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01/08/25 03:04 PM #8412    

 

Nova Guynes

Cheryl – I hope you like the recipe.  I like the recipe, but I did make minor changes when I cooked it. I used less chicken broth and added more water to make up for it and used less garlic. I liked the beans over rice also.

Tell me what you think of the beans when you cook them. 


01/14/25 09:36 PM #8413    

 

W Leggett




01/15/25 11:39 PM #8414    

 

Dick Storey

Bill-good to see something from you and, wow, not even "off-color." What's up with that? Off your feed?

OK, just a little worried that you were OK.


01/17/25 01:31 PM #8415    

 

W Leggett

Your morning cup of Joe may do a lot more than just give you the alertness to face your day. A new study suggests that drinking a cup of coffee in the morning may reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease as well as extend your life overall!

The study included 40,725 adults taking part in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 1999 and 2018. As part of this study, participants were asked about all the food and drink they consumed on at least one day, including whether they drank coffee, how much, and when. It also included a sub-group of 1,463 people who were asked to complete a detailed food and drink diary for a full week.

Researchers were able to link this information with records of deaths and causes of death over a period of nine to ten years. 

Compared with people who did not drink coffee, morning coffee drinkers were 16% less likely to die of any cause and 31% less likely to die of cardiovascular disease.

Morning coffee drinkers benefitted from the lower risks, whether they were moderate drinkers (two to three cups) or heavy drinkers (more than three cups). Light morning drinkers (one cup or less) benefitted from a smaller decrease in risk. However, there was no reduction in risk for all-day coffee drinkers compared to non-coffee 

Dr Lu Qi, a professor and HCA Regents Distinguished Chair at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and lead researcher on the project, said: “This is the first study testing coffee drinking timing patterns and health outcomes. Our findings indicate that it’s not just whether you drink coffee or how much you drink but the time of day when you drink coffee that’s important. We don’t typically give advice about timing in our dietary guidance, but perhaps we should be thinking about this in the future.”

In an accompanying editorial[2], Professor Thomas F. Lùˆscher from Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, UK, said, “Overall, we must accept the now substantial evidence that coffee drinking, particularly in the morning hours, is likely to be healthy. Thus, drink your coffee, but do so in the morning!”

 


01/17/25 04:44 PM #8416    

 

Cheryl Corazzi (Essex)

I enjoy at least two cups of coffee every morning. Does that mean I'll live twice as long?


01/17/25 06:17 PM #8417    

 

Dick Storey

Thanks, Bill.

I think they also studied decaf coffee and found it helped, but not quite as much as the "leaded" version. Did you see that?    They do not think it is due to the caffeine. Filtered coffee worked best.


01/19/25 02:17 PM #8418    

 

Randy Richardson (Richardson)

Wanna wish a great next year for Tom and Jerry, (sounds like a lead in to a cartoon, which they have been before....) Tom keep riding and Jerry you do that thing that you do....


01/20/25 12:09 PM #8419    

 

Nova Guynes

 

 

 

 

12:00 January 20, 2025

Donald Trump - 47th President of the United States.

Congratulations and may God guide you through the next four years.


01/21/25 08:29 AM #8420    

 

Rowland Greenwade

Nova, 

You fail to mention: "Ending the longest, and worst, halftime show in history!"


01/21/25 10:57 AM #8421    

 

Nelson Evans

Great Inauguration speech!!!!!!

"For American citizens, January 20, 2025, is Liberation Day."


01/22/25 04:26 PM #8422    

 

Connie Schuerman (Von Dielingen)

Who would have ever thought that it would be snowing in Destin - so glad we’re here for this historic event ! 


01/23/25 01:03 AM #8423    

 

W Leggett

Connie I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE ON THE BEACH WITH YOUR RED TOE NAILS' GETTING A SUN TAN 

 

I AM LAUGHING

 


01/23/25 08:04 AM #8424    

 

Connie Schuerman (Von Dielingen)

 Hi Wild Bill !   Yep on the red toenails....đŸ˜‰.   Thank you for sending the info email on Windows 10..... hope all is well with you... Glad you're not around those wild fires in LA - so very sad !   Hugs ! 

