Thanks, @Yakster, Chris, good find!
It explains a lot about the effects tinnitus is having in relation to some autism issues I am having with auditory processing and sensory overload. So my advice to pay attention to the tinnitus is precisely the wrong thing to do. Another takeaway is white noise as a detrimental treatment. Music good, white noise bad. Explains my problem with ear-worms, lol. Maybe they are beneficial. Anyway, the wife and I have discussed it and will be turning off the air cleaner in our bedroom at night (she has bad asthma) and see if that helps.
I remember reading an article related to the “ear worm” and how they could be very beneficial for people on certain areas of the spectrum. It basically boiled down to music provided rhythm and rhythm provides focus.
The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) has been rapidly expanding its range, from the Southern United States into the Northeast and Midwest.
This tick is a major vector of several viral, bacterial, and protozoan pathogens affecting humans, pets, livestock, birds and other wild animals in the United States. In some Midwestern states, it is commonly known as the “turkey tick” due to its association with wild turkeys. (Childs and Paddock, 2003)
Currently, the lone star tick is known to transmit human ehrlichiosis, tularemia, Heartland virus, Bourbon virus, Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) and rarely Rocky Mountain spotted fever—one of the deadliest tick-borne diseases in the US.
People bitten by a lone star tick may also develop alpha-gal syndrome—a severe allergy to meat and meat-related products.
A recent crowdsourced science project has documented the largest increase of the lone star tick in decades. Researchers documented new tick encounters in over 300 counties—including six new counties in western states—where these ticks had not been documented before.
Had 9 wild turkeys in the yard just yesterday...think I will be spraying my jeans with permethrin this year. What do you southerners do to control this vector?
Currently, the lone star tick is known to transmit human ehrlichiosis, tularemia, Heartland virus, Bourbon virus, Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) and rarely Rocky Mountain spotted fever—one of the deadliest tick-borne diseases in the
Bourbon virus......I've had that for years....The wife can't be mad at me anymore when I stumble through the door when I tell her it's because I got bit by a Texas tick.
Currently, the lone star tick is known to transmit human ehrlichiosis, tularemia, Heartland virus, Bourbon virus, Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) and rarely Rocky Mountain spotted fever—one of the deadliest tick-borne diseases in the
Bourbon virus......I've had that for years....The wife can't be mad at me anymore when I stumble through the door when I tell her it's because I got bit by a Texas tick.
So it takes up residence and medicine can't get rid of it? Occasional relapses or long-term side effects of the infection? Just curious, don't bother answering if you don't want to.
Quality Assessment of Various Peanut Butters 2
Abstract
Two peanut genotypes (Florunner and Tufrunner) were analyzed using gas
chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to determine variations in lipid oxidation,
as well as the pyrazine compounds that correlate highly with roasted flavor and aroma.
Compounds were measured using headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) after
peanuts were roasted and made into three peanut butters (normal oleic, high oleic
without skin, high oleic with skin) according to the Standard of Identity for peanut butter.
Peanut butters were stored at 40 ˚C for accelerated shelf life testing (ASLT) and three
sensory panels were conducted at various times (initial, 56 days, 98 days) in order to
assess 8 characteristics (oxidized aroma, sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, brown color,
texture, flavor, overall acceptability). Results showed that high oleic varieties had a
slower rate of lipid oxidation when compared to the normal oleic variety. Sensory panel
results indicated that high oleic with skin peanut butter was the most favored of the
three experimental varieties and was comparable to commercial brand peanut butters.
The inclusion of peanut skins is also known to have health benefits due to their
concentration of phenolics and dietary fiber.
Keywords: gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), lipid oxidation, solid-
phase microextraction (SPME), peanut butter, oleic acid, accelerated shelf life testing
Why gas prices are up
If you were hoping for much cheaper gas anytime soon, I have some bad news: Prices probably won’t drop much for at least a few months.
The causes of more expensive gas will most likely be with us for a while. After driving U.S. prices to more than $4 a gallon, Russia’s war in Ukraine continues with no clear end in sight. Producers so far seem unwilling, or unable, to pump out enough supply to fill the gap caused by the war.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
When I asked whether any good short-term solutions exist, Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at the Oil Price Information Service, gave a simple answer: “No.”
