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Audiostretto 59/4/24 English

Hans-Jörg Stark

Audiostretto 59/4/24 is a daily podcast with an encouraging impulse for the day. Because many people today have little time in a day with a full agenda, this input is a maximum of 59 seconds long. So it"s analogous to a ristretto: short, strong and invigorating. 59 seconds for 24 hours!

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00:01:24

Bike stand

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/21

In the past, every bike had a kickstand, which was usually attached quite directly to the bike. Today, this is no longer a matter of course. Some bikes are optimised to be as light as possible and therefore a kickstand is unnecessary weight that you have to carry with you. That makes sense. The kickstand is only important for parking the bike, not at all while riding, it's just an annoying weight. The same applies to the lights: if you ride during the day, you don't need them, only in the

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00:01:22

Moderate

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/20

We humans are emotional beings. This can be seen when we observe our behaviour in relationships: we can rejoice with others and share in their joy and success, but also sympathise with their pain, disappointments and adversities that they experience. In cases of injustice, we often react very strongly and not only demand justice, but also revenge-driven retribution. So it is good that authorities have moderate power of disposition. For example, a referee can only penalise a brutal foul with a red

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00:01:23

Night vision

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/19

There are animals that use more senses than just their eyes for night vision. Migratory birds orientate themselves by the earth's magnetic field. Bats use ultrasonic waves to find their way around. We humans can also recognise certain things at night - but: we actually recognise more when we are not looking closely. Looking at something closely and straining to do so does not help, because the eye structures that enable us to see clearly during the day do not help at night. Rather, it helps to

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00:01:18

Corrugated

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/18

Oak leaf lettuce and other similar lettuces have wavy leaves. In comparison to the leaves on trees, which are largely flat, these are wavy. This means that, from a geometric point of view, they have an irregular shape, one that is probably not very easy to represent mathematically in a function. When you eat the salad, you may neither notice nor care. But it fascinates me because it is not a simple solution, so to speak, but a complex one that makes me think, for example: how does this work or how

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00:01:21

Portions

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/17

On hot days, a cool drink is a welcome refreshment. This is often served with ice cubes. These are often portioned as cubes in an ice cube mould or tray. You could actually put the same amount of water in another container in the freezer and then take out the frozen ice and use as much of it as you need. But it's difficult to get ice cream in the portions you want. It can't be cut like a slice of bread, for example. Portions are sometimes important because they are easier to process than a

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00:01:14

Outliers

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/16

In statistics, particularly when visualising data, so-called outliers often stand out. In a bar chart, for example, these are the bars that stand out particularly high, noticeably higher than all the others. Or a distribution of points that forms a dense cluster, with only a few points clearly outside it. Depending on the subject and data material, a huge amount of resources are then used to deal with these outliers and to find out why they occur. Sometimes even the statistical model is called into

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00:01:21

Pig's snout

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/15

The German name for the pig's nose is Schweinerüssel, a compound term: the animal's name - the pig - and the organ, the trunk. When I think of a trunk, I automatically think of an elephant. But a trunk is, by definition, an extended, movable part of the nose or mouth. And the pig needs this to dig up the ground to find food. But it also uses its snout to smell and it uses it to maintain social contacts and communicate with other pigs by pushing and touching them. All these characteristics

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00:01:20

Stockpile

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/14

There was a time, when I was a child, when every household was supposed to keep a certain amount of emergency supplies on hand. It was your own responsibility to have these products in stock and to check whether and for how long these foods were valid. To this day, I sometimes find products in my stash that are past their expiry date. I then check whether I can still use these foods or, in the worst case, have to dispose of them. In any case, expired food gives the illusion of a stock that is no

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00:01:19

Suspenders

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/13

There are things such as braces that are very useful and functional - but only if they are connected to what they were made for: the braces without trousers can hardly be used for anything else, while the trousers can still be worn, even without braces. That seems unfair: you can do without one and the other is useless without the other. What is certain, however, is that the combination of both creates the best solution or situation. In some cases in our lives, it really is the case that it

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00:01:19

Modesty

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/12

When I prepare Cicorino Rosso or iceberg lettuce in the kitchen, I hold a kind of leaf ball in my hands and separate the individual leaves, which lie very close together, from the whole. I've always wondered how these heads of lettuce grow. Are all the leaves there from the start and do they all grow together or layer by layer? I'm amazed at how they grow. The innermost core will probably hardly get any direct light, water and oxygen and yet it still grows. If I'm honest, then I have to