PS ---  NELSON, how are you doing? Are you healed and back to normal with all the issues you had after the dental work done?   Hope you & Jeannie are at the villages and enjoying some golf ! 

 


01/23/25 11:59 PM #8425    

 

Dick Storey

Perhaps some would agree we live in a largely misguided time, but this is a deranged goal in my opinion.

Scientists Are Bringing Back The Wooly Mammoth

Story by Caerish Bhim—today

In the rapidly evolving field of genetic engineering, few names resonate as profoundly as George Church, a geneticist at Harvard University. Known for his groundbreaking work in genomics, Church has embarked on a mission that blurs the line between science fiction and reality: bringing back the woolly mammoth. His vision? To resurrect a creature that roamed the Earth thousands of years ago, using the latest advancements in CRISPR technology

The woolly mammoth, a cousin of the modern-day elephant, went extinct approximately 4,000 years ago. However, preserved remains found in Siberian permafrost have provided scientists with the DNA necessary to decode its genetic makeup. Church’s team is utilizing this ancient DNA to insert mammoth genes into the genome of the Asian elephant, their closest living relative. By splicing traits such as thick fur, fat layers, and cold-resistant blood, they aim to create a hybrid that could thrive in arctic conditions. -->


01/24/25 11:06 AM #8426    

 

Nelson Evans

Dick,

I agree, very misguided.


01/24/25 04:05 PM #8427    

 

Robert Fall

With the Trump approach to global warming, I'd be looking for a gene to make elephants more heat resistant. 


01/25/25 12:43 AM #8428    

 

Cheryl Corazzi (Essex)

And what is his reason for doing? We have many of our animals that are nearing extinction. Shouldn't we be putting forth our efforts to save them, rather than bringing extinct ones back to life?  What will they do next in the name of science?  Hopefully, something for the good of mankind. 


01/25/25 09:36 AM #8429    

 

Rowland Greenwade

Oh, my Goodness!  As the resident Curmudgeon, I am about to "offend" all my "friends" and "enemies" at the same time on this site.

Not sure I can keep all these "issues" together in my aged brain, but here goes.

Dick: As a person from "academia", why do you oppose research?  Little known fact:  Mammoths went extinct in North America, records show, and probably in Asia, because "indigenous" humans, people who are today vaunted as preservers of our environment, hunted them for food. Kill the mother about 18+ months for gestation, to get protein for the tribe, kill the next generation of food.  Since they "obviously" did not have the benefit of your university education, they could not know that it would extinguish the species.

NELSON:  Do I have a point?

Robert:  Elephants ARE "heat resistant, maybe the most in the world.  This is how they survive in the Savanah or whatever you call Africa, their envirnoment.  They are today hunted by dispicable persons, not your average "environmentalist" for the treasure of their ivory tusks. As for the "Trump global warming "approach"/strategy:  We are exiting an Ice Age that has spanned most of what we know as Western Civilization.  Even an MIT-guy cannot turn off the sun which will only make the planet warmer.

Cheryl:  Please read the above with an open mind.  What harm would it do to put an "extinct" mammoth back on a northern, Canadian or Siberian plain? 

Just my "humble" opinion(s).  Can't wait for "devasting" replies.

 

Love you all whether or not it is reciprocal.

 

Rowland      

 


01/25/25 11:09 AM #8430    

 

Nelson Evans

Rowland,

Who is Neslon?


01/25/25 11:34 AM #8431    

 

Nova Guynes

 

Rowland - Just think if we brought back Woolly Mammoth, we could use them to open the Ivory trade.  Their meat could be used to make sandwiches, who wouldn’t want a Mac Woolly Burger from McDonalds?  We could bring back prehistoric men to raise and hunt the Mammoths. 

