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I lived in Abkhazia by chance for four years. There is such a wonderful country, like a fairy tale. This is where everything grows, blooms, where the sea and the sun. I did not repair TVs then, I considered this business below my own dignity. But it happened, they called. A guy worked in the hotel, he was smart, his name was Zurik, he was a Georgian, not an Abkhaz, then it didn’t matter who was who. The defect was simple, something with the channel switch, something did not catch. I didn’t understand anything on TV then and I didn’t have any experience, but I went. I even took an oscilloscope from work, I knew how to turn it on - I work with it every day. The oscilloscope made an impression on them, and what an impression! Miraculously, I eliminated the defect by poking a soldering iron on the channel switch board, apparently soldering what was needed. Zurik gave me 65 rubles for my work - half of my salary (without a bonus). I was shocked. I thought, can I repair TVs? I haven't stopped since.
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What tongue can dangle but never utter a word?

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“Misfortune is the touchstone of character” (Honoré de Balzac)
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Money does not require wisdom, but wisdom does require money. Jewish proverb
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From Roman mythology. Fortune is the goddess of blind chance, good luck, happiness and misfortune (if the goddess turns her back on a person). She was usually depicted as a blindfolded woman standing on a ball or wheel. In one hand she holds a rudder from a river vessel (a sign that she controls the fate of a person), in the other - a cornucopia (meaning the well-being that she can give). And the ball or wheel on which the goddess stands, as well as the bandage over her eyes, means the inconstancy of the goddess Fortune, the changeability of her goodwill. It was traditionally depicted on almost all ancient Roman coins. Hence the expression "wheel of Fortune" - chance, blind, changeable happiness.
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Cave ne cadas. - Be careful not to fall.
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It was found that within a radius of two kilometers from the antennas of Vatican Radio, the frequency of leukemia among children is 6,5 times higher than away from the antennas. The radio station had to reduce the radiation power by 2 times.
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Why was the Soviet football player Alexander Zavarov called the beetroot in France?

At the end of his career, the famous Soviet football player Alexander Zavarov played for the French club Nancy. The team nicknamed him "blette" (this is the French name for a subspecies of beets), because Zavarov often uttered this word with his own or other people's mistakes on the football field.

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In a modern technology world where distance is becoming increasingly commonplace, maintaining connection and a sense of closeness is important. Recent developments in artificial skin by German scientists from Saarland University represent a new era in virtual interactions. German researchers from Saarland University have developed ultra-thin films that can transmit the sensation of touch over a distance. This cutting-edge technology provides new opportunities for virtual communication, especially for those who find themselves far from their loved ones. The ultra-thin films developed by the researchers, just 50 micrometers thick, can be integrated into textiles and worn like a second skin. These films act as sensors that recognize tactile signals from mom or dad, and as actuators that transmit these movements to the baby. Parents' touch to the fabric activates sensors that react to pressure and deform the ultra-thin film. This ... >>

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Enabling and disabling gluttony 15.06.2016

It turns out that there is an area in the brain, "turning off" which, you can moderate the desire for everything tasty and pleasant.

Jocelyn M. Richard, leader of the Johns Hopkins University experiment, explains: relationship between external stimulus and craving for food (or drugs).

First, the mice were taught that if they heard a signal and pressed a lever, a portion of sweetened water appeared in the cage. When the mice heard the signal, the scientists monitored the activity of the ventral pallidium, a region of the brain located in the basal ganglia. The response of the neurons in this area to the sound of the syrup was surprisingly strong: the cells began to work at a frantic pace. The stronger the activity, the faster the mice ran to the lever and got the treat.

The scientists then turned off the ventral pallidium neurons using optogenetics. The mice did not stop loving sugar - but they were much calmer, did not run headlong to the lever, and in some cases completely neglected the opportunity to feast.

"Now that it's possible to regulate cravings for food and other pleasures, we can help addicts regulate their appetites," says Jocelyn Richard.

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