Monday, February 10
SNOWBIRDS
A snowbird travel guide can help you plan your trip to a warmer destination to escape the cold winter. It can include information on popular destinations, packing lists, and tips for saving money.
Popular destinations
Florida
A popular destination with warm temperatures, beaches, and recreational activities. Popular cities include Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and Tampa.
Arizona
A popular destination with a dry and sunny climate. Popular cities include Phoenix and Tucson.
California
A popular destination with mild winter weather. Popular cities include San Diego and Los Angeles.
Texas
A popular destination with cities like Austin, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi.
Nevada
A popular destination with a desert climate.
Mexico and Caribbean
A popular destination with warm weather, beaches, and culture.
Packing list
- Important documents like your passport, ID, health insurance, and car insurance
- Prescriptions and other medical information
- Clothing layers
- Pet supplies like food, medications, and leashes
- Outdoor gear
- Electronics and chargers
Tips for saving money Keep a simple wardrobe, Pack inexpensive hobbies, Consolidate electronics, Go digital, and Cook at home.
Other tips
- Make sure your will and health care directives are up to date
- Make sure your plans comply with state laws
- Share your plans with people who need to know
LIX Super Bowl
I watched the super bowl last night, something that I seldom do... not sure why I did, but I did. Needless to say, I was disappointed with the game but not because the Chiefs did not win.
I was kinda hoping that the Chiefs would set a record and win three in a row because I like to see records set, and not because I support the Chiefs.
I was disappointed because I expect All SUPER BOWLS to be a super match-up between two teams that are equally matched and there is a nail-biter game for both sides...
Like a heart attack level of excitement...
This was not the case...
The CHIEFS were completely OUT MATCHED in every measurable category of the game.
It was not fun to watch, even for the EAGLES fans.
What kind of win is it, when the opposing team is as incompetent in their defense/offense as the Chiefs were?
Is that how one side wants to win?
I am sure there are those who say that a win is a win and to some degree they are correct...
SUPER BOWL LIX PUMPED NO ADRENELIN FOR ME...
Explore Aging
The biology of aging
Aging is a complex biological process affecting our cells, tissues, and organs. With each passing decade, researchers uncover additional causes and effects of this seemingly unstoppable process. This 13-minute video is a visually stimulating deep dive into every aspect of our current understanding of aging. Watch it here.
Can aging be reversed?
Aging has always been inevitable, but fasting, epigenetic reprogramming, and parabiosis are a few scientific techniques that seem to help people stay young. By studying centenarians, how memory works, and even the humble roundworm, might the Peter Pan dream of eternal youth eventually become a reality? Learn how it might here.
Visualizing the global increase in life expectancy
The human species has experienced a dramatic increase in expected lifespan over the past 150 years. The development of antibiotics, improved sanitation, and better food distribution are just a few of the factors that contributed to this rapid transformation. Use this interactive resource to explore longevity gains over time and across the globe.
The connection between movement and healthspan
Healthspan refers to the number of years one is active and disease-free. The ultimate goal would be to extend one’s healthspan to match one’s lifespan, necessitating a shift in focus toward the pursuit of healthy aging. This article explores the two concepts as well as the critical importance of maintaining activity levels as we age. Read it here.
Inside the expensive race to age the slowest
Created by entrepreneur Bryan Johnson in 2022, the Rejuvenation Olympics asks participants to try to slow their biological aging rate, which they attempt to do through various approaches, such as exercise or dietary supplements. But some of these tactics are extreme in cost or nature—such as Johnson's regular injections of blood from his teenage son.
Why does our appearance change as we get older?
Graying hair, shrinking height, and wrinkles: While most people can list the visible effects of aging, not everyone could explain why these changes occur. We go gray due to the death of pigment cells near our hair, and we shrink due to thinning spinal disks. Read this article for a detailed explanation of the causes behind the physical changes associated with aging.
Aging is a complex biological process affecting our cells, tissues, and organs. With each passing decade, researchers uncover additional causes and effects of this seemingly unstoppable process. This 13-minute video is a visually stimulating deep dive into every aspect of our current understanding of aging. Watch it here.Can aging be reversed?