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00:01:22

Dragon

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/11

In our culture, dragons - i.e. animals - are dangerous creatures that threaten people with their violence, power and evilness. In numerous stories, myths and tales, there are therefore always heroes who bravely face up to the fight against these creatures and heroically defeat them in the end. However, dragons are not considered evil in all cultures. In China, they are considered lucky charms and represent power, strength and prosperity. What a contrast! I can't really get my head round the

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00:01:21

Relaxation

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/10

We humans smell with our noses – although we don't smell with the visible part of the nose, the olfactory process takes place in the nasal cavity. I am fascinated by the construction of the nose: it is not at the back of the head, but the most forward, exposed part of the face. It is open at the bottom, not at the top or front. This ensures that things that come from above, such as rain or heavy dust, cannot enter the nose and contaminate it. We could go on and on about how wonderfully and

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00:01:23

Pistachios

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/09

Pistachios were unknown to me for a long time. It was only when I was a teenager at a camp that I was offered them for the first time. As it was a very positive camp for me with lots of wonderful encounters, I have inevitably associated pistachios with these memories ever since - that was over 40 years ago. It's amazing how such experiences can be formative and have a lasting effect. In this day and age, there is often talk of stress, information overload or other things that take up our

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00:01:15

Branched

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/08

In nature, I observe that growth arises from very small, delicate structures that then become larger and stronger over time. For example, plants grow from very small, delicate structures to larger ones. At the beginning, there is a delicate, thin, very vulnerable beginning of a branch. Over time, it becomes firmer, increases in size and stability and also in firmness of structure – until it finally becomes a stable and firm branch on which birds can find a place to rest. Logically, I would expect

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00:01:20

Screen saver

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/07

In purely technical terms, images are nothing more than very small fields or areas, known as pixels, which are assigned a specific colour value and then, as a whole, produce an image. This applies to photos and digital images alike – and also to screens or monitors. On computers, so-called screen savers are often used to protect the screens. These are moving images or shapes that pass over the monitor while the screen saver is active. As the name suggests, they are used to protect the screen by

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00:01:15

Pyramids

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/06

I have only ever seen pictures of the pyramids in Egypt. It must be enormous what you find there and extremely impressive when you consider how old these structures are and the modest means with which they were built compared to today. Of course, you can argue that many people had to work as slaves to build them and see the whole thing in a negative light. But if you look at the fact that something was built back then that has lasted for so many generations and centuries - then that is more than

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00:01:17

Kerb

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/05

London was one of the first cities to systematically begin paving its streets and laying pavements in the 18th century. The kerb was an essential part of these urban infrastructure measures, which aimed to make the city cleaner and safer. This has continued to this day. However, safer is relative. If I'm cycling and a car overtakes me very close, the kerb means I only have a very limited opportunity to swerve to the right. Or in the event of an accident, the kerb can be a major hazard on

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00:01:18

Hope

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/04

Does the word 'hopefully' occur frequently in your language? Hope is - as I observe it - one of those words that have a touch of optimism in our society but somehow without any real justification. In the sense of: it would be nice if... but things could turn out very differently and in the end we don't know and have no influence. In other words, a certain fatalism. I understand hope to mean something else. For me, it is a genuine, well-founded confidence that what I hope for will

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00:01:20

Duvet

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/03

When we go to bed at night, we usually cover ourselves with a blanket, thereby actively creating a state and an environment in which we can relax. The primary purpose of a blanket is to keep us warm during the physically passive resting phase. But it is more than that. It is also a means of providing us with comfort and protection, which also helps us in the active process of relaxation. Being able to cover yourself in this way is also an expression of the fact that you feel safe and protected from

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00:01:24

Intimacy

Audiostretto 59/4/24 English ·

2024/08/02

The term intimacy is derived from the Latin interior, which means inside. Intimacy is the superlative of this, the highest form of intensification: the absolute innermost. I like the idea that there is an innermost place within us as a place of retreat, isolated from the rest of the often noisy world, where I am completely myself. Intimacy is a basic human need. I think this is also because we live from within ourselves, i.e. from the inside out and not from the outside in. Everything may be

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