Sounds like a great plan, what could go wrong?


01/25/25 11:43 AM #8432    

 

Rowland Greenwade

Nelson,  Don't know who Neslon is...Wonder what he would think if we knew him?

Rowland


01/25/25 11:55 AM #8433    

 

Randy Richardson (Richardson)

We could do the same with current wild hogs in our states....make an attreacive way to promote m as food and we culd run them into extinxtion too. They have smaller tusks perfect for oramental items to wear, ......unless some bozo starts farming um.cheeky


01/25/25 12:47 PM #8434    

 

John Radzinski

Hi everyone, boy this site seems to come up with countless subjects that garner interest amoung us all. I would like to comment on the subject of hunting, in particular hunting in Africa. Yes, elephants are hunted in Africa and some bulls are hunted for the size of their ivory. There are places where there are too many elephants such as Botswana.  Anywhere in Africa hunting is regulated, hunters need to buy permits, pay ph(professional hunter) licensed in that country where the hunt is taking place to guide them while hunting. It is very expensive! Lets just say booking a hunt will cost you $30,000 and if you kill an elephant you pay a trophy fee. Could be another $30,000. The residents who live near where the hunt takes place are given the meat from the animal. Protein for the whole village or villages. The safari operator heirs locals for these hunts, as trackers, skinners, cooks, mechanics, laundry and so on. These people are very poor! They welcome the hunters and support hunting industry. I recently read a book by an american woman who was married to a guy who hunted. She did not like the idea of hunting but accompanied him to Africa on his bucket list hunt. After experiencing the hunt and talking to the local people she came away with a vastly different opinion and admits she understands the need of the hunting industry. Many of my fellow classmates here are very seasoned travelers and have seen many places that man has built and nature has produced. I have always loved the nature side of visiting that hunting provides. Hiking up a ridge to see what I can find, and then saying well I wonder what is over that next ridge. I'll be 80 years old this year and I'm not sure how long I will be able to get up that ridge. The six guys that I hunted with through out my life are all gone, climbing ridges in new country. Thanks for letting me vent a little. I enjoy everyones comments on here. Take care of yourselves and your families. Stay safe. JOHN


01/25/25 05:28 PM #8435    

 

Dick Storey

 

Rowland:  Oppose research-? That got a quick chuckle from me, old friend.

But to briefly respond: I conducted laboratory research in plant biochemistry and physiology for some 35 years. I published research papers and books and reviewed research proposals and scientific papers for NSF, BSCS, HHMI, USDA and several research journals.  Enough of that.

Is this project Jurassic Park for real?  How do think that might turn out?

If they are successful in altering elephants with mammoth genes, what is next? Turn a very large genetically modified, hybrid animal loose?  To what end? Where?  How might that alter and impact a fragile environment (like a northern, Canadian or Siberian plain) ? Might they end up like feral hog populations in Texas?  But worse.

How long does it take for a mammoth to mature so one might start to address success or failure?  Would the animals be a sterile hybrid like a mule?   Who knows? These will be one of several complicated questions the researchers may face.

If the general public is irrationally afraid of GMOs as food what about woolly elephants on the loose?

The article title is “Scientists Are Bringing Back The Wooly Mammoth”--  not quite.

I also know that writers don’t always get the actualities straight about research.

Robert: You had an interesting comment. Maybe they will try that. But do mammoths have the genes for this?  Who knows. How do you conduct well-controlled (control in research terms) experiments on these traits in slow-growing, huge mammals? But maybe look for this gene set in other animals as the globe warms.

Cheryl: Good questions. I would say, certainly not to be defensive, that science does, and has done, a remarkable job of helping humankind. At least, most of the time. Hey, we got good wine from the effort. 

Randy: As you know feral hogs are edible, with a gamey taste, but careful processing is required, according to my long-time buddy in College Station (who hunts, but not pigs). Most of us would push that plate back from the table, I’ll bet.

