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The Future: With what appears is going to be a significant change in our government and a new administration's policies, there is fear about the future. It will be interesting to see what really becomes "the future". Here is a look based on existing and developing technologies, with logical conclusions on how these technologies have, and will continue to grow and affect our daily lives. Share this with your kids - maybe keep a copy to read in the future! ------------------------------------------------In 1998, Kodak a world leader in photography equipment and film had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo paper worldwide. Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt. What happened to Kodak will happen in a lot of industries in the next 10 years - and most people won't see it coming. Did you think in 1998 that 3 years later you would never take pictures on film again? Yet digital cameras were invented in 1975. The first ones only had 10,000 pixels, but followed Moore's law. So as with all exponential technologies, it was a disappointment for a long time, before it became way superior and became mainstream in only a few short years. This will now happen with Artificial Intelligence, health, autonomous and electric cars, education, 3D printing, agriculture and jobs. Welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution. Welcome to the Exponential Age. Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years. Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world. Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don't own any properties. There is an app called "moodies" which can already tell in which mood you’re in. By 2020 there will be apps that can tell by your facial expressions, if you are lying. Imagine a political debate where it's being displayed when they're telling the truth and when they’ re not.

Artificial Intelligence: Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go (an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent.) player in the world, 10 years earlier than expected. Because of IBM Watson, you can get legal advice (so far for more or less basic stuff) within seconds and with 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans. In the US, young lawyers already don't get jobs. So if you study law, stop and think, immediately. There will be 90% fewer lawyers in the future, only specialists will remain. Watson already helps nurses diagnosing cancer, 4 times more accurate than human nurses.. Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that can recognize faces better than humans. In 2030, computers will become more intelligent than humans. Electricity will become incredibly cheap and clean: Solar production has been on an exponential curve for 30 years, but you can now see the burgeoning impact. Last year, more solar energy was installed worldwide than fossil. Energy companies are desperately trying to limit access to the grid to prevent competition from home solar installations, but that can't last. Technology will take care of that strategy. With cheap electricity comes cheap and abundant water. Desalination of salt water now only needs 2kWh per cubic meter (@ 0.25 cents). We don't have scarce water in most places, we only have scarce drinking water. Imagine what will be possible if anyone can have as much clean water as he wants, at nearly no cost. Cars: Electric cars will become mainstream about 2020. Cities will be less noisy because all new cars will run on this cheap electricity. In 2018 the first self driving cars will appear for the public to purchase. Traditional car companies continue to take the evolutionary approach and just build a better, faster, prettier car, while tech companies (Tesla, Apple,Google) are taking the revolutionary approach and building computers on wheels. Around 2020, the entire industry will start to be disrupted. Many engineers from Volkswagen and Audi; are already terrified of Tesla. Car companies who don't change will probably become bankrupt. Indeed, people will not want to own a car anymore. You will simply call a car with your phone, it will show up at your location and drive you to your destination.

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▲ On Dec. 4, 1991, Islamic militants in Lebanon release kidnapped American journalist Terry Anderson after 2,454 days in captivity. He was kidnapped on a west Beirut street and held prisoner in an underground dungeon for the next sixand-a-half years.

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▲ On Nov. 28, 1895, Frank Duryea wins the first motorcar race in the United States, piloting a gas-powered “horseless carriage.” Vehicles had to be able to ▲ On Nov. 29, 1775, the Second carry at least two people: the driver and a Continental Congress, meeting in race-appointed umpire, who would guard Philadelphia, establishes a Committee against cheating. ▲ On Dec. 10, 1869, motivated by of Secret Correspondence. Its goal is to interest in free publicity, Wyoming provide European nations with a Patriot ▲ On Nov. 30, 1954, the first modern territorial legislators pass a law granting interpretation of events in Britain’s instance of a meteorite striking a human women the right to vote. Area men hoped North American colonies, in the hope being occurs in Sylacauga, Alabama, women would be more likely to settle in of soliciting aid for the American war when an 8 1/2 pound meteorite crashes the rugged and isolated country if they effort. through the roof of a house, bounces could vote. off a radio, and strikes Mrs. Elizabeth ▲ On Dec. 1, 1824, Congress acts Hodges. ▲ On Dec. 6, 1884, in Washington, to decide a presidential election for D.C., workers place a 9-inch aluminum the first time in history, giving the ▲ On Dec. 3, 1947, Marlon Brando’s pyramid atop a tower of white marble, presidency to John Quincy Adams, even famous cry of “STELLA!” first booms completing the construction of a though Andrew Jackson had received across a Broadway stage, electrifying the monument to the city’s namesake, the most electoral votes among the four audience at the first-ever performance of George Washington. candidates. The Constitution’s 12th Tennessee Williams’ play “A Streetcar Amendment puts an election in the hands Named Desire.” ▲ On Dec. 9, 1917, after Turkish troops of Congress if no candidate receives a withdrew after only a single day of