For Americans, the immediate effect is that life will simply cost more. We will pay more when we fill up our gas tanks or pay energy bills in the next few weeks or months. The price of many other goods will go up, because so many things — food, iPhones, PlayStations, cars — must be transported at one point or another by a truck, a boat or a plane burning fossil fuels.
Higher fuel prices have broader consequences, too. A push to drill more oil and natural gas, or to more aggressively pursue alternative energy sources, could affect climate change (in good or bad ways). A public angry over the cost of living could protest or vote out the politicians in power. People in the U.S. and other countries aiding Ukraine could begin to wonder whether their support is worth pricier gasoline and other goods.
With the Covid pandemic’s retreat, many of us wanted — and expected — some sense of relief after two awful years. Higher gas prices, and broader inflation trends, work against that, as if we are merely trading one crisis for another. And just as with the pandemic, no clear end is in sight.
A refinery in California.Bing Guan/Reuters
Producers vs. low prices
At the onset of the pandemic, demand for fuel collapsed as people stayed home. Once much of the world reopened, demand returned.
But supply has not kept pace, much like strained supply lines have raised food prices and impaired the flow of cars, electronics and other goods. By turning much of the world against a major oil and gas producer in Russia, the war in Ukraine only made supply problems worse.
Some of the supply issues are by design. OPEC Plus, a cartel of oil-producing countries that includes Russia, has worked to keep prices — and therefore profits — as high as possible by limiting supply. The cartel has held fast to its approach.
But it is not just OPEC. American oil companies have deliberately slowed production after a pair of recent fracking boom-and-bust cycles left them with a glut of supply and plummeting prices. “We’re having the third boom, and these executives don’t want to have the third bust,” Kloza said.
All of that leaves few good solutions in the short term. Even if public pressure or a strained market eventually pushes producers to drill more, new production can take months to spin up, especially given labor and supply shortages. And even if U.S. producers step up, OPEC Plus could decide to cut back — to keep prices high.
Other potential solutions that lawmakers have mentioned or enacted, like a gas tax holiday or direct cash relief, could make inflation worse by putting more money in people’s pockets and keeping demand high without necessarily increasing supply. “We’re not in a position to help households right now because it would cause more inflation,” Jason Furman, an economist at Harvard, told me.
Meanwhile, some experts suggested that the best chance of a quick decline in gas prices is an outcome nobody wants: a new Covid variant or a recession tanking the economy and demand.
A cascading problem
Gas prices tend to get disproportionate attention compared to their actual economic impact, Furman said.
One reason for that: The cost of gas is incredibly transparent, posted on giant signs across the country. The visibility can make rising gas prices a symbol for broader inflation trends.
Rachel Ziemba, an energy expert at the Center for a New American Security, said she was worried that higher gas prices will cause social and political instability. Around the world, inflation has already prompted protests and even riots. Higher gas prices in particular have historically led to lower presidential approval ratings, as voters blame those in charge for inflation and bad economic conditions.
Some experts worry that higher gas prices will eventually hurt Western resolve against Russia, if Americans and Europeans start to ask whether supporting Ukraine is worth the price. Recent polls suggest the public is willing to make some sacrifices for the war effort, but polling also shows increasing discontent with inflation.
So the consequences of rising gas prices are not just to your wallet, but also possibly geopolitical.
It's nice for the confirmation that we're all just fuckéd
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Silly guy
Happy April Fools Edward
could have just asked (some of) us:
https://www.newswise.com/articles/new-johns-hopkins-study-explores-relationship-between-psychedelics-and-consciousness?sc=dwhn
You got me.
In my defense though nowadays reading that story as real would not be surprising
Mongol Art of War .....They were some bad ass Mofos......
https://hearingassociatesmc.com/images/pdfs/JAMA-Unintended-Consequences-of-White-Noise-Therapy-for-Tinnitus.pdf
Thanks, @Yakster, Chris, good find!
It explains a lot about the effects tinnitus is having in relation to some autism issues I am having with auditory processing and sensory overload. So my advice to pay attention to the tinnitus is precisely the wrong thing to do. Another takeaway is white noise as a detrimental treatment. Music good, white noise bad. Explains my problem with ear-worms, lol. Maybe they are beneficial. Anyway, the wife and I have discussed it and will be turning off the air cleaner in our bedroom at night (she has bad asthma) and see if that helps.
