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Jimmie Johnson: A Legend of NASCAR and Unrivaled Excellence. Content Warning.
Jimmie Johnson is a name synonymous with success in the world of NASCAR. With an illustrious career spanning over two decades, Johnson has left an indelible mark on the sport, earning the status of a true racing legend. This article explores the life, achievements, and enduring legacy of Jimmie Johnson, highlighting his unparalleled success, his impact on the sport, and his contributions off the track.
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
LSU Baseball: A Legacy of Excellence and Triumph. Content Warning.
LSU baseball holds a prominent place in the world of collegiate sports, known for its rich history, passionate fan base, and outstanding achievements. This article delves into the storied tradition of LSU baseball, exploring its origins, notable players and coaches, championship victories, and its enduring impact on the sport.
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
The Devastating Impact of Canadian Wildfires: A Closer Look at the Destruction and Environmental Consequences. Content Warning.
Canada, known for its vast and diverse landscapes, is no stranger to wildfires. These natural disasters have become increasingly common and severe in recent years, causing extensive damage to ecosystems, communities, and the environment as a whole. This article aims to delve into the devastating impact of Canadian wildfires, examining their causes, consequences, and the ongoing efforts to mitigate their effects.
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
7 Best "Sci- Fi show" lets new 2023
7 Best "Sci- Fi show" lets new 2023 Welcome to a world where the boundaries of reality are shattered, and imagination takes flight. Prepare to embark on an exhilarating journey through the cosmos and beyond as we delve into the realm of science fiction television. In this golden age of captivating storytelling, we bring you the seven best sci-fi shows that have captivated audiences with their awe-inspiring concepts, mind-bending plots, and futuristic visions.
By RAJ VEER3 years ago in Earth
Ryan Mallett death. Content Warning.
All right you guys steelers and ravens clear mismatch on paper right ben roethlisberger versus ryan mallett okay according to the texans of course this season and how about this throwing catch from oh he's putting on a clip to the one of the stars of the super bowl this is why mallet will always have a future team whenever he gets released there'll always be somebody else that'll sign up for it because he's so intriguing with his size and arm chris matthews remember made all those plays on the patriots in the super bowl and here big play to get the ravens on top early 7-0 over the steelers same score here start of the second quarter ben roethlisberger looking for antonio brown there's a catch for you looked like a catch it did didn't it catch one a little bobble a little bit of a bobble there never got that second foot down yep ruling over turn play would be incomplete steelers settle for a field goal down 7-3 two steelers possessions later trailing 10-3 here roethlisberger this time he's picked off daryl smith ben just seemed flat today a little little uh what we'll say dudes maybe he had trusted he was seeing a lot of double pumps double clutches on the ball today you can see look confused roethlisberger seven of 12 for just 66 yards of a pick in the first half let's go second half any better here for the steelers no well that'll help well if you got to get a flag to make it better that's that's that's a hard one yeah um i i'm not sure if kendrick lewis has a hockey background checked him right to the board the cross check for sure ended up getting getting called for pass interference so paul spotted at the one and d'angelo williams will take over from there steelers now within a field goal down 13-10. angela williams we stayed here every week levar's line it's maybe the most underrated signing in the off season and here ben roethlisberger on the next possession looking to at least tie but no he is sacked by zadarius smith kentucky wildcats six yard loss roethlisberger sacked three times in the game fourth quarter now still down 13-10 big ben picked off by jimmy smith as he was looking for antonio brown second pick of the game jimmy smith the one talented corner for the baltimore ravens so you put him on antonio round i thought that with all the weapons they had they might look to spread it around a little bit more in this one well really good coverage there on av comes up with the pick gets it back to the offense and ryan mallett finding kyle yuscheck from harvard all the way down to the three-yard line after that 34-yard game he knew they weren't going to be able to run against the steelers but they were able to throw the ball effectively surprisingly and then the handoff to javorius allen go get buck allen the touchdown as the ravens extend the lead look at that geez that was like a little john brown-esque there that was uh it was a violent celebration save some energy 20 to 10. ravens on top and look like they might put it out of reach right here yeah would be a jimmy smith pick six that is a long way to go for nothing and jimmy's like courtney upshaw you owe me big time uh courtney upshaw called for offsides just lined up wrong negating and didn't even have an impact on the play other than being awesome on the complete on complete other side of the field 101 yard pick six negated and it ends up turning into a steelers touchdown deangelo williams gets the edge and gets the six so steelers now within a field goal as williams went over 100 yards on the day had the two touchdowns it's 2017. roethlisberger under two minutes to play oh gosh martavis bryant would have been a great catch lost his balance a little bit there looked like big ben had him but they couldn't hook up so next play a fourth and 15. and looking for marcus sweden but it is incomplete these guys have gotten used to looking for flags every single time they go out for passes they got to start going back to trying to make plays versus looking for help well with all the weapons that big ben has on the perimeter there couldn't get any of them in the end zone zero touchdowns for roethlisberger 215 yards two picks on the day as john harbaugh's squad gets the best of mike tomlin and the steelers sweep city break out the bridge sweeping the steelers uh for just uh i think the first time since 2012. uh dinner today with their jv team 2011 first time since 2011. so the ravens win it 20-17 you
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
The Bachelorette. Content Warning.
