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Report: Most Americans Have Fewer Than 5 Hobbies Saved For Retirement
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7 years ago
WASHINGTON—Encouraging those in their twenties to invest their time into extra leisure activities such as bocce ball every month, a new report revealed Tuesday that a majority of Americans have...
How It's Made - Needles & Pins
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7 years ago
Since people are still trying to 'thread the needle' over the Mueller investigation, I thought it might be fun to see how needles are made. Sewing needles are among the oldest human artifacts that...
Why the Rich are not Taxed Enough
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7 years ago
Apologists for the rich want to limit any discussion of Federal taxes to the income tax. However, for the not-so-rich, the overall tax burden includes FICA taxes. Today income taxes provide...
How It Works: Manufacturing solar panels.
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7 years ago
Solar cells are made from silica sand. However, simply melting silica sand produces glass. To produce the silicon needed for solar panels, chemically bound oxygen must be removed from the silica...
How do we install a wind turbine? Find out in 2 minutes
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7 years ago
In this timelapse you can see work of excavation, foundation, tower erection and nacelle and blades lifting. In El Cortijo wind farm, Tamaulipas, Mexico, ACCIONA has completed this process 61...
How to Catch Wild Pigs
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7 years ago
The following is a modern parable that has been floating around social media for a few years. Supposedly the parable is intended to be a warning about socialism. But actually the parable is a...
Time for a Razz
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7 years ago
Reporting on trending Razz from the news & elsewhere. Razz is the world's least influential source of information for trendsetters, tastemakers, and avante-garde consumers of taste and...
Bold Plan? Replace the Border Wall with an Energy–Water Corridor
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7 years ago
Here’s an idea: Instead of an endless, inert wall along the U.S.–Mexico border, line the boundary with 2,000 miles of natural gas, solar and wind power plants. Use some of the energy to desalinate...