New Product (Expository)TOEFL Test 2008 Exercise #19

New Product (Expository) If you could invent something new, what product would you develop? Use specific details to explain why this invention is needed.

New Product (Expository)We asked for a square meal, and they offered us dog biscuits. - John Marshall

I recently came across on the Internet a design concept of vertical farming using computer technology. If I have the financial and material resources, I would make this design concept into a reality.

Skyfarming A Columbia professor believes that converting skyscrapers into crop farms could help reduce global warming and make New York cleaner. Its a vision straight out of Futurama but heres how it might work. By Lisa Chamberlain Published Apr 2, 20071. The Solar Panel Most of the vertical farms energy is supplied by the pellet power system (see over). This solar panel rotates to follow the sun and would drive the interior cooling system, which is used most when the suns heat is greatest. 2. The Wind Spire An alternative (or a complement) to solar power, conceived by an engineering professor at Cleveland State University. Conventional windmills are too large for cities; the wind spire uses small blades to turn air upward, like a screw. 3. The Glass Panels A clear coating of titanium oxide collects pollutants and prevents rain from beading; the rain slides down the glass, maximizing light and cleaning the pollutants. Troughs collect runoff for filtration. 4. The Control Room The vertical-farm environment is regulated from here, allowing for year-round, 24-hour crop cultivation. 5. The Architecture Inspired by the Capitol Records building in Hollywood. Circular design uses space most efficiently and allows maximum light into the center. Modular floors stack like poker chips for flexibility. 6. The Crops The vertical farm could grow fruits, vegetables, grains, and even fish, poultry, and pigs. Enough, Despommier estimates, to feed 50,000 people annually.

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1. The Evapotranspiration Recovery System Nestled inside the ceiling of each floor, its pipes collect moisture, which can be bottled and sold. 2. The Pipes Work much like a cold bottle of Coke that sweats on a hot day: Super-cool fluid attracts plant water vapors, which are then collected as they drip off (similar systems are in use on a small scale). Despommier estimates that one vertical farm could capture 60 million gallons of water a year. 3. Black-Water Treatment System Wastewater taken from the citys sewage system is treated through a series of filters, then sterilized, yielding gray waterwhich is not drinkable but can be used for irrigation. (Currently, the city throws 1.4 billion gallons of treated wastewater into the rivers each day.) The Solaire building in Battery Park City already uses a system like this. The vertical farm doesnt just grow crops indoors; it also generates its own power from waste and cleans up sewage water.

4. The Crop Picker Monitors fruits and vegetables with an electronic eye. Current technology, called a Reflectometer, uses color detection to test ripeness. 5. The Field Maximization of space is critical, so in this rendering there are two layers of crops (and some hanging tomatoes). If small crops are planted, there might be up to ten layers per floor. 6. The Pool Runoff from irrigation is collected here and piped to a filtration system. 7. The Feeder Like an ink-jet printer, this dual-purpose mechanism directs programmed amounts of water and light to individual crops. Photo: Architectural Design by Rolf Mohr; Modeling and Rendering by Machine Films; Interiors by James Nelms- Digital Artist @ Storyboards Online)

8. The Pellet Power System Another source of power for the vertical farm, it turns nonedible plant matter (like corn husks, for example) into fuel. Could also process waste from New Yorks 18,000 restaurants. 9 to 11. The Pellets Plant waste is processed into powder (9), then condensed into clean-burning fuel pellets (10), which become steam power (11). At least 60 pellet mills in North America already produce more than 600,000 tons of fuel annually, and a 3,400-square-foot house in Idaho uses pellets to generate its own electricity. Concept design by Chris Jacobs for United Future. Vertical farming related references: www.inhabit.com www.verticalfarming.org

New Product (Expository)Land has always been valuable to man. In the Bible story, it was said that man was created from the soil. When he disobeyed the Divine Creator, he was cursed to die and return to dust where he came from. From the land, he would obtain his living and nourishment. As the population grew bigger, men began to form tribes and communities. Gradually, great civilizations were created.

New Product (Expository)In ancient agricultural societies

Mohenjodaro in Indus (Pakistan) Priest-King in Egypt Her-Heru, the first priest-king, and Queen Netchemet standing in the Hall of Osiris and praying to the god whilst the heart of the Queen is being weighed in the Balance. [Southern Egyptian Gallery, No. 758.] Presented by His Majesty the King, 1903. XXIst dynasty, about B.C. 1050. It is believed that the first kings and kingship was an evolution of powerful priest classes or people who showed favoritism in the eyes of the gods. During the early years, the economy was central and the responsibility of the kings and priests to manage. Agriculture was so important that the invention of writing by the priestly class came about because of farming. Priest-King in Mohenjodaro

New Product (Expository)In ancient agricultural societiesWhen the Sumerians ruled during early times of Mesopotamia, it was the priest kings who personally led the army and would serve as the go-between for the people and the gods. When trading, it was silver that the Sumerians used. These Sumerian ways of life would continue as Babylonian rule developed. The writing style of these times was called "cuneiform" and it was performed on clay tablets. It was also known as "wedge writing." It was also the priestly class that furthered the way of mathematics, which was also considered difficult to master. http://www.unexplainable.net/artman/publish/article_7515.shtml

Priest-King in Sumer

New Product (Expository)In ancient agricultural societiesBy the late 4th millennium BC, Sumer was divided into about a dozen independent city-states, whose limits were defined by canals and boundary stones. Each was centered on a temple dedicated to the particular patron god or goddess of the city and ruled over by a priest (en), king (lugal), or governor (ensi) who was intimately tied to the city's religious rites.

