Distinguish Your Painters

 Jean-François Millet and John Everett Millais

John Everett Millais (1829 – 1896 ) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter (one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood) who painted colourful (too colourful?) paintings – mostly of people.

His most famous painting is probably Ophelia, lying back with her arms surrendering to the current.

Jean-François Millet (1814 – 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France.

Millet painted realistic rural scenes of peasant farmers, sheep, trees in a muted palette, paintings that were nonetheless romantic.

Living With Impermanence

Part of the love of quality and solidity in possessions is borne of the insecurity that comes from the knowledge that things are impermanent. Getting comfortable with the knowledge of the end of things enables enjoyment of things without fear of loss. So says the man who still has things he enjoys. What of the refugee from famine, civil strife, or war? 

Sudden Death After Near Drowning

Researchers at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel have discovered that patients often develop a sudden reduction in kidney function within days of a near-drowning experience.

The symptoms include reduced urine output and an elevated creatinine level and can be fatal.

The researchers believe that kidney damage is due to a temporary lack of oxygen coupled with an increased demand for oxygen, increased heart rate, high blood sugar levels, constriction of kidney blood vessels, and reduced potassium levels.

Knowing the dangers helps doctors in the future to focus treatment for near-drowning victims on maintaining kidney health. 

Single Use Plastic Shopping Bags

 According to Government estimates the number of single-use bags given out in 2014 by the seven biggest supermarkets was 7.6 billion, with the average shopper getting through 140 bags per year.

Since the introduction of the 5p levy in 2015, that number has fallen to 19 bags per shopper.

Yorkshire Coast Nature

 Yorkshire Coast Nature  does wildlife and birdwatching (are birds not wildlife) and photography tours on the Yorkshire Coast, North York Moors National Park, Great Yorkshire Forest and Yorkshire Wolds and I was getting interested and then I saw the cost at £200 and £300 for a day. But then these are one-to-one days and the whole day, which puts things in perspective.

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