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Rock ‘n Roll Throwdown : Group D : Final Four

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Good evening, let’s get to the finals through these 4 songs.

Match 1

(8) Pour some sugar on me – Def Leppard vs (12) Welcome to the jungle – Guns ‘n Roses

(8) Pour some sugar on me – Def Leppard

  • Defeated (57) Lean on me – Club Nouveau 204-40
  • Defeated (25) Higher Love – Stevie Winwood 244-66
  • Defeated (41) Looking for a new love – Jody Watley 186-28
  • Defeated (48) Paradise city – Guns ‘n Roses 153-127

VS

(12) Welcome to the jungle – Guns ‘n Roses

  • Defeated (37) In your eyes – Peter Gabriel 102-101
  • Defeated (5) Kiss – Prince 238-75
  • Defeated (28) Love bites – Def Leppard 193-28
  • Defeated (20) Need you tonight – INXS 214-51

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Match 2

(2) Sweet child o’ mine – Guns ‘n Roses vs (3) Fight for your right to party – Beastie Boys

(2) Sweet child o’ mine – Guns ‘n Roses

  • Defeated (63) Human – Human League 240-31
  • Defeated (31) Manic Monday – Bangles 250-113
  • Defeated (15) The One I love – R.E.M. 180-66
  • Defeated (58) New sensation – INXS 191-77

VS

(3) Fight for your right to party – Beastie Boys

  • Defeated (62) Dude looks like a lady – Aerosmith 138-66
  • Defeated (30) La Bamba – Los Lobos 154-129
  • Defeated (14) I wanna dance with somebody – Whitney Houston 141-25
  • Defeated (38) Here I go again – Whitesnake 146-110

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You Actually Have To Invest Considerable Time and Effort To Get a Computer *NOT* to Add Correctly

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THIS Is Why Those Who Question the 2020 Election Are Being Attacked as Criminals
Flopping Aces | 09-19-22 | Dr. John

A woman named Michele Long Spears was in a primary running for DeKalb County Commissioner. There were three candidates and the runoff would cull the lowest vote getter out of the race. In the voter machine tabulation Spears seemed to have the lowest vote total but she noticed something odd. She had received zero votes in her own district – despite she and her husband voting for her.

“In all but four of the district’s nearly 40 precincts, no Election Day votes were recorded for Ms. Spears, who had received more than 2,000 early votes. She said that she immediately alerted state and county election authorities.

“When I visited several precincts (including my own) after Election Day and saw ZERO votes reported for myself, I was shocked and knew that wasn’t accurate,” Ms. Spears said in a text message.

“After conducting a hand count over the Memorial Day weekend and auditing those returns, election officials determined that they had drastically underreported the vote totals for Ms. Spears.

“She received 43 percent of the vote, not 24 percent, as reported by an unofficial and incomplete election summary posted on May 25 on the county’s website. As the top vote-getter, Ms. Spears qualified for a June 21 runoff against the second-place candidate, Lauren Alexander.”

She eventually won the runoff. That’s really where the questions begin. The fault was placed on “programming errors” and “technical issues.”

The candidates expressed concerns . . .

 

[Note: the links are to DeKalb County publications, the New York Times, and CBS.  So, you know . . . ]

Shrinkage!

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First-Time Dads May Experience Brain Shrinkage, Scientists Find
Science Alert | September 11, 2022 | Carly Cassela

Becoming a new parent is an adjustment for both men and women.

A dozen or so previous studies have shown that motherhood can change the structure of a person’s brain, and yet fatherhood is comparatively overlooked.

Now, new international research has identified neurological changes amongst first-time fathers as well.

The study is only small, but it suggests that the neural substrates of parenthood are not exclusive to mothers. Men, as it turns out, can also be impacted by their new role as a parent, albeit in a less pronounced and uniform way.

On average, the researchers found new fathers lost a percentage or two of cortical volume following the birth of their first child.

This shrinkage was mainly confined to an area of the brain known as the ‘default mode network’, which is associated with parental acceptance and warmth.

At first, a loss in cortical volume might sound like a bad thing, but it can actually indicate a refinement of the brain that makes connecting with a child more powerful and efficient.

The study was published in the Cerebral Cortex.

Rock ‘n Roll Throwdown : Group D : Round 4 Results

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Down to the Final Four, will we get an all Guns ‘n Roses final? Get out and vote.

  • (8) Pour some sugar on me – Def Leppard 153 ~~ (48) Paradise City – Guns ‘n Roses 127
  • (12) Welcome to the jungle – Guns ‘n Roses 214 ~~ (20) Need you tonight – INXS 51
  • (2) Sweet child o’ mine – Guns ‘n Roses 191 ~~ (58) New sensation – INXS 77
  • (3) Fight for your right to party – Beastie Boys 146 ~~ (38) Here I go again – Whitesnake 110

See ya at 6:00 pm

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