Mesopotamian Ziggurat (2100 BC)

The ziggurat of Ur, and the of the moon god Sn who is seen being carried in procession to the temple called the "Hill of Heaven".

The worship of the Moon god " Sn" was widespread and common during the time of Abraham. The Ur of Chaldees is in the region of Babylon.

Worshipping the moon-god at Ur

New Product (Expository)In ancient agricultural societiesPriest-King

New Product (Expository)In ancient agricultural societiesPriest-King = MelchizedekMelchizedek is not so much a name as it is a title or designation of honor. It is a position or office that has to be filled by a worthy candidate. The term is a transliteration of two Hebrew words, melek and tsedeq. The Hebrew melek means king and tsedeq means righteousness. Therefore, the term "melchizedek" means literally, "king of righteousness." Because a king is always preeminent in his jurisdiction, whoever Melchizedek was, he had to be preeminent in righteousness. He had to be the "king" of righteousness. (http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/who-was-melchizedek.html) He first appeared in Scripture, Genesis 14:18, Melchizedek brought bread and wine to Abram after Abram's victory over the four kings (led by Chedorlaomer) who had overrun Sodom and Gomorrah and had taken Abram's nephew Lot prisoner. Melchizedek is also described as blessing Abram in the name of El Elyon. Then he gave him a tenth of everything (a translation which preserves the ambiguity of the original). In the second reference, Psalms 110:4, we find the statement: Thou art a priest for ever after the manner of Melchizedek. (WIKIPEDIA)

Byzantine art

New Product (Expository)In ancient agricultural societiesMelchizedek and Abraham

New Product (Expository)In ancient agricultural societiesPriest-King = MelchizedekMelchizedek is a title, like president. It means "My king is righteous" The scripture calls him the "King of Salem" Salem is the ancient name of Jerusalem. He is also the priest of "El Elyon" which translates into "Most High God." How is this important to Judism and Christianity? In Judism, kings came out of the tribe of Judah and priests came out of the tribe of Levi (Hebrews 7:13-17) They could not mix. Jesus of Nazareth came out of the tribe of Judah. So how could Jesus be a priest as well? He is referred to in Psalms 110:4 as "a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek" Paul fully explains their relationship in all of Hebrews chapter 7. (http://www.gamespot.com/forums/show_m sgs.php? board_id=909107420&topic_id=25407728)

Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

New Product (Expository)Priest-King = Melchizedek = Jesus

The Last Supper

New Product (Expository)Priest-King = Melchizedek = Jesus

Today: The Eucharist (Communion)

New Product (Expository)Agriculture has been the predominant activity in the communities. Through constant farming, what they produce supports the families for generations. Even in our modern age, we still rely on agricultural products for our daily sustenance. Our human bodies have not changed in their nutritional needs even if modern men have invented things that can fly and defy gravity.

New Product (Expository)Since food has become scarce in some parts of the world and costly due to rising fuel prices, I would like to develop a vertical farming facility using computer technology. We have already witnessed the advantages of computers in business, manufacturing, transportation, telecommunications, and even entertainment sectors. Therefore, we can also consider a vertical farming facility.

New Product (Expository)

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New Product (Expository)The energy spent in recreation and entertainment may also be useful in modern farming. High technology farming will not only produce more yields but an assurance of continuous harvests despite bad weather or calamities. If we have more agricultural yields, then more people can be fed and no one will experience hunger, malnutrition, and even poverty. A wellfed community will also produce energetic and bright individuals.

New Product (Expository)People can build nuclear plants, oil refineries, and outer space facilities, why not a high technology vertical farming facility? Computer programmers can spend their energies producing gaming software and virtual reality programs, why not a computer program for vertical farming? This can be the answer to the rising cost of food, scarce food supply, and depleting agricultural lands for a growing world population.

New Product (Expository)In conclusion, if I have the financial and material resources, I would direct my energy to invent a vertical farming facility using computer technology to operate it. It will not only yield more produce, it would ensure harvests despite the onslaught of storms and hurricanes. This kind of facility can regulate the temperature, humidity, water, and sunlight. It has protective walls that shelter the plants from strong winds and pests. This type of high technology farming might be able to feed the world.

New Product (Expository)We may live without poetry, music, and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without Cooks. - Lord Lytton

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