Oct 23, 2015
Oct 16, 2015
Happy Friday
Happiness cannot be accumulated, but it can be divided.
I always try to share a slice of happiness while enjoying a Happy Friday!
I always try to share a slice of happiness while enjoying a Happy Friday!
Most Important Crops
The order varies by study, but
these are generally agreed to as the top ten crops harvested,
not by revenue. Cannabis is the top revenue producing crop and
sugar cane is the most popular.
They are, in order, Corn, Wheat, Rice, Potatoes, Cassava, Soybeans, Sweet potatoes, Sorghum, Yams, and Plantains.
They are, in order, Corn, Wheat, Rice, Potatoes, Cassava, Soybeans, Sweet potatoes, Sorghum, Yams, and Plantains.
National Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy Week
It is
celebrated Oct 20-26. Pharmacists are the unsung heroes of the
medical system. They keep doctors honest, and patients as well as
possible. They are the last stop before a patient ingests
something that can do great good or grave harm.
Laser Razor
Here is a new invention that has been a long
time coming. It was a kickstarter campaign and garnered US $4
million. The goal was $160,000. If it makes it, a whole industry
will change forever, just like it did when Gillette came up with
the disposable razor blade. This one is non-disposable and
requires a battery to operate.
Kickstarter has suspended funding because it is, “in violation of our rule requiring working prototypes of physical products that are offered as rewards.” Should be fun to watch for the next round. See for yourself at LINK.
Kickstarter has suspended funding because it is, “in violation of our rule requiring working prototypes of physical products that are offered as rewards.” Should be fun to watch for the next round. See for yourself at LINK.
Email Study Results
A recent study by USC Viterbi
School of Engineering researchers found that speed of email
responses depend on a variety of factors including age, platform,
volume, and timing.
The paper, "Evolutions of Conversations in the Age of Email Overload," was presented at the World Wide Web Conference. The paper is the largest study of email to date, measuring how the volume of incoming email affects behaviors of recipients and the length of time it takes them to reply to emails. The study was conducted in accordance with privacy standards: individuals opted in to the study, the data was anonymized, and the emails were not read by humans.
The researchers said ninety percent of people respond within a day or two of receiving an email to which they plan to respond. Half of responders will respond in just under an hour.
Age is also an indicator for email response time. Younger people reply faster, but write shorter replies. Teens were the quickest, with an email response time average of 13 minutes. Young adults aged 20-35 years responded on average of 16 minutes of receiving an email. 35 to 50 years tended to respond in 24 minutes, on average. Those over 51 years of age, on average took 47 minutes to respond.
Women typically respond four minutes longer than an email response from a man. The platform also plays a critical role: If someone is working from a laptop, on average it will take them almost twice as long to respond than if using a mobile phone.
Emails with only five words are the most common. More than half the email replies are less than 43 words, and only 30 percent of emails are longer than 100 words.
Younger users can cope with the increased email load more than older email users. When younger users become more overloaded they tend to send shorter and faster replies to cope with the increased load. On the other hand, older people respond to an increased load of emails by replying to a smaller fraction of emails.
It is no surprise that people are more active on email during the day than at night. Emails on weekends get shorter replies than weekdays. If you want a longer and perhaps more thoughtful reply, email someone in the morning. The researchers found that emails sent in the morning tend to get longer replies than those in the afternoon.
The paper, "Evolutions of Conversations in the Age of Email Overload," was presented at the World Wide Web Conference. The paper is the largest study of email to date, measuring how the volume of incoming email affects behaviors of recipients and the length of time it takes them to reply to emails. The study was conducted in accordance with privacy standards: individuals opted in to the study, the data was anonymized, and the emails were not read by humans.
The researchers said ninety percent of people respond within a day or two of receiving an email to which they plan to respond. Half of responders will respond in just under an hour.
Age is also an indicator for email response time. Younger people reply faster, but write shorter replies. Teens were the quickest, with an email response time average of 13 minutes. Young adults aged 20-35 years responded on average of 16 minutes of receiving an email. 35 to 50 years tended to respond in 24 minutes, on average. Those over 51 years of age, on average took 47 minutes to respond.
Women typically respond four minutes longer than an email response from a man. The platform also plays a critical role: If someone is working from a laptop, on average it will take them almost twice as long to respond than if using a mobile phone.