Aging has always been inevitable, but fasting, epigenetic reprogramming, and parabiosis are a few scientific techniques that seem to help people stay young. By studying centenarians, how memory works, and even the humble roundworm, might the Peter Pan dream of eternal youth eventually become a reality? Learn how it might here.Visualizing the global increase in life expectancy
The human species has experienced a dramatic increase in expected lifespan over the past 150 years. The development of antibiotics, improved sanitation, and better food distribution are just a few of the factors that contributed to this rapid transformation. Use this interactive resource to explore longevity gains over time and across the globe.The connection between movement and healthspan
Healthspan refers to the number of years one is active and disease-free. The ultimate goal would be to extend one’s healthspan to match one’s lifespan, necessitating a shift in focus toward the pursuit of healthy aging. This article explores the two concepts as well as the critical importance of maintaining activity levels as we age. Read it here.Inside the expensive race to age the slowest
Created by entrepreneur Bryan Johnson in 2022, the Rejuvenation Olympics asks participants to try to slow their biological aging rate, which they attempt to do through various approaches, such as exercise or dietary supplements. But some of these tactics are extreme in cost or nature—such as Johnson's regular injections of blood from his teenage son. Why does our appearance change as we get older?
Graying hair, shrinking height, and wrinkles: While most people can list the visible effects of aging, not everyone could explain why these changes occur. We go gray due to the death of pigment cells near our hair, and we shrink due to thinning spinal disks. Read this article for a detailed explanation of the causes behind the physical changes associated with aging.Damien Hirst Artist
Damien Steven Hirst (/hɜːrst/; né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s.
Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep, and a cow) are preserved, sometimes having been dissected, in formaldehyde. The best-known of these is The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a clear display case.
In The NEWS
Society & Culture
> How to taste coffee.
> A map of Stephen King's fictional Maine.
> Why the NFL running back has declined in value.
> A list of quirky literary adaptations of Shakespeare's life and works.
> Fifty "SNL" cast members say who their favorite "SNL" comic is.
World History
> The most philoprogenitive US president—that is, the one with the most kids.
> Imagining how Pompeii citizens responded to Vesuvius.
> The reasons workers joined the secretive Manhattan Project.
> Is the sun aligned with Stonehenge right now?
> What your last name says about you.
Business & Finance
> What is Dogecoin?
> Visualizing the spike in US consumer debt.
> Why we have microchips in credit cards.
> RCA, the hottest stock in the 1920s market.
> How paperwork errors cost families millions in life insurance.
Health & Medicine
> Is insomnia influenced by genetics?
> How to survive hypothermia.
> The most common addictions in America.
> Is sugar as bad as it sounds?
> The rising problem of male infertility.
Science & Technology
> Inside the mind of Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's cofounder.
> How many space debris objects are currently in orbit?
> Explaining the Golden Record aboard the Voyager probes.
> A map of fracking around the world.
> Who owns your brain implant?
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
A 45 Year Career
My first job after graduating from high school was as a textile worker while attending college, then a chemical packer, and a communications technician in the Navy. After the Navy I returned to my old job and returned to college.
After college, I worked as director of product efficacy for a microbiological media manufacturer, then Executive Director of an Arts Council.
In the early 1980s, I became Director of Industrial Training for a community in NC, the relocated to TN to work for a community as Director of Quality Industrial Training.
I left the community college system and became Corporate Director of Quality for a plastics manufacturer but did not like the corporate life and returned to the community college system as Director of Industrial Training.
In the late 1990s, began teaching project management computer classes at ITT Technical Institute, where I began Program Chair, Assistant Dean, Dean, then relocated to KY as Director of Education.
The last three years of my career, I taught business class for a University in East TN where I ultimately retired 10 years ago.
It seems most of my 45 year career has revolved in and around education, although that was never my original intention when I was in college.
I like being in business and I like being in management, but if I had it to do all over again, I would have gotten my PhD in Business and been a college professor all my life.
Quantum Computing
Being a quantum pioneer is turning out to be an expensive experiment. Quantum is still years away from widespread enterprise ROI.
In late 2024, a major pharmaceutical company invested $50 million in quantum computing initiatives through a leading cloud provider, hoping to revolutionize their drug discovery process. Six months later, they quietly shifted their resources to traditional high-performance computing and AI-driven solutions.
This story isn’t unique; it represents a growing pattern of enterprises learning the hard way that most of quantum computing’s promises remain theoretical despite the aggressive marketing of quantum computing as a service (QaaS).
