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🌱The success of cellulose
Not too long ago many investors made the bet that renewable fuels from bio-mass would be the
next big thing in energy. Converting corn, sugarcane, and soybeans into ethanol or diesel-type fuels
lessens our nation’s dependence on oil imports while cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
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🌱The success of cellulose
Not too long ago many investors made the bet that renewable fuels from bio-mass would be the
next big thing in energy. Converting corn, sugarcane, and soybeans into ethanol or diesel-type fuels
lessens our nation’s dependence on oil imports while cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
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☕️THE STORY OF COFFEE
To make sure they dry
evenly, the beans need to be raked many times during this drying time. Two weeks later the sun
dried beans, now called parchment, are scooped up, bagged and taken to be milled. Huge milling
machines then remove the parchment and silver skin, which renders a green bean suitable for
roasting. The green beans are roasted according to the customers’ specifications and, after cooling,
the beans are then packaged and mailed to customers.
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☕️THE STORY OF COFFEE
To make sure they dry
evenly, the beans need to be raked many times during this drying time. Two weeks later the sun
dried beans, now called parchment, are scooped up, bagged and taken to be milled. Huge milling
machines then remove the parchment and silver skin, which renders a green bean suitable for
roasting. The green beans are roasted according to the customers’ specifications and, after cooling,
the beans are then packaged and mailed to customers.
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🗺Revolutions in Mapping
Simplified civilian versions
of the receivers are available for a few hundred dollars and they are also the heart of
electronic map displays available in some cars. Cartography is pressing on to cosmic
frontiers, but its objective is, and always has been, to communicate a sense of ‘here’ in
relation to ‘there’, however far away ‘there’ may be.
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🗺Revolutions in Mapping
Simplified civilian versions
of the receivers are available for a few hundred dollars and they are also the heart of
electronic map displays available in some cars. Cartography is pressing on to cosmic
frontiers, but its objective is, and always has been, to communicate a sense of ‘here’ in
relation to ‘there’, however far away ‘there’ may be.
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🤖👼Toddlers Bond With Robot
Nowadays robots can
perform a variety of functions that were thought to be incident to people only - in short time we’ll
have electronic baby-sitters and peer-robots in every kindergarten," said Ishiguro, who was not
involved with the study but has collaborated with its authors on other projects.
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🤖👼Toddlers Bond With Robot
Nowadays robots can
perform a variety of functions that were thought to be incident to people only - in short time we’ll
have electronic baby-sitters and peer-robots in every kindergarten," said Ishiguro, who was not
involved with the study but has collaborated with its authors on other projects.
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🗺How do we find our way?
Route following is more precise than guidance or path integration, but
if you forget the details and take a wrong turn, the only way to recover is to backtrack until you reach
a familiar spot, because you do not know the general direction or have a reference landmark for your
goal.
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🗺How do we find our way?
Route following is more precise than guidance or path integration, but
if you forget the details and take a wrong turn, the only way to recover is to backtrack until you reach
a familiar spot, because you do not know the general direction or have a reference landmark for your
goal.
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Wood: a valuable resource in New Zealand’s
economy
Early explores recognised the suitability of the tall, straight trunks of the kauri for constructing sailing
vessels. The kauri is a species of coniferous tree found only in small areas of the southern
hemisphere. So from the early 1800s, huge amounts of this type of wood were sold to Australia and
the UK for that purpose.
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Wood: a valuable resource in New Zealand’s
economy
Early explores recognised the suitability of the tall, straight trunks of the kauri for constructing sailing
vessels. The kauri is a species of coniferous tree found only in small areas of the southern
hemisphere. So from the early 1800s, huge amounts of this type of wood were sold to Australia and
the UK for that purpose.
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Should space be explored by robots or by
humans?
Many operations originally designed to be performed under completely
automatic control can be performed more efficiently by astronauts, perhaps helped by their 'cobots'.
The human-machine relationship must evolve towards a closer collaboration
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Should space be explored by robots or by
humans?
Many operations originally designed to be performed under completely
automatic control can be performed more efficiently by astronauts, perhaps helped by their 'cobots'.
The human-machine relationship must evolve towards a closer collaboration
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🤵♂Becoming an Expert
Expertise is commitment coupled with creativity. Specifically, it is the commitment of time,
energy, and resource to a relatively narrow field of study and the creative energy necessary
to generate new knowledge in that field. It takes a considerable amount of time and regular
exposure to a large number of cases to become an expert.
