Tuesday, August 17
Shape Shifting Fish
The bright orange, female whalefish (of the order Cetomimiformes) was spotted half-swimming, half-gliding through the glare of submarine's lights around 6,600 feet (2,013 meters) deep offshore of Monterey Bay, California.
The whalefish sighting was one of only 18 made by marine biologists from The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute during 34 years of deep-sea exploration.
"Whalefish have rarely been seen alive in the deep, so many mysteries remain regarding these remarkable fish," the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute tweeted. "With each deep-sea dive, we uncover more mysteries and solve others."
So little is known about the lives of whalefish that for more than a century after their discovery (they were first recorded in 1895 by two Smithsonian Institution scientists), the three vastly different forms the animals may take across their life cycles were mistaken for entirely different zoological families.
First, there are the tapetails: scaleless larval forms with long, streamer-like tails and mouths that seem to have a comical overbite; they live and feed near the ocean’s surface.
"Whalefish have rarely been seen alive in the deep, so many mysteries remain regarding these remarkable fish," the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute tweeted. "With each deep-sea dive, we uncover more mysteries and solve others."
So little is known about the lives of whalefish that for more than a century after their discovery (they were first recorded in 1895 by two Smithsonian Institution scientists), the three vastly different forms the animals may take across their life cycles were mistaken for entirely different zoological families.
First, there are the tapetails: scaleless larval forms with long, streamer-like tails and mouths that seem to have a comical overbite; they live and feed near the ocean’s surface.
When the time comes for these fish to assume their adult forms, two vastly different body shapes await them. READ MORE
Monday, August 16
Populist Press
TOP STORIES:
Fight Breaks Out At White House — Jill Biden Steps In
WOKE MILITARY: FULL BLOWN CHAOS…MANY DEAD
Jen Psaki Makes Surprising Move Amidst Afghanistan Crisis
Biden Rejects Advice, Thinks He Has All The Answers
Warning Of Grim National Security Crisis — 5000 Known Terrorists Released
Articles Of Impeachment Filed Against Failed Joe Biden
Taliban Leader Issues Message To America
SHOCKING Apocalyptic Footage From Kabul International Airport…
White House Posts Embarrassing Pic Of Joe As Afghanistan Falls to Taliban
HUGE News Out About AZ Audit Report
Obesity in America
FROM THE Centers For Disease Control and Prevention...
Adult Obesity Facts
Obesity Prevalence Maps
Adult obesity prevalence by state and territory using self-reported information from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
Obesity is a common, serious, and costly disease
From 1999 –2000 through 2017 –2018, US obesity prevalence increased from 30.5% to 42.4%. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%.
Obesity-related conditionsexternal icon include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. These are among the leading causes of preventable, premature death.
The estimated annual medical cost of obesityexternal icon in the United States was $147 billion in 2008. Medical costs for people who had obesity was $1,429 higher than medical costs for people with healthy weight.
Obesity affects some groups more than others
[Read CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data brief]
[Read CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data brief]
Non-Hispanic Black adults (49.6%) had the highest age-adjusted prevalence of obesity, followed by Hispanic adults (44.8%), non-Hispanic White adults (42.2%) and non-Hispanic Asian adults (17.4%).
The obesity prevalence was 40.0% among adults aged 20 to 39 years, 44.8% among adults aged 40 to 59 years, and 42.8% among adults aged 60 and older.
Obesity and socioeconomic status
[Read the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)]
The association between obesity and income or educational level is complex and differs by sex and race/ethnicity.
[Read the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)]
The association between obesity and income or educational level is complex and differs by sex and race/ethnicity.
Overall, men and women with college degrees had lower obesity prevalence compared with those with less education.
The same obesity and education pattern occurred among non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic women, and non-Hispanic White men. However, the differences were not all statistically significant. Although the difference was not statistically significant among non-Hispanic Black men, obesity prevalence increased with educational attainment.
No differences in obesity prevalence by education level were noted among non-Hispanic Asian women and men and Hispanic men.
Among men, obesity prevalence was lower in the lowest and highest income groups compared with the middle-income group. Researchers observed this pattern among non-Hispanic White and Hispanic men. Obesity prevalence was higher in the highest income group than in the lowest income group among non-Hispanic Black men.
Among women, obesity prevalence was lower in the highest income group than in the middle and lowest income groups. Researchers observed this pattern among non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic women. Among non-Hispanic Black women, there was no difference in obesity prevalence by income.
AMERICA: Living Off the Government
However, under the Biden Administration and the new Progressive Democrats, our Federal Government has put itself in a position of attempting to arrange as many Americans as possible to start living off the government with:
- unemployment benefits
- healthcare benefits
- food stamp benefits
- education benefits
- housing benefits
And... the biggest problem that all of this spending has created in not just inflation but an increase in the National Debt and a DEVALUATION of the American Dollar... while at the same time CHINA is putting pressure on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to change the international currency of trade from the US Dollar to the Chinese YUAN...
The Democratic THEORY is that the WEALTHY AMERICANS are going to be paying for this... Most of the Democrats are themselves WEALHY... do you really believe that they are going to increase taxes on THEMSELVES???
If you think they wealthy will pay... then, I wonder what you will want to do when you realize that you were WRONG...
Taliban Law
CNN, who failed to mention the disappearance of the Taliban and ISIS under President Trump’s leadership, sent a female correspondent to Afghanistan where she embedded herself with the Taliban to report back, apparently, on the Islamic terror group’s future humanitarian efforts.
CNN is so deep into pushing the radical Democrat Party agenda they don’t even see how foolish their repulsive propaganda appears to the everyday American.