Emails with only five words are the most common. More than half the email replies are less than 43 words, and only 30 percent of emails are longer than 100 words.
Younger users can cope with the increased email load more than older email users. When younger users become more overloaded they tend to send shorter and faster replies to cope with the increased load. On the other hand, older people respond to an increased load of emails by replying to a smaller fraction of emails.
It is no surprise that people are more active on email during the day than at night. Emails on weekends get shorter replies than weekdays. If you want a longer and perhaps more thoughtful reply, email someone in the morning. The researchers found that emails sent in the morning tend to get longer replies than those in the afternoon.
Wine is Better than Exercise
A recent study found that a
glass of red wine is the equivalent to an hour at the gym. Also,
drinking red wine could help burn fat, says another study.
The health benefits of red wine have been well documented. Studies have revealed that those who drink a glass of red wine a day are less likely to develop dementia or cancer, that it is good for your heart, it is anti-aging and can regulate blood sugar.
Research conducted by the University of Alberta in Canada has found that health benefits in resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, are similar to those we get from exercise. Resveratrol was seen to improve physical performance, heart function and muscle strength in the same way as they are improved after a gym session. Other sources of resveratrol are blueberries, peanut butter, red grapes, and dark chocolate.
The health benefits of red wine have been well documented. Studies have revealed that those who drink a glass of red wine a day are less likely to develop dementia or cancer, that it is good for your heart, it is anti-aging and can regulate blood sugar.
Research conducted by the University of Alberta in Canada has found that health benefits in resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, are similar to those we get from exercise. Resveratrol was seen to improve physical performance, heart function and muscle strength in the same way as they are improved after a gym session. Other sources of resveratrol are blueberries, peanut butter, red grapes, and dark chocolate.
Segway Causes Segway
In 2010, Jimi Heselden, the
mufti-millionaire owner of the company that makes Segway motorized
scooters died in an accident while riding one of his vehicles.
He was riding a rugged country version of the two-wheeled Segway when he lost control of the machine as he traveled along a bridleway close to his estate near Boston Spa, West Yorkshire. He was found dead in a river after plunging 80 feet over a limestone cliff. The Segway was found in the river near his body, indicating that he was still riding the scooter when he drove over the cliff.
Segways are banned on British roads for safety reasons, but are legal on private land. Heselden bought the Segway company nine months earlier and planned to further develop the machine.
He was riding a rugged country version of the two-wheeled Segway when he lost control of the machine as he traveled along a bridleway close to his estate near Boston Spa, West Yorkshire. He was found dead in a river after plunging 80 feet over a limestone cliff. The Segway was found in the river near his body, indicating that he was still riding the scooter when he drove over the cliff.
Segways are banned on British roads for safety reasons, but are legal on private land. Heselden bought the Segway company nine months earlier and planned to further develop the machine.
Free Books Online
Thought I would share a few sites that
offer free books for your reading pleasure.
- http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ Find award-winning books and search by categories, make believe books, true books, and picture books
- http://www.lookybook.com/
Access children’s picture books and books about philosophy and
religion.
- http://www.bored.com/ebooks/ It has has music ebooks, cooking, over 150 philosophy titles, and over 1,000 religion titles
- http://www.ideology.us/ Works by Rene Descartes, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and others.
- http://e-library.net/Religion.htm Read books about the Bible, Christian books, and more. Plays From Shakespeare to George Bernard Shaw and more contemporary playwrights.
- http://www.readbookonline.net/ Here you can read plays by Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and others.
- http://www.fiction.us/plays.htm Read Pygmalion and more.
- http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ All of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories
- http://vl-theatre.com/list4.shtml This site catalogs plays available in full text versions online
- http://www.publicbookshelf.com/ Romance novels, mysteries, and more
- http://www.ibdof.com/ Fantasy, graphic novels, anime, J.K. Rowling, and more
- http://www.free-online-novels.com/ Christian novels, fantasy and graphic novels, adventure books, horror books and more
- http://www.foxglove.co.uk/free_online_novels.html Free novels, satire, and short stories
- http://www.baen.com/library/ Find books by Scott Gier, Keith Laumer and others
- http://www.roadtoromance.ca/freestories.htm Books by romance novelists.
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