2011 Floods in Brisbane, Australia: Volunteer Brisbane !

  Brisbane , the third largest city in Australia and the capital of Queensland, was severely flooded , natural disaster not seen here since 1974. As I write this post , thousands of volunteers help people and businesses affected to clean and back on their feet volunteer Brisbane.

  The media provided extensive coverage of the disaster and its consequences for the week , providing opportunities for math teachers to study with your students some statistics cited . This article explores a particular statistic , the amount of water released from Wivenhoe Dam in a day. There are many similar opportunities for the math teacher who wants to integrate a "real math " with interesting links to relevant topical issues volunteer Brisbane.

Volunteer BrisbaneFlood 1893

  There are more than 100 years, in 1893 , volunteer Brisbane has experienced severe flooding downtown and suburban low altitude when the volunteer Brisbane River burst its banks in February 1893 after tropical cyclones : The 1893 flood was only one of several floods across this time , there are other floods in 1887 volunteer Brisbane, 1890 and two in 1893 a fortnight after the great flood .

Volunteer Brisbane Flood 1974

  In January 1974 , after weeks of heavy rain, cyclone " Wanda " developed on the coast of Queensland, which is then transformed into a tropical depression and dumped huge amounts of water in the city and on the side of the volunteer Brisbane River basin. The result was the flooding of the river and many low- suburbs of the city , and more than 6,700 homes were flooded volunteer Brisbane.

Wivenhoe Dam

  After the water has disappeared and planners had the opportunity to analyze the cause of the flood and how they could prevent the devastating flooding of many homes and businesses were repeated, it was decided to build a large dam upstream of volunteer Brisbane, as a measure flood mitigation . This dam is Wivenhoe Dam : This dam , which is currently filled with huge amounts of water above the weir , is an impressive structure with impressive statistics :

Height : 50 meters
Length : 2.3 km
Capacity: 2640000000 cubic meters
Area: 109.4 square meters
Coastline : 462 km
Catchment area : 7,020 square kilometers
Average annual rainfall volunteer Brisbane: 904 mm
Maximum capacity: 225%
Floods, volunteer Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2011

   At the time of this article, volunteer Brisbane is slowly recovering from the serious new floods, the summit was the January 13, 2011 . Although the peak of the flood it was about 1 meter below the summit in 1974 , this time 20,000 houses were flooded , and the economic cost is much higher. In the media coverage of this natural disaster, Wivenhoe Dam has understandably attracted much attention. In particular , the management of water held behind the dam and the water released over the spillway is of great interest to the people of volunteer Brisbane . In addition to the release of water volunteer Brisbane, more than 645,000 megalitres of water were released in a day. This is about half of that part of the flood mitigation storage in Wivenhoe , which is 1,450,000 megalitres on top of stored water for consumption and supply of volunteer Brisbane.

How much water is that?

  Six hundred forty-five thousand megalitres looks great - it is . But this water is very hard to see. How a teacher helps students understand this much volunteer Brisbane?

Step 1 : What is the size of a liter?

  A liter is a known students who buy milk in liters quantity. Can be converted to 1000 ml , or 1000 cubic centimeters. This is the same volume of a thousand block position values ​​, which is a cube of 10 centimeters volunteer Brisbane.

  Ask students what they have the same volume as a liter - one liter of milk , of course, a bottle of soda average , less than an old brick house style volunteer Brisbane.

Step 2: Demonstrate a cubic meter

  If you have a kit cubic meters, may build a cube meter lengths of one meter of timber connectors and corners . What is reality? Students may be surprised at the size when they see a real cubic meter. See how many students could fit in this space.

  Ask students how many liters equal to the volume of one cubic meter. Show them thousands block comparison . Students should see that the only liter block is one tenth the size of a cubic meter in each dimension of length volunteer Brisbane, width and height. Clearly, the cubic meter volume of 1000 liters . What is another name for a thousand liters ? The prefix "mil" is " kilo " 1000 liters = 1 kiloliter . What is the mass of one cubic meter volunteer Brisbane? One liter weighs about one kilogram ( at 4 ° C is the exact mass ) . So kiloliter cubic meter or water has a mass of 1000 kg and a ton! Students may be surprised to find that a cubic meter is about the same weight of a small car.

