Researches have discovered that the Earth has a heartbeat. This just sounds neat! I wonder where exactly the heart is.
“In the early half of the 20th century, Serbian physicist Milutin Milankovitch first proposed that cyclical variations in the Earth-Sun geometry can alter the Earth’s climate and these changes can be discovered in the Earth’s geological archives, which is exactly what this research team, consisting of members from the United Kingdom, the U.S. and Canada, has done.”
As I ring in the holidays with my family down in southern California, the warmth of my sunny Christmas tan is not all that has given me warm fuzzies today. I learned that this is also the greatest season of giving to great global causes by many individuals like you and me! So Christmas is not just a season of capitalism and extravagant frivolous spending after all. People all over North America are also giving back and giving more each year to good causes.Â
Here are some factoids I found from here in the US……
• $260 billion: Charitable giving in the U.S. in 2005, up 2.7 percent.
• 50 percent: Of the charitable giving of individuals is done between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve.
• 77 percent: Charitable giving in the U.S. by individuals, (or $199 billion).
So if you haven’t thought about it already, maybe this is a season where you too can give back in some way! Help spread a little love around the World!
Happy holidays everyone!!
UnSuggester is a great tool to find things that you hate! I love it!
Type in a book that you really enjoy and the unsuggester will let you know what book you will find torturous. For example, here are unSuggestions Brave new world : and, Brave new world revisited by Aldous Huxley, perfectly it unSuggests that I read the Devil Wears Prada.
Some new research (from a company that makes tea) has found that tea has a chemical that helps people be more attentive.
“Every cup of tea naturally contains the amino acid theanine. Tea is virtually the only dietary source of theanine, apart from the edible bay boletes mushroom, which explains why sometimes only tea will do.
The effects of 50mg theanine – the amount present in 2-3 cups of PG tips tea is known* to stimulate alpha brain waves which are associated with being relaxed yet alert. Alpha activity is thought to be important for the ability to focus attention.”
This a fun thing for this Friday. Japan now has a robot museum.
“Finally, scholars have a place to conduct Astro Boy studies. Robothink, Japan’s first bot museum, opened its doors this fall. The 28,000-square-foot facility is housed in a former used-car dealership in Nagoya. From Robby to Aibo, the droid depository features dozens of actual automatons, plus replicas of real and fictional bots.”