tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20343548561245669982024-03-18T02:47:33.879-07:00KYLE OGLE .comKyleOgle.com utilizes sources to cover short informative articles on topics ranging from history, travel, science, technology, and much more!Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-64971468830219255192022-02-15T02:20:00.004-08:002022-02-15T02:23:03.847-08:00Nature Photos, River, Mountains, Forest <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHnSlePZH_1fYf9-8VjUGQQ_0AAdPmhxdeJC0ZD69t9VP9Ic-3glqU3CR7DYT4HFf0L2QAkZ6NgjeAkUSM9yByUh0LzFiwE29LZLWB56c-OdNACLFPNVeSG7J3im6tluo526lZR3yU1B-oTqypgiOYBnnrmXMQ7C7WXghYxj0w-6LoQiBs_nAocpsglg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHnSlePZH_1fYf9-8VjUGQQ_0AAdPmhxdeJC0ZD69t9VP9Ic-3glqU3CR7DYT4HFf0L2QAkZ6NgjeAkUSM9yByUh0LzFiwE29LZLWB56c-OdNACLFPNVeSG7J3im6tluo526lZR3yU1B-oTqypgiOYBnnrmXMQ7C7WXghYxj0w-6LoQiBs_nAocpsglg=w458-h343" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="569" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSw3LADr6EtbybPNX3khvDBMbJLDkg0KdVXj0KED8OVgCU5vNvI55HtZX-DMze-1h8rMHVyJoiUYiWh/embed?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="960"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-10428097431562044092022-01-01T21:07:00.002-08:002022-01-26T02:25:45.589-08:00How to flip drag on Fenwick Nighthawk X Pflueger reel from left to right hand retrieve<span id="docs-internal-guid-23bf00e4-7fff-bf41-03f2-49d21f0364b7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I recently purchased a </span><a href="https://www.sportsmans.com/fishing-gear-supplies/fly-fishing/fly-rod-reel-combos/fenwick-nighthawk-x-fly-fishing-rod-and-reel-combo-9ft-56wt-4pc/p/1652821" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fenwick Nighthawk X</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> combo which comes with a Pflueger reel. Most reels that can be switched from left to right hand come from the manufacturer set to reel left handed. I reel right handed and I swap all of my reels over from left to right. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This reel is a disc drag reel, which means that there is no drag bearing in the center to flip around. I spent a while trying to figure out how to flip this reel from left to right and after finding no instructions with my combo, I took a long look at the reel and found out how to do it. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is a little gold pin on the spool under a metal disc with two screws (Seen below) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 384px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><img height="384" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/04WN957PabeDbGrY7RlaMhqvJ3rPq6x6pQXUbGUubD-npqSg97Zt8d41_CIVS71T5fyBvmS1pSQH0Zd-gFVq1WaIyk5garvVHu4ccCT0jvQfiGNXCaeu-ocZbPC5v8-ahIJxE1eS" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="288" /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 384px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><img height="384" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/7XWgMoPMrQzPcgyc4wqC6NykQIKZVelxj2phLzp5KqLzvpruGmZi2g1BLXpQiqn4wt0y_obcPDF-HJ48R7BfkjWSwMRCyNiVW3vS114g59lotAWCaTrhoTrKdvzFAwHZn5R-0KDW" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="288" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Removing those screws reveals a second pin, which is closer to the center of the spool. Notice the full hole and the hole that is not fully complete. The non fully complete hole goes over the smaller pin, the other pin is covered, and this makes the reel left hand retrieve. When the opposite occurs (The image to the left ) where the pin further from the center is through the full hole, the pin closer to the center is covered and the reel is right hand retrieve. Make sure that the divots are going over the pin that is covered (Notice the two drill outs that aren’t holes when the metal circle is flipped over). You're simply rotating that disc and screwing it back in. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This works because that pin runs on a track that only clicks one way, the pin further from the center of the spool only clicks when reeling right handed, and the pin closer to the center of the spool only clicks when reeling left handed. This track is on the gear on the reel ( the picture below on the right. )</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 384px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><img height="384" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/kBXX0hvLIYrKNv_S3rOQIeiuTsMpne8moILrp-fdV2-WRtsyrlX_inAag74gN9zHtNOrtw4wLAhXFT0dLSypmwyb692Ha8y3E8k5aL0sxfYRqTt4pmhaKQf3HJVpgRgZJ_1_yzfs" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="288" /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 384px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><img height="384" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4KMr0WAt-pD_v1HMpdLngT_nbn6m0Pja1REXCNWB1WSuHVl5DEw5VjqxBN4M6NhV1q8Nv1NjPjUDEKxdRFr73Y34WTFzD9j_zXxdUkV8b0yYBcKl89gl9LJItghmqdsQHEl89vba" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="288" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 384px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 384px; overflow: hidden; width: 288px;"><br /></span></span></p><br /></span><p> </p>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-76809699779184639782021-10-29T05:51:00.001-07:002022-01-26T02:26:11.675-08:00What Is La Niña?<p> <img height="416" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/1Itdj2CkdWOMN8J18vctxmz5KtNb-ULisnXUoaQ28skA4G90ElRIIoVBwDLlTmOwR5ifEoxxcgms-4fVJm9-AMXI-CbzEN0VBt2lGnvNIqMgCB-O17lics15OZ2EDEZqNRxWOQW6" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="624" /></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-0bdf483f-7fff-0964-a92c-cfb1755015e2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/storm-sea-waves-clouds-darling-4501645/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pixabay</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">La Niña occurs every 3-7 years in the Pacific Ocean. It is a weather pattern that generally occurs in sync with El Niño. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During La Niña, winds cause warm surface water from the equator to move west which causes colder water to rise near the edge of South America. La Niña can cause more lighting and storms in South and Central America as well as in the United States.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The event affects weather in different aspects all over the world. El Niño also affects weather across the globe, only in the opposite way. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">La Niña is the unusual cooling of surface waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean. El Niño is an unusual warming of surface waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean. These events switch every 3-7 years and are in sync with each other. This weather pattern is referred to as ENSO, El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The occurrence takes into effect several components, the largest effect being on ocean temperature. Ocean temperature also has a large effect on the wind temperature, which changes weather. Seasons are affected by these two components. During a warm year, summers get hotter and winters are warmer. During a colder year, summers are cooler and winters are colder. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ocean Temperature</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ocean temperatures greatly affect weather across the globe. In places where the ocean is generally warm there is more rain and clouds. These warmer places are closer to the equator and the sun heats the ocean up throughout the day. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In years where La Niña is in effect, more rain clouds form out at sea and bring in rain from the warmer water. While this is occurring, other places in the world have drought, causing forest fires or lakes to dry up. These odd weather patterns are not uncommon during La Niña years. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During La Niña, colder water is brought near the coast and more hurricanes form. This cold water and mixing of ocean water and nutrients generally helps fish populations and helps fisheries. La Niña generally creates more upwelling which brings nutrients to the surface for fish. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wind</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trade Winds generally blow to the west across the Pacific which causes cooler waters to rise to the surface and warmer water to cool in the middle of the Ocean. The movement of deeper colder water to replace warmer water is known as upwelling. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upwelling brings nutrients and phosphates to the surface, as well as cooler water. Phytoplankton use these to grow through photosynthesis. Many animals including clams, fish, and whales eat phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are a key for many species that provide for the South American seafood industry including anchovy, sardine, mackerel, shrimp, tuna, and hake.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 416px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="416" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/4MIvBbne9w78yQ8EN314FBu_jQqXntQ9f7nC5WhH0tmaeQqcMeCGiQa-BPPWmDTPOTRsFVpsHZtxKdHRKojsyqxquHNyHbGAIeG0hUriYHtMzQmty6teoUxaodtHqsVIi4xRonBr" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/rain-weather-raindrop-heavy-rain-3954273/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pixabay</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Season</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the summer in La Niña years rainfall is stronger than usual. This usually causes the monsoon season in India and Bangladesh. This also causes flooding in Australia, and can cause massive amounts of damage. La Niña can last one to three years unlike El Niño, which generally lasts no more than a year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operates a network of scientific buoys which measure air temperatures, currents, winds, and humidity. The buoys are located in around 70 locations around the southern Pacific Ocean. This monitoring helps scientists find new details and discoveries about climate and weather effects. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://scijinks.gov/la-nina/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://scijinks.gov/la-nina/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/la-nina/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/la-nina/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-81478449494416571302021-10-29T05:50:00.001-07:002022-01-26T02:27:05.911-08:00What Is El Niño?<p> <img height="351" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/uwuQkRNaUFvJD_XLkjRosAYUS8IbS9VSjIKKolo8NrTIpcbzXG2OB1Ttzq3GH13uD7OSyfXXQ2osZreeyWVYbsbS8gQl-pZEW8sNMsHp5yptYMIuPqTKFwNQgM_b3almyAWwmkgZ" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="624" /></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-92de295d-7fff-5928-d7e0-acf6e010d8e1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/storm-stormy-weather-sky-clouds-4582292/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pixabay</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">El Niño occurs every 3-7 years in the Pacific Ocean. It is a weather pattern that generally occurs in sync with La Niña. During El Niño, winds cause warm surface water from the equator to move east towards Central and South America. El Niño can cause more rain in South and Central America as well as in the United States. The event affects weather in different aspects all over the world. La Niña also affects weather across the globe, only in the opposite way. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">El Niño is an unusual warming of surface waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean. La Niña is the unusual cooling of surface waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean. These events switch every 3-7 years and are in sync with each other. This weather pattern is referred to as ENSO, El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The occurrence takes into effect several components, the largest effect being on ocean temperature. Ocean temperature also has a large effect on the wind temperature, which changes weather. Seasons are affected by these two components. During a warm year, summers get hotter and winters are warmer. During a colder year, summers are cooler and winters are colder. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ocean Temperature</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ocean temperatures greatly affect weather across the globe. In places where the ocean is generally warm there is more rain and clouds. These warmer places are closer to the equator and the sun heats the ocean up throughout the day. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In years where El Niño is in effect, more rain clouds form out at sea and bring in rain from the warmer water. While this is occurring, other places in the world have drought, causing forest fires or lakes to dry up. These odd weather patterns are not uncommon during El Niño years. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During El Niño, the thermocline (how deep the heat penetrates the water) can be extended and stretch as far as 500 ft below the surface. This amount of heat does not allow for cold water to bring nutrients from the depths to support normal sea life and can cause die offs and migrations of normally productive fish.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wind</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trade Winds generally blow to the west across the Pacific which causes cooler waters to rise to the surface and warmer water to cool in the middle of the Ocean. The movement of deeper colder water to replace warmer water is known as upwelling. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upwelling brings nutrients and phosphates to the surface, as well as cooler water. Phytoplankton use these to grow through photosynthesis. Many animals including clams, fish, and whales eat phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are a key for many species that provide for the South American seafood industry including anchovy, sardine, mackerel, shrimp, tuna, and hake.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 416px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="416" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/iHAPWrSHhmQfYHn4P43j5rMyQb_qKBO4VNx_nw1JJt4nMVW6vhrzIRs4FV_cnWV6ht7z7s_OtY4d-rDhPlf1Wd0LHJX4WE0DGzjYfKiyhmD2kBO7eJOrZz0ZRPJkLNzyQbZCrL8r" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/weather-clouds-sky-cloudy-nature-2412140/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pixabay </span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Season</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the fall and winter in some El Niño years winds are weaker than usual. The wind blows the other way in October which causes warm surface water to move north toward California and south toward Chile. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As El Niño begins or ends, there are different weather effects that can occur. These include more tornadoes in the midwest, more hurricane activity in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and changes in the central, not eastern, Pacific. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operates a network of scientific buoys which measure air temperatures, currents, winds, and humidity. The buoys are located in around 70 locations around the southern Pacific Ocean. This monitoring helps scientists find new details and discoveries about climate and weather effects. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://scijinks.gov/el-nino/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://scijinks.gov/el-nino/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/el-nino/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/el-nino/</span></a></p><div><br /></div></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-35604803625125578432021-10-20T02:42:00.001-07:002022-01-26T02:28:03.711-08:00 Why Does The Wind Blow?<p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why Does The Wind Blow?