men, in certain families, in those with near-sightedness,

in obese hypertensives, and in those who have had cataract surgery.

Dad's first symptoms included floaters, quick flashes of bright light, and blurred vision

starting in the peripheral part of his vision, gradually moving toward his central vision,

like a gray veil falling across his line of sight.

There was no pain with this, however he became understandably fearful as his vision deteriorated.

I remember his having open-eye surgery at a University Center in Minneapolis,

which was cutting-edge treatment at the time.

It required two weeks of hospitalization with both eyes patched closed

and with absolutely no head motion while sandbags pushed into both sides of his head.

His constant companion and only entertainment was a radio plugged into his ears.

I remember when he finally came home, he was overjoyed to see us,

seemed to have a renewed appreciation of life, and was happy

that his vision seemed to be gradually returning.

That was the late 60's, and I don t think his appreciation for life ever waned after that.

Modern treatment for detached retina may include reattachment

of the retina with laser beams (like spot-welding) or freezing small areas (cryotherapy).

Sometimes the walls are squeezed together by a band the surgeon wraps

around the sphere of the eyeball.

In other cases, the vitreous jelly, or the bag of fluid that fills the eyeball,

is removed and the fluid is replaced with a gas bubble to push the retina back in place.

Each case is different and the treatment approach may vary depending

on the severity and type of detachment.

Fortunately, modern-day treatment for detached retina no longer requires

two weeks of eye patches and sandbags holding the head perfectly still.

For more infomation >> Holding the head perfectly still for two weeks | By Richard P. Holm, MD - Duration: 2:38.

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