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=“Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske,” Founded by Werner Von Siemens & Johann Georg Halske in Berlin on October 1, 1847. This was an Engineering Firm and was the bigggest in the World. Werner discoverd that the Electricity can be used as a energy source and could be used for many things. including the first electric train, which was presented at the Berlin Industrial Exhibition, and the first electric street lighting for the Kaisergalerie in Berlin, both of which in 1879, as well as the first electric elevator in Mannheim in 1880 and the world’s first electric streetcar in Berlin-Lichterfelde in 1881.These inventions helped sculpt the things everyone in the world use today. Even though the Nazi's arent the most liked people in the world they have great minds that created very useful things that benefit the world.= From the April 2008 Idaho Observer: Throughout the ages there has always been a natural need to make things a little easier. From as far back as first having a fire to warm us, we learned to contain it in stones that radiated the heat leading to what most of us love and still call "The Fire Place." Then, when workable metal came into existence (a very convenient invention in itself) we learned to fashion wood burning stoves. Heating with metal stoves was becoming a modern convenience and soon it was in almost all homes.The old saying always held true, "Necessity is the mother of invention." This concept was healthy, inspiring, good for the economy and led to so many great things. (The industrial age of the 1890s to around 1950 was absolutely amazing!) The basic necessities of life were always transportation, heating and cooling, storing food and water, and shelter from the weather. When we see such fine examples as automobiles, central heating and cooling, modern refrigerators, modern plumbing, and the beautiful and comfortable homes of today, it’s easy to say, "Convenience is not a curse at all but a blessing"—and we would be right. It is fairly safe to say that today the necessities of life are well covered to where we can grasp any of them with ease. However, there is quite a difference between something that makes a necessity more convenient and something that makes the convenience itself, such as the ease of preparing a meal on a nice modern stove, become unnecessary. How lazy are we going to allow ourselves to get? Or even worse, how much of this wonderful life that we were created to enjoy (which includes using our brain and muscles once in a while) are we willing and wanting to give up? If this is not self-destruction, I don’t know what is. We are trapped in a whirlwind moving faster and faster away from the life our bodies, souls and spirits were created to live and the average person can’t even see it! Well, on that moment of hope and delight in humanity, my wife just told me about a TV survey that she saw on "//Good Morning America//": When asked what was most important in deciding "what to do for dinner" such as price, taste, nutrition, or convenience, an overwhelming 70 percent said convenience. The survey did not say but I suspect to most people that means popped in the microwave or a trip through a fast food place. Now surely popping something in the microwave at home couldn’t hurt you even if there was no nutrition left in it, right? Wouldn’t they warn us or ban microwave ovens if eating food cooked in them was a major health threat? Well, the data may shock you but here are the facts...This data has confirmed just about all my suspicions. I believe that the general obesity in this country, the lack of energy and increased cancer along with all the new "designer diseases" i.e. erectile dysfunction etc. can be traced in part to our habit of using microwave ovens as the "lazy man’s way out of a little extra work." It turns out it was the Nazis who actually invented these ovens. They were used in their mobile support calling them the "radiomissor." These ovens were to be used for the invasion of Russia. By using electronic equipment for preparation of meals on a mass scale, the logistical problem of cooking fuels would have been eliminated, as well as the convenience of producing edible products in a greatly reduced time-factor.
 * Microwave Ovens: The Curse of Convenience **
 * by Christopher Gussa **