A Shaker community in
Massachusetts had a woman named Tabitha Babbitt who worked
as a weaver. She would regularly witness the men cutting the wood
with a pit saw (a two-handled saw that needed two individuals to
operate). Although the saw needed to be pulled in two directions to
cut the wood, there was only cutting going on when the saw was being
pulled in a forward direction making the backward motion useless. In
1810 Babbitt developed her own draft of a saw that was circular in
shape and would eventually be commonly used in saw mills. She
attached the blade to her own spinning wheel in order to make every
movement count toward cutting results.
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper joined the military during 1943
and was stationed at Harvard University where she was employed using
IBM’s Harvard Mark I computer, which was the first large-scale
computer in the US. She was the third individual programming the
machine and she wrote a handbook of operations that led the way for
many that would follow her. During the 1950s, the Admiral came out
with the compiler, which converted English instructions into a
computer code. This meant that computer code could be developed by
programmers with less errors and complications. Hopper then created
the Flow-Matic, which was utilized to program the UNIVAC I and II
computers. Hopper had also been overseeing the advancements of
Common Business-Oriented Language or (COBOL), which was one of the
very first computer languages. She went on to obtain various awards
for her work and even had a US warship named after her. Heard her
speak one time and she used a length of wire 11.8 inches long as a
prop. She described how light traveled that distance in one
nanosecond.
Nov 14, 2014
Leather Stain Removing
If you have an oil stain on your
favorite leather handbag, coat the stain with baby powder and let it
stand overnight. By morning, the stain should be gone. If a bit
still remains, repeat the process until the stain is completely
gone. Also, add a few drops of vinegar in a bowl of water and scrub
for water stains on leather shoes or boots.
Origin of Scotch Eggs
Scotch eggs are hard-boiled eggs
wrapped in sausage meat, dipped in breadcrumbs, and deep-fried.
According to food historian Alan Davidson, the Scotch egg originated
in India and was brought back by returning soldiers of the British
Empire.
It is a descendent of the Indian dish nargisi kofta, which consists of eggs covered in minced lamb and cooked in curried tomatoes.
The first written reference to Scotch eggs, with the recommendation that they be eaten hot with gravy, was in the Cook And Housewife’s Manual in 1910.
It is a descendent of the Indian dish nargisi kofta, which consists of eggs covered in minced lamb and cooked in curried tomatoes.
The first written reference to Scotch eggs, with the recommendation that they be eaten hot with gravy, was in the Cook And Housewife’s Manual in 1910.
Bacon and the N Words
Most discussions of eggs are followed
by bacon and vice versa. Nitrates and nitrites may be unhealthy for
your body, but what most nutritionists fail to tell you is that you
can easily avoid nitrates and nitrites by simply not burning,
charring, or over cooking your bacon or by baking your bacon in the
oven.
By including some dairy and citrus with a bacon meal, the vitamins A, D and E work to effectively prevent conversion of “nitrates and nitrites into nitrosamines in the stomach, rendering them harmless to the body. Yea!
#bacon
By including some dairy and citrus with a bacon meal, the vitamins A, D and E work to effectively prevent conversion of “nitrates and nitrites into nitrosamines in the stomach, rendering them harmless to the body. Yea!
#bacon
Intel Wearable Awards
Intel’s Make It Wearable is a global
initiative to inspire ideas and fuel innovation that will evolve
personal computing in exciting new ways.
The Development track focuses on concepts that are both excitingly innovative and feasible to execute. They also demonstrate innovative solutions, creative implementation, technical feasibility, intelligent business planning, and potential for long-term success.
Intel is on a mission to identify and support wearable products and/or technology that can go to market in near future. This track features 3 rounds. All submissions are evaluated in round 1 (idea proposal submission), forty advance to round 2, ten advance to round 3, and three winners are chosen. Semifinalists and finalists gain expert support and education aimed at evolving their proposals into fully developed designs and business plans.
Nixie, the Selfie-Taking Drone, won. It is a wristband that unfolds into a remote-controlled flyable camera, and the winner of the US $500,000 prize. Each of the second through tenth place winners took home US $50,000.
In second place was Open Bionics' 3D printed, functioning prosthetic robotic hand.
Third place was won by Team Proglove's "smart glove" for production and manufacturing. It is a sensor-based "smart glove" that can boost productivity for manufacturing jobs. With an embedded Intel Edison module, and an on-board display, ProGlove allows wearers to scan, sense, and record activities.