How prepared are you for everyone to finally watch your journey uh like 50 percent there's so many nerves are you kidding you know placing myself back in these moments um you know whether they're super emotional moments or just like funny moments um there were moments that were shared with people so it's like it's it's totally like it's a funny feeling um but then also yes like just showcasing my entire journey to everyone Charities love story is one for the ages we've got to talk about these guys because oh girl they're fine who are you telling I know I was like I know but I do feel like that evens out the playing field a little bit right because if they're all hot you gotta offer more than your looks Hello right and we must get down to business with the conversation you can't just look good you gotta talk good too so I will say the guys we're doing the most to get your attention they were assault backflips we saw jumping piano playing I mean they were really going for it they were pulling all the tricks now and you know definitely did have me swooning a little bit I will say yeah all in one night I know what was your favorite moment um I definitely obviously the piano playing was like because I'm just a music person too so I was like oh my gosh like just to play an instrument who's gone through so much for love [Music] okay I love this um you know the back flipping that was like a lot I was like okay high energy can I imagine too easy it's a circle yeah it literally is a circus um but there was also like a lot of like very like sweet moments like in between I think you know with James you see me um the apple cider and like it's from his family's Farm like that was super sweet let's talk about Brayden because he did get your first impression Rose um even though your brother kind of cautioned you about some of the things he was saying Brandon will you accept the first impression Rose I would absolutely love you okay I think um it was helpful getting my brothers Insight on like what he saw obviously I didn't see any of that because while he's over here running his mouth I'm over here having another conversation I realize that you are more than capable of making your own choices and decisions and I trust you you counted we saw you kiss Four Guys which okay whatever uh so in addition to Braden you kiss Xavier Aaron B and John so what was it about each that made you lean in for that kid yeah um I think with Xavier and Aaron B I would say like they were like it was just kind of like a pool you know I didn't have a game plan of like how I was gonna approach any like kissing from night one I was like I don't know what's gonna happen Xavier said that he you said he takes you by surprise right in that first episode someone you need to keep your eye on uh you said the kid was it yeah you said the kiss was too good to be true it was too good fireworks it was instant like me and Xavier's chemistry right off the bat was insane so that's why I was like yeah I gotta like watch this because you know sometimes you get caught up in that physical chemistry so I was like we need more than that I'm happy that you're here thank you yeah I appreciate that I'm happy to be here I want to ask you about Spencer because he of course open sorry I would love to know your first impression of Spencer after the limo uh Spencer so it's in a while I literally said it spins with a wild card like I did not know what was happening it was very real I was like okay and then I think I had a delay like reaction the moment I was like what did you just ask I was like no I'm not doing this are you crazy right the kicking though yeah I'm sorry we need those then we have Dalton uh you said he's a drummer as well yeah um Dalton's limo entrance I was like truly captivated um him just giving me his like background story of how he got to the show so here I am yes you are here following through and I hold you look forward to getting some Millions I cannot wait there was an authenticity there right like and that's what you want to look for in an experience like this is someone genuine someone genuine right it's not fluff it's like it's just straight from the source yeah and heart of what it is okay so overall do you think you do more crying or kissing this season oh Jesus all of it he's probably crying and kissing at the same time you know what that's real life they all bring something different to the table I see myself with each of them these moments are so real it's gonna like jump through the screen almost I'm just taking myself back in those moments
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
Malaria. Content Warning.
