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October 27, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Puerto Rican singer and actor Ricky Martin shared a clip from Hinchcliffe’s set with his 16 million followers. His caption read: “This is what they think of us.” Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, who has 250 million Instagram followers, posted Harris’s plan. Later, singer-songwriter and actress Ariana Grande posted that she had voted for Harris. Grande has 376 million followers on Instagram. Singer Luis Fonsi, who has 16 million followers, also called out the “constant hate.”October 27, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
But Trump perhaps gave away the game with his inflammatory language and with an aside, seemingly aimed at House speaker Johnson. “I think with our little secret we are gonna do really well with the House, right? Our little secret is having a big impact, he and I have a secret, we will tell you what it is when the race is over,” Trump said.Private Equity for Apps: Evernote’s Owner Has Big Plans - Bloomberg
As an acquirer, Bending Spoons has a type: distressed businesses with a steady cash flow that sell subscription software. Then it brings in twentysomething coders and data scientists in Italy who add features and sometimes push the limits of what subscribers will pay. To set these apps on a new path, the company often fires the employees it inherited.Drug shown to block artery fat takes a major step forward | News | The University of Aberdeen
In the latest study, funded by the University of Aberdeen’s Development Trust, researchers tested the success of Trodusquemine, on white blood cells taken from 30 healthy volunteers and 30 volunteers with coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis. They were able to see the same biochemical changes in the cells taken from people as they did in mice after the use of PTP1B inhibitor. When PTB1B levels are increased in the body, a series of events occur leading to white blood cells taking up oxidised cholesterol, which then turn them into foamy cells, that lead to fatty deposits within arteries and cause even more inflammation.Polymarket Whale Traders: How 1% of Bettors Are Boosting Trump’s Odds - Bloomberg
Among this subset of users, 16% of bets can be traced to just 10 whales. On Oct. 17, six of these whales drove 37% of predictions. In one 12-hour window, they placed $5.2 million in bets as Trump’s odds rose about four percentage points.Five Year Outcomes in Men Screened for Carotid Artery Stenosis at 65 Years of Age: A Population Based Cohort Study - European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
All cause mortality in the cohort attending the five year follow up scan was 3.4%. The five year mortality rate was 3.3% (95% CI 2.8–3.9) among men with normal carotid arteries at age 65, 3.5% (95% CI 2.5–4.7) among those with carotid plaques, and 6.6% (95% CI 2.6–15.7) when a 50–79% carotid stenosis was present (p = .428). None of those with severe stenosis died. Only two subjects had stroke listed as the primary cause of death. All cause mortality among those who did not attend the five year follow up scan was 13.0% (95% CI 11.3–14.9), significantly higher than for attendees (p < .001). General use of medical therapy was higher at rescreening (70 years of age) compared with primary screening (65 years). At age 65 years, 433 subjects (14%) were treated with antiplatelet agents, 694 (22%) with statins, and 1,321 (43%) with antihypertensive medication, while at age 70 years, 657 subjects (22%) were treated with antiplatelet agents, 890 (29%) with statins, and 1,692 (55%) with antihypertensive medication (p < .001). Among those with progressive disease, 123 (23%) had antiplatelet agents, 175 (33%) had statins, and 301 (57%) had antihypertensive medication. Details of use of statins, antiplatelet agents, and antihypertensive medication in subgroups are presented in Table 4.Five Year Outcomes in Men Screened for Carotid Artery Stenosis at 65 Years of Age: A Population Based Cohort Study - European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Among men participating in carotid screening at age 65, 3,057 were re-screened at age 70. In those with normal carotids (n = 2,318), 23 (1.0%) progressed to a moderate stenosis, and four (0.2%) to a symptomatic severe stenosis. Among those with plaque (n = 696), 25 (3.6%) progressed to moderate stenosis, and eight (1.1%) to severe stenosis, of whom four (0.6%) had symptoms. Of 31 men with 50–79% stenosis, four (12.9%) had progressed to a severe stenosis, of whom two (6.5%) developed symptoms. Five of twelve subjects (42%) with 80–99% stenosis developed symptoms. Disease regression was present among 289/692 plaque (41.7%) and 16/33 stenosis (48.4%). In multivariable analysis, smoking, coronary artery disease and hypercholesterolemia were associated with disease progression. The proportions of antiplatelet, statin, and antihypertensive treatment in the population at age 70 were 22%, 29%, and 55%, respectively.Helene rainfall totals: How many inches fell in Asheville, NC?