fighting, officials of the Holy City of Jerusalem offer the keys to the city to British troops, who promised to protect all religious shrines. ▲ On Dec. 11, 1946, the U.N. votes to establish the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to help provide relief to children in countries devastated by World War II. The United States has never ratified the treaty. ▲ On Dec. 8, 1993, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by President Bill Clinton. NAFTA, a trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico, eliminated all tariffs and trade restrictions. NAFTA was criticized by businessman Ross Perot, who argued that Americans would hear a “giant sucking sound” of U.S. companies fleeing to Mexico and taking jobs with them. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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ZIP code, 20252. • What were folks watching on TV during the 1960s? One of the most popular series was the prime-time soap opera “Peyton Place,” which aired from 1964 to 1969. Other dramas included “The Fugitive,” “77 Sunset Strip,” “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “Perry Mason,” and “Route 66.” On the lighter side, viewers enjoyed the 98 episodes of “Gilligan’s Island,” along with “Hogan’s Heroes,” and “The Monkees.” • The space adventures of the starship Enterprise on the NBC series “Star Trek” began on September 8, 1966 and continued for 79 episodes, with the last airing on June 3, 1969. Despite a fans’ letter-writing campaign, NBC cancelled the series, which achieved a much larger viewer audience afterward, when it entered syndication. Fans who became known as “Trekkies” organized conventions to honor the cult classic, which eventually became the most popular syndicated series. • A popular 1994 movie tried to convince us that Forrest Gump was responsible for the invention of the “smiley face” when he wiped his mudsplattered face on a yellow T-shirt. In reality, the image was the creation of American graphic artist Harvey Ross Ball. Ball was hired in 1963 to create an illustration to raise morale among the employees of an insurance company that had undergone several arduous mergers and acquisitions. He designed the image in less than 10 minutes, receiving $45 for his labors. The State Mutual Life Assurance Company issued posters, buttons, and signs embellished with the smiley face, trying to get their workers to smile more. • On January 15, 1967, the Green Bay Packers teamed up against the Kansas City Chiefs at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the very first Super Bowl. Forty million viewers crowded around their television to watch the inaugural sporting event. (Contrast this with the nearly 115 million viewers who watched Super Bowl XLIX in 2015, the most-

viewed television broadcast of any kind in American history.) Halftime entertainment was provided by the marching bands from the University of Arizona and Grambling State University, trumpeter Al Hirt, and 300 pigeons, along with a release of 10,000 balloons. The Packers defeated the Chiefs by a score of 35 to 10. • There have been health warnings on cigarette packages since 1965, when the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, requiring "Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health" to be printed on every package. The act also banned cigarette ads on broadcast media. • Most likely, the name Douglas Engelbart is unfamiliar to you, yet you probably use his invention every single day. In 1967, Engelbart applied for a patent for an “X-Y position indicator for a display system,” which consisted of a wooden shell with two metal wheels. Its purpose was to link to a computer’s cursor, allowing the user to position the cursor on the screen. One of the wheels was horizontal, the other vertical. So what was the invention? The computer mouse! Prior to Engelbart’s device, computer operators had to type codes and commands to make things happen. Engelbart never received any royalties for his invention. • Musical artists have been pictured on the cover of the Rolling

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As Berliners slept on the night of August 12, 1961, soldiers and construction workers labored in East Berlin, tearing up streets that led into West Berlin, erecting concrete posts, and stringing barbed wire, creating a barrier between the two parts of the city. Phone wires between East and West were cut, severing communications out of East Berlin. • At the end of World War II, Germany had been divided between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union. The Allied powers fostered democracy and a capitalist society in West Germany, with freedom to travel. The result was a rapid post-war economic recovery. The Soviet Union, however, viewing East Germany