In some circumstances, quantum computing is a massive waste of money and a huge distraction. I suspect I’ll get some hate for this statement, even from companies and people I consider friends.
In some circumstances, quantum computing is a massive waste of money and a huge distraction. I suspect I’ll get some hate for this statement, even from companies and people I consider friends.
But QaaS is taking priority over other investments during this push, which has been underway for decades but has yet to return much value. We must stop falling into these hype traps that cause us to lose money and progress. READ MORE...
Sunday, February 9
In The NEWS
US economy adds 143,000 jobs in January, short of expectations.
The nonfarm payroll growth for last month is down from 307,000 jobs added in December and below economists' estimates of 169,000. The unemployment rate fell slightly to 4% from 4.1% in December. Average hourly earnings rose 0.5% month over month and 4.1% year over year—both higher than expected. See all data here.
UK to demolish Grenfell Tower eight years after deadly fire.
The UK government is set to take down the remains of the London social housing unit after a June 2017 fire—the deadliest in Britain since World War II—killed 72 people (see overview). Some families of the victims oppose the decision, hoping to preserve the building as a memorial, but officials argue redeveloping the site will help the community heal.
Gastrointestinal outbreak on Caribbean cruise sickens over 90 people.
The outbreak has affected 89 passengers and two crew members on Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas cruise, which departed from Tampa, Florida, earlier this month. Passengers have predominantly been experiencing diarrhea and vomiting. The CDC was notified of the outbreak Tuesday and is monitoring the situation.
Heavy weekend snow and ice to strike US Midwest and Northeast.
The US Midwest and Northeast are bracing for a series of winter storms, with some areas, including parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island seeing over 5 inches of snow. A wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain is expected in other regions, making roads slippery and travel hazardous.
New York governor closes poultry markets after bird flu detected in NYC.
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) ordered a weeklong shutdown of live bird markets in New York City, Westchester, and Long Island Friday after seven cases of avian flu were detected. The move, aimed at preventing the spread of the avian influenza, will remain in effect through Feb. 14. The CDC maintains risk to the public is low; see current cases and status here.
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Learning
How do we learn?
Most of learn different ways which may seem logical but educators deliver the knowledge the way they are comfortable with it and not always the way that student need to learn.
Here are some of the ways we learn:
- Listening to lectures
- Listening to lectures with PowerPoints
- Reading chapters of a text
- Watching a video
- Listening to an audiobook
- Class discussions
- Preparing for and taking tests
- Performing online research
- Writing a paper
- Working on a project
- Working with a team
- Making presentations
I remember when I was in high school/college/technical training classes/seminars, I had a difficult time learning to presentations. It did not matter how outstanding the speaker war, how interesting the PowerPoints, or how interesting the material was, it just was not the best way for me to learn, understand, and retain.
Quite by accident, I started to listen to audiobooks while driving to a job that was an hour away. Two hours in the car each day or 10 hours a week.
As I listened to these books, I discovered that it was easy for me to understand and retain... I often wished that I had that capability when I was in high school and college because I am sure my life would have taken a different direction...
Dinosuaurs
The story of how dinosaurs came to rule our planet has captivated scientists and the public alike for generations. Now, an intriguing new study on fossils suggests we might be looking in the wrong places for their earliest ancestors.
While we’ve found countless dinosaur fossils in places like Argentina and Zimbabwe, the very first dinosaurs might have emerged from the steamy equatorial regions of ancient Earth – areas that today make up the Amazon rainforest, Congo basin, and Sahara Desert.
Gap in the dinosaur fossil record
The oldest known dinosaur fossils date back around 230 million years and have been found in Argentina, Brazil, and Zimbabwe.
However, the differences between these fossils indicate that dinosaurs had already been evolving for millions of years before these specimens emerged. This implies an even earlier origin, but direct fossil evidence of this has yet to be found. READ MORE...
The oldest known dinosaur fossils date back around 230 million years and have been found in Argentina, Brazil, and Zimbabwe.
However, the differences between these fossils indicate that dinosaurs had already been evolving for millions of years before these specimens emerged. This implies an even earlier origin, but direct fossil evidence of this has yet to be found. READ MORE...
Saturday, February 8
Dan Bongino on Rumble
This video may start correctly after you click start, so use your mouse and advance it forward a little and it should start working fine... sorry for the inconvenience but I am glad I checked it out first. Enjoy, its dynamite...
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