Author: Woodka

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

A famous coffeemaker that created the drip market is the Mr. Coffee. Have a listen:

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 the 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 of 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 for the extraction process to work faster This process requires some decently expensive equipment, and therefore is not a process normally done in homes, but budget espresso makers are becoming available. Starbucks made espresso widely available in the United States.

Moka Pot

Before the modern high pressure expresso machine, there wad 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 them word Moka. This told you it was done.

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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 10 fingers and 10 toes.

Judith Stone

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The History of Carbon:

The word “Carbon” comes from the Latin word “carbo”, meaning coal. Carbon has been known since the prehistoric times in different forms including soot and charcoal. Lavoisier in 1772, demonstrated that diamond is a form of carbon, just like coal.  The same was true for graphite, discovered in 1779 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Carbon is said to have several allotropic forms. It is also at the origin of inorganic compound elements such as carbon dioxide and methane, or even certain polymers.

Atomic #	6
Atomic Mass	12.011
Melting Point	around 3550 °C (6420 °F)
Boiling Point	around 4827 °C (8721 °F)
Density	typically 1.8–2.1 g/cm³

How Carbon is Used

Carbon is the foundational element of life, usually used as a fuel source (coal, oil, natural gas), in structural materials (steel, graphite, carbon fiber), and in chemical compounds (plastics, polymers). It appears in pure forms like diamond (abrasives, jewelry) and graphite (pencils, lubricants, electrodes). 

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

Since the 1940’s 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.

Illness	Rate
Skin Cancer	60,000 – 90,000
Smoking	7,000,000 (1.5m from secondhand smoke)
Acute Radiation Syndrome	60 – 100 since WWII

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 too 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.

I attend the Dallas School of Excellence. Our school is well known for a few major things:

Water Sports

The Dallas Whales are second to none in the pool. Like a fish in water, we gold the record for most consecutive wins in diving and 50 meter freestyle. Come join our pod!

Gourmet Cuisines:

With options of Lobster, Filet Mignon, Baked Bean with Bacon, Biscuit and Gravy, and an Ice Cream Parlor, you would expect students to be excited for every meal… and you’d be fight! Our school’s Culinary Class preps and cooks every meal in house.

Hockey

While you don’t immediately associate the heart of Texas with Hockey, our Hockey team is 3rd in the nation. All of our players are famed for still having all their teeth! You can thank our phenomenal dental program!

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