This is the World in Which we Live

Civilization in 2023 - this is priceless

� Our Phones - Wireless
� Cooking - Fireless
� Cars - Keyless
� Food - Fatless
� Tires -Tubeless
� Dress - Sleeveless
� Youth - Jobless
� Leaders - Shameless
� Relationships - Meaningless
� Attitudes - Careless
� Babies - Fatherless
� Feelings - Heartless
� Education - Valueless
� Children – Mannerless
� We are-SPEECHLESS,
� Government-is CLUELESS,
� And our Politicians-are WORTHLESS!

Only in This Stupid World .....do we leave cars worth thousands of
dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
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Only in This Stupid World ......do drugstores make the sick walk all
the way to the back of the Store to get their prescriptions while
healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. ‍ ️
Only in This Stupid World.....do people order double cheeseburgers,
large fries, and a diet Coke.. ‍ ️
Only in This Stupid World.....do banks leave vault doors open and then
chain the pens to the counters.. ‍ ️
Only in This Stupid World ...........do we buy hot dogs in packages of
ten and buns in Packages of eight.. ‍ ️
Only in This Stupid World .....do they have drive-up ATM machines with
Braille lettering. ‍ ️
EVER WONDER
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin ‍
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Why don't you ever see the Headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'
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Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word ‍ ️
Why is it that Doctors call what they do 'practice' ‍
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Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid
made with real lemons ‍
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker
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Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour
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Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes ‍ ️
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections ‍
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You know that Indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why
don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff !! ‍
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Why don't sheep shrink when it rains ‍ ️
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
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I like this one!!!
If con is the opposite of Pro, is Congress the opposite of progress
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If flying is so Safe, why do they call the airport the terminal
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Insurance and Warranty Protection

One of the decisions that you have to make either as an individual or as a family in INSURANCE and WARRANTY PROTECTION which is just another way to say insurance.

Here's what might be available to you:

1. Life insurance
2. Home owner's insurance
3. Mortage insurance
4. Renter's insurance
5. Flight insurance
6. Car insurance
7. Health Insurance
8. Car Repairs insurance
9. Appliance insurance
10. Cancer insurance
11. Disability insurance
12. Roof warranties
13. Computer warranties
14. Furniture warranties
15. Television warranties

There are many people who believe that most Americans are INSURANCE POOR.

When you take out life insurance, your policy will only benefit you if you die immediately after the probation period - otherwise, you are going to be paying more than you get back the longer you live.  As you get older, your monthly premiums will increase, and the length of the policy will decrease.

Insurance companies are designed TO MAKE A PROFIT... from each policy holder.

Back in the 1970s or so, I remember I was in Sears and was buying something or other and the sales clerk wanted to know if I wanted to buy a warranty in case the item broke.  My comment was something like:  "Why?  Was it not made correctly?"

Up to that point, warranties had never been available.

American workers know how to make quality products, but they don't make quality products because they are pissed off at their supervisor or manager.  When that happens, companies lose money - so, they compensated by offering warranties for bad workmanship that they did not really want to correct.

If you want to throw away your money...  be my guest...  otherwise, get only that insurance which you really need like car and health insurance. Of course, if you are financing something then the banks are going to want you to pay some sort of insurance as well.

It's Just Chicken

Cosmological Distance Measurements

Measurements of the distance to extragalactic sources allow us to infer the major energy constituents of our Universe.

Two decades ago such measurements revealed that most of the energy in the Universe is in `dark energy’ — a discovery that has had immense implications for fundamental physics. 

Currently there is a 10% discrepancy in cosmic distances inferred with the two most accepted techniques, despite 1-2% errors claimed on both methods, with the model that is most successful at reconciling this discrepancy being an earlier era where something like dark energy was again important. 

Interpreting mild tensions can be challenging and ideally a much more precise measurement would be performed. Such a measurement could also lead to entirely new discoveries.  READ MORE...

Hubble Telescope

 

Nowhere Man

 

In the NEWS

Opening arguments begin today in a long-anticipated civil trial against the National Rifle Association, the largest gun-rights lobby in the US. The trial opens after longtime NRA leader Wayne LaPierre, a subject of the lawsuit, resigned Friday citing health reasons.


Federal aviation officials ordered the grounding of a popular model of Boeing's 737 MAX jets over the weekend, following a harrowing incident on a Friday Alaska Airlines flight during which a chunk of the plane's fuselage blew off midascent. No one was injured during the incident, though depressurization reportedly ripped a child's shirt off. See video here.


Congressional leaders reached an agreement on spending levels for the 2024 fiscal year, striking a roughly $1.7T deal ahead of looming deadlines to fund separate parts of the federal government. Leaders from both parties in the House and Senate approved the compromise, with individual appropriations bills sticking to the topline levels by separate committees.


"Oppenheimer," "Poor Things," "Succession," and "The Bear" win top prizes at 81st Golden Globe Awards; see complete list of winners (More) | "The Last of Us" wins eight awards on Night 1 of the 2023 Creative Arts Emmy Awards (More)


Cindy Morgan, actress known for roles in "Caddyshack" and "Tron," dies at 69 (More) | Actor Christian Oliver dies at 51 in plane crash along with two daughters and pilot (More) | Mário Zagallo, Brazilian soccer legend, dies at 92 (More)


Michigan takes on Washington tonight (7:30 pm ET, ESPN) in the College Football Playoff National Championship (More) | South Dakota State wins its second straight FCS national championship (More) | NFL regular season wrapped last night; see playoff picture (More)


Small scale study suggests ibogaine, a potent psychedelic found in plants, reduces PTSD in veterans who've sustained traumatic brain injuries by 80% (More)


Researchers discover fossilized bacteria capable of photosynthesis dating to 1.75 billion years old; find sheds light on the production of oxygen on the early Earth (More)


Link between cancer immunotherapy treatments and gastrointestinal side effects revealed; gut microbiome found to spur hyperactive immune T cells in the digestive tract (More)


Markets close slightly higher Friday (S&P 500 +0.2%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.1%), but all three indexes end nine-week winning streak (More)


Radio and podcast giant Audacy, the second-largest radio broadcaster in the US, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy citing long-term decline in ad sales (More)


Court cancels trial between Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and billionaire Haslam family over accounting practices at the Pilot truck stop chain (More) |


SpaceX sues the National Labor Relations Board, arguing the agency is unconstitutional; follows a board complaint alleging SpaceX illegally fired eight employees (More)

SOURCE:  1440 News

Maximizing Quantum Entanglement

Entanglement is a property of quantum physics that is manifested when two or more systems interact in such a way that their quantum states cannot be described independently. 

In the terminology of quantum physics, they are said to be entangled, i.e. strongly correlated. Entanglement is of paramount importance to quantum computing. The greater the entanglement, the more optimized and efficient the quantum computer.

A study conducted by researchers affiliated with the Department of Physics at São Paulo State University's Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences (IGCE-UNESP) in Rio Claro, Brazil, tested a novel method of quantifying entanglement and the conditions for its maximization. 

Applications include optimizing the construction of a quantum computer.  READ MORE...