tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post4767027147916295746..comments2024-03-08T11:20:30.095-07:00Comments on Credit Bubble Stocks: Wednesday LinksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-13216852880595457972018-12-28T12:04:24.637-07:002018-12-28T12:04:24.637-07:00Studies have shown that proton pump inhibitors (PP...<i>Studies have shown that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) increase the brain burden of amyloid-beta (Aβ) and also create vitamin B12 deficiency. However, these two phenomena have deleterious effect on cognition and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Since the use of PPIs has increased tremendously for the last few years, it is of great public health importance to investigate the cognitive impact of PPIs. Hence, the purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of neuropsychological association of each PPI with different cognitive functions.</i><br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696341/#!po=35.8108<br /><br /><i>In 1916, during World War I, Frederick Lanchester devised a series of differential equations to demonstrate the power relationships between opposing forces. Among these are what is known as Lanchester's Linear Law (for ancient combat) and Lanchester's Square Law (for modern combat with long-range weapons such as firearms).</i><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanchester%27s_laws<br /><br /><i>The particle desert's negative implication is that experimental physics will simply have nothing more fundamental to discover, over a very long period of time. Depending on the rate of the increase in experiment energies, this period might a hundred years or more. Presumably, even if the energy achieved in the LHC, ~ 1013 eV, were increased by up to 12 orders of magnitude, this would only result in producing more copious amounts of the particles known today, with no underlying structure being probed.</i><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_(particle_physics)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-19173389975827140502018-12-26T14:44:40.038-07:002018-12-26T14:44:40.038-07:00America is the first democratic empire. The Britis...<i>America is the first democratic empire. The British Empire had democratic elements, like a parliament and limited suffrage, but it was a long way from liberal democracy, as we currently define it. By the time liberal democracy swept the West in the first half of the last century, the British Empire was in steep decline. That process was the result of America rising to dominate the West and eventually become the global hegemon. America elected to conquer the world in order to spread democracy.<br /><br />Democracy, of course, turns the ruling class of a country into renters. Unlike an owner, a monarch for example, the office holders in a democracy are in it for short term profit. The next election could find them back in the dreaded private sector. In order to hedge against that eventuality, they must convert as much private property into public property, in order to distribute it to friends of government.</i><br />http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=15929CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701174164478027499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-52568057418587347482018-12-26T14:33:49.038-07:002018-12-26T14:33:49.038-07:00Rectrix at KBED and Sheltair at KECP both provided...<i>Rectrix at KBED and Sheltair at KECP both provided superb support for loading and unloading. Turtles Fly Too and Kate Sampson of NOAA coordinated everything. Tradewind Aviation‘s superb maintenance and dispatch crew made sure that the Pilatus PC-12 was ready to go. Air Traffic Control gave the turtles a VIP direct clearance at FL220. The New England Aquarium did the initial rehab for the cold-stunned turtles. Gulf World in Panama City continued the rehab and also gave us an awesome tour of their facility (there was minimal damage to Panama City beach from Hurricane Michael, though it was a different story just 10 miles east).</i><br />https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2018/12/25/merry-christmas-again-to-the-sea-turtles/CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701174164478027499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-92105362486515906172018-12-26T14:28:09.641-07:002018-12-26T14:28:09.641-07:00Our ship is the smallest in the Royal Caribbean fl...<i>Our ship is the smallest in the Royal Caribbean fleet. The captain explained his plan to catch up: “Every time we go into dry dock we will add 6 feet to the length. Over time we will grow into the largest ship.” (Empress of the Seas is being refitted in February 2019 in Freeport, Bahamas. Given that everything will need to be shipped in, I was shocked that it was more cost-effective to do this work in the Bahamas rather than in the U.S. There must be some spectacular inefficiencies in the American shipyards! In what other manufacturing or technical area is the Bahamas competitive?)</i><br />https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2018/12/26/cruise-o-nomics/CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701174164478027499noreply@blogger.com