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Don’t Spend It All In One Place Have you decided where you’re going to spend your Social Security windfall? The average recipient will see an increase of $5 in monthly benefits in 2017, a whopping 0.3 percent increase. Broken down into real numbers, the average retiree will now receive $1,360 in monthly benefits. Of course, this is a bonus after last year, when we saw no increase whatsoever, while prices around us rose on nearly everything: food, shelter, prescription drugs. The adjustment is based on the annual Consumer Price Index, which apparently rose just enough to get us that $5. If you’re under full retirement age and get Social Security benefits, the maximum income you can make (before they start taking $1 for every $2 you earn) will go up to $16,920 per year. The year you reach full retirement age, you can earn up to $44,880 before they take out a dollar for every $3 you earn. Once you reach full retirement age, there’s no limit on your earnings. Go online to www.ssa.gov/cola for more details. Don’t forget to scroll down and view the history of the Cost of Living Adjustments. It wasn’t that long ago that the increase was 3.6 percent (2012) and 5.8 percent (2009). If you’ll be filing for Medicare in 2017, but because of your age won’t be filing for Social Security, beware. It’s possible you’ll be in that group who will pay more per month for Medicare than others who are “held harmless” from increases. Go to Medicare.gov to read about the 2017 Part B premiums. So ... where shall we spend our windfall? There are approximately 60 million of us who will get that extra money starting in January. At $5 apiece, that comes to $300 million a month.

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It might well be that posttraumatic stress disorder has a physical cause after all. Specifically, for those who've been within 5 feet of a blast, a unique scarring is left on the brain -- the body's attempt to repair itself. Even more specifically, that scarring is found in a certain spot in the brain, between the grey and white matter, the same area of the brain that correlates to symptoms showing up in traumatic brain injury. It happens rather quickly, within days. The results of a study, commissioned by the Department of Defense, was reported in the Lancet Neurology journal. The researchers' main task was to determine whether different types of blasts produce the same damage patterns in the brain that are seen with impact injuries. They compared the brains of both nearby (c) 2016 King Features Synd., and remote blast-injured Inc.

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If you’ve ever seen the 1994 animated film The Lion King, you’ve seen a meerkat in the form of Timon, who sang “Hakuna matata,” the Swahili phrase that means “no worries.” This week, Tidbits has the real facts about this unusual creature, who really can’t sing at all! • Meerkats are members of the mongoose family with very long bodies and coats of gold, silver, orange, or brown. Unlike Timon, who walks on his hind legs, real meerkats can only stand on their hind legs, but walk on all fours. They use their tail for balancing when standing upright. • The omnivorous meerkats are small animals, only measuring up less than a foot (30 cm) from head to rump. Their tail does add another 9.5 inches (24 cm) to their length. They weigh about the same as a squirrel, around 2 lbs. (820 grams). When a meerkat is standing on all four feet, its height is only 6 inches (15 cm). • Meerkats are found in the deserts and grasslands of Africa, specifically in Angola, Namibia, Botswana, and Lesotho. Dark patches of fur around their eyes effectively reduce the glare of the desert sun, similar to the result achieved by baseball players who paint dark lines under their eyes. In the mornings, they enjoy basking in the sun or grooming themselves. • The diet of a meerkat is quite varied, as they dine on lizards, birds, bugs, snakes, rodents, eggs, and fruit. Poisonous scorpions are a staple of the meerkat’s diet, and it can catch the scorpion, pull off its deadly stinger in

a second, and swallow it. They have a unique immunity to the scorpion’s venom. • These animals have sharp claws that enable them to dig complex underground burrow systems, 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 m) underground. A meerkat can dig through sand equal to its own weight in a matter of seconds. One burrow system might have as many as 70 different entrances and exits to keep them safe from predators, while providing a cool place out of the punishing heat of the desert sun. While digging, a membrane covers and protects the meerkat’s eyes, and the animal also has the ability to close its ears to keep the dirt out. • Meerkats have an elaborate “sentry” procedure that protects the clan and their domain. All the adults have a turn at guard duty in an hour-long shift, watching for predators while the others forage for food throughout the day. When all is well, the sentry makes peeping sounds. If there is danger, the meerkat has six different alarm calls that indicate the level of urgency. There are more than 20 different calls with different meanings made by the meerkat, including lost calls, feeding calls, and a call to forage. . • Although they might seem friendly, even sharing their burrows with the yellow mongoose and ground squirrels, these animals can be quite aggressive, vicious fighters, sometimes killing the young members of their clan in order to improve their position in the hierarchy. • Thinking of a meerkat as a pet? In the United States, you need a special permit to keep one. They are aggressive toward anyone unfamiliar, are prone to bovine tuberculosis, and have been known to get rabies.

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● If you’re like the average human being, you have approximately 250,000 sweat glands on your feet alone.

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