</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-837cea9c-7fff-a77f-8e80-7a39a7173f44"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ve all wondered at some point why the wind blows. The simple answer is that temperature differences from uneven heating of gasses in the atmosphere cause diffusion that we feel as ‘wind’. Wind varies by location, some of the fastest winds happen out at sea, where temperatures are the most uneven, causing hurricanes or typhoons. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everywhere on Earth experiences wind of some sort. Wind is simply atmospheric gasses evening themselves out and moving around. We may feel a strong wind, or we may not feel the wind at all, but the atmosphere is always trying to become an even temperature. Depending on location, the wind may be cold or warm, often or not often, very fast or somewhat slow. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span><span><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Temperature</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 415px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="415" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/81uHbPWVeHP4LMm5ow9z5dXAUENc9yhXbmN5GNSMyn0JOQivk4Um_Jkc-r9ZyhssfwZq195nhBn-bh_IEscAnSLj1mUEep2e4x7zSfjupVts0kqPjCFoxHmx7u-CFp39pxLxWggZ=s1600" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/palm-trees-wind-windy-weather-4293013/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pixabay</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main cause of wind is temperature. More specifically, it's the temperature difference. The gases that make up our atmosphere move as the temperatures change. When gases warm up the atoms and molecules move faster which makes them less dense and they rise. When air is colder, the molecules get slower and closer together and become more dense, causing them to sink. The sun warms up the air but is blocked by oceans, mountains, and other features, which causes some places to be warmer than others. Because of this there are pockets of warm air and cold air.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pressure</span></p></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since gases density is different at different temperatures, that means you also get pockets with high pressure and pockets with low pressure. You might think that the warm air would lead to a higher pressure area, but actually the opposite is true. Because warm air rises, it leaves behind an area of low pressure behind it. Gases move from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas. The larger the difference between the pressures, the faster the air will move from the high to the low pressure. Wind occurs when the gases move, in nature things always try to even out. It’s called diffusion. The wind you feel is the air quickly moving from different temperatures. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span><span><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Location </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="468" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/kqVDk07vHofvFh6lVXWy3n0MA5Rus38Zcj3RwnbV0emuGWqyPKkmlyS5D5jq5ApY5cXZMrLYsFm6lslCT9pDGGTIfHZnLiXLgzfL_Xu0XSptEXToca5lY-ftcV9Hh6gkE6fKqy00=s1600" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/wind-grass-plant-straw-grow-469244/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pixabay</span></a></p><br /><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some places get stronger wind because they are near the Ocean which has a different temperature change rate than rock, so the temperature difference is stronger and more often. Places with lots of mountains also experience more wind due to shade from the mountains and uneven heating. </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span><span><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wind is simply the atmosphere evening itself out. Sometimes wind is very cold because the cold air is moving to a warmer area, other times wind is somewhat warm and is moving towards a colder area. Wind is somewhat predictable, but remember that the Earth is just trying to become an even temperature next time the wind starts to blow! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://scijinks.gov/wind/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://scijinks.gov/wind/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.why.is/svar.php?id=5512" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.why.is/svar.php?id=5512</span></a></p><div><br /></div></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-31826268467943947172021-06-10T07:49:00.003-07:002021-06-10T07:50:28.097-07:00 Where Do Hurricanes Occur?<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ff809645-7fff-0ccd-5108-66b9e8c4984a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where Do Hurricanes Occur?</span></span></h2><span id="docs-internal-guid-618a0e88-7fff-2fa5-4bda-724d342371d2"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj353o_TfRcwGbAUh8b_ZVuDpgyqIX7Lf2Z_RhJbHSCbZ_PqCA1z1BpXsS7P10ve2JHuagWWARr_rNy7f9y8o8S5Q03oD7_nGtDqJHv0lGYGTvntbl6h9zZB6LDsaE4n4y0UK74ZhgvKrkT/s545-rw/Hurricanes+2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="545" height="280" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj353o_TfRcwGbAUh8b_ZVuDpgyqIX7Lf2Z_RhJbHSCbZ_PqCA1z1BpXsS7P10ve2JHuagWWARr_rNy7f9y8o8S5Q03oD7_nGtDqJHv0lGYGTvntbl6h9zZB6LDsaE4n4y0UK74ZhgvKrkT/w640-h280/Hurricanes+2.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9648e3aa-7fff-33eb-1719-eb9a3f59396d"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tropical Cyclone formation patterns Photo Credit: </span><a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/#bac" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/#bac</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hurricanes occur generally near the equator on tropical or subtropical waters. Hurricanes have the highest wind speeds of any storm, Super Typhoon Haiyan had the highest wind speed in 2013 at landfall it was estimated to have 196 miles per hour winds when it struck the Philippines. This is the fastest wind speed recorded worldwide.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A </span><a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutrsmc.shtml" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tropical storm</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is considered a hurricane if it is in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, or the central/northeastern Pacific Ocean. In the Western Pacific Ocean it is called a Typhoon. In the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean the same storm is called a cyclone. South Atlantic hurricanes are quite rare and only one has ever occurred in the region. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hurricanes occur in seven measurably specific locations on the planet. The Pacific Ocean has a notable amount, with over twenty typhoons and tropical storms hitting the Philippines some years. </span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhyUUdrlm7X9_eVmSsCGAy_6u19twwydPvl-6Wzs60g-OGSJ7LVpmljnejKEPh47g7CXnSfFGV6yUr4xWDaEJoIxCYUjxoiUpjGLIFwA8Wnr0j2O_P8_GwZbKoWtjqNezyTy-L3His_9C/s2048-rw/Hurricanes.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="2048" height="356" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhyUUdrlm7X9_eVmSsCGAy_6u19twwydPvl-6Wzs60g-OGSJ7LVpmljnejKEPh47g7CXnSfFGV6yUr4xWDaEJoIxCYUjxoiUpjGLIFwA8Wnr0j2O_P8_GwZbKoWtjqNezyTy-L3His_9C/w640-h356/Hurricanes.webp" width="640" /></a></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8b47502b-7fff-acb6-ca03-d81e53bc2bd3" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Centers. Photo Credit: </span><a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutrsmc.shtml" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutrsmc.shtml</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">North Atlantic</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?atlc" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Season:</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> June 1st to November 30th. Some storms occur outside of these dates. Hurricanes usually form near the center of the Atlantic Ocean and are blown toward the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Most of the hurricanes start to form around August and stop forming toward the end of October. The hurricanes are pushed by a high pressure gyre towards the east coast United States and generally land along the southern Border of the U.S., Mexico, or travel across Cuba or Central America. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eastern Pacific</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/#bac" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Season:</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> May 15th to November 30th. Most hurricanes occur sometime between late August or early September. This region is the second most active area for hurricanes. Hurricanes form in the Northeast Pacific and are pulled to the Eastern Pacific Ocean, usually starting off the coast of western Mexico and dying out in the open ocean. Occasionally the storms make it to Hawaii and can hit land causing damage or flooding. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Western Pacific</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/west-pacific" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Season:</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> July 1st to November 30th. Most hurricanes start between August and September. The Western Pacific is one of the most active hurricane regions. Storms start in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and travel west towards China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. An average of 25 storms occur in the Western Pacific every year and Super Typhoon Haiyan was one of these storms in 2013. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Southwestern Pacific</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/hurricanes/2020/01/27/12p-southern-pacific-ocean/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Season:</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> October 15th to May 15th. Most hurricanes start between March and February. Every decade about 100 to 150 storms occur but generally half of these storms become severe storms. These hurricanes start out at sea and move towards the coast of Australia and Papua New Guinea. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Northern Indian Ocean</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/where-do-most-hurricanes-occur.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Season:</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> April 1st to December 31th. Most cycles form between April and June or between October and December. The Northern Indian Ocean holds the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, both experience different cyclone activity. While storms in the North Indian Ocean contribute to only seven percent of the world’s total storms, they are also the most deadly since population density near the ocean is high. Storms occur in the Bay of Bengal much more frequently than the Arabian Sea due to the Arabian Sea having slightly cooler temperatures. Regions affected by hurricanes include India's southern coastline, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Oman, Yemen, Somalia, and rarely the southern coast of Iran. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Southeastern Indian Ocean</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/tropical-cyclone-knowledge-centre/history/tracks/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Season:</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 15 November to 30 April. Most hurricanes start in late October or early November, then another cycle begins in January and February, usually ending before May. Storms can start in the Arafura Sea, Timor Sea, or between Indonesia and Australia and move south or west. If they move south they generally follow the coast of Western Australia until they die out and can cause damage to several cities. If the storm moves west it goes out to sea and dies out, causing much less or potentially no harm. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Southwestern Indian Ocean</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/webcmrs9.0/anglais/faq/FAQ_Ang_G.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Season</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: 15 November to 30 April. Most hurricanes start between December and March and the peak of that is January and February. Hurricanes start near the center of the Indian Ocean and move west toward Madagascar and Mozambique. They usually are pulled south and either hit land, Mauritius, La Réunion, or die out at sea. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-665030412782913692021-06-08T06:13:00.004-07:002021-06-09T05:36:46.444-07:00Where Do Earthquakes Occur?<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where Do Earthquakes Occur?</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-9ec796e9-7fff-019b-29eb-5b18ea40f036"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BHXpKTg_cK5o3nP9ZYb8UcgwCaXGYhfowUb6LIMIeY882Yr4ZuR5KWHLDNhIxP_hXyJTvJFSAK7wstoj8QOsZQ0pl4JnQ3Ye2sN8V19bvArA9VvMf1xsnvF3BKHL6sYKeqdwgSM5znYD/s1276-rw/Earthquakes+4.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BHXpKTg_cK5o3nP9ZYb8UcgwCaXGYhfowUb6LIMIeY882Yr4ZuR5KWHLDNhIxP_hXyJTvJFSAK7wstoj8QOsZQ0pl4JnQ3Ye2sN8V19bvArA9VvMf1xsnvF3BKHL6sYKeqdwgSM5znYD/s1276-rw/Earthquakes+4.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvbs6vMLTJMpTBYzOVejHqhqtSgqvpNKAXz087TQdmG2P5xTTcj8JOyZ0WkDwtWyv0j6nGnmsssW2X6Ec4TzD76fdSWbkHu6_siZ6dfFIPHDtyJH-xE8kRmjw1ENXHuNUCqg9eu_Jt_R_/s1280-rw/Earthquakes+1.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1280" height="558" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvbs6vMLTJMpTBYzOVejHqhqtSgqvpNKAXz087TQdmG2P5xTTcj8JOyZ0WkDwtWyv0j6nGnmsssW2X6Ec4TzD76fdSWbkHu6_siZ6dfFIPHDtyJH-xE8kRmjw1ENXHuNUCqg9eu_Jt_R_/w640-h558-rw/Earthquakes+1.webp" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photo Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/illustrations/earthquake-crack-cracked-damage-5730256/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/illustrations/earthquake-crack-cracked-damage-5730256/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The surface of the planet is made of the crust, a rock layer that sits on top of magma. The continents are made of tougher granite and the ocean crust is made of basalt. The crust has fault lines which are cracks in the rock. Where these meet outline the different tectonic plates. Earthquakes generally happen in these areas where two plates meet at a crack in the crust. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Earth is made up of 15 plates, 7 major and 8 minor plates. When one of these plates slides against another one or slides under another one (both instances generally causing volcanic activity), an earthquake happens. The Pacific Ring of Fire is an earthquake belt that experiences 81% of the largest earthquakes in the world due to oceanic plates sliding under continental plates causing volcanoes. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Earthquakes can occur anywhere at any time, but there are three places where earthquakes generally occur. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, along the Alpide Belt, and along the Pacific Ring Of Fire. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Mid-Atlantic Ridge</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijspmdpDm-3ms7Si-98-ySU_P4Fm3UntVBueO5GTC2ISDs3dEJCeouBcCswNJdv81HrO7ZN0IEU1_PPHwBCEZeBi9JF8l2VoJrwvi-AJVipHLgfHBnLn9x71TQF87f-UTebcPAK5b3j_XD/s1280-rw/Earthquakes+2.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijspmdpDm-3ms7Si-98-ySU_P4Fm3UntVBueO5GTC2ISDs3dEJCeouBcCswNJdv81HrO7ZN0IEU1_PPHwBCEZeBi9JF8l2VoJrwvi-AJVipHLgfHBnLn9x71TQF87f-UTebcPAK5b3j_XD/w640-h480/Earthquakes+2.webp" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thingvellir, Iceland. Photo Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/%C3%BEingvellir-continental-drifting-1350906/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/%C3%BEingvellir-continental-drifting-1350906/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Mid-Atlantic Ridge starts in Svalbard, Norway and extends to the South Sandwich Islands right down the </span><a href="https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Plate-Tectonics/Chap3-Plate-Margins/Divergent/Mid-Atlantic-Ridge" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">center</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the Atlantic Ocean. The ridge is a split in the seafloor where plates are moving apart, exposing magma under the ocean causing volcanic activity, earthquakes, and seamounts. The ridge is a combination of the North American Plate, the Eurasian Plate, the South American Plate and the African Plate moving apart at a rate of about 2.5 cm per year.