Day: April 22, 2017

  • Some nostalgia for your video pleasure.. BATMAN 1989

    Some nostalgia for your video pleasure.. BATMAN 1989

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    Some nostalgia for your video pleasure.. These are various reports from the BATMAN era in 1989. I was 9. It was amazing, I saw the film at least 5 times in the theater and it forever changed my life.

    Here’s just a few little snippets of history of media coverage from almost GASP! 30 years ago ..

  • Harvesting Blood From Babies’ Umbilical Cords Could Help Reverse Aging

    Harvesting Blood From Babies’ Umbilical Cords Could Help Reverse Aging

    Harvesting Blood From Babies’ Umbilical Cords Could Help Reverse Aging:

    Bodily fluids understandably make people queasy, especially when substances like animal blood are used in art. But if the blood of a newborn baby could make you feel young again, could you overcome your revulsion?

    That may sound like a horror movie pitch, but thanks to a group of Stanford University scientists Peter Thiel’s dream of injecting himself with young peoples’ blood could become a reality.

    Researchers at the California institution’s department of neurology found that blood harvested from babies’ umbilical cords had strong anti-aging effects in mice. Specifically, they discovered that a protein in the young blood called TIMP2possessed rejuvenating properties. The results were published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

  • BILL NYE THE GMO GUY

    BILL NYE THE GMO GUY

    BILL NYE THE GMO GUY

    The science guy is good at garnering headlines with his outspoken beliefs.. He is in the face of creationists and conservatives, climate change deniers and all their ilk.. but so many who support him are scratching their collective brains in confusion at his buy in of GMO..

    The evidence: Monsanto CTO Robb Fraley will join Nye, on an episode titled “More Food, Less Hype.”

    “At a time when fake news is prevalent in our society, communication about science and restoring trust in the field has never been more important,” Fraley said. “I was excited and honored to be part of the show to help distinguish fact from fiction when it comes to GMOs. The fact is that GMOs are safe, effective and benefit the environment.”

    Nye’s show is streaming now, only on Netflix.

    There is a bit of interesting history here.. around March 2015 Bill Nye, who had expressed some doubt about GMO, became a fan.

    and from that? He’s now all in.

  • A pulsating sun or camera error?

    A pulsating sun or camera error?

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    A new video from MrMBB333 is a bit chilling.. 

    From the description: 

    A viewer was observing a Spain skycam, when all of the sudden the Sun appears to go into this intense huge flaring mode. Rapidly pulsating in the monitor of the camera. The viewer who watches the cameras often was VERY surprised by this. She grabbed he phone and began recording her iPad that was displaying the Spain skycam in hopes of this event happening again….it did, a few more times that you will see in the video.

    My take: Creepy, yes. But also take it with a grain of salt.. webcams spaz out.. so do iPads… and when recording the sun, cameras attempt to focus repeatedly. 
    That said, it was weird. It is intriguing. 

    One thing I notice more and more, on video and in person, that ‘orange hue’ the sun had when I was younger seemingly is gone.. it’s just a bright white spot now in the sky.. the calm heat that seemed to be there when I was younger is white hot now.. 

    Maybe the effects of the chemtrails in the air! Maybe just … something that proves my paranoia..?

  • THE PITTS:  iHeartRadio may not survive!

    THE PITTS:  iHeartRadio may not survive!

    ….and the company is the one saying it..

    This coming from an industry publication MARKETWATCH..

    The money quote: 

    iHeartMedia Inc., the biggest operator of radio stations in the U.S. and headed by Bob Pittman of MTV fame, plans to include language in its next quarterly report warning investors that it may not survive another year.

    The company IHRT, -4.84%  , which owns iHeartRadio and billboard advertising company Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings CCO, -0.85% said it continues to expect cash flow to be negative and is uncertain as to whether it will be able to refinance or extend the maturities of some of its borrowings, according to a regulatory filing.

    The company has almost $350 million of debt coming due this year, part of a massive $20 billion debt load it took on as part of a $24 billion leveraged buyout of then Clear Channel Communications Inc. by private-equity firms Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners in 2008. It has another $8.3 billion of debt coming due in 2019.

    And the rest… soon … will be history. The Pitt-fall begins..