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🤵♂Becoming an Expert
Expertise is commitment coupled with creativity. Specifically, it is the commitment of time,
energy, and resource to a relatively narrow field of study and the creative energy necessary
to generate new knowledge in that field. It takes a considerable amount of time and regular
exposure to a large number of cases to become an expert.
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👼Children's comprehension
Television has long been the predominant medium that advertisers have chosen for marketing
products to children. It is estimated that the average child sees more than 40.000 television
commercials a year, most of which are 15 to 30 seconds in length.
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👼Children's comprehension
Television has long been the predominant medium that advertisers have chosen for marketing
products to children. It is estimated that the average child sees more than 40.000 television
commercials a year, most of which are 15 to 30 seconds in length.
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💊💉🧑⚕Traditional Maori medicines
Illness was often seen as spiritually based. Maori saw themselves as guardians of the earth, and the
focus of their existence was to remain at one with the natural and supernatural world. Rather than a
medical problem, sickness was often viewed as a symptom of disharmony with natures.
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💊💉🧑⚕Traditional Maori medicines
Illness was often seen as spiritually based. Maori saw themselves as guardians of the earth, and the
focus of their existence was to remain at one with the natural and supernatural world. Rather than a
medical problem, sickness was often viewed as a symptom of disharmony with natures.
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🌐The dark side of the technological boom
Psychologist Craig Brod says
people become accustomed to the patterns set by electronic tools - accelerated time and yes/no
logic - and internalize these patterns. When they leave the office or go home, Brod says, they need
complete isolation to recover from the effects of the technology.
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🌐The dark side of the technological boom
Psychologist Craig Brod says
people become accustomed to the patterns set by electronic tools - accelerated time and yes/no
logic - and internalize these patterns. When they leave the office or go home, Brod says, they need
complete isolation to recover from the effects of the technology.
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🥫The Can – A Brief History Lesson
Beverage cans made from aluminum were first introduced in 1965. This was an exciting
innovation for the packaging industry because the aluminum can was made with only two pieces - a
body and an end. This made production easier.
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🥫The Can – A Brief History Lesson
Beverage cans made from aluminum were first introduced in 1965. This was an exciting
innovation for the packaging industry because the aluminum can was made with only two pieces - a
body and an end. This made production easier.
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🧽🐬Sponging dolphins
Working out how to use tools in a creative way like that is a hallmark of intelligence.” Mann
admits we still do not understand dolphins well. “It’s hard to get inside their heads because their
brains are constructed differently and it’s very hard to analyse their language, but they do seem very
intelligent,” she said.
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🧽🐬Sponging dolphins
Working out how to use tools in a creative way like that is a hallmark of intelligence.” Mann
admits we still do not understand dolphins well. “It’s hard to get inside their heads because their
brains are constructed differently and it’s very hard to analyse their language, but they do seem very
intelligent,” she said.
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🫒🛢Olive Oil Production
Olive trees must be properly cared for in order to achieve good economic yields. Care includes
regular irrigation, pruning, fertilizing, and killing pests. Olives will survive on very poor sites with
shallow soils but will grow very slowly and yield poorly. Deep soils tend to produce excessively
vigorous trees, also with lower yields.
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🫒🛢Olive Oil Production
Olive trees must be properly cared for in order to achieve good economic yields. Care includes
regular irrigation, pruning, fertilizing, and killing pests. Olives will survive on very poor sites with
shallow soils but will grow very slowly and yield poorly. Deep soils tend to produce excessively
vigorous trees, also with lower yields.
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Marketing And Mind Control
Imitation is undoubtedly an invaluable ability, but often our propensity to imitate generalises
indiscriminately, leading to poor decisions. When athlete Dick Fosbury revolutionised the high jump
by jumping over the bar backward in 1968, imitators obviously copied his jumping style, not his
brand of sports shoes. However, today, sports people appear in advertisements asking US to buy
the laptops or sports drinks that they promote.
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Marketing And Mind Control
Imitation is undoubtedly an invaluable ability, but often our propensity to imitate generalises
indiscriminately, leading to poor decisions. When athlete Dick Fosbury revolutionised the high jump
by jumping over the bar backward in 1968, imitators obviously copied his jumping style, not his
brand of sports shoes. However, today, sports people appear in advertisements asking US to buy
the laptops or sports drinks that they promote.
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🚶🦶Learning to Walk
If the urban environment is detrimental to our health, then it is obvious where we should turn. A
weekend or even a few hours spent in the countryside could help alleviate a sufferer's aches and
pains, and would require only the spending of time.