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Alpide Belt</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbaJX35UegUle123HEPpfCLTCltj1mK2agX9_08hCS5HNcOCHesoWulfMBFGV7oS9JkiaEZMGQyyb1ZV3eiljdoAHA3KjcRtlyHXZJkch9EGvv8fQPbit1D2kkcwLyaydGhyKf0u7C_OGS/s1280-rw/Earthquakes+3.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbaJX35UegUle123HEPpfCLTCltj1mK2agX9_08hCS5HNcOCHesoWulfMBFGV7oS9JkiaEZMGQyyb1ZV3eiljdoAHA3KjcRtlyHXZJkch9EGvv8fQPbit1D2kkcwLyaydGhyKf0u7C_OGS/w640-h360/Earthquakes+3.webp" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tannheim, Austria. Photo Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/rough-horn-alpine-2146181/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/rough-horn-alpine-2146181/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Alpide Belt is where 17% of the earthquakes in the world occur. The Alpide Belt </span><a href="https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-alpide-belt.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">starts out</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the Atlantic Ocean and stretches between Spain and Morocco, through the Alps and Italy, across Turkey and Iran, up into China, and then through Malaysia and Indonesia out into the Pacific Ocean. The fault lines that connect create immense earthquakes and the mountainous regions are proof of the tectonic activity. As more tectonic activity happens along the Alpide Belt, more earthquakes occur. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Pacific Ring Of Fire </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1276" height="520" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BHXpKTg_cK5o3nP9ZYb8UcgwCaXGYhfowUb6LIMIeY882Yr4ZuR5KWHLDNhIxP_hXyJTvJFSAK7wstoj8QOsZQ0pl4JnQ3Ye2sN8V19bvArA9VvMf1xsnvF3BKHL6sYKeqdwgSM5znYD/w640-h520/Earthquakes+4.webp" width="640" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pacific Ring Of Fire. Photo Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/illustrations/earth-black-and-white-globe-1504059/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/illustrations/earth-black-and-white-globe-1504059/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">81% of the largest earthquakes occur in the Pacific Ring Of Fire. This is a </span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Ring-of-Fire" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ring</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean. The belt starts in Chile and runs north including the Pacific coasts of Mexico, California, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands. It continues to Japan, the Philippines, New Guinea, and New Zealand. The belt is a chain of deep trenches, young volcanoes, edges of tectonic plates, and other geological features that have a tendency to cause earthquakes. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The world's 5 most earthquake-prone countries include China, Indonesia, Iran, Turkey, and Japan. China has experienced more earthquakes than any other country, 157 earthquakes from 1900 to 2016. Indonesia has experienced the second most with 113 earthquakes of significant magnitude between 1900 and 2016. Iran has had 106 earthquakes from 1900 to 2016. Japan and Turkey have had substantial earthquakes that have levelled buildings and caused major damage due to their placement on fault lines. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not everywhere is vulnerable to extreme earthquakes, but almost everywhere can experience an earthquake and depending on how close to a fault line or volcano the location is depends on how often earthquakes will occur and how strong they will be. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-80438248807939374742021-05-30T11:41:00.004-07:002021-05-30T12:00:54.370-07:00 Earth’s Temperature and Carbon Dioxide Levels at All Time High<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Earth’s Temperature and Carbon Dioxide Levels at All Time High</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c058aba-7fff-3608-74ed-e444785ccf28"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 294px; overflow: hidden; width: 517px;"><img height="314.08607070057667" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/b3l8ZMeR_-M086gxq7neRTwiLlvKQme1H1n5u-Ze2dUsEUHH0XiPNtFJGESx1BBhUi7uULJx-GHAkCaqA8FiuoR9mi0F4jKIJyUW1yF0D7Tvy18jv_z1eFg0nGjv3UcI0SqHlspF" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="620" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photo Credit: </span><a href="https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.climate.gov</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> interactive carbon dioxide tracker</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 2020, the planet saw a first in 800,000 years: over 415 parts-per-million (ppm) of CO2 in the </span><a href="https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">atmosphere</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Since 1960 CO2 levels have steadily increased from 0.6 ppm every year to 2.3 ppm every year, about 100 times faster than natural rates. In April of 2021, the current concentration sits at 416 ppm, over 100 ppm more than the highest natural record. According to NASA’s Global Climate Change </span><a href="https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2865/a-degree-of-concern-why-global-temperatures-matter/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Website</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: “In many regions, warming has already surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. More than one-fifth of all humans live in regions that have already seen warming greater than 1.5 degrees Celsius in at least one season. Climate-related risks were found to be generally higher at lower latitudes and for disadvantaged people and communities.” and “The impacts of climate change haven’t been spread evenly around our planet and they won’t be in the future, either. Temperatures increase at different speeds everywhere.” This could be a call for change, given that in just 2016 196 countries were signing the </span><a href="https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paris Agreement</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> which states “Its goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.” In a <a href="https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/new-climate-predictions-increase-likelihood-of-temporarily-reaching-15-%C2%B0c-next-5">press release</a> on May 27, 2021 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO): “This study shows – with a high level of scientific skill – that we are getting measurably and inexorably closer to the lower target of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. It is yet another wakeup call that the world needs to fast-track commitments to slash greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality,” said WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas. Earth’s average temperature has always fluctuated, but there is clear </span><a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/what-is-climate-change" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">evidence</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that the current upward trend coincides with CO2 levels and will not go down until CO2 levels do. After 1900, average temperature began to slowly rise until around 1950 when it dropped, but stayed mostly steady until 1980. After 1980 the average global temperature has nearly doubled. Previously expected to only reach 0.5C, it has reached 1.0 C. “Despite La Niña, 2020 ranked as the second-warmest year in the 141-year record for the combined land and ocean surface, and land areas were hottest on record.” Says </span><a href="https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Climate.gov</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. By 2050 the Earth is predicted to rise to an average temperature of 1.5 C </span><a href="https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature-projections" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">above </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pre-industrial levels, but this does not mean that time is on our side. “Human-induced global warming has already caused multiple observed changes in the climate system (</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">high confidence</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). Changes include increases in both land and ocean temperatures, as well as more frequent heatwaves in most land regions (</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">high confidence</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). There is also (</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">high confidence</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) global warming has resulted in an increase in the frequency and duration of marine heatwaves.” </span><a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">According to</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, report. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-24327724307231175352021-05-29T23:01:00.000-07:002021-05-29T23:01:11.287-07:00 Smoking Can Increase COVID-19 Risk<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Smoking Can Increase COVID-19 Risk</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6d0da926-7fff-80e2-477d-f95ac801406b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 395px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="395" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mYXyLnYDxNtPdvESlJZYKE_IJC6FNyFxP9fGacsjZx63hG8Fs8dcCRit1rPTS__gPrF8oiIpDiecMc6uOOcUH6vhH0y2vKIjGsBA_jE-4yhyo-a1m1vkpcbeLJsg1RQuyVJTHskx" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photo Credit: </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/cigarette-smoke-burning-cigarette-110849/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/cigarette-smoke-burning-cigarette-110849/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Smoking has been a major topic in the last few years due to nicotine consumption at higher rates from easier access to vaping and electronic cigarettes. The trend among teens has been alarming, in the last ten years (2011 - 2021) middle school, high school, and underage teens have more than doubled every few years. In 2011 less than five percent of high school and middle school aged teens were using electronic cigarettes, in 2020 a </span><a href="https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/youth-and-tobacco/get-latest-facts-teen-tobacco-use" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">total of about</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 25 percent of teens were using electronic cigarettes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this already dangerous habit could become more of a concern with COVID-19. In an </span><a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2021-who-supports-people-quitting-tobacco-to-reduce-their-risk-of-severe-covid-19" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">article</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> published May 28, 2021 on WHO website: “Smokers have up to a 50% higher risk of developing severe disease and death from COVID-19, so quitting is best thing smokers can do to lower their risk from this coronavirus, as well as the risk of developing cancers, heart disease and respiratory illnesses,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. WHO </span><a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/tobacco-e-cigarettes" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reports</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that “Both tobacco products and ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: E Cigarettes) pose risks to health. The safest approach is not to use either.” and that “There is growing evidence that ENDS could be associated with lung injuries and in recent times e-cigarette and vaping have been linked to an outbreak of lung injury in the USA.” This information is updated as of Jan 29, 2020. While the vitamin-e acetate related hospitalizations have slowed down </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">significantly</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> enough to not give cause for alarm lately, the COVID-19 factor is going to be a concern for a while as interpersonal contact becomes more normal with vaccination availability. WHO offers support through ‘</span><a href="https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day/world-no-tobacco-day-2021" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Commit to Quit</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ campaign as well as ‘</span><a href="https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day/world-no-tobacco-day-2021/quitting-toolkit" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quitting Toolkit</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ and hosts </span><a href="https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">World No Tobacco Day 2021</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on May 31, 2021. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-22392114058014332122021-05-17T05:11:00.002-07:002021-06-18T01:06:40.868-07:00Analysis of Dogecoin's Recent Popularity <div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><p> </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-2417ce6b-7fff-9161-142d-09f58eeec8ae"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 34.6667px; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;">Analysis of Dogecoin's Recent Popularity </span></span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dogecoin rose to popularity when it broke 1 cent (US) on Jan. 2nd 2021, a charge reportedly lead by Elon Musk who tweeted “</span><a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1340590280848908288" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One Word: Doge</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” on Dec. 20, 2020. Over the next several months Dogecoin would reach over 70 cents (US), but has recently dropped below 50 cents (US) after an </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5RCfQyTDFI" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SNL bit</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dogecoin is a type of </span><a href="https://www.kyleogle.com/2021/01/kyle-explains-5-cryptocurrency.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">cryptocurrency</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that was created in 2013 by two engineers, one from Adobe and one from IBM. They decided to combine Doge and Bitcoin to create </span><a href="https://dogecoin.com/#wallets" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dogecoin</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The engineers responsible claim it was a </span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-dogecoin-2013-12" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">joke</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, now the coin is making </span><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/reddit-trader-im-a-dogecoin-millionaire-inspired-by-elon-musk.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">millionaires overnight</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dogecoin has </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/what-is-dogecoin/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20lifetime%20cap,grow%20its%20value%20over%20time." style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">no limit</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on the amount of coins that can be mined, this means that there is no limit to how many coins will exist and there is a possibility of the supply being more than the demand even after the demand rises. The blocks become more complex so if demand is rising, chances of the coin dropping significantly in value is unlikely but possible. