Random Analogies

What: "A toxic workplace is like poison to your well-being. There are many articles dealing with this issue (none of which appear to have been read where I've worked), but most of them miss the question where the toxins come from. This article identifies some sources."

Writer: Not Stated

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Date: Apr 19 2012 2:07 PM

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"For John his human body is like one of NASA's space suits. It's a high tech encounter suit adjusted for life here on Earth. That is it, it is nothing more than that."

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"The Human Quantum Leap"
page 95

Writer: A.J. Ensor

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Date: Apr 30 2014 5:29 PM

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"An astronomer who only studies visible light is like someone who could only hear one particular note in a Beethoven symphony. Infrared astronomers can hear a much wider part of the symphony of the Universe. They can detect what would be analogous to all the notes played in the bass clef."

Writer: J. S. Sweitzer

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Date: Feb 13 2015 10:44 AM

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"Wind turbines undergo an immense amount of pressure from the wind in varying degrees and locations. Being a wind turbine is like being in a cylindrical shower full of shower heads everywhere. Some of the shower heads barely give out water and others shove with the pressure of a fire hose. A wind turbine blade needs to be able to holistically handle the various pressures the wind gives it and still perform well."

Writer: Elizabeth Polsdofer, Iowa NSF EPSCoR

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Date: Mar 13 2015 10:22 AM