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What is the role of France's Permanent Mission to the United Nations?
The French Mission represents France at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The diplomats monitor the activities of the UN, each according to their own fields of expertise. They report on these activities to the French authorities. They relay and defend France's positions. They make certain that these are taken into account during negotiations, notably in collaboration with our European partners.
Who works at the mission?
Almost 80 people, including 30 diplomats, are employed at the Mission. They are led by the Permanent Representative, who is assisted by the Deputy Permanent Representative. The Mission in New York also includes an Economic Section responsible for assisting French companies with the UN tendering process and a Military Section which liaises between the Military Division of the UN Secretariat's Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the French military authorities. They report respectively to the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry and the Ministry of Defense.
The Mission also receives the support of additional diplomats at the start of each session of the General Assembly between September and December. This team of "reinforcements," led by the Secretary General of the French Delegation to the General Assembly, monitors the general debate of the General Assembly and the various tasks of the committees, as well as welcoming parliamentarians. The Mission also offers student internships.
What would be a typical day for a French diplomat at the Mission?
Diplomats at the Mission represent France at the Security Council, at the General Assembly and its six Committees, at the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary organs, and at the funds and programs based in New York (UNICEF, UNPD, UNFPA, etc.). After taking part in the short daily morning meeting at the Mission, they spend most of their working day at the UN offices or in those of the European Union where the delegations of the EU countries harmonize their positions in preparation for defending their joint positions. Following these meetings they report on developments in the negotiations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and request instructions using encrypted correspondence.
Is it possible to visit the Mission?
Every year, the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations welcomes groups from schools and universities wishing to learn about the role and operation of the French Mission to the United Nations.
How should participants prepare for a visit?
In order to get the most from their visit, participants should be well prepared for the visit. Members of the group are therefore asked to consult the various pages of this website and to prepare their questions based on the topics that they would like to address.
To request a visit to the Mission, please contact Mrs Marjolaine Brée (email@example.com)
Check out the French Mission's activities on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.
Is it possible to do an internship at the Mission?
Yes, the Mission recruits interns every year for periods ranging from 2 to 6 months. Internships can be offered by various departments at the Mission.
What is the application procedure?
All internship opportunities and requirements can be found on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International development website in the section on "Employment, Internships and Competitive Exams."
What are the requirements?
The requirements are specified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International development and can be found on its website.
Is it possible to do an internship at the UN?
Every year, the UN provides opportunities for internships of varying durations. All details and internship opportunities can be found on the United Nations website.


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I'm kinda bummed about this, but I'm selling a few pieces that I really do love. The arrival of a new knife made me look at my collection, and realize that I need to shed a few pounds. Well, that and the fact that I just bought a new car, which makes me want money, just a tad more than beautiful sharpened steel.
First up is my Adam Marr Western 255mm Gyuto, with spalted maple handle. It was formerly on my site, here:
I, however, took it over and took it off my site's availability. The price for this beauty is $360, all in. For $405, I'll make a custom saya to go with it. There was one, but I ended up no being entirely happy with it, as it was a "trial", of sorts. I since cut it apart, and used the wood on another project.
The new saya will have my usual curvy sexiness, and a pin, with the colour combo seen here.
The next one, I'm not in any rush to sell, so it's priced well, but not tremendously cheaper than you can get it brand new, from some other vendors. It's my much loved ZKramer 240mm Chef Knife. For this, I'm asking $360, all in, with a saya. Here are a couple pics of it:
Also for sale is my Joseph Rodgers and Sons petty (I believe it's a 150), for $70, plus actual shipping. Timthebeaver, you have dibs. After that, it's available to anyone:
Lastly, for the knives, is a Murray Carter 240mm KU Gyuto, in very nice shape, with some fading/loss of the KU, but otherwise, in great shape! $400, all in. It's the one on top, seen here. Murray was particularly fond of this knife, and it feels great, in hand. Classic Carter....
Last item up for sale is, a Kent BK2 brush. Used twice, will be washed before shipping. This brush seems to be a bit of a shedder. You should be able to buy it and contact Kent for a replacement, so the price reflects that. Virtually new condition. Yours for $50, with shipping.
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Start the Compost in a Bin
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Add the Soil Amendment
Creating a compost pile is a great alternative to disposing of garden refuse and is nature's way of recycling organic material. In as little as three weeks, your compost pile will begin to transform itself into a nutrient-rich soil amendment or fertilizer, which can be added to your garden, yard, or containers.
Containing the pile in a compost bin will save space, hasten decomposition, and help keep it neater. Many types are available at home centers and garden stores. Or, you can build your own.
Stick with yard waste and organic materials such as leaves, grass clippings, hay, weeds, and woodchips. You can also add vegetable scraps, coffee grounds (even the filters), tea bags, or eggshells from your kitchen. Shredded newspaper can also be used.
However, do not use any animal material such as meat scraps, bones, dairy products, grease, or pet or human waste. Not only do they smell unpleasant, but they could contain harmful bacteria.
Build your compost pile in layers. An example would be to start with a 4- to 6-inch layer of coarse material such as chopped brush, then add a 3- to 4-inch layer of grass clippings. On top of that, add a 4- to 6-inch layer of leaves or garden waste and spray it with a hose to moisten it which will help it decompose quicker. Finally, add a 1-inch layer of garden soil. Continue building the pile by adding layers. Of course, you can modify this slightly depending on your materials and the size of your compost bin.
