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Melting glacier sheds light upon hidden Viking era artifacts in Norway dated back to 300 AD The tremendous melting of the glaciers resulted in some recent archaeological discoveries revealing several well preserved historical objects, and one of these remarkable finds is the discoveries of artifacts from the Viking era on the hills that were once used for transportation purposes dated back to 300 A.D. as per the study. More glacial melt, although a disturbing factor of a much larger global warming effect, has provided ample shreds of evidence and remains of the age-old objects for today’s generation advantageously. Artifacts from...

Fans wanted to know Mike Rowe’s opinion on student loan forgiveness as a longtime proponent of trade jobs and a decrier of the “outrageous rise of college tuition”. Well, the former “Dirty Jobs” host finally weighed in and dealt Democrats some serious comeuppance with his compelling counterargument. Mike Rowe Does NOT Support Student Loan Forgiveness Top Democrats are looking to wipe out hundreds of billions in college debt. Debt forgiveness was a key 2020 Biden/Harris platform that they adopted from their more socialist leaning Democrat peers.

Cases and mortality by country Mortality Analyses - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center (jhu.edu) JHU.edu Copyright © 2020 by Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. All rights reserved.[Numbering and enhanced formatting (color, bold fonts) added by poster Listed per case fatality rate. US currently preceded by 79 countries.] COUNTRYCONFIRMEDDEATHSCASE-FATALITYDEATHS/100K POP.Yemen2,08560629.1%2.13Mexico1,267,202115,0999.1%91.21Ecuador202,35613,8966.9%81.34Sudan21,8641,3726.3%3.28Bolivia147,7169,0266.1%79.50Egypt122,6096,9665.7%7.08Syria9,4525435.7%3.21Chad1,7841025.7%0.66Liberia1,676835.0%1.72China94,5374,7575.0%0.34Iran1,123,47452,6704.7%64.39Afghanistan48,9521,9954.1%5.37Tanzania509214.1%0.04Peru986,13036,7543.7%114.89Italy1,870,57665,8573.5%108.98Tunisia113,2413,9563.5%34.21Mali5,8782053.5%1.07Niger2,361823.5%0.37Bosnia and Herzegovina102,3303,4573.4%104.00United Kingdom1,893,43665,0063.4%97.77Guatemala130,0824,4763.4%25.95Antigua and Barbuda14853.4%5.19Bulgaria184,2876,0053.3%85.49Gambia3,7851233.2%5.39Australia28,0609083.2%3.63Malawi6,0801873.1%1.03Sierra Leone2,451753.1%0.98Belgium611,42218,1783.0%159.15Greece126,3723,7853.0%35.28Indonesia629,42919,1113.0%7.14North Macedonia74,7322,1692.9%104.13Canada479,06413,6852.9%36.93El Salvador42,1321,2122.9%18.88Chile575,32915,9492.8%85.16Ireland76,7762,1342.8%43.97Algeria93,0652,6232.8%6.21Nicaragua5,8871622.8%2.51Spain1,762,21248,4012.7%103.59Argentina1,510,20341,2042.7%92.60Colombia1,444,64639,3562.7%79.27South Africa873,67923,6612.7%40.95Zimbabwe11,5223102.7%2.15San Marino1,982522.6%153.91Brazil6,970,034182,7992.6%87.27Kosovo47,2031,2202.6%66.11Honduras114,9433,0012.6%31.30Guyana5,9731562.6%20.03Somalia4,5791212.6%0.81Hungary285,7637,2372.5%74.08Republic of the Congo14,5973582.5%6.83Vietnam1,405352.5%0.04France2,447,40659,1822.4%88.35Romania565,75813,6982.4%70.34Barbados29772.4%2.44Haiti9,5972342.4%2.10Jamaica11,8752762.3%9.40Angola16,3623722.3%1.21Slovenia98,2812,1492.2%103.95Sweden341,0297,6672.2%75.29Belize9,5112112.2%55.08Iraq577,36312,6142.2%32.82Suriname5,3811172.2%20.31Bahamas7,6981642.1%42.53Albania50,0001,0282.1%35.86Paraguay95,3531,9912.1%28.62Mauritania11,4312362.1%5.36Myanmar110,6672,3192.1%4.32Moldova128,6562,6252.0%74.03Poland1,147,44623,3092.0%61.37Philippines451,8398,8122.0%8.26Pakistan445,9779,0102.0%4.25Senegal17,2163502.0%2.21Zambia18,4283682.0%2.12Togo3,295662.0%0.84Brunei15232.0%0.70Eswatini6,9121321.9%11.62Lesotho2,307441.9%2.09Mauritius524101.9%0.79South Sudan3,222621.9%0.56United States16,716,777303,7731.8%92.85Russia2,682,86647,4101.8%32.81Trinidad and Tobago6,9001231.8%8.85Guinea-Bissau2,447441.8%2.35Cameroon25,3594451.8%1.76Czechia586,2519,7431.7%91.69Armenia149,1202,5291.7%85.68Panama196,9873,4111.7%81.66Ukraine934,16116,0381.7%35.94Germany1,391,08623,5441.7%28.39Kyrgyzstan78,1511,3171.7%20.85Morocco403,6196,7111.7%18.63Saudi Arabia360,1556,0691.7%18.01Sao Tome and Principe1,010171.7%8.06Kenya92,4591,6041.7%3.12Burkina Faso4,300731.7%0.37Switzerland388,8286,2661.6%73.57Netherlands638,80110,2541.6%59.51Portugal353,5765,7331.6%55.76Malta11,3031771.6%36.61Equatorial Guinea5,195851.6%6.49Nigeria74,1321,2001.6%0.61Democratic Republic of the Congo6,2001001.6%0.12Croatia179,7182,7781.5%67.93Dominican Republic155,7972,3671.5%22.27India9,932,547144,0961.5%10.65Finland31,4594661.5%8.45Ethiopia117,5421,8131.5%1.66Madagascar17,5872591.5%0.99Montenegro42,1485971.4%95.93Austria327,6794,6481.4%52.54Libya92,0171,3191.4%19.75Kazakhstan187,8902,6131.4%14.30Bangladesh494,2097,1291.4%4.42Saint Lucia27841.4%2.20Japan184,7522,5811.4%2.04Cuba9,5881371.4%1.21Benin3,090441.4%0.38Thailand4,261601.4%0.09Liechtenstein1,579211.3%55.39Costa Rica154,0961,9561.3%39.12Jordan265,0243,4371.3%34.52Latvia26,4723571.3%18.53Central African Republic4,936631.3%1.35South Korea45,4426121.3%1.19Oman126,7191,4751.2%30.54New Zealand2,100251.2%0.51Andorra7,382791.1%102.59Azerbaijan183,2592,0071.1%20.19Djibouti5,749611.1%6.36Comoros63371.1%0.84Papua New Guinea72981.1%0.09Luxembourg42,2504181.0%68.78Georgia194,9001,8831.0%50.47Cabo Verde11,3951101.0%20.23Namibia16,9131641.0%6.70Serbia277,2482,4330.9%34.85Lithuania96,4528630.9%30.94Slovakia135,5231,2510.9%22.97West Bank and Gaza113,4091,0230.9%22.39Turkey1,898,44716,8810.9%20.51Norway41,8523950.9%7.43Venezuela108,4809650.9%3.34Uruguay10,418980.9%2.84Taiwan74270.9%0.03Israel360,6303,0140.8%33.93Lebanon148,8771,2230.8%17.86Denmark116,6369610.8%16.58Belarus164,0591,2820.8%13.52Estonia18,6821570.8%11.89Uzbekistan75,2416120.8%1.86Uganda28,1682250.8%0.53Mozambique17,0421440.8%0.49Rwanda6,832570.8%0.46Nepal250,1801,7300.7%6.16Gabon9,351630.7%2.97Tajikistan12,777880.7%0.97Kuwait146,7109130.6%22.07Ghana53,2703270.6%1.10Guinea13,457800.6%0.64Côte d'Ivoire21,7751330.6%0.53Iceland5,571280.5%7.92Cyprus15,789840.5%7.06Malaysia86,6184220.5%1.34Sri Lanka34,1211540.5%0.71Bahrain89,4443480.4%22.17Maldives13,392480.4%9.31Monaco67830.4%7.76United Arab Emirates187,2676220.3%6.46Botswana12,873380.3%1.69Qatar141,2722410.2%8.66Singapore58,341290.0%0.51