Cities along the Blue Ridge Mountains, including Asheville, received nearly 14 inches of rain through Friday, Sept. 27. Other areas of the state reported more than 2 feet of rainfall, with Busick receiving nearly 31 inches and Spruce Pine recording 24.12 inches through 8 a.m. Saturday.Trump in FB
I think it's a mistake for Democrats to focus on calling Donald Trump a fascist. Of course, Donald Trump probably is a fascist, or at least has fascist beliefs. He believes that a single man rules better than the messy back and forth of a democracy comprised of consensus-building mechanisms, institutions, and checks and balances. He believes the military should be loyal to him, not the Constitution. He believes his opponents should be imprisoned or expelled. He believes in "American blood," not American values. But from the perspective of winning an election, Democrats would do better to call Donald Trump un-American. I'll offer seven quick arguments, though I'm sure there are hundreds more out there. First, and most importantly from the perspective of winning votes, my guess is that while "fascism" may sound bad to many voters, the concept does not viscerally alarm many people. It's not that voters like fascism; they're just not sure exactly what the word means. "Fascism" as a concept or historical movement last came up in middle school history class in the chapter on WWII. The last time the USA was actively at war with fascists, Donald Trump hadn't yet been born. (It doesn't help that the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact, our sworn enemies from 1945–1990, constantly described the U.S. itself as fascist.) Second, if the goal is connecting with undecided voters, it is far more powerful to call Trump un-American because he abhors so many beliefs that are foundational to the USA. Trump is anti-democracy. He actively works against core American principles of "liberty, equality, and justice for all." He wants to deploy troops against U.S. citizens. Even when his own VP's life was on the line and scores of police officers were being pummeled by thousands of his own supporters on January 6th, Trump watched gleefully and waited hours to lift a finger (assuming he types with just one finger) to try to quell an attack on the U.S. Capitol. Today, Trump calls those bashers of cops and trashers of history "heroes." Trump is anti–rule of law. He thinks Lincoln should have compromised on the South's demand to continue slavery. Trump admires authoritarian anti-democrats—who also happen to be our military and/or ideological enemies—like Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, and Viktor Orbán. Third, although (or maybe because) all of Trump's grandparents were born outside of the U.S., didn't grow up speaking English, and came here to avoid destitution or prison—Grandpa Drumpf was a German draft dodger, after all—Trump actively ignores the fact that most of today's U.S. citizens are descended from people who came here without visas, and that America's great strength as a society and economy is our diversity. Fourth, Trump talks regularly about repressing freedom of speech and a free press — American values that are so bedrock that they're spelled out in the very First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Founding Fathers—Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, and many others—had lived the First Amendment before they wrote it, conceiving and refining the idea of the United States in newspaper articles and speeches over the span of 50 years. Fifth, Trump has said regularly that POWs and wounded American soldiers are suckers and losers. This alone makes Trump un-American. (And, BTW, mildly unfascist, since fascism glorifies warriors as the ultimate representatives of their country.) Sixth, Trump has bragged on tape about molesting women ("grab 'em by the pussy") and gawking at naked teenagers at beauty pageants he hosted. While these aren't the acts of a fascist, per se, viewing women as objects to exploit rather than as agents of progress is certainly un-American. Finally, Trump tries to wrap himself in the flag, claiming to embody America. Calling out Trump as unAmerican directly addresses the brazen fraud— just as in his bankrupt casinos, airline, steaks and university — in Trump's attempt to hijack the American flag and the institutions it signifies.Trump comes up with new slur against US: ‘We’re the garbage can for the world’
Trump has claimed that immigrants are bringing disease and “destroying the blood of our country” and vowed to deport millions of people in a mass expulsion event he suggested will be a “bloody story.” He’s falsely linked migrants to fentanyl coming into the US, even though the majority of those caught with and prosecuted for trafficking fentanyl across the border are US citizens. Both he and his running mate, Senator JD Vance, helped spread a baseless conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were eating neighborhood pets, a stance that was praised by local neo-Nazis but disavowed by local officials, who said there was no evidence behind the claims.Search - Consensus: AI Search Engine for Research
Boiled coffee, which contains higher levels of cafestol and kahweol, significantly raises serum cholesterol levels. Studies have shown increases ranging from 0.48 mmol/L to 1.7 mmol/L depending on the duration and amount consumed 1 5 10 .Thames mudlarking permits to be issued again but capped to protect site | London | The Guardian
Overall permit numbers will now be capped at 4,000, and these will be valid for one year rather than three. In addition, the option for permit-holders to automatically renew has been removed. Those interested can instead sign up for a waiting list, which launches at midday on Wednesday 2 October. The changes were introduced because demand had surged to a level “that was just too much for the foreshore to sustain”, said Pippa Barber, head of statutory consents and compliance at the PLA. “There is only a certain amount of foreshore, and there is only a certain amount of history. History only happens once, a pipe only gets dropped once, and once it’s gone, it’s gone for ever.Military veterans support Trump by wide margin in 2024 election | Pew Research Center
63% of veteran voters identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, while 35% are Democrats or Democratic leaners. As with voters overall, there are demographic differences in veterans’ partisan identification. For example, about seven-in-ten White veterans (72%) identify with or lean toward the GOP. That compares with just 11% of Black veterans, who overwhelmingly identify as or lean Democratic (82%).
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