You can aid the composting process by sprinkling a high-nitrogen garden fertilizer (such as Miracle-Gro� Water Soluble Plant Food) over each layer of leaves and garden waste. Turn or aerate the pile periodically to shift material from the outside closer to the center, where it may be heated up and decomposed.
In cold climates, little decomposition occurs in winter except in the center of larger piles. Adding water periodically to keep the composting material moist (about like a damp sponge) will also help the process.
When the composted material is ready to use, it will be dark and crumbly, and it will have an earthy odor. Till or turn it into your garden soil to provide a better growing environment for your plants.
For additional soil, repeat process.
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A digital rectal exam is an examination of the lower rectum. The doctor uses a gloved, lubricated finger to check for any abnormal findings.
The health care provider will first look at the outside of the anus for hemorrhoids or fissures. Then the health care provider will put on a latex glove and insert a lubricated finger into the rectum. In women, this exam may be done at the same time as a pelvic exam.
For the test, the doctor will ask you to:
You may feel mild discomfort during this test.
This test is performed for many reasons. It may be done:
In men, the test can be used to check the size of the prostate and to look for abnormal bumps or other changes of the prostate gland.
A digital rectal exam may be done to collect stool for testing for fecal occult (hidden) blood as part of screening for colorectal cancer.
A normal finding means the health care provider did not detect any problem during the exam. However, this test does not rule out all problems.
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Loeb S, Carter HB. Early detection, diagnosis, and staging of prostate cancer. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 99.
Marcello PW. Diseases of the anorectum. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 125.
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All is Dust and DNA
Jim Stump explores the meaning of the Lenten season from the perspective of evolutionary creation.
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Jim Stump explores the meaning of the Lenten season from the perspective of evolutionary creation.
John Calvin really believed that the sun revolved around the earth, but we shouldn't dismiss the rest of his theology because of this error.
Here are some of the best responses from around the web to David's Barash's controversial editorial about God and Evolution in the New York Times.
If discussions of science and religion sometimes get bogged down in Genesis, perhaps that is because they have not made the preparatory journey through the rich material of the Wisdom books.
God invites us to understand his power and nature through studying what has been made.
Conflicts occur when people argue one worldview against another. They may be arguing Atheism versus Monotheism, then pull out science as a weapon saying, "science proves I'm right because of this or that..." In my view, science is rather more limited than this. Science has a lot of interesting resonances with the big questions, and can inform them, but I don't believe it can answer them.
We must press beyond the various creation narratives in the Hebrew Bible, including the final chapters of Job, to the picture of God revealed in the New Testament—the Creator who does not rationally explain away the scandal of suffering but who instead enters into it.
There is often a worry that working in or studying science is a threat to faith, but stories of scientists who are Christians in the top ranks of academia show that this is not the case.
How should we interpret the Bible? What is the role of tradition? What is the role of science? Who gets to decide whether traditional interpretations need to change?
"I believe that we must now ask for more than simple avoidance of cognitive dissonance. I believe we should seek for cognitive consonance."
Carl's dramatic lines that opened his Cosmos were repeated in Cosmos II: "The universe is all there is, or was, or ever will be." When I told Haines Stiles that many people took that as a statement of atheism, he responded with surprise. "Really?" he said. "We just put that in because it sounded poetic!"
A deep love for scripture, coupled (ironically) with a lifelong struggle with religious doubt, led Robert Boyle to write several important books relating scientific and religious knowledge. We explore aspects of this fascinating interaction.
Sometimes, out of fear or some sense of being required to defend our position, Church leaders and teachers have hastily set up a boundary marker around some doctrinal theory which they have confused as a core doctrinal issue.
In this series, Ryan Pettey offers several clips from his powerful documentary "From the Dust". This feature-length film is divided up into various sections, each of which wrestles with the difficult problems that arise when reconciling Scripture with the theory of evolution. A light of hope dawns on the science-faith conversation, however, as scientists and theologians engage in honest dialogue about tough issues such as the interpretation of Genesis, the nature of the Fall, and the idea of random design. Their profound insights are sure to enlighten all minds, raise deeper questions, and provoke new thought.
"It's tempting to think that the church needs to decide quickly which of these [original sin] scenarios is right, and which ones must be wrong. I believe the church is better served by taking its time, holding several different scenarios in tension for a while as we think through the implications of each."


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From basic information to bedwetting myths and facts, here's where you can put bedwetting in perspective through expert articles and answers. For example, did you know that 72% of kids who wet the bed will outgrow it by the time they're 11? Educate yourself, and feel free to ask questions along the way.
Expert articles explaining the basics of bedwetting give you a better perspective, empowering you to ease your child's stress and ask informed questions.
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Hello Mexico
It's time to live out your Mexican food fantasies. Tequila, burritos, nachos, tacos... is your mouth watering yet?
(Was Mexico City to Cancun)
Day 1-3 - Mexico City - Teotihuacan
Spend our first few days in Mexico City with a trip out to the 1800-year-old ruins at Teotihuacan.
Day 1
- Pre-departure meeting in the evening
Day 2
- Visit the Teotihuacan ruins - the site of the massive 'Piramides del Sol y de la Luna'(Pyramids of the Sun and Moon)
- Discover the site's remaining buildings with the help of a local guide
Day 3
- Take a morning walking tour through Mexico City's historic heart
- Spend free time to discovering the city's museums, galleries, plazas and public buildings
Day 4 - Puebla
Puebla is packed with churches (70 in the city centre alone), so the best thing to do is check out a few, then head to the market for local hand-painted ceramics and street food.