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trending</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpib4dX_plkjx3JOiaD9jZqXeN7uAK_q1An8W3-QNheWIdXBUdofu1rZna3z29TDdLwxNB37fk0Aq2WGbKiXbmKMzqX1w0T-7FqBQHycLwyMZclbA8MbflmLcpgv4Bv3gUeT2pv33Yx9e_/s1280-rw/Dogecoin+1.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpib4dX_plkjx3JOiaD9jZqXeN7uAK_q1An8W3-QNheWIdXBUdofu1rZna3z29TDdLwxNB37fk0Aq2WGbKiXbmKMzqX1w0T-7FqBQHycLwyMZclbA8MbflmLcpgv4Bv3gUeT2pv33Yx9e_/s320-rw/Dogecoin+1.webp" /></a></div></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dogecoin was released in 2013 by IBM software engineer Billy Markus and Adobe software engineer Jackson Palmer. The two jokingly merged the Doge meme with Bitcoin to create Dogecoin, Bitcoin’s open source code rearranged and the coin used the famous Shiba Inu image that became a </span><a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doge" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">viral meme</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Dogecoin slowly held it’s value until Jan 2nd 2021, when it broke 1 cent (US). Dogecoin continued to rise in value, holding at around 5 cents (US) until April 12, 2021, when it began to climb hitting 37 cents (US) on April 17th. A week later Doge sat at around 25 cents (US), and then a week after jumped up to 72 cents (US) on may 7th, 2021. </span></span></p><span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Celebrities</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elon Musk has reportedly been leading the Doge charge with the viral phrase ‘to the moon’. Musk tweeted “One Word: Doge” on Dec 20, 2020 which is connected to Dogecoin prices soaring. Mark Cuban has been a perpetuation of Dogecoin,</span><a href="https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1392611938983632896" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> tweeting</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “We at </span><a href="http://mavs.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://Mavs.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> will continue to accept BTC/Eth/Doge because we know that replacing Gold as a store of value will help the environment” Guy Fieri even tweeted “</span><a href="https://twitter.com/GuyFieri/status/1382036182507343879" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rollin’ out to the MOON #Dogecoin</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” wearing a Doge spacesuit in a photoshopped image. Snoop Dogg tweeted out ‘</span><a href="https://twitter.com/SnoopDogg/status/1358141965930426368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1358141965930426368%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coindesk.com%2Fdogecoin-rises-more-than-36-after-snoop-dogg-becomes-snoop-doge" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Snoop Doge</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ to Elon Musk as well. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cryptocurrency</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7x7MJKcDvH5EUgtVHnKTUreI_CWVtw5GWE79u-kDzP0j0CRukWBOsnSN94Rd9CgFius1Dpd6DT81e2QYYjmq-zKij8Kn4pLt15Ws8aMhecHiVexciamJsMEulDMxXuU_FVeMUtyJGGqu/s1280-rw/Dogecoin+2.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1280" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7x7MJKcDvH5EUgtVHnKTUreI_CWVtw5GWE79u-kDzP0j0CRukWBOsnSN94Rd9CgFius1Dpd6DT81e2QYYjmq-zKij8Kn4pLt15Ws8aMhecHiVexciamJsMEulDMxXuU_FVeMUtyJGGqu/s320-rw/Dogecoin+2.webp" width="320" /></a></div></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dogecoin was one of the first cryptocurrencies and has an unlimited amount of coins to be mined and distributed. Dogecoin has become a viral trend and is rising in price, but I cannot give financial advice as I am not qualified to do so. I wrote an article covering </span><a href="https://www.kyleogle.com/2021/01/kyle-explains-5-cryptocurrency.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cryptocurrencies</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and how they work essentially. Computers solve a mathematical equation that becomes more complicated the more times it is solved, some currencies have a certain amount until there are no more that can be mined. Dogecoin is not one of those, but supply may be outnumbered by demand during the trend, which causes the value to go up as it is traded. I suggest learning as much as possible before making any financial investments and using more than just this source before making any decisions. </span></span></p><span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is unclear where Dogecoin will go in the future, we are guaranteed to see fluctuations like any market, but the variation in fluctuations can only be determined by time itself. Trends and celebrity influence has been a leading role in Dogecoin’s value rises and as time goes on more people will sell and more people will buy which could make this currency rise in value or drop immensely. An expected drop after Dogecoin hits $1 USD would be my best guess at the future, but I am not qualified to say that for sure, and who knows, maybe Dogecoin will go ‘to the moon!’</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/illustrations/dogecoin-doge-coin-doge-digital-6249165/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/illustrations/dogecoin-doge-coin-doge-digital-6249165/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/illustrations/image-set-internet-vectors-3046593/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/illustrations/image-set-internet-vectors-3046593/</span></a></p><div><br /></div></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-63561851614722317692021-05-10T08:45:00.012-07:002021-06-18T01:07:37.243-07:00About Stress and Health Management<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><p> </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-98cfa6a7-7fff-61d7-4ea3-bf2943d2189e"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About Stress and Health Management </span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am not a medical professional or qualified to give medical advice, I will be linking to all of my sources in this article, this article is for informational purposes.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As more and more information and opportunities become available, stress becomes a major topic and concern. Stress caused by indecisiveness is often referred to as ‘</span><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/analysis-paralysis#acceptance" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">analysis paralysis</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’ and the solution is often to trust one's instinct and accept the situation. Stress can come from many places, some internal, some external. The best thing to remember is that there is almost always a solution.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUd2AwVmPOl2SD3kcqrRRiN5r-1Kg7_iHLd2dU2BLnSdFonPl0-E2JHMIz2JloU8Av7qNMqii6xFqHnWXS_bW69_AVOhm8nry53TKMcc7SyR0glMX7xuLnLVPNZgnxfz1TbCvZNyBG106D/s1912-rw/Stress+1.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="1912" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUd2AwVmPOl2SD3kcqrRRiN5r-1Kg7_iHLd2dU2BLnSdFonPl0-E2JHMIz2JloU8Av7qNMqii6xFqHnWXS_bW69_AVOhm8nry53TKMcc7SyR0glMX7xuLnLVPNZgnxfz1TbCvZNyBG106D/s320-rw/Stress+1.webp" width="320" /></a></span></div></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While analysis paralysis is one type of external stress, an internal stressor can be remembering negative memories. The brain is very complicated, so much so that </span><a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/centers_clinics/ionm/types/intraoperative-brain-mapping.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">brain surgeons</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> must prepare for each surgery differently because no two people have the same brain. This means that people have a hard time understanding how exactly </span><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150817132325.htm" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">negative memories work</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Changing a person’s physical state or emotional state to match that of when the memory experienced has been shown to bring that memory back. The best thing to learn from that is to remember that every time you experience a negative memory it is only a reminder of a time that is gone and taking some deep breaths can relieve the anxiety induced by it. </span></span></p><span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Types of stress and stress symptoms</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stress is a feeling of being overwhelmed or inability to handle pressure. It’s not necessarily a bad thing and should be short term. Any stress that lasts for long term can cause negative effects on your health, some of which can be </span><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health-news/mental-eight-ways-stress-harms-your-health-082713" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">long-term</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Signs of stress can </span><a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/s/stress" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">range from</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Unexpected anxiety, fear, anger, aggression, sadness, irritability, frustration, or depression. Physical characteristics can also come from being stressed and could be: headaches, nausea, indigestion, shallow breathing or hyperventilating, sweating, increased heart rate, or unexpected aches and pains. These are all common for anyone who is under high amounts of stress and should only last a short time, if stress affects you for a long time your sleep and memory could be affected, your eating habits might change, and you could feel less motivated to exercise. Long term stress has been shown in </span><a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/s/stress" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">studies</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to lead to IBS and Cardiovascular Disease. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynyggq_JDCnrc2gJ4q4uz7Wv8iq3poWaaNHkWeO2nCzK8o1veLnajw3q508mAcLlOSrO7nH4qIE0tsGvj9XDg1qZiFKEi3odhhhq6qIxP7GCF0Lt8XHB2ifKSc-T8LitHFM1omoGftCZD/s1280-rw/Stress+2.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynyggq_JDCnrc2gJ4q4uz7Wv8iq3poWaaNHkWeO2nCzK8o1veLnajw3q508mAcLlOSrO7nH4qIE0tsGvj9XDg1qZiFKEi3odhhhq6qIxP7GCF0Lt8XHB2ifKSc-T8LitHFM1omoGftCZD/s320-rw/Stress+2.webp" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Effects of stress</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stress is not limited to mental strain, there are physical and behavioral changes that can occur when under stress as well. Stress can be categorized into </span><a href="https://www.mygbhp.com/condition/stress/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">three types</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Chronic, Acute, and Episodic. Chronic stress is generally from long term triggers or stressors that last for a long period of time. Feeling out-of-control, helplessness, and low self-esteem can be related to chronic stress. Acute stress is generally a one time event that the person continues to feel stressed about for up to a month, any longer and it could be classified as anxiety disorder. Dissociation, startling easily, and amnesia from the event can all be related to Acute Stress. Episodic Stress is when a person feels that something is ‘life or death’ when it is not. This type of stress is often mistaken as being ‘overly dramatic’ but is a real emotional stress and a physical symptom of stress. Rapid heartbeat, panic attacks, and muscular strain are all related to Episodic Stress. These three types are disorders, but still give some clarity to signs of </span><a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-symptoms/art-20050987" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">stress</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and types of stressors. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stress management and stress relief </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the best ways of coping with stress is </span><a href="https://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/tips-to-control-stress" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">exercise</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Exercising increases blood flow which increases the amount of oxygen going to the brain, allowing one to think clearer. Exercise also allows the body to cycle faster, which raises endorphin production and chemically makes a person happier. Stress can lead to many problems like drug or alcohol use or misuse, social withdrawal, overeating or undereating, and lack of motivation or sleep problems. When in a stressful situation, try to keep your normal </span><a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress-symptoms/art-20050987" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">routine</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and don’t exhaust yourself. Deep breathing, keeping a sense of humor and staying in a light mood, being social and connecting with family and friends, and exercising or doing some stretching or yoga can all be beneficial ways to manage stress. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everyone has stress at some point, looking for signs of burnout and knowing how to reduce stress are the best ways to stay stress-free. There is no quick anti stress fix, but practicing patience and positive thinking while using strategies to reduce stress can make a difference.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/stop-time-waste-ad-saying-set-3089945/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/stop-time-waste-ad-saying-set-3089945/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/desperate-thinking-stressed-out-5011953/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/desperate-thinking-stressed-out-5011953/</span></a></p><br /></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-24714407234105954442021-05-03T07:04:00.003-07:002021-06-18T01:09:09.453-07:00Oil Drilling and Type of Oil Rigs<div class="separator"></div><p> </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-0509408f-7fff-f6ab-c658-1ca526e28096"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oil Drilling and Type of Oil Rigs</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/oil-rig-oil-platform-oil-rig-2205542/" target="_blank"><img height="235" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_Hk2N0eZxudE12fHW8kuG8udDGmOKScQniEH7X0AqClkFqyJs8L8mLK9Ty3YIgrFAvOng4H14nmw19K1sKq3e7-ZFKYsTTrYXmvcqfVI0tqgIwx0JrB2V4rrrQErdwmpTuKagwVE" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About </span><a href="https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-physics/chapter/case-study-world-energy-use/#:~:text=About%2040%25%20of%20the%20world's,4.5%25%20of%20the%20world's%20population!" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">40 percent</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the world’s energy comes from oil. The U.S. uses about a quarter of the world’s oil every year. Crude oil is drilled for and pumped out of the ground, refined, and barreled. </span><a href="https://www.energy.gov/articles/hows-and-whys-replacing-whole-barrel#:~:text=For%20many%2C%20a%20barrel%20of,plastics%20and%20many%20industrial%20chemicals." style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Products</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from crude oil include Asphalt, Petroleum, Jet Fuel, Diesel Fuel, and Gasoline. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More than </span><a href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R42432" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">75 percent</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the oil in the U.S. comes from private land and individuals hiring or starting their own oil production. Oil wells are drilled until the oilfield is reached, then a pipeline is inserted into the drill hole to remove the oil. