How Lasers Became Used to Remove Hair

May 17, 2022 by edd In specialty-coffee-green-coffee-beansTags: boris

It is ironic now to think that in 1958, when American scientist Charles Townes showed that a MASER could theoretically be made to operate in the visible region of the spectrum, his colleagues told him “that his work would have little relevance to the real world”. The year was 1958, the ‘hula hoop’ was all the craze in Europe and Russian author Boris Pasternek declined the Nobel Prize in Literature as he feared the authorities would expel him from his Read More

Capacity Building for Nonprofits: Needs in the Rural States

May 7, 2022 by edd In specialty-coffee-green-coffee-beansTags: boris

Nonprofit capacity building in the U.S. has emerged from its initial forays into training and technical assistance by Management Support Organizations in the late 1970s and early 1980s into a rich mix of resources. The current national map includes more diversity with (1) a wide range of both generalized and targeted services, (2) covering multiple fields and organizational issues, (3) with multiple methods for delivery, (4) by a diverse group of provider types. Thought leaders in the field have written Read More