- Catch a morning bus bound for Puebla
- Enjoy a day at your leisure to explore the charming city
- Perhaps visit to explore some of Puebla's 70 churches or thousand or so colonial buildings
Day 5-6 - Oaxaca - Monte Alban - San Cristobal
Next up is Oaxaca. This is the place to shop for colourful textiles and lots of different margarita flavours. Stop by the Zapotec ruins at Monte Alban on our way to San Cristobal.
Day 5
- Get lost among Oaxaca's renowned handicraft markets
Perhaps relax in a local cafe after a haggling frenzy
Day 6
- Drive from Oaxaca to the ancient Zapotec ruins at Monte Alban
- Trawl over the remains of plazas, tombs, palaces and temples with help from a local site guide
- Board an overnight bus to San Cristobal de Las Casas
Day 7-8 - San Cristobal
Ever wondered how to suture a wound using human hair? The Mayans knew all about it, so pick up a few tips.
- Visit San Cristobal's beautiful churches, grab some bargains at the weekly market and continue the search for the best taco in Mexico
Day 9-10 - Palenque
See the impressive 1300-year-old Mayan palace at Palenque with screeching parrots and monkeys as your soundtrack.
- Stop by the blue waterfalls of Agua Azul and Misol Ha en route to Palenque
- Learn the history of the Palenque ruins and Mayan people while exploring with a local guide
Day 11-12 - Merida
Nearly every Mexican dish is made using corn tortillas (like tacos, tostadas, flautas, chilaquiles and enchiladas), and there's a bicycle cart on almost every corner in Merida selling elotes (corn on the cob) doused in salt, chilli, cheese, lemon juice or mayonaise. So yeah, they like corn.
- Travel by bus to Merida
- Utilise your tour guide to make the most of free time exploring this 'White City'
Day 13-14 - Chichen Itza - Cancun
Cancun. People either hate it or love it. We're guessing after two days of snorkelling, diving, swimming, tanning, seafood, cocktails and freshly squeezed juices you'll be leaning towards the latter.
Day 13
- Set off for the Caribbean Coast
- Swing by one of Mexico's most famous Mayan sites, Chichen Itza
- Spend plenty of time learning about and exploring the temples, pyramids and ruins
Day 14
- The trip ends today after breakfast
What to Know
What's Included
An experienced local leader in Mexico and there will be the services of local guides at some sites. All transport, accommodation, sightseeing and meals as indicated.
Not Included
- International flights, arrival and departure transfers, departure and airport taxes, visas, all other meals, all optional tours or activities during free time, transfers outside of the tour program, travel insurance, tips and items of a personal nature.
Trip Dates and Prices
Start Date – End Date Trip Status Price -
Past Travellers' Ratings & Comments
At the end of each trip, we ask our travellers to provide feedback. We publish the positive, negative and neutral feedback on this page to give you an overall idea of what to expect on this trip.
Hello Mexico
mikaila - Australia, 25 Jun, 2012
Our tour guide was an archaeologist. The perfect guide for a place like Mexico that is so rich in history.
Hello Mexico
Stephen - Australia, 30 Apr, 2012
This was a fantastic journey and one that I will remember for the rest of my life. We went to experience current day Mexican culture and to learn more about pre-hispanic Mesoamerican civilisations. We felt we got both those in spades. We don't speak Spanish and so we felt this tour was perfectly pitched tour between immersion and structure. Tour guide was excellent, and hilarious, and we lucked out with a small but delightful group, mostly younger than ourselves. That worked well because we could choose to do the extra archaeological site and they could choose to party half the night without treading on each others toes.
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Thanksgiving Centerpiece: Wow Them With the Turkey
A Thanksgiving turkey with a rich color and alluring flavor will be the star of your table this season. Whether you pick a traditionally-seasoned bird or a turkey with Asian flavors, we're sure these centerpiece dishes will impress your guests and almost look too good to eat — almost.
Don't stop with the turkey. Wow your family and friends with these amazing appetizers and gorgeous desserts.


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This study looked at the question: would calcium and vitamin D supplements decrease risk of breast cancer ? 32,282 women were randomized to receive either 1000 mg calcium carbonate and 400 IU vitamin D or placebo. The women were postmenopausal, with no history of breast cancer for the past 10 years. The study was stopped after 7 years.
The study found no difference in the rates of invasive breast cancer (528 cases in Calcium/D group vs. 546 cases in the placebo group) or non-invasive breast cancer. They also reported no difference in joint pains, which was a secondary question of the study.
Several previous retrospective studies (looking back on Ca/Vit D use) did show a benefit. Possible explanations for the lack of effect on breast cancer incidence in this study include:
At the present time, Ca and Vit D supplementation can not be recommended to prevent breast cancer.
Apr 20, 2010 - Vitamins and calcium supplements are both associated with higher DNA repair capacity and may reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held from April 17 to 21 in Washington, D.C.


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By JOHN HANNA
AP Political Writer
TOPEKA -- The top Democrat in the Kansas House promised Thursday that he'll discipline a staffer who's been posting disparaging tweets about Republican legislators.
House Minority Leader Paul Davis of Lawrence said he'll take an unspecified "course of administrative action" against Tyler Longpine, his director of special projects.
Longpine confirmed in a statement that he'd been posting messages under the Twitter social media tag John Brown's Ghost. Longpine said he tweeted under the tag without the knowledge of Davis or other members of his staff.
A tweet Wednesday compared unnamed state senators to "My crazy wing-nut uncle." Other lawmakers have been disparaged by name, and the tweets occasionally contained vulgar language. Longpine said Thursday that he maintained the account on his personal cellphone and that he has stopped tweeting under the tag.