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 193px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 266px;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/refinery-pump-oil-pump-industry-514010/" target="_blank"><img height="193" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/H8ewJAohgqQ7Z1ZOgrRc_DZTLWv-z46-8GOAdNA0tP0NP1bFSBp6HKcOACCPWsp2k1w_yNEvPNcYErW6iGLrUHf1amwe4vAQZ5GWijywRvGTDxPw1QnEH3m4rQx1y9eXvYSNvStd" style="margin-left: -30px; margin-top: 0px;" width="329" /></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The pipeline is generally equipped with a pumpjack, downhole pump, or gas lift system to bring the oil out of the well. </span><a href="https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Pump_jack" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pumpjacks</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> dip into the well and increase pressure in the well to push, or pump, the oil out of the well. (</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFJFiyXTOa0" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Demonstration</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) </span><a href="https://www.slb.com/completions/artificial-lift/sucker-rod-pumps/downhole-pumps" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Downhole Pumps</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are a pump that is inserted at the bottom of the well and pumps the oil up the pipe. </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/gas-lifts" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gas Lifts</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> use gas and pressure to push the oil out of the well and then separate any mixture before final removal.</span></p><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Types of Oil Rigs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oil rigs or oil platforms are very complicated pieces of equipment used for drilling for oil underwater, generally in the ocean. Several types of rigs exist and are optimized for different depths and use including offshore drilling for oil or gas drilling. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fixed platform</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> type </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569118304484" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">oil rigs</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> have steel or cement legs and are anchored to the bed of the ocean or sea. These are usually for long-term use and are feasible for depths up to about 1700 ft. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Compliant towers</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are a </span><a href="https://onepetro.org/ISOPEIOPEC/proceedings-abstract/ISOPE20/All-ISOPE20/ISOPE-I-20-1321/446544" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">steel-structured tower</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> attached to the ocean or seafloor and are narrow and flexible to withstand currents with a smaller platform at the top. They are generally for long-term use and are used in depths ranging from 1500 ft to 3000 ft. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Semi-Submersible Platforms </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">work similar to boats and have hulls that keep them stable. They also have buoyancy tanks that allow changing in depth, and are usually anchored with chain or wire rope to the ocean floor. These platforms can be </span><a href="https://www.huismanequipment.com/en/products/drilling/jbf_14000?gclid=CjwKCAjwm7mEBhBsEiwA_of-TGG1DCYAoNEN-EZlcpZb3cYPu9xwAmYCvinE8HUAgWGMi4WjQ7LsWhoCh2oQAvD_BwE" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">assembled on land</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and towed for offshore drilling, and are used in depths from 200 ft to 20,000 feet. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jack-Up Drilling Rigs</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are mobile drilling rigs that began as </span><a href="https://www.rigzone.com/training/insight.asp?insight_id=339" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">modified barges</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, they have several legs attached that can raise and lower up to 600ft to be used as a temporary drilling platform in up to 600 ft of water. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drillships</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> use DP, dynamic positioning, to stay stable while </span><a href="https://www.shell.com/inside-energy/drillships-the-next-generation.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">drilling</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. They are generally used as a research vessel and can drill from 12,000 ft to a reported 23,000 ft deep. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 237px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 343px;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/russia-oil-platform-rig-boat-ship-112445/" target="_blank"><img height="237" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/jVihyVtPCvIG52O6oqmInSn1GUrhk9a00RcL9wnQpnr6O-Uk1qaLwE40yZUZSuLrpdw1Seffaq8rzQwLMSXAaR3AtLexI3oXVEwXGIS7WDRmEAh-1uTEr-AuqTsxmLO9yEHfiu-K" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="343" /></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tension-Leg Platforms or TLP</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> use four anchors under the seafloor to tension the corners of the rig and eliminate any </span><a href="https://www.modec.com/business/floater/tlp/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">movement</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. They are used between 1,000 ft and 4,900 ft in depth and are one of the most stable designs. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gravity-Base Structures or GBS</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are cement or </span><a href="https://www.ngi.no/eng/Services/Technical-expertise/Offshore-geotechnics/Gravity-Base-Structures" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">steel tanks anchored</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to the seafloor and are often used in fjords since they are protected there. They are held in place by gravity and the tanks that are used to store oil or gas, and are used in less than 100 ft of water.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spar Platforms </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are a </span><a href="https://www.ourworldofenergy.com/vignettes.php?type=oil-and-gas&id=7" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mix between</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> compliant towers and TLP and are tall like a compliant tower, except are a solid tank that is used as a hull and does not connect to the seafloor, instead cables or chains connect the hull to the seafloor. These are used between 2,000 ft and 8,000 ft of water depth.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oil is a huge part of our lives and used for many things including plastics, solvents, cars, heating, and jet fuel. Nearly 6% of oil is used for </span><a href="https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/use-of-oil.php#:~:text=We%20use%20petroleum%20products%20to,intermediate%20and%20end%2Duser%20goods." style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">jet fuel</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and 28% of oil is used for industrial purposes. We don’t know </span><a href="https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=34&t=6" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">how much</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is used for plastic but we can assume a decent amount, estimates are </span><a href="https://1bagatatime.com/learn/plastic-bags-petroleum/#:~:text=About%208%25%20to%2010%25%20of,about%2010%20bags%20a%20week." style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">around 10%</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The best thing to leave this on is </span><a href="https://www.epa.gov/recycle" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">reduce, reuse, and recycle</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, because there are millions of dollars being spent on producing oil and the less we use, the better. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/oil-rig-oil-platform-oil-rig-2205542/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/oil-rig-oil-platform-oil-rig-2205542/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/refinery-pump-oil-pump-industry-514010/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/refinery-pump-oil-pump-industry-514010/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/russia-oil-platform-rig-boat-ship-112445/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/russia-oil-platform-rig-boat-ship-112445/</span></a></p><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Keywords: offshore oil drilling, oil and gas drilling, offshore oil and gas, offshore rigs, drilling platform, ocean oil rigs, offshore oil rigs, onshore drilling, oil well drilling, offshore drilling, oil rigs. </span></p></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-43208974654022328672021-04-26T11:04:00.005-07:002021-06-18T01:14:53.679-07:00Radiation and Radioactivity<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><p> </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-10d65ab6-7fff-6f11-c7ff-452b0dcb6f6d"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Radiation and Radioactivity</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 217px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 307px;"><img height="217" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_MhPwZihvSqA9fjugQKtgfU3pYqx6dRqjgfLZgnsTfMWmORCHbonvM1S8DXXxFhL9IXsYY9xH24aCrHhyLTDq0js0o5n-s7GiOzdzsKLs11hi4rZbXxB2lSbjyqPowVr6U_5xFNn" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="307" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since the invention of radio, radiation has been a hot topic. Radiation is small particles that move at a high enough rate to cause ionization, or change molecules. Though the sun’s radiation has been theorized in art for hundreds of years, it wasn’t until </span><a href="https://www.mirion.com/learning-center/radiation-safety-basics/the-history-of-radiation#:~:text=Although%20it%20was%20Henri%20Becquerel,thorium%2C%20polonium%2C%20and%20radium." style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1895</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when Wilhelm Roentgen theorized radiation. Later in 1896 Henri Becquerel theorized nuclear radiation, and later his student Marie Curie famously measured and officially discovered radiation in 1915. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although radiation poisoning </span><a href="https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/radiation-exposure/radiofrequency-radiation.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">famously</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has little or nothing to do with radio waves, radio, light, heat, sound, and many forms of energy can be radiation. There are </span><a href="https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/radiation/health-effects/radiation-basics.html#neutron" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">four main types</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of radiation: Alpha, Beta, Gamma and X-Rays, and Neurons. Alpha and Beta Particles come from naturally occurring materials such as Uranium and Strontium. Gamma Rays and X-Rays are waves that can penetrate materials to a point (several inches of a thick material like lead or concrete will generally stop them). These generally come from the sun or are used for medical purposes. Neutrons are high-speed nuclear particles that can penetrate materials. These are the only type of radiation that can make other materials radioactive. While this may sound overwhelming, these are pretty much only found inside of nuclear reactors since there is a process to create them. </span><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 190px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 339px;"><img height="190" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/MTHlvQi8jq34NDxCKsYzZfT4T_iyIRjMERhjtsCdMGMMcHNBRanouHfEs7nYWCIKHBLyipUuu64r0cLrg9NFKfVsz-3BNmCeXKl9gRR9CUxGd5uAAA34jwCyNXWifZQC3i0GHmn9" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="339" /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chernobyl is one of the most famous nuclear disasters to happen to date. It is considered the worst nuclear disaster to date, involving nearly 500,000 people and over $70 Billion USD in 2021 money. The event happened in 1986 and left an entire city deserted, houses still stand to this day, completely intact and polluted with nuclear radiation. The Elephant’s Foot is the name given to a massive pile of melted metals and nuclear material left at the bottom of the reactor, which resemble an elephant's foot. At the time of discovery, The Elephant’s Foot gives half a lethal dose of radiation within five minutes of being near it. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><a href="https://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/HanfordHistory" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hanford site</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was created as part of the Manhattan Project in 1943 and was the first full-scale plutonium reactor in the world. The project created the plutonium used for the Trinity Site, and for the Fat Man, the first atomic bomb used in war. The project expanded to nine reactors and five processing sites which produced plutonium for thousands of U.S. nuclear weapons. While the project was successful, it released large amounts of radioactive materials into the Columbia River in Washington State where it’s located. After it was shut down it left behind over 53 million gallons of radioactive waste and in 2011 the remaining liquid was removed and left behind only solid nuclear waste. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 160px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 331px;"><img height="160" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/3cNjvlPZT_fX-yx5uTUXD_c62Gc9Ohtb00Y_2wFMxJdek0BSaPbovjMyu3ozUSU3INwjNJWgX1QA7wYn9a69k_puszynf80WbP1Zo5xgzHZ8fBPdfaOBM-Eoz6KwB9qV4me9aBDa" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="331" /></span>Trinity was his name. Well, it was the name of the first nuclear bomb tested in history. On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 a.m. the world's first nuclear bomb was dropped in the New Mexico Desert where it was famously successful. The explosion was equivalent to about 92 kilotons of TNT. It was felt over 100 miles away and the mushroom cloud was seven and a half miles tall. The furthest nuclear fallout was 30 miles away from the test site where nearly 90 cows were burnt by radioactive clouds and later purchased by the military for testing. Famously Kodak discovered the Manhattan project very early on when their film was covered in spotting and fogging which an employee believed was from nuclear radiation. A leak into the river where part of the process to make the boxes for the film was responsible and the employee was famously kept quiet for four years. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Radiation has come a long way and is most likely on its way out of our lives after many of the damages seen by some experiments that have created problems that are unsolvable. The creation of nuclear waste lasts thousands of years and isn’t something mass-produced for civilian use. On the other hand, with more demands for newer technology, we are almost asking for more radiation because more energy that it takes to power our gadgets, the more it radiated onto us. Regardless, there is no connection between what we are using and health problems, and with the regulations today we can properly study newer technologies to prevent any unseen damages for the near and far future. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/ruhr-area-industry-factory-882265/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/ruhr-area-industry-factory-882265/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/illustrations/nuclear-hazardous-hazard-radiation-2082637/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/illustrations/nuclear-hazardous-hazard-radiation-2082637/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/vectors/atomic-bomb-bomb-nuclear-war-2026117/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/vectors/atomic-bomb-bomb-nuclear-war-2026117/</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keywords: radiation therapy, radiation side effects, radiation sickness, radiation effects</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-87568155033571674982021-04-19T11:14:00.007-07:002021-06-18T01:15:30.515-07:00Historical Artifacts<p> </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-5a7b3205-7fff-9d0b-f802-f85fb90bed26"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Historical Artifacts</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A historical artifact can be anything from arrowheads to a recently published medical journal. An artifact is something made by people that is usually of cultural or historical interest. For an artifact to be historical, it doesn’t necessarily have to be old, historical just means concerning history. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 237px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 316px;"><img height="237" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qx2GA9zxjWvWgglg0gpprOIiJCI3iNIS3en_cpiDJs1CUJKY1a1gPE5Zkem3TeiV20IlNsrzxfkTC21D2LkdxP9OzG_NQQmp6KqSpnfO3rIdSPkZ29zIm0itImjU5ro0joqs8DGI" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="316" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Artifacts are registered and kept in museums like the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Acropolis Museum in Athens, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, Neues Museum in Berlin, National Museum of China in Beijing, National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Cambridge, and the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen to name a few.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some of the oldest historical artifacts are more than 40,000 years old like a flute made out of bone. Bone jewelry, stone, and bone tools like arrowheads and knives date back to the first existence of humans when evolution was still in the process around 3 million years ago (and are debated whether or not they are allowed to even be considered part of human history.) New artifacts are discovered every day and continue to amaze us in what our ancestors knew.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 205px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 307px;"><img height="205" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/PrLJLQ6pDovp_1mQyBhUWcf-glDg6g9r0NA2o8PACUbvBq97jd90IfMk178-ITx0NVgtH8rsi2BRxU2zRQWUcAyOuv1GDWX-aKwBbD_t4hrobjsUch8WzBl7EfP_AB0OLAtxKo5m" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="307" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lomekwi is an archeological site in Kenya that dates back 3.3 million years. It is one of the oldest archeological sites and the oldest tools in the world were found there. Some of the tools are said to predate humans by 500,000 years and were invented by the species that would later evolve into the first species of humans. Some of the 149 or more reported tools were small, sharp pieces of rock chipped off of other rock used for cutting. Other artifacts were anvil-type rocks that were used to make the sharp tools. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blombos Cave is a historical site near Cape Town, South Africa. The site is about 100,000 years old or older and was first excavated in 1991. Clay processing materials, engraved clay, engraved bone, beads made from seashells, and bone and stone tools have been found in the cave along with bones from land and marine animals. Clay wall paintings are recognized as the first drawn art by humans in the world. Many tools and weapons such as arrows and spearheads as well as stones used as hammers have also been found there. The only human remains found were several teeth.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 236px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 307px;"><img height="236" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/SFANPK4jk-10coR7ttgtu2iGSiI3JDzvNqOUtQH8AxyFM4OdvP6FMxcqzHyWKavgBrJTSkXmyrmAvFF55r39IqF7MMCv9YBl9ezmEyA9TdqeE3YhkDZP4JMZVEVubDaKPvmjNhm1" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="307" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Mona Lisa is of course one of the most well-known historical artifacts, and the history of the artifact speaks for itself. Once stolen, copied many times, many paintings have taken inspiration from it, and it’s one of the highest valued paintings in the world, if not the most valuable. First painted by Leonardo Da Vinci around 1500 in Paris, the painting is widely known as the best painting of a human in existence. Reasons for the painting’s creation are still debated as well as who the person actually is, regardless, the painting is still one of the most important artifacts in history. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Artifacts of history can be almost anything, but most are important to the human race and substantial in some sort of way. Some of the best mysteries sit in museums and have already been discovered, but the real value lies in why they are there and what they mean to us. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/caesar-romans-artifact-historically-1863693/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/caesar-romans-artifact-historically-1863693/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/stone-age-tools-middle-stone-age-3663091/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/stone-age-tools-middle-stone-age-3663091/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/museum-berlin-natural-history-1737987/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/museum-berlin-natural-history-1737987/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are your thoughts on Historical Artifacts? Comment below! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keywords: natural history museum, museum of natural history, American museum of natural history, artefact, ancient artifacts, Clovis points</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Kstudioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10943314555507094294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2034354856124566998.post-71879124427911971972021-02-17T06:42:00.008-08:002021-06-18T01:18:25.306-07:00All About Alcohol<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><p> </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ddc75b13-7fff-d95c-546d-81112626da44"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All About Alcohol</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alcohol is defined by its chemical structure but not all alcohols are the same. Alcohol is used for a variety of purposes from cleaning to food flavoring to drinking. Drinking age restrictions vary by country, some have no restrictions on alcohol at all, while others prohibit alcohol completely. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alcoholic drinks are a tradition in some areas of the world and recipes can date back thousands of years, while bottles of drinks like wine, rum, and whiskey are known to be aged before selling. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 197px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 295px;"><img height="206" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/iQfQiBc2PrCliYRormD3_INVxdgrp8L_dF4NPHF3NbAQxcr-78-_pNuJcnt-jaW0kY-AYyCBo97BPsEyoMndS-NBZTQL_N5iN4Lr4ThLNiUYR9RDr2Ls6ir6Q1YtRGa4HH47VFGA=w308-h206" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="308" /></span>Alcohol is made by distillation or fermentation. Distillation is a process of heating a mixture of water and vegetables, grains, or fruits to collect the evaporated steam. The steam is then cooled and processed and becomes the alcohol. Each alcohol is made with a recipe, for instance, vodka from potatoes and whiskey from grains. Vodka, gin, tequila, rum, whiskey, and brandy are some common alcohols that are distilled. Fermentation is the process of adding a chemical reactant, usually a type of yeast, to the fruit, vegetable, or grain mixture to chemically break down the mixture into alcohol. For wine, this is done with grapes. Beer, wine, cider and sake are common alcohols that are fermented. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are thousands of drinks that come from mixing alcohols and various juices, flavorings, plants, and food. Wine, bourbon, or other drinks are sometimes used for cooking or baking. Some alcoholic drinks are traditional to certain regions, such as beer to Germany, vodka to Russia, wine to Greece, France, and Spain, sake to Japan, or bourbon and whiskey to the United States. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alcohol is not only used for consumption. Methanol, ethanol, isopropyl, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerol, and menthol are all types of chemical alcohols. Chemical alcohols are used for various purposes. Methanol is added to gasoline in some countries. Ethanol was used for rocket fuel in WWII. Isopropyl alcohol is used for cleaning and hand sanitizer. Glycerol is used in E-cigarette liquid or vape juice and antifreeze. Propylene glycol is the other ingredient in vape juice as well as antifreeze. Ethylene glycol is another alcohol used in antifreeze. <span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 220px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 330px;"><img height="212" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/wiJHEdrmCqbWHFdypWFj5ovPm-NGEzLYBEfWKTN_EE1aRMEI9F6-0zpUy06P08Ifo4bDG8cBUAKBon-KUlGgwv1QHSsXZ7-pcSAKPvKuqZdFReeaPnCHFiukWQAy1Ary0rHkICOv=w318-h212" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="318" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alcohols come in different concentrations called proofs. Proof is measured on a scale of 1 to 200 and is twice the alcohol’s percentage by volume. For instance, 80 proof vodka is 40 percent alcohol by volume. Alcohol that is 200 proof is 100 percent alcohol by volume or simply a container of alcohol. Regulations differ by country what proofs can be sold and served. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note that I am not a medical professional or chemical professional and am not qualified to give medical advice. Beware that alcohol used for chemicals is not always safe for human consumption and to only consume things labelled for human consumption. While chemicals like glycerol and propylene glycol are commonly used in foods, this does not mean they are safe to eat in large quantities or in other forms found outside of foods. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alcohol has a complex and interesting history and a wide range of uses. It has been around for nearly 10,000 years and is an important chemical used for many purposes. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/alcohol-bar-2275837/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/alcohol-bar-2275837/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/liquor-bottles-alcohol-drink-bar-2687103/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/liquor-bottles-alcohol-drink-bar-2687103/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are your thoughts on Alcohol? Comment below! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keywords: drinks, shirley temple drink, alcoholic, types of alcohol, mixed drinks, sake drink, cheap drinks </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>
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<div class="separator"></div><p> </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-adeed050-7fff-7a11-ec66-57103ce385fd"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rare, Expensive and Precious Metals</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Precious metals are rare elements found on the planet. Their value is high because of their rarity and lack of abundance. Precious metals are often used in finance for trading or for their chemical abilities in things like microchips or mufflers. Precious metals and rare metals, or rare earth metals, are both valuable but rare earth metals are something different completely. <span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 356px;"><img height="194" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Hn6IXwvdyixiPDAoX3kbeQPHwrYoT7SmH504qlL-KEtfy9dZrv3lhXZNlQcBvmPLWYpIzS5U74SnvzlvzWs4S8bEjqNzLtxB7wxFXbdbaCbLahNYwNuchc99nLyrVi1W6zwRF9VO=w347-h194" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="347" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gold is probably the most well known precious metal. Although not the most expensive or rare, it is the most widely used. From computer chips to jewelry, gold can be found in many things. Gold is used in coinage, bullion (bricks or coins held as value), art (gold plating), dental fillings, jewelry, watches, electronics, and for computer chips. Gold can be found in different concentrations or ‘carats’ marked by a K. 24K is pure gold, 22K is 91.7% gold, 18K is 75% gold, 14K is 58.3% gold, 12K is 50% gold, 10K is 41.7% gold, 9K is 37.5% gold. The most common are 24K, 18K and 14K. When gold is not 24K it is usually mixed with silver, copper, and other metals to keep its color or create other colors like rose gold or white gold. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Silver is also used for a lot of common things. Silver used for bullion, mirrors, dental work, electrical components, in paints used on electronics, solder wire, batteries, jewelry, and for decoration and tableware. For instance the term silverware comes from silver and means any tools, usually cooking utensils, made from silver. Silver also comes in a variety of concentrations, 999 and 925 are the most common, while 900 is usually the grade required for bullion. The grade is simply 999 is 99.9% silver commonly referred to as fine silver, 925 is 92.5% silver commonly referred to as sterling silver, and 900 is 90% silver commonly referred to as coin silver. The other part is usually copper or nickel to keep its shiny property. Other types of silver fall between 92.5% and 99.9% silver, and are usually used for jewelry. </span><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 220px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 343px;"><img height="231" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/6fkp5vMzXT0-PE8yUnvo6HH9bEidwCZ667863SM5Aqij5Ae_rxCsWN-wSCOPj97b5A_6QAnGHl9t4hFXbkwIgmUy3mpoQv-5GK-R9iWiYp0yWyb4q6fTqSmCnxt6bBt_i1FfKwkM=w361-h231" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="361" /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Platinum is less known but has a wide variety of uses. It is used for catalytic converters in cars, magnets, electrical components, medical or lab instruments, sometimes in jewelry, for decorations, or dental work. Platinum is known for its ability to conduct electricity and for its lower price than gold. Silver and copper tarnish, or rust, while gold and platinum are strong conductors that don’t rust as easily. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The other precious metals are known as the ‘platinum group metals’. Six metals that have similar physical and chemical properties. In periodic order they are: ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. They are all used for similar things, mostly for causing chemical reactions in catalytic converters, except palladium is also used for dentistry and jewelry. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Precious metals have been sought after since the beginning of time for their shine, rarity, and chemical or physical abilities. Their prices are very expensive, and still today they are not easy to come by. They are used in small amounts in many places, and large amounts of any of these metals is of great value. The Earth has limited resources and these surely have earned their title of precious. </span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/sterling-silver-flatware-1747104/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/sterling-silver-flatware-1747104/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/gold-bars-wealth-finance-gold-bars-163519/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/gold-bars-wealth-finance-gold-bars-163519/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are your thoughts on Precious Metals? Comment below! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keywords: silver spot price, gold spot price, spot silver, silver bars, silver bullion, gold bullion, palladium metal, gold and silver prices</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>