I remember reading an article related to the “ear worm” and how they could be very beneficial for people on certain areas of the spectrum. It basically boiled down to music provided rhythm and rhythm provides focus.
super, just what we need:
The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) has been rapidly expanding its range, from the Southern United States into the Northeast and Midwest.
This tick is a major vector of several viral, bacterial, and protozoan pathogens affecting humans, pets, livestock, birds and other wild animals in the United States. In some Midwestern states, it is commonly known as the “turkey tick” due to its association with wild turkeys. (Childs and Paddock, 2003)
Currently, the lone star tick is known to transmit human ehrlichiosis, tularemia, Heartland virus, Bourbon virus, Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) and rarely Rocky Mountain spotted fever—one of the deadliest tick-borne diseases in the US.
People bitten by a lone star tick may also develop alpha-gal syndrome—a severe allergy to meat and meat-related products.
A recent crowdsourced science project has documented the largest increase of the lone star tick in decades. Researchers documented new tick encounters in over 300 counties—including six new counties in western states—where these ticks had not been documented before.
https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-sci-super-fast-lone-star-ticks-are-showing-up-in-new-places/
Had 9 wild turkeys in the yard just yesterday...think I will be spraying my jeans with permethrin this year. What do you southerners do to control this vector?
Chickens through the day and opossums at night. Regular checks before and after coming inside.
Bourbon virus......I've had that for years....The wife can't be mad at me anymore when I stumble through the door when I tell her it's because I got bit by a Texas tick.
...
Allergy to meat? I'd starve to death.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
So it takes up residence and medicine can't get rid of it? Occasional relapses or long-term side effects of the infection? Just curious, don't bother answering if you don't want to.
Edward he means the drinking bourbon virus
Thanks, Rusty, I take things too literally sometimes.
The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks
24 languages
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/multilingual-hyperpolyglot-brain-languages/?itid=hp-more-top-stories
Did somebody say carpet cleaner?
https://youtu.be/KjQWXDp3Vww
Interesting, I'm monolingual, not a cunning linguist.
"Say Nothing" by Patrick Keefe - about the violence between the IRA and Britain in Northern Ireland.
Effect of 12 Weeks High Oleic Peanut Consumption on Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors and Body Composition (2015)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586538/
Peanut butter good. I avoid any that contain anything other than peanuts.
Do you seek out high-oleic peanuts? I hadn't heard of them before today. More good fats. I had a PB&J for lunch.
New to me, too. I have been buying Smucker's Natural but will switch when I run out. Thanks for bringing this up.
https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/05/38/66/00001/Koltun_Thesis.pdf
Quality Assessment of Various Peanut Butters 2
Abstract
Two peanut genotypes (Florunner and Tufrunner) were analyzed using gas
chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to determine variations in lipid oxidation,
as well as the pyrazine compounds that correlate highly with roasted flavor and aroma.
Compounds were measured using headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) after
peanuts were roasted and made into three peanut butters (normal oleic, high oleic
without skin, high oleic with skin) according to the Standard of Identity for peanut butter.
Peanut butters were stored at 40 ˚C for accelerated shelf life testing (ASLT) and three
sensory panels were conducted at various times (initial, 56 days, 98 days) in order to
assess 8 characteristics (oxidized aroma, sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, brown color,
texture, flavor, overall acceptability). Results showed that high oleic varieties had a
slower rate of lipid oxidation when compared to the normal oleic variety. Sensory panel
results indicated that high oleic with skin peanut butter was the most favored of the
three experimental varieties and was comparable to commercial brand peanut butters.
The inclusion of peanut skins is also known to have health benefits due to their
concentration of phenolics and dietary fiber.
Keywords: gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), lipid oxidation, solid-
phase microextraction (SPME), peanut butter, oleic acid, accelerated shelf life testing
"Night Crew" by John Sandford.
fair analysis of fuel prices (NYT):
Why gas prices are up
If you were hoping for much cheaper gas anytime soon, I have some bad news: Prices probably won’t drop much for at least a few months.
