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Fewer beans = great coffee if you get the pour height right

Ars Technica

While espresso has received the lion's share of such attention, physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have investigated the physics behind brewing so-called "pour-over" coffee, in which hot water is poured over coffee grounds in a filter within a funnel-shaped cone and allowed to percolate and drip into a cup below.

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The NonProfit Voice Ep 71: Finding the Right Educational Opportunities for Your Nonprofit Career

NonProfit PRO

Lauren Grow, director of development at West Chester University Foundation and Elizabeth Abel, senior vice president at CCS Fundraising, join The NonProfit Voice to explore educational opportunities in the nonprofit sector, as well as their own experiences educating nonprofit professionals at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Bowery opens a new vertical farm in Pennsylvania

TechCrunch

When I wrote my big TC1 on Bowery Farming late last year , there was a lot of talk of the company’s third commercial farming site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Today the facility finally comes online after a big press unveiling.

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Big Lots store openings update: See the full list of ‘2nd wave’ locations that will reopen for business in May

Fast Company Tech

Additional second-wave stores will be located in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. North Carolina will see the biggest number of Big Lots openings in the second wave, with 12 locations set to open in the state.

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This Brooklyn apartment complex was built like a Lego set

Fast Company Tech

Trucks delivered nearly four dozen 60-foot-long mods from the factory where they were built in Pennsylvania, staging them next to a nearby cemetery in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East Flatbush. Labor in the Pennsylvania factory is less expensive. It just seems like, OK, well, you did this the first time.

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Bitcoin mining company buys Pennsylvania power plant to meet electricity needs

TechSpot

Mining the top cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum requires vast amounts of power. A single Bitcoin transaction, including the resources needed to mine the coin and to verify the transaction, can total upwards of 1,700 kilowatt hours (kWh). This ever-increasing power demand has forced large crypto mining outfits to.

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TD Bank is closing dozens of branches across 10 states: Here’s the full list of doomed locations

Fast Company Tech

The move will impact communities in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast, with affected branches spanning Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.