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by spodek 10y ago
Make sure to check out the accompanying " Here’s what we know so far about Team Trump’s ties to Russian interests " -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/trump-russi... . Well beyond a few b
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by spodek 10y ago
If you haven't read Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air , by David Mackay, I recommend it. Free download: http://withouthotair.com About the author: David MacKay FRS is the Regius Professor of Engineering at the Univers
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by spodek 10y ago
Some relevant videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXdzKBWDraM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmChiLZZHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QtQqZ6Q5-o https://www.youtube.com&
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Saying playing outside leads to protecting nature implies they take effort from the norm. I prefer to look at playing outdoors and caring about nature as normal, so I'd restate it as " Keeping children indoors too much leads them
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by spodek 10y ago
> Low Calories Snacks: 0–150 calories snacks Besides the pre-packaged engineered foods he listed, there's also fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Also, the actual Titanic sank in less time than the Titanic in the movie.
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by spodek 10y ago
Since ctrl-f "conserve" shows no matches, I'll suggest that conserving energy be some part of the discussion. Using less energy doesn't solve everything, nor does suggesting conservation mean anyone wants to return to th
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by spodek 10y ago
A related article I wrote as an entrepreneur and professor of entrepreneurship: "11 Reasons Why Business Plan Competitions Should Die": http://www.inc.com/joshua-spodek/11-reasons-why-business-pla...
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by spodek 10y ago
The problem seems to be Kickstarter, in this case, for misleading underfunded people without access to essential resources into believing they could compete with people who have more resources. Or for people to believe they could post ideas
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by spodek 10y ago
> Yet, for some reason I am completely unable to empathize with it. It's simple, if you want to. You just haven't had a comparable experience. Lock yourself in a room with no contact with the outside world for a month or two. R
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by spodek 10y ago
For our personal behavior, let's remember than reducing consumption reduces pollution more than reusing, which reduces pollution more than recycling. By the time you're relying on recycling, you've already polluted a lot more
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> whether there is anything we can do to change it There is zero question if there is anything we can do to change it. The question on the social level is if we will, as a species, regulate the behavior of individuals and institution
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The original essay is eminently readable and, in my opinion, inspirational: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71 . Under 10,000 words, funny, and insightful. It tells of a man who didn't just complain but acted on h
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by spodek 10y ago
It's always somebody else who pollutes. Try this: for one week, don't have any food that requires any packaging. Don't just think about it. Do it. Then look back at how much packaging you needlessly go through. Or try not fly
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A fool and his money are soon parted.
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You can take responsibility for your actions and how they affect others. No one else can. What you do when others don't know is integrity. Generations of people saying what you said got us here. Don't you wish they had thought and
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by spodek 10y ago
> What about you? Glad you asked: I am in the middle of a year (to start) without flying. Most people when I ask the last time they went 365 without flying say decades. That was the case for me. I'm learning that flying and happines
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by spodek 10y ago
What will you do about your contribution to this effect? Everyone seems to want to wait for government regulation or something to change other people's behavior. Governments will follow what voters do.
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by spodek 10y ago
Tests aren't for students, they're for administrators. When you process that view, educational systems make more sense, however tragic.
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If you don't mind the page being under construction and designed for promotion, the approach is described here: http://spodekacademy.com/about-our-courses .
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I didn't go to art school, but since my first invention was a new medium with new modes of expression that no one else understood like I did, I couldn't help myself making art with it despite my PhD being in physics. I had several
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by spodek 10y ago
I haven't eaten meat since 1990. I don't completely rule out non-meat animal products. I have something like 100 grams of cheese per year. Health is a side effect for my eating habits. Deliciousness is by far the biggest reason, f
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I don't miss olive oil, but if I wanted it, I'd just eat whole olives. I eat nuts in my oatmeal every day.
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There was a month or two of being bloated, then things went back to before. My hunch is my gut had to adjust, or maybe the bacteria in it. I think problems people have is with the transition between eating habits, not the final situation.
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I had to look up "dissimulatively" and found "To conceal one's true feelings or intentions." If that's what you meant, I didn't conceal anything. I have no special evidence so couldn't present anythin
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The ingredients of the stew cooking right now are: lentils, pumpkin, kale, habanero, jalapeno, onion, parsley, nutritional yeast, water, cabbage, salt. I make these stews a lot with what's in season through my farm share and from the l
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by spodek 10y ago
I'm curious to see similar "rhythm" graphs for music beats for different kinds of music.
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by spodek 10y ago
Conservation of energy, not just as an abstract concept, but in that every time you fly in a plane, drive in a car, turn on the air conditioner, etc, you are using energy, which pollutes, and, while we use fossil fuels, contributes to the g
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by spodek 10y ago
Better than "without sugar", I recommend avoiding foods with fiber removed, which includes sugar, also white flour, corn syrup, fruit juices, and most aisles of the supermarket. At least I found it better. It forces you to a lot m
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by spodek 10y ago
> I now know which brands of chicken stock, bacon, smoked salmon, mustard and hot sauce contain added sugar and which do not. Sriracha: why do so many people like it? It's 20% sugar. No wonder. Here's the label: http:/&

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