One fine day, after returning home from lectures, Zara developed extremely high fever. Also, she had frequent severe chills and sweating intermediately! What was really wrong with her? A few diagnostic tests revealed that Zara was suffering from Malaria! Yes! And now, she was given all the possible best treatments to recover as quickly as possible! But how did she get infected with malaria in the first place? What could have caused it? And how did the infectious agent take over her body? Let us learn this infectious disease in detail in this video! To begin with, can you tell me, what causes malaria? We have always heard…. Mosquito bites are the root cause of malaria. So are mosquitoes responsible for this infection? Nope! You will be surprised to know that mosquitoes do not cause malaria, but just spread it. And what do we mean by this? The actual causative agent of Malaria is the protozoan called Plasmodium. Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malaria, Plasmodium falciparum are a few species of Plasmodium that cause malaria in humans. Among these, Plasmodium falciparum is the most violent, and can also be life-threatening. So from where does a mosquito come into the picture? Well, the protozoan Plasmodium lives as a parasite in the female Anopheles mosquito. From there, it gets transmitted to humans with a mosquito bite. Hence, it is the infected mosquito BITE which can cause malaria, and not the insect itself! Plasmodium (parasite) → Female Anopheles mosquito → Transferred → Humans → mosquito bite Thus, the complete life cycle of the malarial parasitic protozoa involves two hosts. First one is the female Anopheles mosquito and the second one is the human host. Let us understand the complete life cycle of the malarial parasite. It all begins when an infected mosquito bites a human. This helps transfer the malarial parasite in the human body. In order to enjoy her blood meal, the female Anopheles mosquito secretes her saliva into the human bloodstream to prevent blood coagulation. It is with this secretion, that the parasite gets a chance to enter the human body. The disease causing Plasmodium, gets transferred from mosquitoes to humans in the form of sporozoites. Sporozoites is a stage in the life cycle of Plasmodium. At this particular stage they are capable to cause an infection in the human body. And how do they do that? Once they enter the bloodstream of the humans they eventually reach their target, that is the liver. Here, they attack the liver cells and stay inside them for quite a long time. Here, they reproduce asexually, in order to increase their number. After that, they release themselves back into the bloodstream by bursting out the liver cells. The form in which they are released into the bloodstream is known as merozoites. These merozoites now target the Red Blood Cells, the RBCs. Now in the RBCs, the merozoites develop into a ring like structure called Trophozoite. This form can have two fates. Most of the trophozoites begin with asexual cycle to give rise to new merozoites. And this occurs exponentially. The number of merozoites produced is too large for the RBCs to contain. Hence, they are released out, with the bursting of the RBCs. The released merozoites can now attack new RBCs and keep increasing their population exponentially. The other fate of the trophozoites is entering a sexual cycle. With this, the trophozoites give rise to two different gametocytes. Gametocytes in simple terms are like the germ cells of plasmodium. When a non-infected mosquito approaches the infected human for a blood meal, then these gametocytes quickly pass into the mosquito’s body with the sucked blood. Now here, in the mosquito’s body, both, male and female gametocytes, which are like the germ cells, fuse to form a zygote. That is, the fertilization of these gametocytes results in the formation and development of zygote in the mosquito’s gut.
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
Bryan Kohberger. Content Warning.
They didn't have to come here this morning in an NBC News exclusive the father a victim Kaylee gonsalves reacting to news that prosecutors planned to seek the death penalty against Brian coburger the man accused of murdering his daughter and three other students at the University of Idaho it's a relief I'm glad that we're in a situation of strength and the evidence is there and we feel that we can you know they can go forward with this the family's attorney believes it's a clear-cut death penalty case if you're not going to pursue the guy for a death penalty on a case like this who are you going to perceive for a death penalty in just a few hours coburger is set to return to a Moscow Idaho courtroom for another pre-trial hearing his legal team is requesting records from last month's grand jury indictment of their client and are asking the judge to pause legal proceedings until they receive those materials already a key part of the case for both sides coburger's DNA and where it was and wasn't found while prosecutors said in a court filing earlier this month the coburger's DNA is a statistical match to DNA found on a knife sheath at the scene of the murders his lawyers say authorities did not find any victim DNA in his apartment office home or vehicle is this your car he's had over a month before the search warrants are executed after the crime to throw away his clothes wash his clothes wash his car clean out his apartment there's multiple ways to explain the lack of DNA in his vehicle in his apartment there's not a lot of ways to explain his DNA on the sheath of the murder weapon the legal battle is also unfolding just over a mile from the scene of the quadruple homicides the off-campus home where Madison Mogan Kaylee Gonzalez Zana kernodle and Ethan Chapin were killed was sent to be demolished before a judge ruled it should be preserved now the University of Idaho says they hope to have the house down ahead of the new school year the Gonzalez family says the house should be preserved through trial I don't want to sit six months from now and hear somebody in the court case say well I really wish we could be in house right now once the case is over then they can move on but right now it's the crime scene Brian coburger has not entered a plea a not guilty plea has been entered by the judge on his behalf and regarding the death penalty there's a new law here in Idaho allowing