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November 13, 2018 5:18 amLIFESTYLE
Scientists claim that they have created lab-grown chicken nuggets, and they could be on store shelves before the end of the year. San Francisco-based “JustMeat” has announced that they have a new line of products ready to go that includes chicken, beef, pork and seafood which, rather than being made from animals, are grown in a lab using cells from live animals. They say, for example, to initially get the chicken cells needed to create their lab-grown nuggets, they only needed one feather from the ‘best chicken’ they could find. In the lab, scientists then selected a single cell, which they grew into ‘chicken’ using nutrients obtained from plants. The company says their product can be grown antibiotic free, and with significant reductions in land use, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy use.
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According to researchers from Harvard University a mysterious cigar-shaped object seen tumbling through the solar system last year, may have been an alien spacecraft sent to investigate Earth.
First spotted in October 2017, the strange, fast-moving object has puzzled astronomers since its discovery. Given the name “Oumuamua” – which means messenger from afar arriving first, or scout, – the object is believed to be the first interstellar visitor to our solar system.
The estimated 400-meter-long object sped through our inner solar system at a speed of more than 26 kilometers per second before departing in January 2018.
Although it’s been called a comet or an asteroid in the past, it’s still unclear exactly what the elongated, red-tinged object is and where it came from.
The researchers said its likely origin will only be determined by searching for other objects like it in the future.
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ENTERTAINMENT
STAN LEE died yesterday at 95. He launched Marvel Comics back in 1961, and was one of the creators of the superheroes Spider-Man, Black Panther, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, Iron Man, and The Avengers.
Stan revolutionized comics by creating superheroes that had human flaws and mundane problems that adult readers could relate to. The “superheroes” before that were typically flawless, god-like figures.
After Stan retired as a comic writer, he remained at Marvel as an editor and publisher, and throughout the ’80s and ’90s he became a cult figure in the comic book world.
Hugh Jackman was on Colbert last night, and told a story about being on the red carpet. Even though he was Wolverine with the fans, everyone was focused on the man who started it all, Stan Lee.
TODAY IS……………….
1789, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN wrote a letter to a friend in which he said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except DEATH AND TAXES.”
1940, WALT DISNEY’S “Fantasia” was released. It flopped. It only became a huge hit when it was re-released in 1967 . . .
1991, DISNEY’S “Beauty & The Beast” was released. It was the first animated feature EVER nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. (It “only” won Best Song and Best Original Score.)
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
NOVEMBER 13TH, 1996 Trisha Yearwood has a guest role on the controversial ABC-TV sitcom “Ellen,” where she performs “Everybody Knows”
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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS
A 10-year-old girl was walking with her friend near a park in Arizona last Wednesday, when a guy in an SUV pulled up, gave her a story about how her brother needed help, and asked her to get in.
So the girl quickly asked him for the code word . . . a method she and her family had just come up with, for people she is and isn’t allowed to get in the car with.
They guy didn’t know it, so he sped off. Cops are still searching for him.
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BIRTHDAYS
Gerard Butler is 49
Steve Zahn is 51. character actor from “Sahara”, “Reality Bites”, “That Thing You Do!”, “Joy Ride” and “Saving Silverman”. And he played Davis on HBO’s “Treme”.
Jimmy Kimmel is 51
Whoopi Goldberg is 63
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Itchy Hand Leads Michigan Woman to $2 Million Lottery Jackpot
Flint, Michigan resident Jacquatte Prater, 28, told Michigan Lottery officials she started playing Mega Millions about a month before Tuesday night’s drawing because of an itch on her hand.
“My hand started itching about a month ago, and I’ve always heard that mean you’re about to come in to some money so I’ve been playing Mega Millions ever since,” Prater said. “I woke up to a phone call from my best friend Wednesday morning to tell me someone had bought a big winning ticket at the Sunoco.”
Prater’s ticket, ended up winning her $2 million. “My hand isn’t itching any more, now it’s just sweaty! I can’t believe I really won!” she said.
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IOWA WOMAN FINDS FORGOTTEN LOTTO TICKET, ENDS UP WINNING BIG!
An Iowa grandma has come forward to claim $343 million Powerball jackpot after leaving her lotto ticket in her sister’s car and forgetting about it!
Lerynne West bought the winning ticket on October 26th and forgot all about it. A friend of hers texted her on October 28th asking if she had one since it had been announced that someone from Iowa had one of the winning tickets.
After not being able to find the ticket, she remembered it was in her sister’s truck. It turns out she had the winning ticket! West decided to take the lump sum option, so she will walk away with $198.1 million.