"I offer my apologies to anyone my actions have offended," Longpine said in his statement. "I am solely responsible for the content and I should not have posted this content online."
Davis said he didn't learn that Longpine was sending the tweets until Thursday. Longpine is a former spokesman for the Kansas Democratic Party and the secretary of state's office, and he's worked for Davis since May 2012.
The John Brown's Ghost feed on Twitter shows that tweets have been posted at least since May 2012. Some tweets criticize lawmakers' personal appearances and occasionally question their personal conduct. The Twitter feed shows John Brown's Ghost had 153 followers as of Thursday afternoon.
"This type of behavior by a legislative employee is unacceptable and will not be tolerated," Davis said in a statement.
Longpine's posting under the John Brown's Ghost tag did not come to light until Tuesday, when he inadvertently posted the same tweet about Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Jeff King under that tag and a personal one. Longpine's use of the John Brown's Ghost tag was first reported online Thursday by the Topeka Capital-Journal.
The tweet linked to a Tuesday story in the newspaper about allegations Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss made against King in a letter to the state's district court judges.
Nuss wrote that King met last week with several district court judges and "suggested" a link between potentially favorable action on judicial budget issues and judges' views on a proposal to require Senate confirmation of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals members. King, an Independence Republican who also serves as Senate vice president, has been a key supporter of the judicial selection proposal.
The chief justice was not at the meeting with King, but his general counsel was. King has said the allegations are unfounded and called for an apology from Nuss.
Longpine's tweet linked to the newspaper story compared King's actions to extortion. It read, "Extort a judge. That'll end well, Jeff."
King said he didn't know about the tweet until Thursday and described it as "unfortunate." He said he appreciates Davis' actions. He said public officials or their staffers "need to avoid baseless personal attacks."
"I hope we can move past this, have a better dialogue and get the state's business done," he said.
The disclosure that Longpine was posting the John Brown's Ghost tweets came six months after a Kansas Court of Appeals research attorney was fired for posting disparaging tweets about former Attorney General Phill Kline during a Supreme Court hearing into an ethics complaint against Kline.
In November 2011, a high school senior tweeted derogatory remarks about Republican Gov. Sam Brownback during a program in Topeka.
The governor's office contacted the program's organizers, and the young woman's principal later demanded that she apologize in writing. Thousands of people rushed to her defense online, and she refused. Brownback later apologized, saying his staff had "overreacted."
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We just said that the whole universe is formed by the interaction of the atoms of 109 different elements. Here, there is a point that needs to be mentioned, which is that a very important condition must be fulfilled for the reaction to start.
For instance, water does not form whenever oxygen and hydrogen come together and iron does not rust away as soon as it comes in contact with air. If it did so, iron, which is a hard and shiny metal, would be transformed into ferrous oxide, which is a soft powder, in a few minutes. No such thing as a metal would be left on earth and the order of the world would be greatly disturbed. If atoms that happened to be placed close to each other at a certain distance had united immediately without the fulfilment of certain conditions, atoms of two different substances would have interacted right away. In that case, it would be impossible even for you to sit on a chair, because the atoms forming the chair would immediate react with the atoms forming your body and you would become a being between chair and human (!). Of course, in such a world, life would be out of the question. How is such an end avoided?
To give an example, hydrogen and oxygen molecules react very slowly at room temperature. That means that water forms very slowly at room temperature. Yet, as the temperature of the environment rises, the energies of molecules also increase and reaction is accelerated, and thus water is formed more rapidly.
The minimum amount of energy required for molecules to react with each other is called the "activation energy". For instance, in order for hydrogen and oxygen molecules to react with each other to form water, their energy has to be higher than the activation energy.
Just consider. If the temperature on earth were a little higher, the atoms would react too rapidly, which would destroy the equilibrium in nature. If the opposite were true, that is the temperature on earth were lower, then atoms would react too slowly, which would again disturb the equilibrium in nature. As this clarifies, the distance of the earth from the sun is just appropriate to support life on earth. Certainly, the delicate balances required for life do not end there. The inclination in the axis of the earth, its mass, surface area, the proportion of the gases in its atmosphere, the distance between the earth and its satellite, the moon, and many other factors have to be precisely at their present values so that living beings can survive. This points to the fact that all these factors could not have formed progressively by chance and that they were all created by Allah, the Owner of Supreme power, Who knows all the properties of living beings.
Typically, the role of science during these processes is just to name the laws of physics that it observes. As we explained in the beginning, in the case of such phenomena, questions like "what?", "how?", and "in what way?" fade into insignificance. What we can reach by these questions are only the details of an already existing law. The main questions that should be asked are "why?" and "by whom was this law created"? The answer to these questions remains an enigma for scientists who blindly adhere to their materialist dogmas.
At this point, where materialists reach a deadlock, the picture is very clear for a person who looks at events by using his mind and conscience. The flawless balances in the universe, which cannot be explained as coincidences, have been brought about at the bidding of a supreme mind and will, as stated in the verse, "Allah takes account of everything." (Surat an-Nisa: 86), and He created everything according to a very precise calculation, order and equilibrium.
The sequence of the amino acids and the three-dimensional shape determine the function of the protein in the body. Weak bonds between molecules form these structures.
The bonds combining the atoms in molecules are much stronger than these weak intermolecular bonds. These bonds can help the formation of millions, and even billions of kinds of molecules.
Well, how do molecules combine to form matter?
Since molecules become stable after their formation, they no longer swap atoms.
So, what holds them together?