Step 3: Analyze a family , a greater amount

  Depending on where you live , students can become familiar with the pools of households. In volunteer Brisbane, many families have their own " backyard pool " . These pools are usually about 7 or 8 feet long , 3 or 4 meters wide and 1.5 m deep. This pool is a typical size of this type , and contains 50 000 liters or 50 cubic meters.

  Otherwise, students can become familiar with a large swimming pool. An Olympic swimming pool of 50 meters long, 25 meters wide and 2 meters deep. Its capacity can be calculated using the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism : Volume = length x width x height = 50 mx 25 mx 2 m = 2500 cubic meters

  Some communities have water tanks internal collection , which can be about 500 liters for a small tank , or several thousand liters larger .

  Ask students to compare the amounts of water with other liquid volumes of knowledge. How can fill a bathtub with water in households tank volunteer Brisbane? How many trays of ice cream would fill the backyard pool ? What is the mass of water in a pool or deposit will be ? How many people are needed to lift ?

Step 4: Calculate the volume of rainfall and flood flow

  Continuing in the same way volunteer Brisbane, students can calculate comparisons between domestic pets amounts of water and the amount of water in a dam or flood. For example , water released from Wivenhoe Dam in one day was 645,000 megalitres . How is it ? First, certain conversions :

  645 000 645 000 000 000 milliliter = L = 645,000,000,000,000 ml
We have bigger units that can be used instead megalitres : thousand megalitres is gigaliter . thus :

645 000 ML = 645 GL
  Second, the amount of space it takes? If you put water into a tank, the size would be ? Since 1 cubic meter = kL , we can work that GL 645 = 645 million cubic meters. If it was in a square tank of a mile on each side , water would be 645 feet deep - if the Empire State Building could be eliminated in the tank , which would be 200 feet of water in its upper most developed form.

How many Olympic swimming pools that fill with water? 258000 .
How many cubes 5 liters of ice cream would fill it? 1.2 billion.
Third, how heavy is the water? Since a cubic meter of water weighs a ton , 645 GL of water would have a mass of 645 million tons. This is the dough volunteer Brisbane:

6,450,000 railway trucks carrying 100 tonnes each
about 1.9 million jumbo jets full load
Finally , the amount of water supplied to the human ? Each person should drink about 2 liters of water per day. 645 GL to provide drinking water to approximately:

320000000000 town for a day volunteer Brisbane- 50 times the population of the earth.
To provide drinking water to two million people in volunteer Brisbane, this amount of water to supply its consumption needs for:

160,000 days , or 441 years .
Of course , people use drinking water for more volunteer Brisbane, if a more realistic estimate is based on the average daily water use by citizens volunteer Brisbane- 150 L each:

2150 days or 5.8 years .

Volunteer Portland ..!!

   I've never heard of them ? "We have more volunteer portland than we know what to do . " "We have enough rockers in our nursery for all volunteer portland. " "We had to tell the workers to university adult side that some of them should go home because there was there are not enough children for control " .

Probably not volunteer portland.

Why not ? Because in the world of the church, which always seems to have more to do and not enough workers to get there.

  Think about it. The mission we are about is the largest in the world, the ability to reach the spiritually lost people with the gospel . This should be enough to generate all unneeded workers. However, Jesus says that " volunteer portland... the harvest is plentiful , but the laborers are few. " So instead of fighting because you do not have enough volunteer portland, only recognizing there is the terrain . then get busy recruiting !

To do this , here are some ideas for consideration.

2. They have a value - it has never been asked to do something and end up asking , " Why in the world am I doing this What 's the point, " Pastor , you can never let that happen in his ministry Everything ? . invest time to do it , either high or low profile, must have a value and this value must be provided to volunteer portland . Heads have to have value not only because you like the clean porcelain, but because they use the bathrooms are precious to God and to you. volunteer portland clean need to see this value .