I tried hard to word a decent headline but the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) makes it impossible. The teachers will not return to the classroom with the students in January. So the cash-strapped city will hire supervisors to be in classes and at the school with the students. This is because the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) refuses to get back to work. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) took advantage of the situation (what else is new?) to issue new demands and collective bargaining. They even blamed the pressure to reopen schools on sexism, misogyny, and racism. No, it had nothing...

It has never been harder to teach artistic individualism in America. A religious devotion to the causes of social justice dominates the ideas of professors in the academy, and David Randall’s report “Social Justice Education in America” has made clear that their evangelical zeal for teaching students the merits of intersectional political activism is topped only by the enthusiasm of university administrators for it. The cultish creed has permeated throughout universities, with moderate professors bowing to the mob and leaving the tiny minority of their conservative colleagues paranoid and fearful of speaking out against the ideology that has dominated them....

Nazi Operated Enigma Machine Retrieved In Baltic Sea Recovery of the century’s long lost-quintessential mechanical encryption machine: The Enigma code machine was made in the cold Baltic Sea in Europe nearly three centuries after its drastic beneficial purpose had been served during the second world war. Having been said that during the ending period of World War II, the machine was abandoned deep into the sea by German to keep it out of reach of the allies. WHAT IS AN ENIGMA CODE? The Enigma code machine. ( image source ) Enigma machines also used a form of substitution encryption. Substitution...