In an effort to answer this question, chemists produced different theories. Research showed that molecules are able to combine in different ways depending on the properties of the atoms in their composition.
These bonds are very important for organic chemistry, which is the chemistry of living beings, because the most important molecules constituting life are formed due to their ability to form these bonds. Let us take the example of proteins. The complex three-dimensional shapes of proteins, which are the building blocks of living things, are formed thanks to these bonds. This means that the weak chemical bond between molecules is at least as necessary as the strong chemical bond between atoms for the formation of life. Certainly, the strength of these bonds must be of a certain measure.
We can continue with the protein example. Molecules called amino acids combine to form proteins, which are much larger molecules. The atoms forming amino acids are combined by covalent bonds. Weak bonds combine these amino acids in such a way as to produce three-dimensional patterns. Proteins can function in living organisms only if they have these three dimensional patterns. Therefore, if these bonds did not exist, neither would the proteins, or, therefore, life exist.
The "hydrogen" bond, a type of weak bond, plays a major role in the formation of materials that bear great importance in our lives. For instance, the molecules forming water, which is the basis of life, are combined by hydrogen bonds.
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky and forthwith the earth is covered in green? Allah is All-Subtle, All-Aware. (Surat al-Hajj: 63)
A liquid specifically chosen for life – "water" – covers two-thirds of our earth. The bodies of all living beings on the earth are formed of this very special liquid at a ratio ranging between 50%-95%. From bacteria living in springs with temperatures close to the boiling point of water, to some special mosses on melting glaciers, life is present everywhere where there is water, no matter at what temperature. Even in a single droplet hung on a leaf after rain, thousands of microscopic living organisms emerge, reproduce, and die.
How would the earth look if there were no water? Certainly, everywhere there would be desert. There would be abysses and horrific pits, in place of seas. The sky would seem cloudless and have a strange colour.
In fact, it is extremely difficult for water, the basis of life on earth, to form. First, let us imagine that hydrogen and oxygen molecules, which are the components of water, are put in a glass bowl. Let us leave them in the bowl for a very long time. These gases may still not form water even if they remain in the bowl for hundreds of years. Even if they do, it would not be more than a very small amount at the very bottom of the bowl and that would happen in a very slow fashion, maybe over thousands of years.
1) Water Molecule 2) H2O 3) Oxygen 4) Hydrogen 5) Hydrogen
The reason why water forms so slowly under these circumstances is temperature. At room temperature, oxygen and hydrogen react very slowly.
Oxygen and hydrogen, when free, are found as H2 and O2 molecules. To combine to form the water molecule, they must collide. As a result of this collision, the bonds forming the hydrogen and oxygen molecules weaken, leaving no hindrance for the combination of oxygen and hydrogen atoms. Temperature raises the energy and therefore, the speed of these molecules, resulting in an increase in the number of collisions. Thus, it accelerates the course of the reaction. However, currently, no temperature high enough to form water exists on earth. The heat required for the formation of water was supplied during the formation of the earth, which resulted in the emergence of so much water as to cover three quarters of the earth's surface. At present, water evaporates and rises to the atmosphere where it cools and returns to the earth in the form of rain. That is, there is no increase in the quantity; only a perpetual cycle.
If water did not have the property of freezing from the surface downwards, a major portion of the seas would be frozen within a year and life in the sea would be endangered.
Water has many exceptional chemical properties. Every water molecule forms by the combination of hydrogen and oxygen atoms. It is quite interesting that these two gases, one combustive and the other combustible, combine to form a liquid, and most interestingly, water.
Now, let us briefly see how water is formed chemically. The electrical charge of water is zero, that is, it is neutral. Yet, due to the sizes of the oxygen and hydrogen atoms, the oxygen component of the water molecule has a slightly negative charge and its hydrogen component has a slightly positive charge. When more than one water molecule come together, positive and negative charges attract each other to form a very special bond called "the hydrogen bond". The hydrogen bond is a very weak bond and it is incomprehensibly short-lived. The duration of a hydrogen bond is approximately one hundred billionth of a second. But as soon as a bond breaks, another one forms. Thus, water molecules adhere tightly to each other while also retaining their liquid form because they are combined with a weak bond.
Hydrogen bonds also enable water to resist temperature changes. Even if air temperature increases suddenly, water temperature increases slowly and, similarly, if air temperature falls suddenly, water temperature drops slowly. Large temperature changes are needed to cause considerable changes in water temperature. The significantly high thermal energy of water has major benefits for life. To give a simple example, there is a great amount of water in our bodies. If water adapted to the sudden vicissitudes of temperature in the air at the same rate, we would suddenly develop fevers or freeze.
By the same token, water needs a huge thermal energy to evaporate. Since water uses up a great deal of thermal energy while evaporating, its temperature drops. To give an example, again from the human body, the normal temperature of the body is 36o C and the highest body temperature we can tolerate is 42o C. This 6o C interval is indeed very small and even working under the sun for a few hours can increase body temperature by that amount. Yet, our bodies spend a great amount of thermal energy through sweating, that is, by causing the water it contains to evaporate, which in turn causes body temperature to drop. If our bodies did not have such an automatic mechanism, working for even a few hours under the sun could be fatal.
Because the density of frozen water is less than water in liquid form, ice floats on water.
Hydrogen bonds equip water with yet another extraordinary property, which is water's being more viscous in its liquid state than in its solid state. As a matter of fact, most substances on earth are more viscous in their solid states than in their liquid states. Contrary to other substances, however, water expands as it freezes. This is because hydrogen bonds prevent water molecules from bonding to each other too tightly, and thus many gaps are left in between them. Hydrogen bonds are broken down when water is in liquid state, which causes oxygen atoms to come closer to each other and form a more viscous structure.
