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#Steelers CB Trey Johnson is back for this week's Trey's Corner to preview #Steelers vs #Patriots

https://youtu.be/RRjZ_AeBH_Y

Lightning is an electrical discharge caused by imbalances between storm clouds and the ground, or within the clouds themselves. We take a look at ten interesting facts that you might not know about lightning.

https://rxscience.org/13-striking-facts-about-lightning/

FYI
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/30/18120199/google-hangouts-consumers-2020-chat-app-shut-down

John Sterling is returning to the sport that gave him his start https://nyp.st/2EvIsZ8

Aquaman Beats Out Infinity War & Black Panther For New Pre-Sales Record

The construction of the Egyptian #Sphinx:

While the Anunnaki were still celebrating the construction of the "artificial mounds", Enki offered a suggestion to his brother, Enlil:

"When in the future days it will be asked: when and by whom was this marvel fashioned?
Let us beside the twin peaks a monument create, the Age of the Lion let it announce,
The image of Ningishzidda (later known as Thoth), the peaks' designer, let its face be,
Let it precisely toward the Place of the Celestial Chariots gaze,
When, by whom, and the purpose let it to future generations reveal!"

Enlil agreed with Enki's suggestion and decreed:

"Let the gazing lion, precisely eastward facing, with Ningishzidda's image be!"

Marduk, Enki's firstborn child and his legal heir, was enraged of his father's and uncle's decision. He demanded for his image to be carved on the lion's face, because the pyramids were situated on his domains.

This stirred the other #Anunnaki to ask for more domains and human slaves, and the ceremony was about to degenerate.

Ninmah, a half-sister of Enki and Enlil, intervened and proposed a fair spread of lands and human slaves, among the ruling Anunnaki. The proposal calmed everyone down for the moment, but eventually led to many infamous wars, this time acknowledged by our history.

Marduk received the lands known to us today as Ancient Egypt, where he was later worshiped as Ra: http://humansarefree.com/2012/12/the-anunnaki-built-pyramids.html #Pyramids #Egypt

ALMA Campaign Provides Unprecedented Views of the Birth of Planets

Astronomers have already cataloged nearly 4,000 exoplanets in orbit around distant stars. Though we have learned much about these newfound worlds, there is still much we do not know about the steps of planet formation and the precise cosmic recipes that spawn the wide array of planetary bodies we have already uncovered, including so-called hot Jupiters, massive rocky worlds, icy dwarf planets, and – hopefully someday soon – distant analogs of Earth.

According to the researchers, the most compelling interpretation of these observations is that large planets, likely similar in size and composition to Neptune or Saturn, form quickly, much faster than current theory would indicate. The also tend to form in the outer reaches of their solar systems at tremendous distances from their host stars.

Such precocious formation could also help explain how rocky, Earth-size worlds are able to evolve and grow, surviving their presumed self-destructive adolescence.

Read more at>>
https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/press-release/alma-campaign-provides-unprecedented-views-of-the-birth-of-planets/

#astronomy #astrophysics #physics

"Josh Thomas is ready for his follow up to Please Like Me. The Australian comedian is pulling triple duty once again, serving as showrunner, writer, and star of Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, which was ordered to series Wednesday at Freeform, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The show stars Thomas as Nicholas, a neurotic 25-year-old living at home with his dad and two teenage sisters, one of whom has autism. Although he’s not particularly helpful in raising his sisters, he has to step up when his dad becomes terminally ill."

Here is what Pro Photographer Varina Patel carries in his camera bag.

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It's time the #Steelers shook things up

https://www.steelcityunderground.com/2018/12/13/its-time-for-the-steelers-to-shake-things-up/

Paramelaconite | #Geology #GeologyPage #Mineral

Chemical Formula: Cu2Cu2O3
Locality: Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA.
Name Origin: Named from the Greek for near and melaconite, which in turn was named for black and dust, now a synonym for tenorite.

Read more : http://www.geologypage.com/2014/06/paramelaconite.html

Bacteria can "talk" using chemical signals, a phenomenon called quorum sensing. Once the cells detect each other, they use the signals to coordinate behavior, such as infection or biofilm formation.

Princeton scientist Bonnie Bassler and Justin Silpe, one of her students, recently discovered that phages - viruses that attack bacteria - eavesdrop on those "conversations," basically using the signals to hunt down their prey.

Microbes are freaking cool.

It was just one small step for a man, but a giant leap for humanity. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong put his left foot on the Moon and created the first human footprint there. However, a new conspiracy theory has emerged, suggesting Armstrong did not even wear the boots, required to take this step.

Boxing Highlights 30 ... "Worse Boxers Ever" ... 8 out of 10 ...
Note To be fair these were all amateur ranks, but funny just the same

Trump takes rare shot at Fox News over approval numbers https://nyp.st/2EvFJyT