August 2012
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Infographics: The Secret Language of NYC Restaurants
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Although I unfortauntely didn’t learn much of it during my brief stint as an NYC waiter, there’s a whole secret language in the restaurant business. This excellent NY Times Infographic breaks it down.. Terms of Service in New York Restaurants – Graphic – NYTimes.com.
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Faster and Faster at the Olympics
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The NY Times recently posted this excellent explainer feature documenting how Olympic sports have gotten faster and faster over the years. The piece focuses on the Men’s 100-Meter Sprint, but covers other important events, like the 100 meter freestyle swim, and long jump. From NY Times: Based on the athletes’ average speeds, if every Olympic…
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Curiosity Rover Successfully Lands On Mars!!
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Congratulations to the NASA/JPL-Caltech crew for successfully landing the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity Rover on Mars! Here are the first images taken by Curiosity on the red planet.. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden’s statement: NASA is back on Mars – and getting ready for the next mission to the Red Planet! After an astounding 154 million…
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Google Loves The Olympics
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Tonight while watching the 2012 Olympic Games Track and Field Mens 1500 race, I casually Googled “1500 meters to miles” to figure how close to a mile the race is. Lo and behold, Google not only did the conversion for me, but also figured out that I was watching the olympics, and gave me some…
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Resources: Free Emergency Medical Technician Continuing Education Training Guide
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At the end of my EMT-B training class through Unitek Education in Freemont, California, we went over various resources for obtaining free continuing education credits. Here are some of the resources we discussed: Lots of CE courses are run through state emergency offices California Emergency Management Agency https://www.calema.ca.gov/LandingPages/Pages/Training-and-Response.aspx Federal Training Partners – https://www.calema.ca.gov/TrainingandExercises/Pages/Federal-Training-Partners.aspx July California Training…
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Photos: Curiosity Just Days Away From Mars
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Certainly my top photo set of the week – a complete photo album of the assembly and launch of the Mars Science Laboratory mission. Very cool. Good luck on touchdown on Mars in a few days! Curiosity Just Days Away From Mars – In Focus – The Atlantic.
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Running in Newark
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Finally, an outside run for the week. After National Registry EMT-B testing, we got out of class a bit early. There was just enough sunlight left for a quick 5 mile run out to the industrial wasteland surrounding Newark, California.