This also causes ice to be lighter than water. Normally, if you melt any metal and throw in it a few solid pieces of the same metal, these pieces would sink directly to the bottom. In water, however, things are different. Icebergs weighing ten thousands of tons float on water like corks. So, what benefit can this property of water provide us?
Let us answer this question with the example of a river: When the weather is very cold, it is not the whole river, but only the surface of it that freezes. Water reaches its heaviest state at + 4o C, and as soon as it reaches this temperature, it immediately sinks to the bottom. Ice is formed on top of water as a layer. Under this layer, water continues to flow, and since + 4o C is a temperature at which living organisms can survive, life in water continues.
These unique properties which Allah has given water make life possible on the earth. In the Qur'an, Allah states the importance of this great blessing He offers man:
It is He Who sends down water from the sky. From it you drink and from it come the shrubs among which you graze your herds. And by it He makes crops grow for you and olives and dates and grapes and fruit of every kind. There is certainly a Sign in that for people who reflect. (Surat an-Nahl: 10-11)
We all know that water boils at 100o C and freezes at 0o C. In fact, under normal circumstances, water should be boiling not at 100o C but at + 180o C. Why?
In the periodic table, the properties of elements in the same group vary in a progressive form from light elements towards heavy elements. This order is most evident in hydrogen compounds. The compounds of the elements sharing the same group with oxygen in the periodic table are called "hydrides". In fact, water is "oxygen hydride". Hydrides of other elements in this group have the same molecular structure as the water molecule.
The boiling points of these compounds vary in a progressive way from sulphur to heavier ones; however, the boiling point of water unexpectedly goes against this pattern. Water (oxygen hydride) boils at 80o C less than it is supposed to. Another surprising situation has to do with the freezing point of water. Again, according to the order in the periodic system, water is supposed to freeze at – 100o C. Yet, water breaks this rule and freezes at 0o C, 100o C above the temperature at which it is due. This brings to mind the question as to why no other hydride, but only water (oxygen hydride) disobeys the rules of the periodic system.
Molecules at the surface of a liquid feel a net force pulling inward. This is surface tension. It provides a cohesive force between the surface molecules, which is sufficient to prevent the legs of a ripple bug from breaking through. The high surface tension in water is vital to physiological processes.31
The laws of physics, the laws of chemistry, and all the other things we name as rules are just attempts at explaining the extraordinary equilibrium in the universe, and the details of creation. All research conducted in the 20th century shows more than ever that all the physical balances in the universe are tailor-made for human life. Research reveals that all the laws of physics, chemistry and biology prevalent in the universe as well as the atmosphere, sun, atoms and molecules, etc., are all arranged just as they are needed in order to support human life. Water, like the other elements mentioned above, is fit for life to such a degree as not to be comparable to any other liquid, and a major portion of the earth is filled with water in just the right amounts required for life. It is obvious that all these cannot be coincidences and that there is perfect order and design prevalent in the universe.
Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and sends down water from the sky and by it brings forth fruits as provision for you. He has made the ships subservient to you to run upon the sea by His command, and He has made the rivers subservient to you, and He has made the sun and moon subservient to you holding steady to their courses, and He has made the night and day subservient to you. He has given you everything you have asked Him for. If you tried to number Allah's blessings, you could never count them. Man is indeed wrongdoing, ungrateful. (Surah Ibrahim: 32-34)
The staggering physical and chemical properties of water reveal that this liquid has been created specially for human life. Allah gave life to people through water and by it has brought forth from the earth everything they need in order to live. Allah summons people to think about this subject in the Qur'an:
It is He Who sends down water from the sky from which We bring forth growth of every kind, and from that We bring forth the green shoots and from them We bring forth close-packed seeds, and from the spathes of the date palm date clusters hanging down, and gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, both similar and dissimilar. Look at their fruits as they bear fruit and ripen. There are Signs in that for people who believe. (Surat al-An'am: 99)
The air we breathe, that is, the lower atmosphere, is in the main composed of oxygen gas. By oxygen gas, we mean O2. That is to say that the oxygen molecules in the lower atmosphere are each comprised of two atoms. However, the oxygen molecule may sometimes be comprised of three atoms (O3). In this case, this molecule is no longer called oxygen, but "ozone", because these two gases are quite different from each other.
One point needs mention here: while oxygen is formed when two oxygen atoms combine, why is a different gas called ozone formed when three oxygen atoms combine? Eventually, isn't it the oxygen atom that combines, be it two or three atoms in a molecule? Why then do two different gases emerge? Before answering these questions, it would be better to see what differentiates these gasses from each other.
Oxygen (O2) is found in the lower atmosphere and gives life to all living beings through respiration. Ozone (O3) is a poisonous gas with a very bad smell. It is found in the highest strata of the atmosphere. If we had to breathe ozone instead of oxygen, none of us would survive.
4) O3 5) Chlorine 6) O2
How does chlorine destroy ozone?
Chlorine reacts with ozone, producing an oxygen molecule and a hypochlorite ion (OCl-) (1). The ion reacts with an oxygen atom (2) to liberate free chlorine (3), which can react with and destroy another ozone molecule.32
The ozone is in the upper atmosphere, because there it serves a highly vital function for life. It forms a layer approximately 20 km above the atmosphere surrounding the earth like a belt. It absorbs the ultraviolet rays emitted by the sun, preventing them from reaching the earth at full intensity. Since ultraviolet rays have very high energy, their direct contact with the earth would cause everything on the earth to burn up, never allowing life to form. For this reason, the ozone layer serves as a protective shield in the atmosphere.