The Development track focuses on concepts that are both excitingly innovative and feasible to execute. They also demonstrate innovative solutions, creative implementation, technical feasibility, intelligent business planning, and potential for long-term success.
Intel is on a mission to identify and support wearable products and/or technology that can go to market in near future. This track features 3 rounds. All submissions are evaluated in round 1 (idea proposal submission), forty advance to round 2, ten advance to round 3, and three winners are chosen. Semifinalists and finalists gain expert support and education aimed at evolving their proposals into fully developed designs and business plans.
Nixie, the Selfie-Taking Drone, won. It is a wristband that unfolds into a remote-controlled flyable camera, and the winner of the US $500,000 prize. Each of the second through tenth place winners took home US $50,000.
In second place was Open Bionics' 3D printed, functioning prosthetic robotic hand.
Third place was won by Team Proglove's "smart glove" for production and manufacturing. It is a sensor-based "smart glove" that can boost productivity for manufacturing jobs. With an embedded Intel Edison module, and an on-board display, ProGlove allows wearers to scan, sense, and record activities.
Six Fruit Spreads
Jelly, jam and preserves are all made
from fruit mixed with sugar and pectin. The difference between them
comes in the form that the fruit takes. Pectin is an indigestible
carbohydrate. It is found in the cell walls of most fruit. When
heated with sugar in water, it gels, giving jam, jelly, and
preserves their thickness.
Jam is a thick mixture of pulp or crushed fruit, pectin, and sugar that is boiled gently and quickly until the fruit is soft and has an organic shape. It spreads easily and can form a blob. In addition to being a spread, jams are also good for fillings. Jam tastes much like the original fresh fruit.
Jelly is made from sugar, pectin, acid, and fruit juice and is a clear spread that is firm enough to hold its shape. Jellies can also be made from ingredients other than fruit, such as herbs, tea, wine, liqueurs, flowers, and vegetables. Unlike a jam's fresh flavor of the original fruit, a jelly's flavor is that of the fruit after several hours of cooking.
Marmalade is a spread made from the peel and pulp of fruit. Marmalade is cooked for a long time, has no pectin, and is used as spreads and glazes. It is a balanced combination of clear jelly with pieces of fruit suspended in it. This fruit may or may not be citrus. Marmalade, like jelly, does not taste of fresh fruit, though the pieces of whole fruit maintain much of the original brightness of flavor.
Preserves are spreads that have chunks of fruit in a syrup or jam. It is a broad category that includes jam, jelly, and marmalade, as well as pickles, chutneys, and any other canned food. Basically, food which lasts longer than it would on its own is considered a preserve.
Fruit butter is a smooth and creamy spread that is created by slow-cooking fruit and sugar until it reaches the right consistency. These types of spreads are sometimes translucent and often opaque. Fruit butters are best used as a spread or filling. It is a variety of jelly and is whipped or cooked down until it becomes extremely thick
Conserves are basically a jam, made with dried fruits and nuts and cooked. They have a very thick and chunky texture. Conserves work very well as a spread and as a condiment for meats and cheeses.
According to the US Food and Drug Administration, jam and preserves are considered the same thing. Generally a fruit spread is a preserve if the fruit chunks are somewhat large and it is called a jam if the chunks are relatively small and mashed.
Jams and jellies are sweeter and have about half the calories of butter or margarine and unlike butter and margarine, contain zero fat.
Jam is a thick mixture of pulp or crushed fruit, pectin, and sugar that is boiled gently and quickly until the fruit is soft and has an organic shape. It spreads easily and can form a blob. In addition to being a spread, jams are also good for fillings. Jam tastes much like the original fresh fruit.
Jelly is made from sugar, pectin, acid, and fruit juice and is a clear spread that is firm enough to hold its shape. Jellies can also be made from ingredients other than fruit, such as herbs, tea, wine, liqueurs, flowers, and vegetables. Unlike a jam's fresh flavor of the original fruit, a jelly's flavor is that of the fruit after several hours of cooking.
Marmalade is a spread made from the peel and pulp of fruit. Marmalade is cooked for a long time, has no pectin, and is used as spreads and glazes. It is a balanced combination of clear jelly with pieces of fruit suspended in it. This fruit may or may not be citrus. Marmalade, like jelly, does not taste of fresh fruit, though the pieces of whole fruit maintain much of the original brightness of flavor.
