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Ham Radio Redux for Beginners

Update 12/2024: Just passed the Technician and General exams 🤗. Thanks to the group at the Anne Arundel Radio Club (AARC.) They were very friendly and accommodating in administration of the exams and have a perfect club site in Davidsonville, MD (near Annapolis.) Their website is at https://www.w3vpr.org Ham License Redux: I’m planning to takeContinueContinue reading “Ham Radio Redux for Beginners”

Physicians unionizing?

More than 1,200 resident physicians and interns at Montefiore Medical Center last week asked the Bronx, N.Y. hospital to recognize their bargaining unit after an organizing vote. It was another sign that 80-plus hour work weeks, combined with inflation and other stressors, are prompting more doctors to demand a seat at the table. The CommitteeContinueContinue reading “Physicians unionizing?”

Mounjaro Pharmacology

Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) is an imbalanced and biased dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist Tirzepatide is an imbalanced and biased dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist which appears more active towards GIP than GLP-1, which may have beneficial implications. “Tirzepatide selectively engages cAMP signaling over β-arrestin recruitment at the GLP-1R may be of fundamental importance thatContinueContinue reading “Mounjaro Pharmacology”

In case you had any doubts about climate change🤔

Pakistan is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with more than a third of the country under flood water, affecting 33 million people (15% of the population), says the UN. “The Pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids; the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding,” said António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, in aContinueContinue reading “In case you had any doubts about climate change🤔”

Reading a good book — Profound

“When all thermonuclear sources of energy are exhausted a sufficiently heavy star will collapse. Unless it reduces its mass due to fission, rotation or radiation, this contraction will continue indefinitely,” forming the black hole that Schwarzschild had prophesied, capable of crumpling space like a piece of paper and extinguishing time like a blown-out candle, andContinueContinue reading “Reading a good book — Profound”

Guns in Delaware

Delaware Gun Legislation Passed • HB450 Assault Rifle Ban • HB451 Raises Age 18 to 21, shotgun exception • HB423 Background Checks • SB1subSB6 High Capacity Magazine (>17) • SB302 Gun manufacturer liability • SB8 Bump stocks https://news.delaware.gov/2022/06/30/governor-carney-signs-package-of-gun-safety-legislation/ Recent Federal Gun Legislation • Red Flag Laws ($750 million to states) • Closed boyfriend loophole •ContinueContinue reading “Guns in Delaware”