Problem scenario
You go to hotels with mini-refrigerators. What appears to be a small fridge is actually a freezer from a pragmatic perspective. Your food (e.g., apples or fruit) get destroyed when they are frozen. You want a fridge, but everything seems to freeze your food. What should you do?

Solution
Turn the temperature down. If you open the fridge and do not see a thermostat,

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Question
Some of the signers of the Declaration of Independence invented new musical instruments. Who were they and what did they invent?

Answer
Francis Hopkinson invented the Bellarmonic that involved steel bells (https://loc.gov/item/ihas.200035713). Ben Franklin invented the armonica (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11855437/). To listen, click on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEKlRUvk9zc

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Question
Does an athletic interest affect your life span?

Answer
Possibly. The relationship could be correlative or causal.

The expected average longevity for male athletes was 56 years for cyclists, 66 years for weightlifters, 75 years for rugby players and 92 years for golfers.

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Problem scenario
You would like a larger font edition of Atlas Shrugged (a fictional book that involves technology). Is there an option?

Solution
Maybe. There is a smaller edition (width and height) that is roughly ~4.2″ X ~6.8″; if this is the size you bought, you would prefer the Centennial Edition that is ~6.1″ X ~9.1″ version at Amazon or Barnes &

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Question
In the context of weight lifting (or resistance training), what single exercise is the most important?

Answer
The squat (according to page 7 of Starting Strength). Page 19 says “There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density enhancement,

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Problem scenario
Your Carrier thermostat (e.g., a programmable Comfort (TM) Series Touch-n-Go (TM)) is not working. There is a glitch or apparent malfunction on the screen. All the lights flash on with the backlight turning on — then the display goes dark (unlit with no indication). The heating and cooling does not work. The batteries seem good; the thermostat showed them at two-thirds strength (two of three bars were strong).

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Problem scenario
You live in a northern latitude and it stays light until late at night and gets light out early in the morning. How do you sleep under these conditions?

Solution
Background information: Sleep is important. Research says you should try to get more than eight hours of sleep.

Buy a high quality sleep mask (as opposed to a very affordable one).

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