“Miss Cardinale, dressed up for the holiday?”
“Holiday? This is a stick up!”
“Oh it is.”
“Now hand over the goods.”
“If you insist.”
“I do. Wait, not that.”
“You are taking all the fun out of this.”
“I’ll post the memes instead, okay?”
“If you must.”
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9 Types of Parasomnias That Might Explain That Weird Thing You Do When You Sleep
Self.com | June 5, 2019 | Cassie Shortsleeve
1. Confusional arousals
If you wake up feeling disoriented or acting strangely (read: you’re speaking slowly or are answering questions weirdly), you could be experiencing a confusional arousal. This is sometimes called sleep drunkenness, but it’s less fun than it sounds.
2. Sleepwalking
3. Sleep-talking
To minimize sleep-talking episodes on your own, it might help to practice good sleep hygiene habits including sticking to a regular sleep schedule, getting a full night’s rest, and not drinking too much alcohol before bed.
4. Sleep-related eating disorder (SRED)
People with SRED partially wake up during NREM sleep and binge, often on combinations of high-calorie, high-carb, high-fat foods, according to the Mayo Clinic. Many people with SRED have an episode nearly every night, and they can happen more than once a night as well.
5. Sexsomnia
As is true with many other parasomnias, one potential danger here is injury to yourself or someone else. There can be other consequences too.
6. Night terrors
7. Nightmare disorder
[Not sure how this differs from #6, because I didn’t read the article all that closely.]
8. Sleep paralysis
9. REM sleep behavior disorder
This is the parasomnia doctors say they tend to worry about most. REM sleep behavior disorder can cause you to act out your dreams in a way that could be harmful, according to the AASM. You might kick to fend off an imaginary intruder or try to outrun a monster in your nightmare—basically do anything physical that might lead you to hurt yourself or your bed partner.
People with REM sleep behavior disorder lose the ability to remain immobile during REM sleep, explains Dr. Epstein [who did not kill himself].
Rapper Waka Flocka Flame Endorses Trump for 2024 Presidential Race
Breitbart | 16 Oct 2023 | David NgThe rapper Waka Flocka Flame has endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid to retake the White House in 2024, posting his endorsement to X on Monday.
The Space-Based Drug Factory That Can’t Come Home
IEEE Spectrum | October 24, 2023 | Mark HarrisFive hundred kilometers above the Earth, a small spacecraft is waiting patiently for permission to return home. The autonomous return capsule, made by startup Varda Space Industries, of Torrance, CA, was meant to have landed in the remote Utah desert early in September.
It would have been the first commercial space company to return a drug made in space to Earth, in this case a few grams of the HIV and hepatitis C antiviral ritonavir. Instead, the satellite, about the size of a large trash can and code-named Winnebago 1, continues to orbit the planet at nearly 30,000 kilometers per hour.
Dear Fan Fiction Friday:
Jared, Heath, and Nick are all away on a cattle drive. That leaves me, Victoria Barkley, and Audra at home — in the sweltering heat. Well, I don’t have to tell you that when we all decided to take a cooling bath down at the ol’ swimming creek, things got a bit complicated . . .
Thank God it’s Friday and I hope you all have a great weekend planned. I’ve got World Series watching and model building to do. Speaking of which.
I’ve gotten into box two of four and there were no great problems.
I’m up to bag 7 and might be able to finish the box off this weekend.
Previous Build
Focke-Wulf FW 190 A-3
The Fw 190 A-3 was equipped with the BMW 801 D-2 engine, which increased power to 1,700 PS (1,700 hp; 1,300 kW) at takeoff by improving the supercharger and raising the compression ratio. Because of these changes, the A-3 model required a higher octane fuel—100 (C3) versus 87 (B4). The A-3 retained the same weaponry as the A-2. The A-3 also introduced the Umrüst-Bausätze factory conversion sets. The Fw 190 A-3/U1 and U2 were single experimental Fw 190s: U1 (W.Nr 130270) was the first 190 to have the engine mount extended by 15 cm (5.9 in), which would be standardized on the later production A-5 model. The U2 (W.Nr 130386) had RZ 65 73 mm (2.9 in) rocket launcher racks under the wings with three rockets per wing. There were also a small number of U7 aircraft tested as high-altitude fighters armed with only two 20 mm MG 151 cannon, but with reduced overall weight.
The Fw 190 A-3/U3 was the first of the Jabo (Jagdbomber), using an ETC-501 centerline bomb rack able to carry up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) of bombs or, with horizontal stabilizing bars, one 300 L (80 US gal) drop tank. The U3 retained the fuselage-mounted 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 17s and the wing-mounted 20 mm MG 151 cannon, with the outer MG FF being removed.
The Fw 190 A-3/U4 was a reconnaissance version with two RB 12.5 cameras in the rear fuselage and an EK 16 gun camera or a Robot II miniature camera in the leading edge of the port wing root. Armament was similar to the U3, however, and the ETC 501 was usually fitted with a 300 L (80 US gal) drop tank. See A-2 for production numbers.
In autumn 1942, a political decision diverted 72 new aircraft to Turkey in an effort to keep that country friendly to the Axis powers. These were designated Fw 190 A-3a (a=ausländisch (foreign), designation for export models) and delivered between October 1942 and March 1943. The Turkish aircraft had the same armament as the A-1: four 7.92 mm (.312 in) synchronized MG 17 machine guns and two 20 mm MG FF cannon. There was no FuG 25 IFF device in the radio equipment.
Our Planet’s Core Seems to Be Leaking, And Scientists Think They Know Why
Science Alert | 23 October 2023 | Mike McRaeRecord concentrations of a helium isotope found inside 62-million-year-old Arctic rocks could be the most compelling evidence to date of a slow leak in our planet’s core.
Building on the results of a previous analysis of ancient lava flows, a team of geochemists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the California Institute of Technology are now more certain than ever that helium trapped in the core as our planet was forming is making its way to the surface.
Malls! Every town had them, when I was young.
The decline of the American mall has left just 700 still standing. Soon there may be just 150 left.
Business Insider | 10/12/22 | Tim LevinOnce-bustling American malls are going bust as shoppers flock to online retailers instead of sprawling, brick-and-mortar locations.
Ten years from now, there will be approximately 150 malls left in the US, Nick Egelanian, president of retail consulting firm SiteWorks, told The Wall Street Journal.
That’s down from around 2,500 locations in the 1980s and 700 today, Egelanian said.
Christmas shopping in the mall!
Now you kids get off my lawn.
