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Chemical Engineering 101: Optimized Extraction Of Aromatic Organic Compounds From Thermally Processed Herbal Rubiaceae Seeds (Commonly Referred To As “HOW TO MAKE GREAT COFFEE”
WHAT MAKES GREAT COFFEE?
When we think of great coffee, we think of a rich tasting brew with a deep color, fragrant aroma and full flavor rich in aromatics and some sweetness, with little bitterness or sourness. We generally think of coffee which tastes as good as it smells out of the bag.
Specific qualities of great coffee are generally:
When we think of great coffee, we think of a rich tasting brew with a deep color, fragrant aroma and full flavor rich in aromatics and some sweetness, with little bitterness or sourness. We generally think of coffee which tastes as good as it smells out of the bag.
Specific qualities of great coffee are generally:
- Aroma – The coffee smells very fragrant when we are holding the cup.
- Flavor – The coffee tastes as good as it smells when we take a sip.
- Body – The coffee feels smooth when it is our mouth and not astringent (does not make your mouth feel squeaky).
- Sweetness – The coffee does not taste very bitter.
- Clean taste - The coffee does not leave a bad aftertaste in your mouth after you drink it (such as cardboard, paper, wood, plastic, smoke or chemical flavor).
Mediterranean Diet: The Real Deal For Eating Well, With Benefits
While other diet plans and weight loss eating plans have experienced ups and downs in popularity over the years, the Mediterranean diet has consistently been ranked in the top tier since it became publicized in the 1990’s. For the last 5 years, the Mediterranean diet has been named the best eating plan....again!
The Mediterranean Diet appears in a lot of headlines and articles as the best ways to improve your eating habits, maintain good health, control your weight, and a whole list of other benefits. But why is this diet better than any of the other diets we have been hearing about over the last 20+ years? Is it really that new and revolutionary? And what about folks like us who don’t live in the Mediterranean region and have busy schedules to manage and don’t have time to cook fancy exotic recipes? Can it really help us?
The Mediterranean Diet is just a way of eating and it focuses on the eating habits of people who live in Southern Europe in countries that are along or near to the Mediterranean Sea. This includes Greece, Crete, Italy, Spain, Southern France and Portugal. This is not about deprivation or eating extreme healthy stuff to take away your appetite. It is just a way of eating that provides better nutrition and less of the foods that are associated with health issues. The Mediterranean way of eating includes real regular food that tastes good and it does not involve counting calories or buying diet products. You can still eat meat, if you like meat, and you can have some wine, if you drink wine. You can even have some desserts. The point is that you do not feel starved or deprived of anything that tastes good.
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The Mediterranean Diet appears in a lot of headlines and articles as the best ways to improve your eating habits, maintain good health, control your weight, and a whole list of other benefits. But why is this diet better than any of the other diets we have been hearing about over the last 20+ years? Is it really that new and revolutionary? And what about folks like us who don’t live in the Mediterranean region and have busy schedules to manage and don’t have time to cook fancy exotic recipes? Can it really help us?
The Mediterranean Diet is just a way of eating and it focuses on the eating habits of people who live in Southern Europe in countries that are along or near to the Mediterranean Sea. This includes Greece, Crete, Italy, Spain, Southern France and Portugal. This is not about deprivation or eating extreme healthy stuff to take away your appetite. It is just a way of eating that provides better nutrition and less of the foods that are associated with health issues. The Mediterranean way of eating includes real regular food that tastes good and it does not involve counting calories or buying diet products. You can still eat meat, if you like meat, and you can have some wine, if you drink wine. You can even have some desserts. The point is that you do not feel starved or deprived of anything that tastes good.
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Remote Work in the New Normal – That Train Has already Left The Station,
There is No Turning Back Now
If you ever wanted to find an opportunity to work remotely, there is no time like right now to explore your options both outside your current organization and also for where you are at now. In the past working remotely was viewed as less productive and not for those who were serious about whir jobs and careers. Since most employers in the past were not very flexible in providing opportunities for folks to try out remote work and demonstrate that this does work well, there was no real evidence to point to for justifying remote work as legitimate value-added service to the organization.
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AI Augmented Creativity Is For Real
A new startup has taken ideation to the tech-age by utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to analyze prompted information supplied by the requester to generate ideas specifically tailored to each request.
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Therapeutic Baking
Interest in baking is seeing a resurgence not seen since 100 years ago, when modern style cookbooks, specialized kitchen utensils and quality ingredients become widely available to many home bakers. 100 years ago, uncertainties people were dealing with included World War I and the flu pandemic of 1918. During those times, people found comfort in familiar routines including cooking and baking.
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How To Stay Motivated - Staying On Track When Your Work and Home
Lives Converge
Face it, It’s a real challenge to get into a new routine, especially when you are thrown into one suddenly with little time to prepare. For most of us, even though working from home seems like it should be less stressful, it can feel more stressful as needs and expectations of work and home life come together and constantly compete for our attention and focus.