In order for life to exist on the earth, all living beings must be able to breathe and be protected from harmful sunrays. The one who forms this system is Allah, Who rules over each atom, each molecule. Without Allah's permission, no power whatsoever could bring these atoms together in different proportions as oxygen and ozone gas molecules.
The senses of taste and smell are perceptions making man's world more beautiful. The pleasure derived from these senses has been a matter of interest since ancient times and it has been discovered only recently that these are caused by molecular interactions.
"Taste" and "smell" are only perceptions that are created by different molecules in our sense organs. For instance, the smells of food, drinks, or various fruits and flowers we see around us all consist of volatile molecules. So, how does this happen?
Piperine is the active component of white and black pepper (the berries of the tropical vine Piper nigrum). Black pepper is obtained by allowing the unripe fruit to ferment and then drying it.
White pepper is obtained by removing the skins and pulp of the ripe berries and drying the seeds.33
Volatile molecules like aroma of vanilla and aroma of rose reach the receptors located on the vibrating hairs in the nasal region called the epithelium and interact with those receptors. This interaction is perceived as smell in our brains. So far, seven different types of receptors have been identified in our nasal cavity, which is lined by a smelling membrane of 2-3 cm2. Each one of these receptors corresponds to a primary odor. In the same way, there are four different types of chemical receptors in the front part of our tongue. These correspond to salty, sweet, sour and bitter tastes. Our brains perceive molecules arriving at the receptors of our sense organs as chemical signals.
Para-HYDROXYPHENOL -2-BUTANONE ve IONONE
The mixture of these two molecules produces a very pleasant aroma. Butanone is the molecule chiefly responsible for the smell of ripe raspberries. The fresh new smell of the newly picked fruit is due partly to ionone, which is also responsible for the odours of sundried hay and violets. Ionone is the fragrant component of oil of violets.34
This molecule is one of those responsible for the aroma of coffee. The stimulating action of coffee is due to caffeine. The colour of roasted coffee beans seen left is largely due to the browning reaction that occurs when organic substances containing nitrogen are heated. Temporarily trapped within the beans are the molecules responsible for flavour and stimulation.35
It has been discovered how taste and smell are perceived and how they are formed, yet scientists have so far not been able to reach agreement as to why certain substances have a strong smell while some have less and why some taste good and some bad.
Think for a minute. We could be living in a world without any flavour or odour. Since we would have no idea about the concepts of taste and fragrance, it would not even occur to us to wish to possess these perceptions. However, it is not so. Out of the brown soil with a unique smell come hundreds of types of aromatic and delicious fruits, vegetables and flowers in thousands of colours, shapes and fragrances. Why then do these atoms, which, on one hand, come together in an extraordinary way to form matter, combine, on the other hand, to produce taste and smell? Although we often take them as granted and do not remember much what a great favour they are, they pleasantly contribute to our world as products of a magnificent artistry.
The picture above belongs to an evil-smelling molecule and the one on the left to an aromatic molecule. As we can see, what distinguishes bad odour from a pleasant odour is these small differences in a microcosm which is invisible to us.
As for other living beings, some eat only grass and some different foodstuffs. Certainly, none of these smell good, or have a great taste. Even if they do, this does not mean much for these living beings as they do not have any consciousness in the sense that human beings have. We, too, could be feeding on a single type of nutrition like them. Have you ever thought how ordinary and tasteless your life would be if you had to eat a single type of food all your life and drink only water? Therefore, taste and smell, like all other blessings, are beauties Allah, possessor of infinite grace and bounty, gave man in return for nothing. The absence of even these two senses alone would make human life quite dull. In return for all these blessings given to him, what falls to man is to try to become a person with whom Allah would be pleased. In compensation for this attitude, his Lord promises him an eternal life, which is unlimitedly furnished with blessings far superior to those that are presented to us on the earth as samples of delights to come in the hereafter. However, the recompense of a life spent ungratefully, heedlessly, and neglectful of Allah, will certainly be a just one:
And when your Lord announced: "If you are grateful, I will certainly give you increase, but if you are ungrateful, My punishment is severe." (Surah Ibrahim: 7)
Silk, the common name of b-Keratin, is the solidified fluid excreted by a number of insects and spiders, the most valuable being the exudent of the silkworm, the caterpillar of the silk moth. It is a polypeptide made largely from glycine, alanine, and smaller amounts of other amino acids. b-Keratin molecules do not form a helix; instead they lie on top of each other to give ridged sheets of linked amino acids, with glycine appearing on only one side of the sheets. The sheets then stack one on top of the other. This planar structure is felt when you touch the smooth surface of silk.36
What we have told so far has revealed that what we call matter is not an entity having a specific colour, smell and form, as we believed it to be. What we imagine to be matter, that is our own body, our room, our home, and at large, the world and the whole universe, is in reality nothing but energy. What is it then that makes everything around us visible and touchable?
The reason why we perceive the things around us as matter is the collision of electrons in the orbital shells of atoms with photons, and the atoms' attracting and repelling each other.