2. Ask rightly - This becomes particularly acute when it comes to the ability of volunteer portland. I remember asking a high capacity of volunteer portland to hang a banner in a classroom. Could you do it? Not well, because even though I said I would do anything for the church, the gift set very different work with hands . As far as I know, never served in the new church. I lost time and talent as volunteer portland large capacity because I do not rightly asked . Learn the gifts and talents of volunteer portland before asking. Then ask rightly respond that they are .

3. Do much - People love challenges. You give them ! Learn the ability to manage volunteer portland and as high as possible. Not to be confused with creating somehow a "high end" and a voluntary " low class." It is not . The widow is celebrated in Scripture that has given a lot of small hand -penny I had. Businessman of billions of dollars would not be held for their mites. Why? Because it would be a great gift for him. As is the case for treasure , the same is true for talent. Recruit the largest capacity of its volunteer portland . They will be more fulfilled in what they do for the church and the ministry will benefit.

4. Great Vision Cast - Who in the world wants to be part of something small and insignificant ? Certainly there are volunteer portland who have no interest in being front and center of the main stage , but even the smallest of tasks visible ministry should be linked to Great Vision . I throw !


5. Do not be fake - Be Real - You should have cleaned toilets, but not create a disconnected by linking the task to something much multiple separations . Be real. Having a toilet cleaned by a volunteer portland does not correspond directly to a million dollars were raised for missions. So do not tell them . However, without a lot of clean toilets, it is almost certain that the church is not going to raise a million dollars for missions , because people stop coming in places that do not have their own toilets . Do not tell them that . Do not be fake . Be real.

6. Do not be desperate - A friend of mine , Chris Mavity training North Coast ( www.northcoasttraining.org ) You told me that it is essential that the person (that would be you ) asked for a volunteer portland to join the team never without hope. Like it or not , you're not desperate. God has all the resources it needs and it is your duty to always walk in the hiring process . If you feel desperate , you better fake it till you make it!

7. See the recruitment and Fun - You can say : "This is not even close to fun " O then rethink what you are doing or going out of business department of The cornerstone of volunteer portland in ministry is ... Besides , I read somewhere that we are as trainers saints for God's sake , my paraphrase . Look hiring as challenging and fun !

volunteer portland

   So what do you think ? Is it useful ? Good people entrusted to their care are worth hiring for the greatest mission on earth? You bet they are and it is a great honor and privilege to recruit . By doing so, you provide the fulfillment of God's call in their lives and the progress of the ministry of the Church.

   Dick Hardy is the Founder and President of Hardy Group, a consulting firm growth pastors lead churches. Everything but preaching is his theme . Dealing with the stuff that keeps you awake at night is their home.

   Ensures the development board for the guidance of the church looking for ways to grow to the next level . Board of growth for pastors lead and guidance of the church is its strong point.

   Dick brings a wealth of experience to the table for pastors and boards when dealing with the tough issues of the church relative to growth, organization , leadership , management and change. His service as pastor of administration at two mega churches and as Vice President at a flagship of the Bible College of naming him a resource your church want to keep . Dick is also available to serve as a speaker on this topic and much more volunteer portland.

Locating Volunteer Holiday Opportunities in Needy Organizations

  Like many singles, if you are alone in this holiday season and away from your family, consider volunteering . This is an old idea , but bringing a focus , especially in dark economic times we are in. Organizations should register volunteer holidays ? You have your Red Cross and other well known organizations have the funds to advertise their need for volunteers holiday season . This is very good for them. However, there are smaller or local organizations that rely less on advertising in the direction of the media and more on word of mouth. These are what you should look for in a day or two of volunteer holidays .

  For example, I came across an article about an organization in London , the crisis opened that Christmas was looking urgently for handlers of volunteers to care for homeless animals . In all major cities , homelessness is a major problem and seems to be increasing during the holidays. Maybe that's when we take more notice of people freezing in the streets. You've probably seen a homeless person with a cat or a dog or multiple pets with them on the street. Consult your local animal shelter (or the ASPCA) or homeless to see in this volunteer holidays opportunity. On a related note , many displaced people who , unfortunately , lost their homes to foreclosure this year is likely to abandon their pets due to financial difficulties. However, animal shelters will likely flood during the holiday season . Of course , if you could spend one day a month to care for a pet from a shelter , it would be even better.