Hey, you’re not alone at all. The fact is, most people need structure in order to feel secure and enable them to effectively focus and perform consistently. Not having a familiar structure, like going into work every day at the office, can feel like not having a sturdy floor to stand on.
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Hey, you’re not alone at all. The fact is, most people need structure in order to feel secure and enable them to effectively focus and perform consistently. Not having a familiar structure, like going into work every day at the office, can feel like not having a sturdy floor to stand on.
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Why Virtual Meetings Can Be More Productive Than Face To Face Meetings
It’s interesting, despite all the early challenges with setting up and figuring out how to use teleconferencing tools, online meetings have quickly evolved into very efficient results oriented events which produce more value per hour than the old fashioned low tech face to face meetings. Yes, there will always be challenges with network interruptions and computers that are slow and bugs in software, but overall the results after just one month focused solely on virtual meetings shows that we have advanced to being much more productive. Based on what criteria? Here are some key observations, you be the judge.
The Virtual Engineer - What I Learned (by Necessity)
And How I’ve Become More Efficient
Plunging into the deep end of remote work has been an extreme paradigm shifting experience. Being an engineer supporting manufacturing operations, working from home in my circles has always been viewed as play-working and has been strongly discouraged as a lazy person’s way to get out of really putting in the effort to be productive. Now in 2020, given no other choice these same organizations have suddenly fully embraced remote work as a lifeline to keep things running while the world gets itself back together. As someone who has long sought an at least partial remote opportunity, this experience is not just that the glass is half full but it is overflowing. This is a chance to challenge the creative skills to prove this works and, even to my surprise, after one month I have found that this has worked out even better than I anticipated. In addition there are many new skills that I have learned and/or sharpened which can be very useful well into the future. These include everything from learning new software to new ways to stay motivated and new ways to be organized. All of these have actually improved my productivity as I have noticed as I am checking off completion of key project deliverables which I could never seem to get to while in the office. Out of every challenge comes a valuable learning opportunity, and here are some of the most valuable I have learned.
Now Is Your Time - To Prove Just How Effective You Can Be Working From Home
In the midst of all the uncertainty, fear and confusion going on right now in the world, it is important to hold onto the things that are within your control and and focus on what you can do right now to lift yourself up and look forward to a brighter and better future.
You’ve always wanted to be able to work from home or work remotely right? But most organizations have been very resistant to allowing remote work because remote workers are viewed as less productive or lazy or just taking a vacation and pretending to work (translation “If we can't see you and look over your shoulder, we don’t trust you to be responsible”).
But now all the rules have suddenly changed. No, this isn’t the way that I or anyone would have ever wanted it to be, but since we are forced to be in this situation anyway, why not use this opportunity (if we can call it that) to prove that working remotely from home really does work and it works very well.
You’ve always wanted to be able to work from home or work remotely right? But most organizations have been very resistant to allowing remote work because remote workers are viewed as less productive or lazy or just taking a vacation and pretending to work (translation “If we can't see you and look over your shoulder, we don’t trust you to be responsible”).
But now all the rules have suddenly changed. No, this isn’t the way that I or anyone would have ever wanted it to be, but since we are forced to be in this situation anyway, why not use this opportunity (if we can call it that) to prove that working remotely from home really does work and it works very well.
Benefits to the Employer of Working From Home
Here are some of the real benefits to organizations (not just employees) that real companies are currently looking at:
- Real estate savings in the $Millions from not having to maintain as many offices and buildings.
- Employees working on average up to 5 or more additional hours per day since access to work is so easy at home and there is less stress and fatigue and wasted time commuting and getting stuck in traffic or caught in transit delays.
- Employees having higher morale and willing to work harder and longer without expecting more money (many employees are willing to take a cut in pay in exchange for the flexibility to work remotely, even part of the time).
- Geographic diversity, being able to recruit the talent needed without regard for location, willingness to relocate and relocation costs.
- Inexpensive compliance with Americans With Disabilities Act, versus constructing appropriate accommodations within a company facility.
- Reduced discrimination, people are evaluated based on what they can do rather than what they look like.
- Remote meetings are shorter and more to the point so things get done efficiently and less time is wasted in excessive chatter and going off on tangents.
- Enables effective Business Continuity Planning (BCP), without reliance on a specific location to be able to operate. The decentralized nature of working from home enables work to continue at multiple locations, even in the event of a disaster which stops work on some locations.
Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Template With Instructions and Example
A BCP will enable you to plan ahead, because you want to stay in business in the event that an unforeseen disaster or emergency happens that interrupts your business operations. In situations such as this, you want to know clearly what needs to be done to keep business running. You need to be prepared so that panic does not cause you to make inappropriate and ineffective decisions which will hurt your business.
The BCP plan provides a clear roadmap of what to do, when to do it, and who needs to do it. Having this plan in place will give you a valuable tool to guide you through the disaster and provide peace of mind knowing what to do to keep your business running.
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The BCP plan provides a clear roadmap of what to do, when to do it, and who needs to do it. Having this plan in place will give you a valuable tool to guide you through the disaster and provide peace of mind knowing what to do to keep your business running.
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