Category: Blog
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I feel weary being on Facebook these days. Is Facebook changing our social lives? If you’ve spent long enough on Facebook, you might agree that emotions are highly contagious within the platform. You might even convince yourself that you are not vulnerable to groupthink but often, the thoughts you allow in your mind become your…
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You know what you ought to do. But sometimes, the little things can slip off your mind. And no matter how hard you try to remember everything, you might miss a thing or two (unless your memory is superb and without fail). Make a list so you won’t miss anything you want to finish throughout…
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While I was on my way home, riding a bus, I overheard a passenger complain about how he felt disrespected by how the conductor dealt with him. Well, here’s a back story. When the conductor asked this passenger where he was heading to give him a ticket, he responded and added that a discount should…
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Have you ever noticed how you could spend the same eight hours differently? From The Wander Society: When we repeat the same activities day in and day out, we limit our ability to have new experiences. Over time our bodies, senses, and brains start to atrophy. Our world becomes smaller and smaller until we are…
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Babel is a metaphor for what some forms of social media have done to nearly all of the groups and institutions most important to the country’s future—and to us as a people. Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid When I was in high school, Facebook used to be a…
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One study found that “inflation in oil price is harmful for energy security and threatening food security.” It suggests that “it’s necessary to diversify the energy consumption in agricultural sector.” And from this article, microgrids become the solution to liberate the food industry from relying on “fossil fuels for processing, transportation and fertilizers.” While the…
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As we near the end of our project, I am amazed at how the nine months went by. From someone with basically zero knowledge on how to use HOMER Pro, QGIS, and OriginPro, to having the confidence to use these tools, I can say that we can learn anything! Access to these tools indeed is…
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