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<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><p> </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-08b46b1d-7fff-ca26-2c86-1c8f9c48f37f"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Currency and Coin Collecting</span></h1><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currency collecting is the hobby of collecting rare coins and paper money that are worth more than their face value for a multitude of reasons. Currency collecting is referred to as numismatics, stemmed from Old French and English words roughly meaning ‘coins’. Collectors often seek rare paper money or coins based on a low amount made, the age of the item, manufacturing defects, forgeries, or collectability reasons such as arcade tokens which hold no face value but are still sought by collectors. </span><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 230px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 337px;"><img height="230" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/U1MLAMYfmEGbDrXt-uzgMAP-ApxebkU_YlGGBA6xlsPfu8V4mU8EV-wWtJmA4S9shpd76Kgjoyo55c_gRGPLQakG3plPvdWSupCIo-4AVjT22e2_hlAr5Cpikh9yIw6Bal30oX8a" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="337" /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currency collecting has been around as long as currency has been. One of the first coin collectors is widely accepted to be Agustus, the first Roman Emperor who gave old coins as gifts. While it’s subject to say he was a collector, the fact is true that he held value in old currency. This is what the basis of collecting currency is. Some collectors focus on one specific currency or category, while others have a wide collection of varying rare items with many types of historical importance. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some collectors focus only on paper money. The U.S. dollar bill is very collectible for many reasons, many are based on the serial number. U.S. dollars print a star note when they have to reprint a bill, these notes have an asterisk or star instead of a letter in the serial number. These bills are often rare due to the fact that there are fewer of them printed, some years less than 50,000 of these bills are printed. U.S. dollar bills also have a ‘twin bill’ where the serial numbers match. This is because they come from different printing facilities, and it is a rare occurrence. Serial numbers that are called ‘super repeaters’ are also very rare. When the serial number is 12345678 or 55555555, there’s a low chance that one bill came out with one of those numbers and they are highly collectible. </span><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 222px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 329px;"><img height="222" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/xzPOJc4K90odYHu0u7i1G-02ocAqlDbV3EAmh2YIiHOXTIWiqtor-fXof8xOnB0tIXb9vDNh8oFUk3ri-Q_bjEh41hdR6COsqdYc8mxWxA5hZjQXPQlVEI7z0YOhTgbHQXMNo-hP" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="329" /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">U.S. coins are also very collectible. Old paper money is not found in circulation since it looks so different, some bills were red and you won’t see those in your change. Old U.S. coins on the other hand look very similar to new ones and can sometimes be found in your change jar. Wheat pennies are a collector item that are simply pennies made before 1958. They feature wheat grains on the back of them and look very similar to today's pennies. Another rare penny is the steel penny from 1943 and 1944. These pennies are silver in color and were made out of steel since brass and copper was used for the war efforts during those years. A 1944 wheat penny can go for more than $50,000 due to its limited production of only 50. Mercury dimes were produced until 1945 and feature the head of Lady Liberty, but were confused with the Roman goddess Mercury and given the name Mercury Dime. These too are still circulated on rare occasions. <span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 215px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 323px;"><img height="215" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/5Dycklb2cyuBu6EWuuGKY6uB0KVT6vWHbQMGjP8VNDLE24gk-A4MEbGuN5RjE-k-wjFnipJRK7kZ0cewOJwp_kIEsBRfRKOLFNauWxLxg_w7CGoMvLiVWUeR8knvLEil7HqFhekk" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="323" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other important collection items are forgeries. A good forgery can be worth more than an original item. This being said, I’m not telling you to start forging money. An expensive or rare forgery gets its value from the person who made it, not particularly the item in question. A fake dollar bill is worth nothing, a fake dollar bill made by Banksy is worth a lot - regardless of quality. Another Item that people collect in the currency realm is tokens. It’s not a perfect answer to what these fall under. A vintage arcade token may be worth more to someone who collects arcade equipment, while a vintage poker chip might be more valuable to a gambler, while a Big Mac token may be valuable to a Mcdonald's collector! Regardless, all three are types of currency that have historical value. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Collecting currency is a pastime for many people, and the hardcore collectors can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for one item. Old items are historically important and currency will continue to be produced every year making old items continually more valuable. The more you know about it, the more you’ll be checking your change at the grocery store! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/money-coin-investment-business-2724241/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/money-coin-investment-business-2724241/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/money-bank-notes-euro-notes-euro-3481699/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/money-bank-notes-euro-notes-euro-3481699/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/currency-notes-multi-country-currency-5319801/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/currency-notes-multi-country-currency-5319801/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are your thoughts on Currency Collecting? Comment below! </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keywords: rare coins, coin dealers near me, numismatic, coin values, ebay coins, coin dealers, coins worth money, pennies that are valuable</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>
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<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"> How Cryptocurrency Works</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-a44d6ed2-7fff-0496-9488-a537e3935418"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cryptocurrency is a currency created by solving algorithms. The currency is produced by an algorithm that gets more complicated each time it gets solved. The more people who solve the algorithm, or more technology used, the faster the problem is solved. Once an algorithm is created, it becomes slowly harder to obtain a currency, making the currency stable due to limits in technology and workers. </span><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 209px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 314px;"><img height="209" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/7a29YpZ5u9dscFxQ-0UQj1XwGNmptTOGMHBY7nLM7WHQ3vGtbi5JHOENBX_EyX3qBFebajtKqe7I7e8m5XLr2v97hqIew6K-xOjmriPE7baeHs0GBSrrct7MgdUMExj2byO0k0UX" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="314" /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The process of solving these algorithms is called mining. An algorithm is split into chunks and then reassembled to solve the equation. This is called blockchain mining, each user solved a percentage of the chunk or block or the algorithm, and then receives equal payment for their work. The work is simply a computer running a program that solves the algorithm. As the algorithms become harder to solve, the more computer power it takes to solve the algorithm. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Companies have begun to use warehouses full of computers simply for mining cryptocurrency. These warehouses are usually located in sunny and/ or cold places to use solar power and natural cooling to their advantage. Computers usually consist mainly of multiple graphics cards that are all wired to one computer. These graphics cards are high powered and eliminate the need for multiple computers, it simply uses the power from all of the cards. Some specially developed mining rigs have emerged that are specifically engineered for mining cryptocurrency as well. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are multiple thousands of cryptocurrencies. Some currencies fail and without enough people solving the algorithm, are not used or lost. Other currencies are sought after, like Bitcoin, which has been known to sell for over $30,000 USD per coin. Cryptocurrencies are seen as an investment that will never decrease in value as long as people continue to trade them, and their value is solely based on investors, not in any form of physical value besides how much of the currency is traded and its value based on that. </span><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 214px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 352px;"><img height="214" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/DgPoynieBgGg_UfMzJLJzAMPfLIl2EziWV8ezKnzcRcyHQUY_PiYp_v_r6NCrebvo9mHR1MX-3rTRyHW9ubrhZNdH1FSXdCtJWuOmda1M8eJKu03hkebIS-ilwCxXNVXyqBhGLk7" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="352" /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I cannot give financial advice, given I don’t have any qualifications in the financial or investment industry to do so. But I will note that cryptocurrencies are not backed by anything, and are seen as an unstable investment. While many claim to have made lots of money from cryptocurrency trading, there are also stories of people who have lost lots of money, and all traders should acknowledge that since cryptocurrencies value is based solely on how much is traded, there will be losers and winners, unlike the stock market which shares can be held and go up in value as a company goes up in value. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cryptocurrency offers a unique and anonymous way to hold and give money, but volatility in the market is a huge downside. Not to mention the fact that they are not backed by anything feasible besides a computer program whose value is determined by the technology used to solve it. While my personal opinion is ‘buyer beware’, cryptocurrency is still a neat new way to manage money and will remain popular as a way to generate income and invest in the online community. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/bitcoin-currency-cryptocurrency-3333541/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/bitcoin-currency-cryptocurrency-3333541/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/security-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-2972105/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://pixabay.com/photos/security-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-2972105/</a></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keywords: crypto, worldcoinindex, binance us, cryptocurrency prices, crypto mining, reddit cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency trading, crypto prices</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are your thoughts on Cryptocurrency? Comment below! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Suggestions:</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>
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<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Hydrogen Power and Hydrogen Vehicles</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c07a2b0a-7fff-e922-1105-85bf850174ab"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hydrogen power is newer technology. While introduced only recently to the car world, this alternative fuel may be the future. There isn’t a lot of hydrogen readily available on earth, but the process of extracting energy from it produces water which is a huge difference from what generally comes out of cars' tailpipes. Not to mention large quantities of hydrogen are not hard to create, while hydrogen is not readily available, it is the most common element on earth. This means that we can use more of it at a time and have a lower effect on the planet. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrgl4z89YtdPTO3zsp1nUI5aPlznZRyqktmN1uC-DXR85cvZp__DMZymZ2aId-LPQisXvpRpp09mazEPmAV8XiEiQXYBOtsVX_yhJxYBEvGTpnjSFgSQltZ2zHRnNaIMrX-WhyAGhm_2j/s1280-rw/Hydrogen+2.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="301" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrgl4z89YtdPTO3zsp1nUI5aPlznZRyqktmN1uC-DXR85cvZp__DMZymZ2aId-LPQisXvpRpp09mazEPmAV8XiEiQXYBOtsVX_yhJxYBEvGTpnjSFgSQltZ2zHRnNaIMrX-WhyAGhm_2j/w301-h301/Hydrogen+2.webp" width="301" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A hydrogen fuel cell is a pretty neat piece of engineering. It uses hydrogen and oxygen to create water, electricity, and heat. The hydrogen is pushed out of a pressurized tank into a platinum screen which strips the hydrogen of its energy. When the hydrogen tries to grab the energy from the oxygen atoms they bond together and create H2O, yes, water. The energy produced from this process can be captured and used to power an electric motor. </span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hydrogen isn’t something we can just stockpile, we have to find things that have hydrogen in them and take the hydrogen from them. This process can actually be done without hurting the earth. The process of taking hydrogen from water is called electrolysis. Electrolysis is done by adding energy to water, which splits the hydrogen and oxygen from each other. The electricity can be gained from solar power, and the results of the process are hydrogen (which we capture) and oxygen, which is good for the environment. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Safety is another factor that can be at play. Luckily hydrogen is lighter than air and, unlike car fuels, does not pool up on the ground and take hours or days to evaporate while part of it seeps into the ground. Burning gasoline is a major factor in car accidents, while a small accident can cause minor injuries, a burning engine or car can send someone to the hospital. One of the benefits of hydrogen is that, while flammable, it floats away from the car. The pressurized tank means that the hydrogen will shoot out potentially faster than it can burn, and most likely leave an accident scene safer than a scene where gasoline is involved. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpEGDa-KESLqdA1250OigpD8HWI4DLzjlFRNiamIttUx8mXVIhD2xC46OosQ2KGBTEgTUPO4dNw1k9NIXgGiRfjttIhaw3ga0CF8K2eURiaCAzhnw9-T9pgKtTGn3iy_HTbhKcRRi_FJr/s1914-rw/Hydrogen+1.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1914" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpEGDa-KESLqdA1250OigpD8HWI4DLzjlFRNiamIttUx8mXVIhD2xC46OosQ2KGBTEgTUPO4dNw1k9NIXgGiRfjttIhaw3ga0CF8K2eURiaCAzhnw9-T9pgKtTGn3iy_HTbhKcRRi_FJr/s320/Hydrogen+1.webp" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You might wonder how you fill a pressurized tank at the gas pump. That’s not something to fear at all, there are already several hydrogen refueling stations and several hydrogen cars on the market today. It’s the same as filling a gas tank, except with an actual gas as opposed to gasoline. </span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hydrogen power has come a long way and will continue to grow. While California is leading in hydrogen-powered vehicles and hydrogen pumps, many manufacturers are pushing for the technology due to its safety and feasibility. Electric cars may have not reached their peak, but hydrogen cars have been outperforming them in their beginning and will only continue to improve as they gain popularity and become a more connected network. </span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-4d9cef2d-7fff-56be-6cf3-422507da0202"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/hydrogen-trainset-fuel-cell-4276984/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/hydrogen-trainset-fuel-cell-4276984/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/vectors/hydrogen-atom-electron-2750576/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://pixabay.com/vectors/hydrogen-atom-electron-2750576/</a></span></p><div><br /></div></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keywords: hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen peroxide, h2o2, h202, hydrogen storage, hydrogen oxygen, h2 gas, hydrogen gas</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are your thoughts on Hydrogen Power? 