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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Green Day, Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, and Post Malone tapped to headline 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (April 11-13, 18-20) (More)

> "Rust" film debuts in Poland just over three years after on-set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins (More)

> Detroit Tigers' Tarik Skubal and Atlanta Braves' Chris Sale win AL and NL Cy Young Awards for MLB's best pitchers; MVP announced tonight (6 pm ET, MLB Network) (More) | LPGA announces $131M in prize money for 2025 season, a 90% increase from 2021 (More)


Science & Technology
> The gut microbiome is shaped in part by social networks in localized areas, study finds, suggesting such microbes can be passed from person to person (More) | What is the gut microbiome (More, w/video)

> Researchers release updated Human Cell Atlas, cataloging 62 million cells across 18 biological networks; dubbed the "Wikipedia of cells," project seeks to map 37 trillion cells from birth to old age (More)

> Squid-inspired device allows doctors to deliver drugs orally that would otherwise require needles; design uses tiny jets to shoot drugs into tissue lining once in the digestive tract (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.0%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq -0.1%) (More) | Target shares close down 21% after retailer posts weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings, lowers forecast for holiday quarter (More) | Nvidia beats Q3 revenue and earnings expectations (More)

> Billionaire Gautam Adani indicted in US on federal charges of securities fraud, including for allegedly lying to US investors over $250M in bribe payments to Indian government officials (More) | Archegos Capital founder Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison for fraud, market manipulation tied to his firm's 2021 collapse (More)

> Vertical farming startup Oishii raises $150M in funding; company is best known for growing strawberries in its New Jersey vertical farm (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> House Speaker Mike Johnson (R, LA-4) announces policy requiring people to use Capitol bathrooms aligned with their biological sex; decision follows election of first openly transgender Congress member (More) | Senate Judiciary Committee requests FBI files on since-dropped investigation into attorney general pick Matt Gaetz (R); House Ethics Committee defers decision on releasing their report (More)

> President-elect Donald Trump selects former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker to serve as ambassador to NATO (More) | See running list of Trump appointments (More)

> Board denies parole to Susan Smith, convicted in the 1994 murders of her children; case gained worldwide attention alongside OJ Simpson trial, with Smith originally pinning the murders on a Black gunman (More)

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

Life - Part II

 

It is obvious, at least to me, that the Democrats are still pointing fingers and assigning blame rather than performing the ritualistic introspection that losers always do.

It is not easy for AMERICANS to lose.  We like to win, and we have no time at all for losers.  As a result, children learn at an early age, that WINNING IS EVERYTHING.

However, when children grow up, that is to say, leave high school and get a job, they find out very quicky that winning in high school sports is not going to do a damn thing for them.

College is the same way.  It is true that college graduates can earn more than high school graduates but that only applies in the early stages of one's career, say for the first 3-5 years.

Usually, but not always, between 25-30, high school graduates can SURPASS college graduates.

I knew someone that started as a cook at a restaurant after high school.  Became a waiter, then an assistant manager, then a manager at age thirty, making more than college graduates at that same age.  Before, he was 40, he became a franchise owner and was earning twice what a college grad was earning.

BUT...  he had to pay his dues for a while...

Is this what he had planned?

I don't know, but he stayed with it hoping for the best and wanting to grow, I believe.

My high school graduate franchise owner did not experience the winning or losing mentality in high school.  Therefore, he did not consider himself to be a loser, when after he graduated from high school, he became a cook.

I would have seen myself as a loser if I had become restaurant cook after high school, instead of going to college.

Somewhat Political

 

Death Might be an Illusion

What happens after we die? While many believe that death is the end, quantum physics suggests that it might not be as simple as we think.

In fact, it could be an illusion. This idea challenges everything we know about life and death. By looking at concepts like the interconnectedness of all things and the nature of consciousness, here’s to a whole new perspective on life after death.

Dr. Robert Lanza, a leading expert in biotechnology, plays a major role in this idea. He’s the Chief Scientific Officer at the Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine, where he studies stem cells and how they can be used to treat diseases.

Before this, Dr. Lanza focused on researching embryonic stem cells and cloning, working with both animals and humans. He is also an adjunct professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina.     READ MORE...

THE DOORS (break on through live )

Life in the FAST LANE

 

Gaetz is out, Hegseth is having issue that could cause him to withdraw...  Trump is used to failure and may have even picked these two to make sure their replacements would get confirmed...  who knows?

