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  • Bud Light is running out of time and could lose market share FOREVER: Brand will lose retail shelf space to Miller and Coors if they cannot reverse plunging sales, warns ex Anheuser-Bush exec

    06/03/2023 3:07:19 PM PDT · by Libloather · 68 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 6/03/23 | Keith Griffith
    If Bud Light sales continue to lag, the brand risks losing shelf space at major retailers to competitors and 'locking in' lower market share, a former Anheuser-Busch executive has claimed. In recent weeks, Bud Light sales have been down roughly a quarter from a year ago, as the brand faces conservative backlash over an April marketing deal with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Anson Frericks, the former US president of sales and distribution for St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, said that retailers such as Walmart and Kroger typically 'reset' their shelf space allocations in the spring and fall, based on sales data. For...
  • Understanding just how big solar flares can get

    05/31/2023 5:24:23 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 43 replies
    FreeThink ^ | May 28, 2023 | By Christopher Crockett
    Scientists reveal the potential for massive, and potentially destructive, eruptions from the sun. On May 1, 2019, the star next door erupted. In a matter of seconds, Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our sun, got thousands of times brighter than usual — up to 14,000 times brighter in the ultraviolet range of the spectrum. The radiation burst was strong enough to split any water molecules that might exist on the temperate, Earth-sized planet orbiting that star; repeated blasts of that magnitude might have stripped the planet of any atmosphere. It would be bad news if the Earth’s sun ever...
  • Video of Bud Light Cases Being Blown Up Viewed 300k Times

    05/08/2023 5:00:01 AM PDT · by Libloather · 26 replies
    Newsweak ^ | 5/07/23 | James Bickerton
    Footage showing crates of Bud Light getting blown up with an artillery gun has been posted on social media and received more than 350,000 views. The clip was from a video shared online by self-described "gun lover" Stefan Gol and shows cases of Bud Light being destroyed by military weapons to the sound of Ted Nugent's 'Come And Take It.' Bud Light was targeted by a conservative boycott after working with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney and sending over a personalized can to celebrate her "day 365 of womanhood." A 37-second segment from Gol's video was posted on Twitter by Ron...
  • Bud Light in ‘serious trouble’ of losing status as top-selling beer in US, industry expert warns

    05/02/2023 4:22:41 PM PDT · by Libloather · 64 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/02/23 | Brian Flood
    Bud Light is in "serious trouble" and could lose the title of bestselling beer in America as backlash to the infamous promo with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney continues to haunt the company, according to a report in its hometown paper. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a scathing story, "Bud Light sales continue to plummet after transgender marketing controversy," that put a spotlight on the massive decline. Bud Light in-store sales have dropped 26% during the week that ended April 22, the Post-Dispatch reported, citing data from Connecticut-based Bump Williams Consulting, which specializes in the beverage alcohol industry. The Post-Dispatch noted...
  • Lawyer says Trump used ‘Classified Evening Summary’ empty folder to block light in bedroom at night

    02/13/2023 8:11:14 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 35 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02-13-2023 | JULIA MUELLER
    Lawyer Timothy Parlatore said on Sunday that former President Trump, whom Parlatore represents, used an empty folder that said “Classified Evening Summary” to block a light in his bedroom at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. “He has one of those landline telephones next to his bed, and it has a blue light on it, and it keeps him up at night. So he took the manilla folder and put it over so it would keep the light down so he could sleep at night,” Parlatore told CNN. “It’s just this folder. It says ‘Classified Evening Summary’ on it. It’s not...
  • Maine Voices: Mainers being wrongly blinded by the light

    02/12/2023 8:06:16 AM PST · by Saije · 5 replies
    Press Herald ^ | 2/12/2023 | Anthony Dater
    According to Science magazine, the average night sky brightened by 9.6% per year from 2011 to 2022. Many of us have experienced our own encounters with the reduction of nighttime quality of life because of poorly positioned or excessively bright lights. A recent documentary on the subject of Maine’s skies, “Defending the Dark,” described the public health effects of constant over-bright nighttime artificial light. More light at night is linked to cancer; glare threatens public safety of motorists and pedestrians, and more light takes the night sky away from us earthbound dwellers, something all flora and fauna have evolved under...
  • Report: San Francisco Considers Red Light District