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<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solar Power and Solar Panels</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c53d8931-7fff-5b31-f04f-9c27dbabbfb6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Technology is a huge part of our lives. Sustainable electricity is one of the largest concerns today and solar panels offer individuals a way to help the environment while lowering their electricity costs, in some cases eliminating it altogether. Solar panels come in different ranges of sizes, from small panels that are made to charge your phone, to multiple large panels that are made to power a house. </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFnz0moaJ3PJ2gDjmtQyrh8eiFxnZEWXtuZ0YQstCeZHWJMk0fWNAxzBOR8UsilaNY0iSDpIW5ak73dPnARgKvmwM-bi4IisBadXYLN96mIcAWhRloVFZ4BJrAv7nDiB7_P8zE20sjjLW/s1280-rw/Solar+2.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1280" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFnz0moaJ3PJ2gDjmtQyrh8eiFxnZEWXtuZ0YQstCeZHWJMk0fWNAxzBOR8UsilaNY0iSDpIW5ak73dPnARgKvmwM-bi4IisBadXYLN96mIcAWhRloVFZ4BJrAv7nDiB7_P8zE20sjjLW/s320-rw/Solar+2.webp" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many places in the world offer energy buyback programs, where the agencies that supply power will credit users the power they generate. This program incentivizes sustainability and helping environmental concerns. Solar power also comes from large solar farms that add power to the grid, these are similar to house panels but are not mounted on houses and cover large amounts of property, usually in sunny, dry areas. </span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solar power is created by the sun when rays of sunlight hit cells called photovoltaic cells. These cells are activated by the photons and create an electric charge which is converted through an inverter. The electricity is then used by a house, stored in a battery, or sent to the power grid. Photovoltaic cells are only centimeters in size and hundreds or thousands are required to make a solar panel depending on its use. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are two main types of solar panels, monocrystalline and polycrystalline. All solar cells are made from silicon. Monocrystalline cells are made from cutting one large silicon block and are more efficient. Polycrystalline are made by melting silicon into individual cells, and is less efficient. Silicon comes in many forms and so do solar panels. One other form is amorphous silicon which is flexible, unlike the other two, and can be made into sheets similar to metal or plastic. It is worth noting that amorphous silicon cells are much less efficient than the other two types of cells.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa0kNsypIR-G1zpAg6TyMUfnIESke4BUv-Ea5NYiwM7lGfUlmPboJbCBmYEqlsBvntbhW-2uPl3PQp-JtuBGpzVYQdGlZ2HirpWz805SqvsHykHxnleWrlxdvaANcHlqZ-lLr7JxJX4Ep/s1200/Solar+1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa0kNsypIR-G1zpAg6TyMUfnIESke4BUv-Ea5NYiwM7lGfUlmPboJbCBmYEqlsBvntbhW-2uPl3PQp-JtuBGpzVYQdGlZ2HirpWz805SqvsHykHxnleWrlxdvaANcHlqZ-lLr7JxJX4Ep/s320-rw/Solar+1.webp" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The average solar panel will last between 20 and 30 years. Wear from storms or use will damage the panels over time, or the chemicals will begin to fall apart, rendering them useless. All electronic devices have a lifespan, 20 to 30 years is a long time, considering most phones, TVs, and computers are replaced in less than five years.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solar panels are a good investment for nearly any individual who lives in a place where it is sunny more than half of the year. A house usually doesn’t use all of the electricity generated during sunny months, and the credits can be applied during the dark seasons. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Smaller solar panels for cell phones and other devices have been on the market for years, and to my knowledge, none have been so effective as to be picked up by any major companies. Some cellphone companies have released cellphones with solar panels behind the screen, but those phones have not sold well or have been recalled. Solar panels will be a huge part of our future and are a cornerstone for changing the way we produce energy. If you have a solar battery that you like taking camping, hiking, or carry with you be sure to leave a comment! </span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/solar-energy-solar-panels-5622969/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/solar-energy-solar-panels-5622969/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pxhere.com/en/photo/758953" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pxhere.com/en/photo/758953</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keywords: solar energy, tesla powerwall, solar power, solar panel cost, solar city, solar panels for home, solar panel installation, solar panels for home, best solar panels, solar power system</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are your thoughts on Solar Power? 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<div class="separator"></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-9e227261-7fff-d07e-543d-5db0cf6b3aa9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How Aquaponics Work</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Typical farming drains the soil of nutrients unless the soil is constantly being replenished with nutrients or fertilizer. Aquaponics is farming without soil. The plant sits in water with nutrients in it, sort of like Gatorade for plants. The plants are able to soak up the nutrients and water without needing soil to grow into. Nearly all plants are able to be grown in an aquaponics system. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPdyt_gzNv02iWCv7qsnW_sadj8FeIt6SCMyIKrURK55RVCAWonqrloFNuRUAFIFIL51hUhvJOiYPIN_Gvmyju-1N3uOVBkvYU0EVbRVVjNvsKy9ILsVs6dG4tA1HbaXHjh5LdypDaynh/s1280/Aquaponics+2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPdyt_gzNv02iWCv7qsnW_sadj8FeIt6SCMyIKrURK55RVCAWonqrloFNuRUAFIFIL51hUhvJOiYPIN_Gvmyju-1N3uOVBkvYU0EVbRVVjNvsKy9ILsVs6dG4tA1HbaXHjh5LdypDaynh/s320-rw/Aquaponics+2.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aquaponics systems utilize three major components: the water cycle, the nutrient cycle, and photosynthesis. A tank is filled with water and a pump is added to the water to circulate the tank. Plant roots are submerged in the tank and nutrients are added by either adding fish and feeding them, or by simply adding nutrient or fertilizer liquid mixes. There are many different ways to set up an aquaponic system. </span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water is soaked up by the roots of the plant and carries the nutrients to the plant, which helps the plant perform photosynthesis and grow. The plant returns filtered water back to the system, if fish are in the system the plants are purifying the water by growing. The system can be composed of baskets that the plants are in or rocks that the plants grow into where the roots reach down and absorb the water. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having a pump in the system is crucial, it keeps the water circulated and gets air in the water. Adding air or oxygen to the water is a process called aeration and is done through waterfall type flow in the system or by adding an oxygen pump or bubbler. To help dissolve nutrients into the water, the water must be circulated in some way since plants only absorb the smallest nutrients and nutrients will keep dissolving until they are absorbed by the plants. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF1Ekiuja3B7zS9AD66D-EA8VYr7DxgwqeABMTpyepM-bnl0cqTLbc2UAqPIBLlhygDemajn4yO9B_cWe-sMeto3D4yLSIMStvhU_WwmaFibyC6v2IeBIfoI1R8tTqipqR0cqgIXnbYRO/s1921/Aquaponics+1.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1921" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF1Ekiuja3B7zS9AD66D-EA8VYr7DxgwqeABMTpyepM-bnl0cqTLbc2UAqPIBLlhygDemajn4yO9B_cWe-sMeto3D4yLSIMStvhU_WwmaFibyC6v2IeBIfoI1R8tTqipqR0cqgIXnbYRO/s320-rw/Aquaponics+1.webp" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aquaponics, Hydroponics, and Aeroponics are all very similar. There are only small differences between the three. Aquaponics is often nutrients that come from fish living in the environment and no nutrients are added, only fish food. Hydroponics is when there are only plants in the system, and no other animals. Aeroponics differs from both of these in the way that it is hydroponics, meaning there’s no fish in the system, but there’s no tank the plants sit in. Instead plant roots are sprayed with nutrient-rich water through misting nozzles, which lets them breathe and grow.</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are all sorts of builds and forms being created, Wick, Ebb and Flow, NFT, Water Culture, Drip. At the end of the day, all of the systems are very similar and are based around plants growing without planting them straight into the dirt. It’s arguable which system is the best, or which is the most likely to replace dropping plants right into the ground. Regardless, all of the systems are more sustainable than traditional farming and require less or no GMOs. None require massive amounts of farmland while offering larger plants due to being able to force more nutrients into the plants. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/hydroponics-green-wall-zipgrow-917285/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/hydroponics-green-wall-zipgrow-917285/</span></a></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-2439d0fd-7fff-61d2-7bfa-66b844200a08"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/greenhouse-organic-farming-2139526/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pixabay.com/photos/greenhouse-organic-farming-2139526/<br /></span></a></span><br /></span><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keywords: aquaponics system, aquaponic farming, aquaponic garden, aquaponics fish tank</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are your thoughts on Aquaponics, Hydroponics, and Aeroponics? Comment below! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Suggestions: </span></p></span><p><br /></p></div>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">How Overnight Shipping Works</h1><h3 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h3><p><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shopping has been ultimately changed by two things: ordering online and overnight shipping. But how do these work? And at what cost? Let’s look into how your money turns into an item in less than 24-hours. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-337b4b2f-7fff-c867-933c-3184b9e74ef3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course, the first step is to make a purchase. Once that purchase is made, the seller is notified, the shipping label is printed, and the product is labelled and either picked up or dropped </span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">off at a shipping center. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQ58OsUnngRtvkLHsUfdwF1NJvx5FuJ1KezuOnFsRholrFV5cK7r8Cc4v4iziFYoaGwsDoFUtoLbBGUkaL53h8OXDFdvF2haVpRoddUjzey3ALgv0_BerFxGiXHPXpG64McJX-Ki_ApmA/s1200-rw/Shipping+2.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1200" height="257" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQ58OsUnngRtvkLHsUfdwF1NJvx5FuJ1KezuOnFsRholrFV5cK7r8Cc4v4iziFYoaGwsDoFUtoLbBGUkaL53h8OXDFdvF2haVpRoddUjzey3ALgv0_BerFxGiXHPXpG64McJX-Ki_ApmA/w400-h257/Shipping+2.webp" width="400" /></a></div></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The shipping center will give an estimate on how long it will take for the item to ship based on routes available and typical shipping times. Once the item has been processed and loaded onto the truck, the product is ready to be shipped. </span></span></p><span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Depending on the distance, the truck may take more than 24 hours, but generally shipping from one </span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">shipping center to the other is less than </span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">24 hours. The item is then processed at the second or third delivery center and then dispersed onto a delivery van. Delivery can also add time, if your stop is at the end of a route the driver may not make it to your house until the next day. This is the basics of how an item is shipped.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For an item to make it within 24 hours the routine must be much smoother and some criteria must be met. First, a route must be known to exist that will be able to get your item to the desired destination within 24 hours. Second, shipping centers must be able to process the item within 24 hours to get it on the truck. Finally, delivery in your area must be able to get to your house with a package tomorrow if one arrives. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5ZtcAM82v_MIlMps3MRujuzcRCS40gInyGR-34JWEowvcebZ8ZJ30vJHPH3-dm7KjsKwDxgrkuVjywQUCtncR0IJC7YxTtFawxM7-lJg9oSo7vziUqA26N3JT311a_6CYZmiFTxPds1F/s1280-rw/Shipping+1.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="226" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5ZtcAM82v_MIlMps3MRujuzcRCS40gInyGR-34JWEowvcebZ8ZJ30vJHPH3-dm7KjsKwDxgrkuVjywQUCtncR0IJC7YxTtFawxM7-lJg9oSo7vziUqA26N3JT311a_6CYZmiFTxPds1F/w400-h226/Shipping+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To have all of these criteria met is not an easy task, that’s why companies like Amazon and eBay have a * next to overnight shipping. Yes, they will ship you your item overnight, but within 24 hours is nearly impossible, and 3-day shipping has become the new standard. Currently, Amazon has figured out that if they have warehouses full of stuff that can be shipped by their vans to local residences, they can ship you items today. This technology is incredible, but the cost is having thousands of warehouses full of products simply sitting around waiting to be purchased. </span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There’s a good side and a bad side to this. The good thing is that goods are more available and it’s easier to get what you need today as well as more people are employed locally and earning wages working near their house. The bad side is that so many of the items that are shipped are made cheap, so if they break in shipping it’s less cost lost by the manufacturer. This means that most of the items are thrown away in less than five years, and more trash piles up and infects the planet. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photos: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1584907" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1584907</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/ikea-warehouse-industrial-tempe-2714998/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://pixabay.com/photos/ikea-warehouse-industrial-tempe-2714998/</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keywords: usps shipping, ups shipping, kinkos near me, usps shipping rates, amazon delivery, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">fedex shipping, same day delivery</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are your thoughts on overnight shipping and online purchasing? Comment below! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Suggestions: </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>
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