What I do know is this:

• Trump is going to push gasoline into the economy and make the USA energy independent once again.
• Musk and Ramaswamy are going to SHRINK GOVERNMENT.
• Tom Holman is going to DEPORT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS and legally go away anyone that tries to stand in his way.
• Unless the Republicans try to fight for power and position, they control the house and senate for at least two years.
• Trump is going to lower the corporate tax rate and put tariffs on the imports of foreign goods.
• Trump will find some way of removing generals and taking WOKE out of the military.
• MOST ALL of Trump's cabinet picks are PISSED OFF at the Democrats for the 91 felony charges against him.
• Most, if not all, of the global leaders fear Trump because they are uncertain of his behavior, including Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.
• The Democrats and Mainstream Media are going to do everything in their power to STOP TRUMP FROM DOING EVERYTHING HE WANTS TO DO.
• 76,000,000 million Americans voted for Trump because they were tired of lack of action by the Democrats, but the Democrats don't believe they did anything wrong.

The next two years are going to be exciting to say the least.

Why do I think that?

First - the Democrats fighting Trump

Second - the Mainstream Media fighting Trump

Third - the USA is on the brink of a civil war

Fourth - the world is on the brink of a WWIII

Fifth - the interest payments on our National Debt are greater than the nation's Gross Domestic Product and China owns ONE THIRD of our DEBTS

Sixth - the BILLIONAIRES are in control of everything

Proudly Signed

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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano boxing match brought in 74 million live viewers; the match was the co-main event to the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight and is now the most-watched professional women's sporting event in US history (More)

> Bob Love, three-time NBA All-Star, dies at age 81 (More) | Colin Petersen, founding member and drummer for the Bee Gees, dies at age 78 just four days after another Bee Gees drummer, Dennis Bryon, passed away (More)

> Tennis great Rafael Nadal plays in last match of his more than 20 year career as Spain loses to the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarterfinals (More)


Science & Technology
> SpaceX makes sixth test launch of its massive Starship space vehicle; skips second attempt at a "chopstick" catch of the Super Heavy rocket booster using giant mechanical arms (More) | SpaceX's "chopstick" method explained (More, w/video)

> Embattled physicist Ranga Dias ousted from the University of Rochester following retractions of controversial papers claiming room-temperature superconductivity (More) | Breaking down the scandal (More)

> Octopuses expend significant amounts of energy to change color, new study finds; amount is roughly equal to what is needed to maintain all bodily functions while at rest (More)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq +1.0%) (More) | Nvidia stock rises over 4% ahead of third-quarter earnings report today (More)

> Justice Department will reportedly ask federal judge to force Google to sell Chrome—the world's most popular internet browser—today; expected proposal follows August ruling the company operates an illegal search monopoly (More)

> President-elect Donald Trump nominates Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary, pending Senate confirmation (More) | Dr. Mehmet Oz nominated to oversee Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (More) | Linda McMahon nominated to lead Education Department (More) | See list of Trump appointees so far (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Major storm expected this week in Northern California and Pacific Northwest as plumes of moisture known as atmospheric rivers are expected to combine with bomb cyclone to bring heavy rainfall, flash flooding (More) | Bomb cyclone 101 (More) | See live updates (More)

> Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) agrees to postpone sentencing in Trump hush money case (More) | Hacker accesses depositions in since-dropped investigations on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R); includes remarks from woman who says she had sex with the attorney general nominee when she was 17 (More)

> Two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea have been damaged, per European officials, raising suspicions of foul play; one connected Finland and Germany, the other connected Sweden and Lithuania (More)

SOURCE:  1440 NEWS

Life

 
Life is different for all of us.

Different if you live in the USA or some other country in the world.

Different in the USA if you live in the north or in the south.

Different in the USA if you are wealthy or poor, white or black or of another minority.

Why is the USA divided like that?

We are divided because we are not equal other that equal in being alive.

A test of this life is how we accept this life and how we try to change this life to make it better for ourselves and our family.

This is a basic desire of human beings - to make life better for us and our families...  we spend the rest of our lives trying to achieve that goal, some of us achieve that goal but a majority of us do not.

In other parts of the world, like India for example, there is a vast majority of the people in that country who just accept what they have and have no desire to make it better.

In that acceptance, they find contentment and happiness and peace of mind.

Who is right about the way life is meant to be lived?

Somewhat Political

 

New Physics Through BOSONS

Since the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, researchers have been studying Higgs bosons and searching for signs of physics beyond the current model of elementary particles. 

Scientists working with the ATLAS detector have combined these two goals: their latest analysis has not only deepened our understanding of how Higgs bosons interact with each other but also placed stronger limits on potential “new physics” phenomena.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) achieved a major success with the discovery of the Higgs boson, the final missing piece of the Standard Model and a key to understanding the origin of mass in elementary particles. 

However, despite this breakthrough, researchers have yet to find any evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model, which has been a source of ongoing frustration. Scientists at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva are now working to address this by improving the precision of Higgs boson measurements while actively searching for signs of “new physics.”     READ MORE...