Rowland: You devastated?  ;- 

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I don’t think we will see any of this come to fruition in our lifetime, or even that of our kids.


01/25/25 10:40 PM #8436    

 

Gary Price

Wolf, A. (2008, September/October 2008). The big thaw. STANFORD Magazine, 37, 62-69. 

 

As Siberia's permafrost melts, billions of tons of carbon could escape and heat the planet. Do animals and plants hold a key to Earth's thermostat?

 

"Sergei looks at the bones buried everywhere under this landscape and proposes that those mammoths would have crushed nearly every tree in Beringia, leaving an extensive grassland. Much as we watch with alarm as Arctic sea ice melts and reveals a dark ocean to absorb the sun's rays, the loss of mammoths and consequent northward expansion of forests would have an unambiguous warming effect. In springtime, while grasses lie dormant under a thin blanket of snow, black trunks of trees tower above the surface and absorb the sun's light as it emerges from polar winter. The difference between energy absorbed by trees or energy reflected by snow in those first weeks of spring is what determines the accretion or thaw of permafrost. This is a major reason why land in high latitudes is warming faster than any other place on Earth.

 

Just as many authors argue that the northward advance of forests is accelerating warming today, Sergei reasonably suggests the corollary: mammoths and other herbivores kept the climate of their day cool.

 

The mass extinction of the fauna of the Mammoth Steppe—mammoths, bison, horses, rhinos, cave lions, beavers, reindeer, elk, deer and many others—is still a source of active debate between two camps: those who argue that the animals died out and others who argue that human settlers in Beringia slaughtered the animals en masse on their way to North America. Sergei is unreservedly in the latter group: “In America, 500 men with guns killed 50 million buffalo in five years. In Australia, the 23 largest herbivores were extinct in the first century after humans arrived. What makes you think Siberia is any different?” He perceives great resistance to this idea and has amassed a large arsenal of evidence. He will point out that pollen records show a very productive landscape before, during and after the megafaunal extinction. He will name every climatic zone on Earth where mammoth remains have been found—clearly an adaptable creature.

 

For Sergei, this means that in principle, there is no reason why mammoths could not exist here now. As he mulls over the warming following the end of the Pleistocene, the contemporary taiga overlaying the frozen roots of a grassland fauna just two feet below, the history of humans and extinction, he wonders: What if driving the mammoth extinct at the end of the Stone Age brought us this warm climate we have today? If we recreated the Mammoth Steppe, could we engineer global cooling?

 

Thus was born Pleistocene Park, a grand scientific experiment to recreate the complex set of interactions between fauna, flora and their physical setting and test whether re-establishing the Mammoth Steppe could alter the direction of the climate system.

 

…But what about the mammoths? Left to his own devices, Sergei has come up with a pragmatic solution. Approaching the tower he built to monitor the plant physiology of the park, he points to the wrecked underbrush strewn about the path. “Three mammoths came through here, two female mammoths, one child,” he announces. I am bewildered, unable to imagine what it is like to walk around in the present, all the time aware of ghosts of the deep past. He continues: 'But today we have no mammoths, so I use a tank.'

 

Among the assorted vans, Jeeps, boats, ATV, motorcycle, barge, float plane and hovercraft at the station there is a tank. A real tank, with Caterpillar treads.

 

Sergei bought it new in Yakutsk a decade ago and drove it to Cherskii himself, several hundred miles in the dead of winter by dirt road (and, as necessary, overland). It is easy to see where this tank has been: in place of the shrubs and larch surrounding us everywhere there is a trail of succulent brome grass, spontaneously emerging and continuing to thrive several years later. Only after seeing the tank does it begin to dawn on me what life here used to be. Mammoths were the tanks of the former world.

 

While in some sense Pleistocene Park is an attempt to understand the Mammoth Steppe ecosystem before the age of man, the real mission may as well be to see how restoration of that ecosystem can prevent the runaway warming mankind has never experienced."

 

https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-big-thaw


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