for death by firing squad if they can't locate the chemicals necessary for lethal injection that law goes into effect July 1st Savannah all right Aaron thank you want to turn now to NBC News legal analyst Danny Savalas hi Danny good morning good morning so the prosecution is saying they're seeking the death penalty so you wonder if that makes us think that they are very confident with their case what do you think well statistically one study shows that Idaho prosecutors seek the death penalty in about 20 percent of death penal penalty eligible cases they only get death penalties in about three percent of those that go to trial so Idaho prosecutors it seems are willing to try for the a death penalty they'll file the notice that may be a negotiating tactic of course if they filed a notice of intent then the defense says uh oh the stakes are higher perhaps that's meant to bring them to the table but it seems that under Idaho law the death penalty which the Supreme Court has very much restricted uh they're a little more permissive maybe than other jurisdictions how does it affect the case a death penalty case and it goes to trial as a capital case how in terms of the jury that is selected and and the evidence that's presented absolutely so in these cases it becomes really two trials you have a trial on the guilt phase and then you have a trial on the penalty phase and as they must in every state they have to take into account the aggravating factors and the mitigating factors and in Idaho I know has a list of aggravating factors if the jury finds during the penalty phase that any one of them was met and I'll give you an example of one that during the crime the killer committed another murder that is exactly within here and there are other aggravating factors that fit as well but I'm just giving you one example if the jury finds that Beyond A Reasonable Doubt then the defense has to come up with some mitigating factors or else the jury must essentially impose the death penalty so Idaho procedure creates a clear path to the death penalty with those aggravating circumstances one of which an example I gave you if we get to that phase it's not likely he'd be found guilty of one murder and not the other so it might be a foregone conclusion once you get there that's a pretty strict Statute in Idaho it sounds like permissive for the death penalty although the Supreme Court has limitations it imposes when compared to other states it could be said that Idaho is more death friendly we keep hearing about this DNA information How likely would the court Grant the defense access to what they want like the DNA information this is interesting and I'm colored by the fact that I am a defense attorney but the state's argument is essentially that there are two kinds of DNA there's what we're familiar with traditionally which is Str this is going back to the OJ case this is traditional DNA evidence the state says that they use this new kind this emerging evidence IGG or forensic genealogy uh evidence they use that to build a genealogical tree but they're saying we use that as kind of a tip as a lead we're not going to introduce any of that at trial judge so therefore we don't have to turn that over to the defense under the rules and the defense is saying look the rules call for anything that is a scientific report to be turned over this also is something that is going to be very compelling information it could exonerate our client we should get it the state probably has a more technical rule-based argument and the defense has a more spiritual argument that look this is something the state used we should get to see it all right Danny it's going to be interesting hearing today thank you Danny hey thanks for watching don't miss the Today show every weekday at 11 A.M Eastern 8 Pacific on our streaming Channel today all day to watch head to today.com all day or click the link right here
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
The Unraveling of Nature's Symphony
In the grand tapestry of existence, the delicate balance of our planet's climate was once a harmonious symphony. Nature's intricate dance of elements seamlessly intertwined, nourishing life in all its vibrant forms. But today, as we witness the unsettling rhythms of climatic changes, a dissonant chord reverberates through the very fabric of our world.
By Obe Tolulope Olufemi3 years ago in Earth
Bucket List Destinations
Introduction: Exploring the world ought to be on everyone's bucket list because life is an adventure. Our planet's incredible diversity in terms of environments, people, and experiences is breathtaking. Look no farther if you're looking for ideas for your next adventure abroad. We've put up a list of the top 10 places you absolutely must see, which will stoke your wanderlust and provide you with lifelong memories. Let's take a virtual trip to these incredible places, which have everything from magnificent natural beauties to historical wonders.
By Patrick Nathan Nguea3 years ago in Earth
Green Technologies: Paving the Way to a Sustainable Future
Introduction: In a world grappling with environmental challenges, green technologies emerge as beacons of hope, offering solutions for a sustainable future. From solar panels to innovative waste management systems, these technologies have the potential to revolutionize our lives and protect the planet. In this article, we embark on an inspiring journey, blending humor, real-life examples, and cutting-edge innovations to showcase the power of green technologies. Get ready to laugh, learn, and be motivated to join the green revolution!
By James Lambeau3 years ago in Earth
Global Warming . Content Warning.
Introduction: Global warming has emerged as one of the most critical challenges facing humanity today. The Earth's climate is changing at an alarming rate, primarily due to human activities. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, melting ice caps, and the disruption of ecosystems are just a few of the visible impacts of this phenomenon. As the world grapples with the consequences of global warming, it is crucial to recognize the urgency of the situation and take immediate action to mitigate its effects. This article delves into the causes and consequences of global warming and highlights the importance of collective efforts in creating a sustainable future.
By Abdul Rehman Khan3 years ago in Earth