In yet another blow to common sense on college campuses, Tennessee State University has hired Al Sharpton as a visiting professor teaching “political science grounded in social justice.” Tennessee State is a public university and thus it is taxpayer funded. In fact, billions of American taxpayer dollars help to fund higher education each year. Last year, President Trump notably threatened to suspend federal funding if colleges and universities fail to protect free speech on campus.

Archaeologists researching on an underwater diving project, stumbled over an ancient underwater temple claimed as Heracleion’s ‘Egyptian Atlantis’ and probably have found a destroyed ancient Greek temple and treasure-laden vessels which might have sunken into the sea due to floods and tsunami 1,200 years back.

I remember several years ago watching a documentary about James Meredith, the African-American veteran who was able to enroll in the University of Mississippi in 1961 after overcoming considerable resistance from Governor Ross Barnett on down. I particularly remember one scene in which Governor Barnett was on the phone with one of the Kennedys saying that Mr. Meredith was registering for his first course, “American Colonial History”. I asked myself while watching it, “Why is there a separate course on American Colonial History ? Why not just a full course on United States History, of which American Colonial History was...

“[A] student-led judiciary that looks into reports of students neglecting to wear masks or socially distance” Institutionalized snitching. This is just another step towards Mao’s Cultural Revolution.

We have witnessed a horrible year. And many of us recognize some of what is happening around us as propaganda, gaslighting, and out right manipulation. We ponder who and when something will be done. We do not have blinders on and yet do not understand what we witness happening before us. Earlier this morning I read on another thread, Princeton University professor and MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude, Jr. refer to the moral rot in our society and that President Trump is its avatar. We use the word avatar for many different things in the modern world, but consider the first...

Montgomery County, Maryland is a wealthy suburb of Washington, D.C. Like many such jurisdictions, Montgomery County remains tightly locked down. Its public schools are closed, and all students are required to participate in “distance learning.” The results have been disastrous –particularly for minority students. Since the advent of the great “War on Poverty” liberal educators in Montgomery County and elsewhere in the nation have trumpeted their efforts to close the “achievement gap” -the yawning chasm that exists between the performance of white students and minority, particularly black, students. Quite rightly educators have focused on the fact that in an increasingly...

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Ivy League schools have the reputation as the best universities in the nation. But, a new Cornell policy for Fall 2020 which gives people of color an exemption from the school’s mandatory flu vaccination is turning heads. How can an equal opportunity educator require only its Caucasian students to get vaccinated? Cornell Offers Exemption To Mandatory Flu Vaccination The prestigious university is requiring students to get flu vaccines. It’s mandatory, but Cornell Health is giving exemptions to people of color. Campus Reform reports that Cornell Health’s vaccine requirement FAQ reads, “Students who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a Person...

Yesterday, we reported that Olivia Jade Giannulli, the daughter of former “Fuller House” star Lori Loughlin, gave a tell-all interview about her family’s involvement in the college admissions scandal that has landed both of her parents in prison. Now, however, this move has backfired on Olivia, as social media users are ripping her apart for being “tone deaf.”

Every time I read an op-ed piece from some English professor (and isn’t it always an English professor?) whining about the demise of the humanities, in The Chronicle of Higher Education or elsewhere, I’m reminded of that great scene from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. You know the one. As Anakin Skywalker and his erstwhile friend and mentor turned mortal enemy Obi-Wan Kenobi engage in an epic lightsaber duel, Anakin accuses Obi-Wan of being responsible for the recent disasters in his life, including the loss of his beloved Princess Padme. Obi-Wan regards Anakin stoically then delivers one...

We are pleased to announce version 7.6.21 of the Folding@home software and recommend that everyone upgrades! This version includes a number of significant updates, most notably the addition of ARM 64-bit support. ARM support is a great step forward given the rapid proliferation of ARM-based devices. We are especially grateful to Neocortix for helping make this possible! The new client also includes updates that better detect and automatically configure supported GPUs.

Pleased to report I have been appointed by President Donald Trump to a 4-year appointment to the Board of Directors for the National Board for Educational Sciences. This is a non-revocable appointment. I am now an embed in the unfortunate case Trump cannot overturn the fraud. 12:35 PM · Dec 8, 2020·Twitter Web App 1.9K Retweets 155 Quote Tweets 12.5K Likes

Students at Cornell University can use their status as a “person of color” to be exempt from the university’s flu vaccine requirement. “Students who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a Person of Color (BIPOC) may have personal concerns about fulfilling the Compact requirements based on historical injustices and current events,” explains Cornell Health’s vaccine requirement FAQ. Students can send a private message to Cornell Health in order to request a non-medical or non-religious exemption for the immunization. For more information, the FAQ links to a page “especially for students of color,” which is meant to help minority students concerned...

If feminism destroys spaces for men, society will collapse. Is that inevitable or can the rot be stopped?