Find local volunteer holidays opportunities :

  Make A Wish - Enter your zip code to find a chapter near you. They offer a variety questionnaire to identify areas where you can help ( languages ​​you speak , the office skills , organizational skills events,volunteer holidays  , etc. . )

  volunteer holidays Match - This site will help you locate local charities that are in need of volunteers during the holidays and beyond. Again , it's as easy as entering your city or zip code.

SERVEnet - even set up as a party of volunteers.

  Local charities volunteer holidays , shelters , crisis centers , soup kitchens , youth and senior communities are some other areas that need volunteers probably listed with databases from previous volunteers.

  Are you a planner or team leader of natural event ? Then consider the vacation plan , a national nonprofit organization of volunteers who visit people who spend Christmas volunteer holidays , Hanukkah and other holidays throughout the year confined to nursing homes, hospitals, prisons and other institutions. It has a starter kit that shows you how to set up a visit to a local need volunteer holidays .

  In New York is New York Cares, a wonderful organization that has projects throughout the year in schools , community centers and shelters volunteer holidays . I think they were sisters from all the cities of the United States, but I could not find this information on the website.

  Maybe you work on Christmas Eve , but Christmas Day is out and you can not go home to his family volunteer holidays . Take the time to plan how you will spend your vacation, if you want to be away from his family and some friends and probably because they can go home. It will be a dark day holiday for many people affected by the sluggish economy volunteer holidays . They welcome any acclaim.

Donating Bone Marrow

    The stem cells produced in the donating bone marrow and are transformed into the red blood cells , white blood cells and platelets. When they go rogue and produce defective or cancerous cells, a way to stop them is to "reboot" of the donating bone marrow with a transplant of healthy cells.

    You can see why the term " donating bone marrow " and " stem cell" are used interchangeably. Although there is no difference in the grafting process itself, there is a difference in the way the cells are harvested. In the past, donating bone marrow stem cells containing liquids were collected using a needle in the donor . In most cases today, you can collect the blood in a procedure not - surgery performed in an outpatient clinic .

The Match Game

   The key to the success of the transplant is the match between the donor cells and patient , which is written using human leukocyte antigens (HLA ) . HLAs are proteins on the surface of white blood cells and other tissues . If there is a matching of HLA donor cells are less likely to provoke an attack by the immune system of the patient .

   The best results are obtained with siblings or other family members , but people who do not have adequate reporting must find a donor in a donating bone marrow registries . If he needed a transplant and could not find a match within my family, I would join the 7,500 Americans who are actively searching the national registry of a donor at any given time.

   Would have approximately an opportunity to find a match and I'm Caucasian 75 %. If I were Hispanic possibilities would be reduced to about 45% , Asia 40 % , 25 % African American . If I were mestizos fall even lower .

If it finds a match in the registry, there is a 35% chance that the person could not be located or change your donation , 66% of African Americans.

    These figures are alarming part of the reason that about 1,000 people die each year in search of a suitable donor .

Be the Match

   Donors must be 18-60 years old and in good health . Can not be pregnant or have a health problem such as cancer , arthritis or severe asthma , heart disease or autoimmune disease , or STD . ( If you have recently gotten a tattoo , you may have to wait a year to donate. )

    You can get more information about the practical aspects gift Be the Match Registry Center near you. They must have completed a short health questionnaire and sign a consent form . Then they will take a sample of cheek cells or a blood sample for HLA typing and your information will be added to a confidential database of donors donating bone marrow.

If (or when) the HLA type is someone who needs a transplant, you will be asked for further testing. If the match is confirmed, you will be asked to donate stem cells or peripheral blood or donating bone marrow based on what is best for the patient.

   Is a voluntary process and it can be removed at any time . Or, you might have the opportunity to save a life, which is a wonderful thing and will look great on your permanent record donating bone marrow!