David Bell Quote – Professional
“First, do it. Second, do it well. Third, do it well and fast- that means you’re a professional.” – David Bell
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Turning walks into watts
The average human being generates about eight watts of energy with each step, most of which is expended as vibration. It may not sound like much, but take the 30,000 or more people who pass through a major-city subway hub at rush hour, and suddenly you’ve got serious power. That’s usually a problem for architects and engineers, who have to […]
Read moreVince Lombardi Quote – Harder You Work
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” -Vince Lombardi
Read moreRising Demand for Meat
Appetite for meat is growing as the developing world becomes more prosperous. But meat—especially beef-can be polarizing, on health, environmental, and ethical grounds. Chicken outpaced beef in the U.S. in 2010. Total U.S. meat consumption peaked in the mid-2000’s and has declined ever since. Argentina’s famous appetite for beef has fallen because of cholesterol consciousness and economic downturns. In countries […]
Read moreCartoon – How Most Blockbuster Movies Are Made
Gandhi Quote – We Must Be The Change
“We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi
Read moreThomas Merton Quote – Human Temptation
“The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.” – Thomas Merton
Read moreHelen Keller Quote – Fighting The Devil
“It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.” – Helen Keller
Read moreHealth Risks of Moderate Drinking
Moderate drinking like one or two drinks a day may not be as good for you as it has been stated in previous studies. Researchers in China and Britain have found that you might still risk the chance of a stroke, aortic aneurysm, heart failure, breast cancer, high blood pressure, and cancers of the digestive system. A study of 600,000 […]
Read moreBetter Water Use Can Cut Global Food Gap
Although growing human numbers, climate change and other crises threaten the world‘s ability to feed itself, researchers believe that if we used water more sensibly that would go a long way towards closing the global food gap. Politicians and experts have simply underestimated what better water use can do to save millions of people from starvation, they say. For the […]
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