    02/10/2023 5:55:06 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 19 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02-09-2023 | joel-b-pollak
    San Francisco is considering a formal “red light district” as it attempts to cut down on illegal street prostitution while also allowing sex workers to continue their trade. The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday: As San Francisco prepares to block vehicle traffic from a stretch of the Mission District this month in an attempt to stifle street prostitution, the idea of creating a designated district for sex work is gaining traction among some advocates and officials. A red-light district might not be a far-fetched concept in the Mission, where many residents say sex workers have been present for decades. Though...
  • Researchers achieve the first observation of de Broglie-Mackinnon wave packets by exploiting loophole in 1980’s-era laser physics theorem

    01/27/2023 12:43:58 PM PST · by aimhigh · 16 replies
    EurekaAlert ^ | 01/27/2023 | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
    University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics researchers achieved the first observation of de Broglie-Mackinnon wave packets by exploiting a loophole in 1980’s-era laser physics theorem. A research paper by CREOL and Florida Photonics Center of Excellence professor Ayman Abouraddy and research assistant Layton Hall ’22MS has been published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, Nature Physics. Observation of optical de Broglie–Mackinnon wave packets highlights the team’s research using a class of pulsed laser beams they call space-time wave packets. In an interview with Dr. Abouraddy, he provides more insight into his team’s research and what it may hold...
  • 'Magic mirror' hidden image revealed after curators shine light on it

    11/09/2022 7:04:24 PM PST · by Redcitizen · 15 replies
    Live Science ^ | 11-9-2022 | Jennifer Nalewicki
    Curators at the Cincinnati Art Museum made a surprising discovery when they shined a flashlight onto a mirror in their collection, revealing a hidden image. Last spring, Hou-mei Sung, a curator in the museum's East Asian art collection, was rummaging through one of the archives while conducting research on "magic mirrors." When these rare mirrors, typically from Japan or China, are viewed in a certain light, they reveal images on their reflective surfaces, according to CNN. Sung noticed that the mirror, which measures less than 9 inches (23 centimeters) in diameter and is affixed with a strand of bright-red rope,...
  • Excessive blue light from our gadgets may accelerate the aging process

    08/31/2022 9:00:25 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 23 replies
    Medical Xpress / Frontiers / Frontiers in Aging ^ | August 30, 2022 | Jun Yang et al
    Too much screen use has been linked to obesity and psychological problems. Now a new study has identified a new problem—a study in fruit flies suggests our basic cellular functions could be impacted by the blue light emitted by these devices. "Our study suggests that avoidance of excessive blue light exposure may be a good anti-aging strategy," advised Giebultowicz. The researchers have previously shown that fruit flies exposed to light "turn on" stress protective genes, and that those kept in constant darkness lived longer. Blue light exposure caused significant differences in the levels of metabolites measured by the researchers in...
  • Intense light protects against lung damage (Light, or the orange peel flavonoid “nobiletin,” reduced lung inflammation, improved blood/air barrier & produced antibacterial mucus)

    03/25/2022 1:28:57 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 35 replies
    Intense light activates proteins shown to protect against lung damage in mice, a discovery that could have major therapeutic implications for treating acute lung injury in humans, according to a new study. "Acute lung injury has a mortality rate of 40%," said lead author Tobias Eckle, M.D. "No specific therapy exists, and novel treatment options are needed." Eckle's team, which previously demonstrated that light can protect against cardiovascular disease, housed mice under intense rather than ambient light for seven days. This prompted a strong increase in the trough and peak levels of the pulmonary circadian rhythm protein - Period 2...
  • White House hopes for light at the end of its tunnel

    03/06/2022 5:25:26 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 60 replies
    Thehill ^ | 03/05/2022 | Alex Gangitano
    The White House is hopeful for a rebound after a strong week, with bipartisan support for backing Ukraine, a strong jobs report, COVID-19 restrictions eased and the confirmation process for its Supreme Court nominee underway. President Biden, who has been plagued by low approval over high inflation and pandemic fatigue, saw his numbers rise in at least one poll after his first State of the Union address.
  • Colliding Photons Were Spotted Making Matter. But Are The Photons ‘Real’? (Light Making Matter)

    09/13/2021 1:50:19 PM PDT · by blam · 46 replies
    Science News Magazine ^ | 9-13-2021 | Emily Conover
    In a demonstration of Einstein’s E=mc2, collisions of light yielded electrons and positrons "Collide light with light, and poof, you get matter and antimatter. It sounds like a simple idea, but it turns out to be surprisingly hard to prove. A team of physicists is now claiming the first direct observation of the long-sought Breit-Wheeler process, in which two particles of light, or photons, crash into one another and produce an electron and its antimatter counterpart, a positron. Like a discussion from an introductory philosophy course, the detection’s significance hinges on the definition of the word “real.” Some physicists argue...
  • Power of Light and Oxygen Clears Alzheimer’s Disease Protein in Brains of Live Mice

