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    • Rio de Janeiro
      Best Vacation Spot in Brazil If you head southeast of the country of Brazil, you’ll find a remarkable city that’s praised for its beaches and culture. There are many activities you could do in Rio de Janeiro, like… Read more: Rio de Janeiro
    • Coffee: Magical Bean Water
      With roots in Ethiopia and Yemen over 500 years ago, Coffee did not grow in popularity until America made it the drink of choice. This is closely linked to the history of our country. After the tax from… Read more: Coffee: Magical Bean Water
    • Design Blocks
      Columns I am writing about diamonds in the left side column. Let’s pretend that I run a business that sells diamonds. Underneath this bit of text, I might put a button to go buy diamonds. I will offer… Read more: Design Blocks
    • Hydrogen
      History of Hydrogen: Hydrogen is the most simple and abundant element in the universe. In 1766, a scientist named Henry Cavendish discovered it and termed it “inflammable air”. In 1783, Antoine Lavoisier named it “hydrogen”, meaning “water former”.… Read more: Hydrogen
    • Cool Rock I Saw
      This is preformatted text about a cool rock. It’s shiny and colorful. It’s probably a metal. A poem about rocks Rock erupt from EarthRocks stay around a whileRocks understand it. A picture of a very special rock
    • Radiation: Is it really dangerous?
      “Unless you are purposely collecting and storing radioactive materials very incorrectly, it’s not dangerous.” Since the 1940s we have always looked at radiation as the monster that had to be conquered or feared, but is it really as… Read more: Radiation: Is it really dangerous?
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  • Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro is known for its beautiful beaches, like Copacabana, and Ipanema.

    Best Vacation Spot in Brazil

    If you head southeast of the country of Brazil, you’ll find a remarkable city that’s praised for its beaches and culture. There are many activities you could do in Rio de Janeiro, like swimming, visiting the “Christ the Redeemer” Statue, or check out the Maracanã Stadium, the home of Pelé’s 1000th goal!

    Avoiding tourist traps, it doesn’t hurt the bank either, you could spend a whole week here doing fun things for just $200.

    The only downside is that Brazil’s national language is Portuguese, but it’s very tourist friendly. Make sure you go in the spring or summer so you can experience the amazing festivals and sandy beaches!

    Culture

    Brazilian culture is all about livelihood and community, so visiting the Sambadrome, dancing at Pedra do Sal, touring historical sites in Little Africa, attending samba workshops in Ipanema, and exploring museums like the Museu do Amanhã are all ways you could connect to the amazing culture of Brazil.

    Carnaval

    Carnaval is a vibrant, brilliant festival that occurs annually early spring. There’s dancers, floats, music, all happening on the street. It’s arguably the most famous and biggest carnival in the world, characterized with masks, elaborate costumes, and street parties.

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  • Coffee: Magical Bean Water

    The World of Coffee

    With roots in Ethiopia and Yemen over 500 years ago, Coffee did not grow in popularity until America made it the drink of choice. This is closely linked to the history of our country. After the tax from the Tea Act of 1773, America rejected tea sold by the British East India Trading Company, and went to the cheaper alternative of coffee. This brought it to the masses, and began its march towards global domination.

    Types of Coffee

    Pour overs

    The most popular form of coffee in the world is the pour over. It is a process where you pour hot water over coffee in a paper filter. This process is the basis of the drip coffee machine.

    Percolated Coffee

    The older brother to the modern day drip coffee machine is the percolator. It has one major downside, of it resteaps the coffee multiple times, causing it to become bitter, it was very uncommon to drink this coffee black. Most people who drank percolated coffee have very little issue drinking black drip coffee though as it is far less than bitter.

    Espresso

    Currently the king of caffeine. Espresso uses pressurized water to put the coffee grinds under pressure. You also have to grind the coffee finer to allow the extraction process to work faster. This process required some decently expensive equipment, and therefore is not a process normally done in home, but budget espresso makers are becoming available. Starbucks made Espresso widely available in the United States.