You are not even touching the book that you think you hold in your hand right now… In truth, the atoms of your hand are repelling the atoms of the book and you feel a sense of touch depending on the intensity of this repulsion. As we mentioned while talking about the structure of atoms, they can come close to each other at most as much as the diameter of an atom. Besides, the only atoms that can come this close are those that react with each other. Therefore, when even atoms of the same substance can by no means touch each other, it is all the more impossible for us to touch the substance we hold, squeeze or lift with our hand. In fact, if we could come as close as possible to the object in our hand, we would be involved in a chemical reaction with that object. In this case, it would be impossible for a human being or another living being to survive even for a second. The living being would immediately react with the substance on which he stepped, sat or leaned, and be transformed into something else.
The final picture that emerges in this situation is extremely remarkable: we live in a world that is 99.95 % composed of a void filled with atoms consisting almost entirely of energy.37 We actually never touch the things we say, "we touch and we hold". So, to what extent do we perceive the matter we see, hear or smell? Are these substances really as we see or hear them? Absolutely not. We had addressed this point when we talked about electrons and molecules. Remember, it is literally impossible for us to see the matter we believe to exist and see, because the phenomenon we call seeing comprises certain images formed in our brain by photons coming from the sun, or from another light source, hitting the matter, which absorbs a certain portion of the incoming light, and gives out the rest, which therefore is re-emitted from the matter and strikes our eyes. That is to say that the matter we see only consists of the information carried by photons that are reflected to our eye. So, how much of the data related to matter is conveyed to us by this information? We have no proof that the original forms of the matters existing outside are fully reflected to us.
24. Martin Sherwood & Christine Sulton, The Physical World, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. 81
25. Martin Sherwood & Christine Sulton, The Physical World, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. 82
26. Martin Sherwood & Christine Sulton, The Physical World, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. 79
27. L. Vlasov, D. Trifonov, 107 Stories About Chemistry, 1977, p. 117
28. L. Vlasov, D. Trifonov, 107 Stories About Chemistry, 1977, p. 118
29. David Burnie, Life, Eyewitness Science, London: Dorling Kindersley, 1996, p.8
30. Nevil V. Sidgwick, The Chemical Elements and Their Compounds, vol.1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1950, p.490
31. Martin Sherwood & Christine Sulton, The Physical World, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. 30
32. Structure of Matter, The Time Inc. Book Company, 1992, p. 76
33. P.W. Atkins, Molecules, Scientific American Library, p. 115
34. P.W. Atkins, Molecules, Scientific American Library, p. 128
35. P.W. Atkins, Molecules, Scientific American Library, p. 130
36. P.W. Atkins, Molecules, Scientific American Library, p. 93
37. Taşkın Tuna, Uzayın Ötesi (Beyond Space), Boğaziçi Yayınları, 1995, p. 166


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A police cruiser sits at Big Lots in Rochester. A black Ford pickup truck driven by a suspect in a Lebanon, Maine, home invasion and shooting was located in the store parking lot Tuesday afternoon. (Ryan McBride/Staff photographer)
ROCHESTER — Police were closing off the area around Big Lots on Milton Road after locating an SUV in the parking lot. Officials are not commenting at this time but the vehicle may be related to a reported home invasion with shooting in Lebanon, Maine, earlier this afternoon.Emergency transmissions indicated a man was shot during an alleged home invasion at 11 Second St. in Lebanon. The victim was airlifted from the nearby Skydive New England.The incident was reported at about 1:30 p.m.Middleton police then posted a public safety alert on Facebook Tuesday afternoon to warn the public about the suspect. The message indicated the male suspect was last seen at Market Basket in Rochester, which is adjacent to the Big Lots retail store on Milton Road. The man is described as white with a "Cargill jacket and camo hat." Middleton police says the suspect is wanted for a shooting in Lebanon Maine. "If anyone sees this person please contact police immediately. Do not try to apprehend. Subject is possibly armed and dangerous," the posting said.Shortly after the incident police put out a "Be On the Lookout" for a black Ford F-150 pickup truck. A black Ford Explorer SUV was spotted in the parking lot behind the Big Lots around 2:30 p.m.K-9 units from Barrington and Portsmouth were called to the scene.Rochester Police Lt. Gary Boudreau said he could not release information at this time and would only say the ongoing investigation is related to an incident in Lebanon, Maine.Lebanon Assistant Rescue Chief Jason Cole said a man, believed to be in his 40s, was being readied for transport at Skydive with injuries. He said the matter is "a law enforcement issue" and he could release anymore information at this time. "Many of you are calling to ask about an incident in Lebanon, and all I can release is that the Lebanon Rescue Department was dispatched to a serious medical emergency around 1:45 p.m. today in South Lebanon. Rescue units staged for law enforcement to secure the scene. An advanced life support unit from Frisbie Memorial Hospital was called into the scene as well as a helicopter from LifeFlight of Maine was requested. The patient was brought to Skydive New England in Lebanon to meet Life Flight, who then transported the patient to the Maine Medical Center Trauma Center," Cole wrote in a statement this afternoon. "I would encourage all questions be directed to the York County Sheriff's Department's Chief Deputy, William King," Cole wrote.Police were putting up yellow crime scene tape at 3:10 p.m. and shoppers were still milling in and out of stores at the scene, most unaware of the activity going on behind the parking lot.
K-9 units from Portsmouth Barrington comb the area behind Big Lots in Rochester as they search for a suspect in a Lebanon, Maine, home invasion and shooting. (Courtesy photo)
This is the Lebanon, Maine, home where a man was shot Tuesday afternoon. He was airlifted to Maine Medical Center in Portland. Police in Rochester, N.H., were hunting for a suspect. (Photo from Lebanon Rescue Department)
A helicopter takes off in Lebanon, Maine, Tuesday afternoon to transport a shooting victim to Maine Medical Center in Portland.