West quit the job she just started in September and plans to share her newfound wealth with family and friends, buy a new car, travel, and help others via her brand-new Callum Foundation.
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CIGARETTE SMOKING IN THE U.S. REACHES ALL-TIME LOW (11/09/2018)
Cigarette smoking in the U.S. has reached an all time low.
New date from the U.S. government shows that just 14% of adults overall smoke cigarettes. In 2017, an estimated 34 million adults in the U.S. smoked cigarettes either every day which is down from 15.5% in 2016 and 67% fewer than back in 1965.
The most dramatic cigarette usage decline was among adults 18 to 24 years — 10.4% percent in 2017 compared with 13% in 2016.
Meanwhile, another recent study had bad news for smokers: it takes cigarette smokers’ hearts at least 15 year to recover after quitting cigarettes.
THE ONE THING YOU CAN DO DAILY TO LOSE WEIGHT (11/08/2018)
A new study has found that actually stepping on a scale everyday can help you lose weight!
They concluded those who never weighed themselves or only did so once a week “did not lose weight in the following year.” But those who stepped on the scale six or seven days a week “had significant weight loss,” shedding roughly 1.7 percent of their body weight. On their findings, the study’s authors said, “Monitoring your behavior or body weight may increase your awareness of how changing behaviors can affect weight loss. These findings support the central role of self-monitoring in changing behavior and increasing success in any attempt to better manage weight.”
That being said, stepping on the scale may not be for everyone.
One health expert says some experience an emotional connection to that number that can trigger a great deal of anxiety, and even depression, or other unhealthy patterns, like under-eating and rebound binge eating.”
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Gerard Butler is 49
Jimmy Kimmel is 51
Whoopi Goldberg is 63
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- Comic book legend STAN LEEdied yesterday. He was 95. Stan launched Marvel back in 1961, and was one of the creators of the superheroes Spider-Man, Black Panther, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, Iron Man, and The Avengers.
- The death toll from the California wildfires rose to 44 yesterday (November 12th), 42 of them from the Camp Fire in Northern California, making it the deadliest in state history. About 100 people are unaccounted for, but authorities are hoping those people are safe elsewhere. More than 300,000 people have had to evacuate their homes in the state, 170,000 of them in Los Angeles County.
Actor Jeff Bridges told Kimmel the story of how he and his wife got rescued from the fire danger because he decided to write S O S on a sheet. Responders in a helicopter told him they thought it was the area code, 805 (which is used on the central coast of California). (From “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Monday, November 12, 2018)
- Tonight is the debut of “Real Country”, the singing competition starring Shania Twain, Jake Owen, and Travis Trittas expert panelists.
- A 87-year-old guy in New Jersey named Earl Livingston fell and broke his hip on the way to buy lottery tickets on Tuesday. And while he was in the hospital recovering, he joined their lottery pool . . . and won a million-dollar jackpot. The pool was 141 people, so each of them ‘only’ gets around $7,000, but still. Here are his nieces and him talking about what happened.
BRAD PAISLEY PROMISES TO STICK TO ‘FUN’ TOPICS AS CMA AWARDS HOST –
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will stick to pretty safe topics while co-hosting this week’s CMA Awards, particularly those that will make everyone laugh. Brad says they had specific self-imposed guidelines for writing this year’s script.
Brad and Carrie will assume hosting duties for the 11th consecutive year tomorrow night (Wednesday, November 14th). The 52nd annual CMA Awards will air live from Nashville on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
One more CMA thing: LUKE BRYAN will open the show with a performance of “What Makes You Country”, but he won’t be alone. He announced that a “slate of rising stars” will be joining him.
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BRETT YOUNG SAYS CMA NOMINATION — NOT WIN — IS ‘MOST IMPORTANT PART’ –
Brett Young is nominated for New Artist at this year’s CMA Awards, and at the risk of sounding cliche, he tells us he really is honored just to be nominated.
Brett will also be a performer on the CMA Awards, airing tomorrow (Wednesday, November 14th) at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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Luke Combs’ Childhood Bedroom Still Has Chris Young Pictures on the Wall
LUKE COMBS is bringing his mom to the CMAs, and at some point during the night she WILL be meeting CHRIS YOUNG. He says, quote, “My mom is just a big fan. [She] loves Chris Young. Like, she LOVES him.
“When I go back to my childhood room, it’s full of memorabilia of myself and then pictures of Chris Young. I wake up to him . . . it’s like, Chris Young: He’s right there. He’s, like, watching me while I sleep, you know?
“My mom loves him. I’ll corner him in the after-party and be like, ‘You’re gonna talk to my mom right now!'”
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This post was written by Dave Palmer