Preserves are spreads that have chunks of fruit in a syrup or jam. It is a broad category that includes jam, jelly, and marmalade, as well as pickles, chutneys, and any other canned food. Basically, food which lasts longer than it would on its own is considered a preserve.
Fruit butter is a smooth and creamy spread that is created by slow-cooking fruit and sugar until it reaches the right consistency. These types of spreads are sometimes translucent and often opaque. Fruit butters are best used as a spread or filling. It is a variety of jelly and is whipped or cooked down until it becomes extremely thick
Conserves are basically a jam, made with dried fruits and nuts and cooked. They have a very thick and chunky texture. Conserves work very well as a spread and as a condiment for meats and cheeses.
According to the US Food and Drug Administration, jam and preserves are considered the same thing. Generally a fruit spread is a preserve if the fruit chunks are somewhat large and it is called a jam if the chunks are relatively small and mashed.
Jams and jellies are sweeter and have about half the calories of butter or margarine and unlike butter and margarine, contain zero fat.
Using Vocal Cords
Your vocal cords are an instrument that
you use every day. The human vocal range extends from the depth of
whispering to shouting. In between are talking, laughing, crying,
humming, singing, and more. The entire vocal range is both
attenuated and enhanced by emotions. For instance, it is not
necessary to see a person speaking with fear, or happiness to notice
the differences in tone and inflection.
One often underused quality of voice is silence. Most of us are familiar with the ‘the silence was deafening’. If you can't improve the silence, don't waste your time exercising your vocal cords.
One often underused quality of voice is silence. Most of us are familiar with the ‘the silence was deafening’. If you can't improve the silence, don't waste your time exercising your vocal cords.
World Toilet Day
Not a joke. United Nations
secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon, along with a coalition from
Singapore, introduced a resolution to declare November 19th the
first 'World Toilet Day'. The resolution was co-sponsored and
adopted by 122 countries at the 67th session of the UN General
Assembly in New York. On July 24, 2013, World Toilet Day became an
official UN day.
Since its inception in 2001, World Toilet Day is celebrated globally by NGOs, UN agencies, the private sector, civil society organizations and the international community.
19 November is a special day for the World Toilet Organization. It was founded on 19 November 2001. World Toilet Day was established with the aim to draw global attention to the sanitation crisis. The organization’s approach of mixing humor with serious facts resonated with people around the world.
A clean and safe toilet ensures health, dignity and well-being, yet 40% of the world’s population does not have access to toilets. Over two billion people do not have access to proper sanitation, including toilets or latrines, with dramatic consequences on human health, dignity and security, the environment, and social and economic development.
Since its inception in 2001, World Toilet Day is celebrated globally by NGOs, UN agencies, the private sector, civil society organizations and the international community.
19 November is a special day for the World Toilet Organization. It was founded on 19 November 2001. World Toilet Day was established with the aim to draw global attention to the sanitation crisis. The organization’s approach of mixing humor with serious facts resonated with people around the world.
A clean and safe toilet ensures health, dignity and well-being, yet 40% of the world’s population does not have access to toilets. Over two billion people do not have access to proper sanitation, including toilets or latrines, with dramatic consequences on human health, dignity and security, the environment, and social and economic development.
Nov 7, 2014
Happy Friday
If it does not make you happy, do not do it.
I am always happy while celebrating a Happy Friday!
I am always happy while celebrating a Happy Friday!
National Kindness Day
Next Thursday, November 13 is World Kindness Day. Please be
extra kind that day.
Saggy Pants
Have often wondered where the style of some
youth began with wearing pants sagging much below the waist. Many US
towns have banned wearing in public trousers that are slung so low
as to expose the wearer’s underwear.
This saggy trend appears to have originated in US jails where the combination of a prison diet and vigorous sports leads to a slimmer waist. As prisoners are required to wear the trousers they were issued with at the beginning of their sentences, and because belts are usually banned for various reasons, this led to inadvertent sagging. The 'fashion statement' spread beyond the prison walls and has become a sought-after look among America’s disaffected youth.
This saggy trend appears to have originated in US jails where the combination of a prison diet and vigorous sports leads to a slimmer waist. As prisoners are required to wear the trousers they were issued with at the beginning of their sentences, and because belts are usually banned for various reasons, this led to inadvertent sagging. The 'fashion statement' spread beyond the prison walls and has become a sought-after look among America’s disaffected youth.
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