In what can only be described as an either incredibly stupid or utterly naive moment, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward, who is dressed from head to toe in a black burqa and headscarf, actually asked a Taliban leader in Afghanistan about the terror group’s plans to protect women’s rights, now that they’ve re-established control of most of Afghanistan (only 9 months into the Biden regime’s takeover of the White House).
Watch the incredible moment at the 4:24 mark: “A lot of people are concerned that if the Taliban takes power again, women’s rights will move backwards. How can you guarantee that women’s rights will be protected?” CNN’s Clarissa Ward asks. READ MORE
Milky Way Streaking
It's also made of completely different star stuff, mostly heavy, "metallic" atoms rather than the usual light elements.
LP 40-365, as it was called, was as eye-catching as a wooden car barreling up the interstate against traffic at hundreds of miles per hour.
"It is exceptionally weird in a lot of different ways," said study lead author J.J. Hermes, an astronomer at Boston University.
The star moves so quickly that it's headed out of our galaxy for good, which astronomers have taken as evidence that the metallic explorer was launched here by a cosmic catastrophe — a supernova.
"It is exceptionally weird in a lot of different ways," said study lead author J.J. Hermes, an astronomer at Boston University.
The star moves so quickly that it's headed out of our galaxy for good, which astronomers have taken as evidence that the metallic explorer was launched here by a cosmic catastrophe — a supernova.
But they couldn't tell how the supernova had sent it flying. Was LP 40-365 a piece of the exploded star itself? Or was it a partner star flung clear by the shockwave associated with star explosions?
A new analysis of old data finds that the star — called a white dwarf — spins about its axis at a leisurely pace — a hint that it is indeed a piece of stellar debris (not a partner star) that managed to survive one of the galaxy's most violent and mysterious events.
"We can now connect this star to the shrapnel from an exploded white dwarf with a lot more confidence," said Hermes. READ MORE
"We can now connect this star to the shrapnel from an exploded white dwarf with a lot more confidence," said Hermes. READ MORE
Quantum Physics and Consciousness
One of the most important open questions in science is how our consciousness is established.
In the 1990s, long before winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for his prediction of black holes, physicist Roger Penrose teamed up with anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff to propose an ambitious answer.
They claimed that the brain’s neuronal system forms an intricate network and that the consciousness this produces should obey the rules of quantum mechanics – the theory that determines how tiny particles like electrons move around.
They claimed that the brain’s neuronal system forms an intricate network and that the consciousness this produces should obey the rules of quantum mechanics – the theory that determines how tiny particles like electrons move around.
This, they argue, could explain the mysterious complexity of human consciousness.
Penrose and Hameroff were met with incredulity. Quantum mechanical laws are usually only found to apply at very low temperatures.
Penrose and Hameroff were met with incredulity. Quantum mechanical laws are usually only found to apply at very low temperatures.
Quantum computers, for example, currently operate at around -272°C. At higher temperatures, classical mechanics takes over. Since our body works at room temperature, you would expect it to be governed by the classical laws of physics.
For this reason, the quantum consciousness theory has been dismissed outright by many scientists – though others are persuaded supporters.
Instead of entering into this debate, I decided to join forces with colleagues from China, led by Professor Xian-Min Jin at Shanghai Jiaotong University, to test some of the principles underpinning the quantum theory of consciousness. READ MORE
Instead of entering into this debate, I decided to join forces with colleagues from China, led by Professor Xian-Min Jin at Shanghai Jiaotong University, to test some of the principles underpinning the quantum theory of consciousness. READ MORE
Sunday, August 15
Populist Press
TOP STORIES:
Georgia Elections Chief Suddenly Resigns — He’s BUSTED!
Lindsey Graham Just Got Served
Ted Cruz Just Saved America from Democrats’ Election Takeover
Biden Admin Orders All American Flags Destroyed
Trump: Thanks to ‘Weak’ Biden, Taliban No Longer Fears or Respects America
Two Hawaii Tourists Arrested for Allegedly Using Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Cards
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Office Scolded Ashli Babbitt’s Grieving Mother
COVID Patient Zero Revealed…Trump Was Right
Biden DHS warns of Trump Supporters For 20th Anniversary of 9/11 attacks
Biden just handed the Taliban a U.S. weapons goldmine & Helicopters
Mike Lindell Reveals Details Of Attack By 3 Men In Lobby of Sioux Falls Hotel
Sunday Morning Juxtaposed
I say this because East TN like all other areas of Tennessee as well as every other State in the USA is not immune from the politics of our global world and its environment...
Every month, I calculate my finances to make sure that there will be sufficient monies available to my wife and I until we both live until 95/96 years of age... and, so far, we have sufficient funds but like everything else that could change in a heartbeat as inflation grows...
Maybe that is why they do not have any problems with illegal immigration...
In my little world here in East TN, I am blind (as long as I want to be) to the rest of the world and can continue to live my life as I am currently living it, without the slightest concerns for what happens in the rest of the world...
- Afghanistan does not really bother me
- The Olympics does not really bother me
- Socialism does not really bother me
- Defunding police does not really bother me
- CRT theory does not really bother me
- Racism does not really bother me
- A divided America does not really bother me
- A growing CHINA does not really bother me
- Islam wanting to control the world does not really bother me
- My dysfunctiuonal family does not really bother me
- An increase in violence does not really bother me
I am annoyed by my Cable Company who continues to provide piss poor service while raising their rates, but I have found alternatives and will be done with CABLE by the end of this month.
Time is illusive and on-going and always moves forward... getting old is inevitable... and once at an older age, one can always change their minds and their viewpoints but by then it is almost too late to influence the rest of the world... which is why one has no choice but to accept it.
Life in East TN will always be juxtaposed with the rest of the world... one will never be alone...
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