    09/08/2021 9:04:36 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 30 replies
    https://scitechdaily.com ^ | SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 | By UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Amyloid protein (orange) forms clumps among neurons (blue). Amyloid in the brain is one of the proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but amyloid clumps in other parts of the body can cause other illnesses. _____________________________________________________________________________ New photo-oxygenation catalyst targets amyloid structure, recruits brain immune system cells. A small, light-activated molecule recently tested in mice represents a new approach to eliminating clumps of amyloid protein found in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients. If perfected in humans, the technique could be used as an alternative approach to immunotherapy and used to treat other diseases caused by similar amyloids. Researchers injected the...
  • Peduto introduces 'Dark Sky' legislation to reduce light pollution in Pittsburgh

    08/28/2021 2:04:00 PM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 32 replies
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | August 25, 2021 | Paul Guggenheimer
    Some Pittsburgh residents may have been wondering why some stars in the night sky have been more difficult to see in recent years. Or why evenings seem less tranquil than they used to? It could be that excessive use of artificial light, called light pollution, is adversely affecting the health of people in the Pittsburgh area. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is attempting to do something about it. On Tuesday the mayor announced a new “Dark Sky Lighting” ordinance for all city parks, facilities and street lights. The term refers to the use of technology to minimize the use of outdoor...
  • Physicists Have Figured Out How We Could Make Antimatter Out of Light

    07/27/2021 11:36:58 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 32 replies
    Science Alert ^ | Jul. 27, 2021 | MICHELLE STARR
    Image showing counter-propagating high-intensity lasers producing gamma radiation. (Toma Toncian) ============================================================================= A new study by scientists has demonstrated how researchers may be able to create an accelerating jet of antimatter from light. A team of physicists has shown that high-intensity lasers can be used to generate colliding gamma photons – the most energetic wavelengths of light – to produce electron-positron pairs. This, they say, could help us understand the environments around some of the Universe's most extreme objects: neutron stars. The process of creating a matter-antimatter pair of particles – an electron and a positron – from photons is called...
  • Researchers create light waves that can penetrate even opaque materials

    04/12/2021 4:23:18 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 19 replies
    phys.org ^ | APRIL 12, 2021 | Vienna University of Technology
    Why is sugar not transparent? Because light that penetrates a piece of sugar is scattered, altered and deflected in a highly complicated way. However, as a research team from TU Wien (Vienna) and Utrecht University (Netherlands) has now been able to show, there is a class of very special light waves for which this does not apply: for any specific disordered medium—such as the sugar cube you may just have put in your coffee—tailor-made light beams can be constructed that are practically not changed by this medium, but only attenuated. The light beam penetrates the medium, and a light pattern...
  • Physicists Create Time-Reversed Waves of Optical Light in Head-Spinning First

    12/16/2020 6:29:31 AM PST · by Red Badger · 16 replies
    https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | MICHELLE STARR | 16 DECEMBER 2020
    (The University of Queensland) =============================================================== Like watching a movie in reverse, physicists have just demonstrated a new technique for the time-reversal of a wave of optical light. That doesn't mean that they have actually reversed the flow of time; rather, they have found a way to induce an optical wave to retrace a forward path in reverse, returning to its point of origin. It's the first time that time reversal of optical waves has been achieved with full control over all of the degrees of freedom of light simultaneously. This would be a massive achievement in and of itself, but...
  • AMERICA Prayer Vigil ~ † ~ November 12, 2020 [prayer]

    11/12/2020 3:39:46 AM PST · by Albion Wilde · 47 replies
    FreeRepublic.com ^ | November 26, 2020 | FR intercessors
    Join with FReepers around the world to pray for our President DONALD TRUMP, VIce President MIKE PENCE and AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, Healthcare Systems and the Media.  “And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His Will, He heareth us.” —1 John 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. 
  • Trump Suggests Injecting Disinfectant and UV light or Something I honestly don't know Trump Suggests Injecting Disinfectant and UV light or Something I honestly don't know

    04/23/2020 9:38:45 PM PDT · by Beowulf9 · 149 replies
    "Supposing you brought the light inside of the body, which you could do either through the skin or in some other way," Trump said during the daily White House coronavirus task force briefing. "The whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That's, uh, that's pretty powerful."