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🚶🦶Learning to Walk
If the urban environment is detrimental to our health, then it is obvious where we should turn. A
weekend or even a few hours spent in the countryside could help alleviate a sufferer's aches and
pains, and would require only the spending of time.
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🧩Multitasks
Do you read while listening to music? Do you like to watch TV while finishing your homework?
People who have these kinds of habits are called multi-taskers.
Multitasks are able to complete two tasks at the same time by dividing their focus. However, Thomas
Lehman, a researcher in Psychology, believes people never really do multiple things simultaneously.
Maybe a person is reading while listening to music, but in reality, the brain can only focus on one
task.
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🧩Multitasks
Do you read while listening to music? Do you like to watch TV while finishing your homework?
People who have these kinds of habits are called multi-taskers.
Multitasks are able to complete two tasks at the same time by dividing their focus. However, Thomas
Lehman, a researcher in Psychology, believes people never really do multiple things simultaneously.
Maybe a person is reading while listening to music, but in reality, the brain can only focus on one
task.
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🏙🌱Skyscraper Farming
With a global food crisis predicted, a group of scientists is advocating an innovative alternative to
conventional farming that could radically transform the way that food is produced.
Today's environment scientists are in no doubt that the world's resources of fertile sol are rapidly
deteriorating, and that new land for agriculture is becoming ever more sparse Intensive farming
urbanisation, desertification and sea-level rises are all putting growing pressure on the planers
agricultural land and therefore on food supplies.
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🏙🌱Skyscraper Farming
With a global food crisis predicted, a group of scientists is advocating an innovative alternative to
conventional farming that could radically transform the way that food is produced.
Today's environment scientists are in no doubt that the world's resources of fertile sol are rapidly
deteriorating, and that new land for agriculture is becoming ever more sparse Intensive farming
urbanisation, desertification and sea-level rises are all putting growing pressure on the planers
agricultural land and therefore on food supplies.
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🤝Why Do We Touch Strangers So Much? A
History Of The Handshake Offers Clues
There may be a scientific explanation for its lasting power. In a 2015 study, researchers in
Israel filmed handshakes between hundreds of strangers and found nearly a quarter of
participants sniffed their hands afterwards. They theorized that a handshake might be
unconsciously used to detect chemical signals, and possibly as a means of communication—
just as other animals do by smelling each other.
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🤝Why Do We Touch Strangers So Much? A
History Of The Handshake Offers Clues
There may be a scientific explanation for its lasting power. In a 2015 study, researchers in
Israel filmed handshakes between hundreds of strangers and found nearly a quarter of
participants sniffed their hands afterwards. They theorized that a handshake might be
unconsciously used to detect chemical signals, and possibly as a means of communication—
just as other animals do by smelling each other.
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💆♂Toxic Stress: A Slow Wear And Tear
The most effective prevention for toxic stress is to reduce the source of the stress. This can
be tricky, especially if the source of the stress is the child's own family. But parent coaching,
and connecting families with resources to help address the cause of their stress (sufficient
food, housing insecurity, or even the parent's own trauma), can help.
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💆♂Toxic Stress: A Slow Wear And Tear
The most effective prevention for toxic stress is to reduce the source of the stress. This can
be tricky, especially if the source of the stress is the child's own family. But parent coaching,
and connecting families with resources to help address the cause of their stress (sufficient
food, housing insecurity, or even the parent's own trauma), can help.
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👨🦳👵What is the secret of a long life?
The Japanese island of Okinawa is the front runner. At 58 centenarians per 100,000 people, it has
the world's highest proportion in this age group, with Sardinia and Iceland not too far behind. All
three are relatively isolated island communities, which leads to less genetic variation amongst
inhabitants. In these places, the result has been a predisposition towards a longer life. Of
course, members of such communities usually share a particular environment, too, but this alone
cannot explain longevity. Gerontologists have emphasised the importance of regular exercise, so
anyone aiming to reach a century should not underestimate this.
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👨🦳👵What is the secret of a long life?
The Japanese island of Okinawa is the front runner. At 58 centenarians per 100,000 people, it has
the world's highest proportion in this age group, with Sardinia and Iceland not too far behind. All
three are relatively isolated island communities, which leads to less genetic variation amongst
inhabitants. In these places, the result has been a predisposition towards a longer life. Of
course, members of such communities usually share a particular environment, too, but this alone
cannot explain longevity. Gerontologists have emphasised the importance of regular exercise, so
anyone aiming to reach a century should not underestimate this.
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