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Variacs

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People are often surprised that variacs (variable auto transformers) are still quite widely used in the era of triac dimming and pulse width modulation drivers.

But actually variacs are quite energy efficient with loses of 2% or even less, work well with inductive loads like motors and don’t mess with the sine wave, so they produce clean power with a good power factor.

The Kraft Caves, Springfield MO

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Deep under Springfield, Missouri, lies a cheese cave of industrial proportions, a 2-million-square-foot refrigerated warehouse called Springfield Underground. Since 2008, Kraft Foods has rented 400,000 square feet of the repurposed limestone mine as a massive distribution center, from which to ship 680-pound, Velveeta-bright barrels of Oscar Meyer meats, Philadelphia cream cheese, Velveeta pasteurized processed cheeses, Jell-O, and Lunchables. Unlike traditional cheese caves, which can impart the particular flavors of time and place—the unique combinations of bacteria, yeast, and mold that cheese makers call terroir—Wired magazine explains that in the case of Kraft's cave:

January 3, 2023 12 PM Update

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Latest Sunrise (Standard Time) – Tuesday, January 3 at 7:23 am
7:15 am sunrise – Tuesday, January 24
7:00 am sunrise – Tuesday, February 7
6:45 am sunrise – Saturday, February 18
6:30 am sunrise – Tuesday, February 28
6:15 am sunrise – Thursday, March 9

Daylight Savings Time Begins – Sunrise on Sunday, March 12 is at 7:11 am
7:00 am sunrise – Saturday, March 18
6:45 am sunrise – Sunday, March 26
6:30 am sunrise – Tuesday, April 4
6:15 am sunrise – Thursday, April 13
6:00 am sunrise – Saturday, April 22
5:45 am sunrise – Wednesday, May 3
5:30 am sunrise – Tuesday, May 16

NPR

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Tips on what to do if you’re laid off : NPR

January is historically the busiest month for job cuts.

The first month of the year "is when most companies are doing restructures, reorganizations and setting the direction," says Sarah Rodehorst, co-founder of Onwards HR, which helps companies carry out layoffs, adding that tech, health care, banking and finance are likely to see the biggest cuts in 2023.

Already, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has announced widespread layoffs at the investment bank in the first half of January, citing slowing economic activity.

After a year of rising inflation and a series of big interest rate hikes, companies are skittish about the possibility of a looming recession. One in 3 companies expects to lay off 30% or more of their workforce in 2023, according to a December survey of 1,000 business leaders by Resume Builder.