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Useless information

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  Today's selection -- from  The World's Greatest Book of Useless Information  by Noel Botham & the Useless Information Society.  Facts about the human brain  from  https://www.delanceyplace.com/ People who study the brain are like any other mechanic.  How something works tells you how to fix it or how to live with it - especially if your skills demand this knowledge.  Bipolar people have always been in aaugh of the mechanism of thought that creates intentions that are not of their choosing.  People make a living trying to explain what goes on in the brain, though they rarely have insights as to how these goings-on are within our control without medication.  Cynical you say? How now brown cow, or pink elephant or education for the sake of self enlightenment when your candle is always in the wind~ Welcome.  

It' sad so sad

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    source:  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/worldwide-graphs/#countries-cases  

Why venture where no man has gone before... survival

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 " ...the UAE (United Arab Emirate) has a long way to go. Just a handful of its 100 or so higher-education institutions do research, and Al Amiri estimates that there are perhaps only a few hundred full-time academic researchers."     " When the United Arab Emirates’ Mars mission takes off , it will be a victory for the entire country, but particularly for women, who make up 34% of the mission team and 80% of the science team. Women’s representation in the Emirati workforce overall is lower, at 28%, but this is changing despite traditional gender and family roles."         "Sharaf and Al Amiri on the grounds of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre. Credit: Natalie Naccache for Nature."   Encouraging the population that is rich in oil, a depleting resource, to learn new skills that will allow a country to sustain itself is the real reason behind the march into space.  "But for Emiratis, space-science goals come second. Faced with economic and enviro

Our Town

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  Cars, roads, bridges, single family homes, condominiums, apartments, mobile homes,department stores, independent businessmen, churches, hospitals, power plants, airports, industry, beaches, water, trees everywhere and the likes of which are unknown to us That's what makes up Our Town and more

See music

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  "The final two movements (Rondeau, Capriccio) from J. S. Bach's Partita No. 2 in C minor, performed by Martha Argerich, with an animated graphical score." The Beethoven, Violin Concerto, 3. RONDO that follows is easier to envision See this YouTube link for animated performance and details   If you love music you will find this interesting   The graphics have purpose, they are not randomly generated   If you read music you will see what notes do in real time to music  Enjoy!

What am I?

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  1. A snow making machine for a ski resort 2. Nazi bunker located in neutral WWII era Switzerland 3. An unfinished Trump tower 4. Global seed bank 5. A US presidential bunker   Press Secretary JEN PSAKI said "It's working its way through Congress. We'd certainly support a study, but we'll see what happens through the legislative process."     Answer   Global seed bank  

Depression is the stop sign at the bottom of the hill

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Depression is normal   You'll get over it   If you read the title of this blog you know some of us won't get over it   For everyone else this article from Psyche is good news   " Mental health problems are a lot like physical health problems – common, often temporary and, mostly, an unavoidable consequence of ‘normal’ life."    source  Jonathan D Schaefer  /psyche.co

Movies for nothing chips for free

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  15 Places to Legally Download or Stream Movies for Free source  Source Nick Douglas ,  Alan Henry ,  Joel Cunningham ,  and  Emily Long     Staff Writer, Lifehacker | Nick has written for Gawker, Valleywag, the Daily Dot, and Urlesque. He currently runs the scripted comedy podcast "Roommate From Hell."

Drone in the home

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A remote camera with infinite angles offers new insights  

Get high

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I have been taking pictures since I was twelve  Never could I have imagined doing shots hundreds of feet high above ground   The learning curve for drone flying can be steep and expensive    If you think you have the knack for aerial photography along with the patience to maneuver something you can't always see,   please consider a starter drone like the TELLO   This one's not just for kids,   it's a learning experience that will save you money and may make the joy of the sport possible  Take a trip and never leave the ground  

Who is afraid of the big bad Trump

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 Rhetoric has no standing in court and intent is not a crime unless you call it premeditated  What is the correct insight that would classify an action as a crime for anyone including a high ranking government official  Insert morality in the law of the land and the atrocious behavior of some becomes obvious no matter who they are His defense    Link credit  cnn.com

Narrative identity

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  Who do you think you are   You won't find out until time has passed and your own earned wisdom helps point you out in a crowd   What's more concerning for me is not where I am going but what meaning is there to a life long lived  Did I deserve this consequence of life's realities, little accidents that changed me from a pawn to a prince, or into a bishop or a rook  I won't know the answer to life's persistent questions until the final curtain call   Then one becomes a piece of history to be kicked about by those who care to understand your motivations that endured until their time also comes  Anything in green is mine  The rest can be read for further understanding or complete confusion  Source    Nautilus   Matthew Sedacca

Just Birds

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All you need is a camera and an appreciation for nature whose critters gather on an old dock  

Disrespect

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Those who follow a loser are the losers So are we when we have to live with the attitude of disgust that mars the representation of out country and those who died for us The upside flag is also a signal for distress and not necessarily political disrespect