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    Moka Pot

    Before the modern high pressure espresso machine, there was still a way to make a higher pressure, more caffeinated coffee than drip. It was called the Moka Pot. To use it, you would fill the bottom with water, a cup with coffee, and then screw it together. Placed upon a source of heat, it would force the water through the coffee under steam pressure. When finished, it would make a noise that sounds like the word Moka. This told you it was done.

    (a) Brewed Coffee

    (b) Coffee Grinds

    (c) Water

    (d) Source of Heat

  • Design Blocks

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    Columns

    I am writing about diamonds in the left side column. Let’s pretend that I run a business that sells diamonds. Underneath this bit of text, I might put a button to go buy diamonds. I will offer you a diamond for 3 emeralds. Also equivocal to 13 loafs of bread. Hmmmmm…

    Diamonds

    I like rocks a lot… is it obvious? Some rocks are pure elements, but others are an amalgamation of many different compounds made in many different ways.

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    Lorem ipsum

    Dolor Sit Amet

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  • Hydrogen

    Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table. It has an atomic number of 1, and an atomic mass of 1.00784 u.

    History of Hydrogen:

    Hydrogen is the most simple and abundant element in the universe. In 1766, a scientist named Henry Cavendish discovered it and termed it “inflammable air”. In 1783, Antoine Lavoisier named it “hydrogen”, meaning “water former”.

    Hydrogen is now used for green energy, storage, and industrial applications.

    More Info

    Atomic number1
    Atomic mass1.00784 u
    Melting point-434.5°F
    Boiling point-423.2°F
    Density0.08988kg/m30.08988 kg/m cubed
    (roughly 14 times lower than air)

  • Cool Rock I Saw

    Cool Rock I Saw

    This is preformatted text about a cool rock. It's shiny and colorful. It's probably a metal.

    A poem about rocks

    Rock erupt from Earth
    Rocks stay around a while
    Rocks understand it.

    A picture of a very special rock

    oil shale from Messel pit in Germany
    The Darmstadt region in Germany is rich in naturally occurring Oil Shale.
    A cut D-FL scale Diamond
    Most perfect diamonds are now made in labs. One way to tell between a natural D-FL diamond and a lab one, is the lab one looks TOO perfect.
    Natural Pitchblende Uraninite
    In Germany, this rock gained the name Pitchblende, which means “Bad Luck”. When you found Pitchblende, you would start breaking your pickaxes, and the copper vein would run out.
    sample of crystalline bismuth
    Bismuth naturally creates beautiful crystal structures.

  • Radiation: Is it really dangerous?

    “Unless you are purposely collecting and storing radioactive materials very incorrectly, it’s not dangerous.”

    Since the 1940s we have always looked at radiation as the monster that had to be conquered or feared, but is it really as bad as science fiction would have you believe? Let’s explore this concept.

    The Facts

    Many people believe that radiation illnesses are a major factor for dying of cancers, but the facts just don’t back this up.

    IllnessRate
    Skin Cancer60,000 – 90,000
    Smoking7,000,000 (1.5m from secondhand smoke)
    Acute Radiation Syndrome60-100 SINCE WWII
    Per Capita Mortality of different diseases

    The Truth

    Radiation is a calculatable risk. We use certain tools to keep a safe measurement of this risk, but in most cases, radioactive material that most people can gain access to is not very dangerous. We have lived alongside it for thousands of years, and unless you are purposely collecting it and storing it very incorrectly, it’s not dangerous.

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  • The Metric System

    The Metric System has been adopted by most of the world, but in The United States of America, it never really caught on. There are some major measurements that can be made in Metric. The primary sizes are as such.

    • meter – length
    • gram – mass
      • kilogram
    • Celsius – Temp
    • Candela – Luminosity
    • Liter – Volume

    A famous quote:

    If God wanted us to use the metric system, he would have given us ten fingers and ten toes.

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