The causes of more expensive gas will most likely be with us for a while. After driving U.S. prices to more than $4 a gallon, Russia’s war in Ukraine continues with no clear end in sight. Producers so far seem unwilling, or unable, to pump out enough supply to fill the gap caused by the war.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
When I asked whether any good short-term solutions exist, Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at the Oil Price Information Service, gave a simple answer: “No.”
For Americans, the immediate effect is that life will simply cost more. We will pay more when we fill up our gas tanks or pay energy bills in the next few weeks or months. The price of many other goods will go up, because so many things — food, iPhones, PlayStations, cars — must be transported at one point or another by a truck, a boat or a plane burning fossil fuels.
Higher fuel prices have broader consequences, too. A push to drill more oil and natural gas, or to more aggressively pursue alternative energy sources, could affect climate change (in good or bad ways). A public angry over the cost of living could protest or vote out the politicians in power. People in the U.S. and other countries aiding Ukraine could begin to wonder whether their support is worth pricier gasoline and other goods.
With the Covid pandemic’s retreat, many of us wanted — and expected — some sense of relief after two awful years. Higher gas prices, and broader inflation trends, work against that, as if we are merely trading one crisis for another. And just as with the pandemic, no clear end is in sight.
A refinery in California.Bing Guan/Reuters
Producers vs. low prices
At the onset of the pandemic, demand for fuel collapsed as people stayed home. Once much of the world reopened, demand returned.
But supply has not kept pace, much like strained supply lines have raised food prices and impaired the flow of cars, electronics and other goods. By turning much of the world against a major oil and gas producer in Russia, the war in Ukraine only made supply problems worse.
Some of the supply issues are by design. OPEC Plus, a cartel of oil-producing countries that includes Russia, has worked to keep prices — and therefore profits — as high as possible by limiting supply. The cartel has held fast to its approach.
But it is not just OPEC. American oil companies have deliberately slowed production after a pair of recent fracking boom-and-bust cycles left them with a glut of supply and plummeting prices. “We’re having the third boom, and these executives don’t want to have the third bust,” Kloza said.
All of that leaves few good solutions in the short term. Even if public pressure or a strained market eventually pushes producers to drill more, new production can take months to spin up, especially given labor and supply shortages. And even if U.S. producers step up, OPEC Plus could decide to cut back — to keep prices high.
Other potential solutions that lawmakers have mentioned or enacted, like a gas tax holiday or direct cash relief, could make inflation worse by putting more money in people’s pockets and keeping demand high without necessarily increasing supply. “We’re not in a position to help households right now because it would cause more inflation,” Jason Furman, an economist at Harvard, told me.
Meanwhile, some experts suggested that the best chance of a quick decline in gas prices is an outcome nobody wants: a new Covid variant or a recession tanking the economy and demand.
A cascading problem
Gas prices tend to get disproportionate attention compared to their actual economic impact, Furman said.
One reason for that: The cost of gas is incredibly transparent, posted on giant signs across the country. The visibility can make rising gas prices a symbol for broader inflation trends.
Rachel Ziemba, an energy expert at the Center for a New American Security, said she was worried that higher gas prices will cause social and political instability. Around the world, inflation has already prompted protests and even riots. Higher gas prices in particular have historically led to lower presidential approval ratings, as voters blame those in charge for inflation and bad economic conditions.
Some experts worry that higher gas prices will eventually hurt Western resolve against Russia, if Americans and Europeans start to ask whether supporting Ukraine is worth the price. Recent polls suggest the public is willing to make some sacrifices for the war effort, but polling also shows increasing discontent with inflation.
So the consequences of rising gas prices are not just to your wallet, but also possibly geopolitical.
It's nice for the confirmation that we're all just fuckéd
Living the Meme: What happened to the Ermahgerd girl?
https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2017/01/living-meme-what-happened-ermahgerd-girl
https://entomologytoday.org/2018/06/21/invasive-insects-the-top-4-most-wanted-list/
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Deep models of superficial face judgments
Joshua C. Peterson https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6713-1353 joshuacp@princeton.edu, Stefan Uddenberg, Thomas L. Griffiths, +1 , Alexander Todorov, and Jordan W. Suchow https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9848-4872-1Authors Info & Affiliations
April 21, 2022 | 119 (17) e2115228119 | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115228119