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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Notes and quotes: ICE (internal combustion engines) and water
"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #STEMI found an article about a groundbreaking development in the automotive industry: a non-polluting combustion engine created by a Japanese company. It's a V8(!) engine, based on...
Notes and quotes: Veterans benefits update
"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #VeteransAn article described the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announcement of significant changes to the GI Bill benefits for veterans pursuing higher education. Here are...
Watch out for fake N95 masks
An article described what to look for to make sure you have genuine N95 masks. Read the short article understand the scope of the issue and to find out how to read the labels. What's the real N95 mask?Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com Buy Your Unfinished...
Water getting more attention at U of Alabama
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Buy Your Unfinished Business: Find God in Your Circumstances, Serve Others in Theirs to learn more about faith, calling, and resilience. An article described a new facility being built at The University of Alabama to expand the...
Is resistance futile?
Is this our future? An article described some responses by an AI (not a human) in a debate on ethics and AI. Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com According to the AI, "...in the long run, the best AI will be the AI that is embedded into our brains, as a conscious entity,...
Higher minimum wage accelerates automation
While automation will increasingly rule our lives (as if it doesn't already), I predict that advocating for higher minimum wage levels will accelerate the use of automation. An article about the Department of Defense's contract to automate some dining facility (it'll...
Turning lives around in prison
An article described a program leading to pastoral degrees for inmates. Main point: "...the degree program is part of a fledgling movement of evangelical seminaries, colleges and universities to rehabilitate prisoners through education." Photo by Ekrulila on...
New fields of work require new fields of study
Guidance counselors take note. Make sure you can point young people to the best courses study that will prepare them for the future. Those fields may include: SpinLaunchGrapheneGPS 3Floating farmsEdge computingSelf-healing concreteHydrogen fuel cellsSatellite...