Near downtown PDX, visit the world’s smallest park, Mill Ends Park, on your way to people-watch at the much larger waterfront. Initially planted in 1946 by a writer whose office window overlooked a hole dug up for a light pole that was never installed, Mill Ends Park (often mistakenly...
Athens in Paul's days looked just like a modern shopping mall, where people are continuously bombarded with hypnotizing images that entice them to part with both their money and their proper judgment (Acts 17:16). Our souls are now our wallets, our jobs are our lives and the loss of ...
Maine is one of the only places in the US these creepy crawlies are found. The best way to recognize one would be by the thick hairs on its back as well as 2 red dots near its head. The hairs are what cause risks to humans. If you make direct contact with the hairs th...
We process many jobs on a given day via 3 different machines that are setup to create PDF files. We have a Process in place that before every job we clean the font cache and restart the machine. Now I do not know if people are following this procedure all the time but we do have...
Using your own body as a barrier is called phragmosis and it’s what several genera of ants choose to do. Ants, as colonial animals, all have specific jobs to help their family. For ants in these phragmotic genera, usually the soldiers, that job is protecting the nest with their heads...
One of my paid jobs now is to checkVery Short Introductionsonline. Very Short Introductions, or VSIs for short, are books which do just what it says on the tin: they provide a very short introduction to a subject.Oxford University Presshas been publishing these books since when I worked ...
You have to admit that is has a lot of character. There are some weird things around the Hudson Valley. I'm not talking about the people in this case. You can adventure out to find this weirdness or you can get in your car and drive you will most likely find some bizarre things....
There are drawbacks to being a pretty private person – one of them is always being accused of being “aloof”, “condescending”, “too serious”, “cold”, or “uncaring”. I once received professional feedback that my staff perceived me as being “cold and uncaring”, and I once ha...
So once we get jobs, do we get accommodated? Generally speaking, no. Although the situation appears to be noticeably better for autistic people who work with autistic students/clients. Perhaps their colleagues are more likely to understand autistic people’s needs, or feel more motivated to treat...
allowing artists more space to focus on their creative projects. Miller is philosophical on the topic: “Yes, it’s going to kill jobs but, at the same