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  Lady Gaga Miley Cyrus Maluma Madison Beer Machine Gun Kelly Bebe Rexha Sofia Carson Nicole Richie Joey King Keke Palmer (Host) And We also have more from Lady Gaga - a different outfit for each appearance. With Ariana Grande for "Rain on Me" Vogue Gaga

  Comparative neuroanatomy searches for the rules behind such organized diversity, as seen above.  All of these brains have a cerebral cortex, a cerebellum in the back, olfactory bulbs up front, and a brainstem that is connected to the spinal cord. The marmoset brain stands out a little, at least in my opinion.  It is the most smooth, with almost no visible gyri (folds) or sulci (grooves) on the surface.  This makes the marmoset brain popular for studies of the visual system - the vast majority of the visual cortex lies exposed. Comparative neuroanatomy is used by paleoneurologists to understand the evolution of primate and human brains, to assess the nature of our cognitive abilities.  Herculano-Houzel notes that it's less about gross anatomy, and more to do with architecture and neuronal connections.  She found that the horizontal spacing distance between neurons have increased in humans in the frontopolar cortex as well as what we call Broca's area, whic...

 Four years ago today I was in San Francisco enjoying a game with my sister. But 81 years ago today, baseball was first televised.  It was the Reds vs. Dodgers in Brooklyn, and it was during the World's Fair where RCA was showing off their new set. The experiment was a success - people became fascinated with the television, particularly for sporting events.  It wasn't until 1946 that regular network broadcasting caught on in America, and it wasn't until the mid-50's that TV's became common in households though. The TV was invented in 1927 by Philo Farnsworth.  In high school he envisioned a system that could transform images into code and move those images along radio waves.  His system captured moving images using a beam of electrons, like a camera.  He transmitted a dollar sign after an investor asked, "When are we going to see some dollars in this thing, Farnsworth?" By 1934 though, it was all about the electronic systems, which rely on a Cathode Ray Tu...

 Just a few random shots from the past week, starting with our drive up to Virginia City for my birthday night. Downtown for dinner with Mom. Spirits tasting with my cousins at Seven Troughs Speakeasy. And beers with a friend.  Record Street Brewing opened up in the old Alpine Glass Co building.

Just a little fashion highlight today.  Tenicka likes to take her fashion where she travels in an attempt to tell the travel industry that black women are also "living joyous lives, eating well, traveling often, and wearing impeccable clothes."  She says white women are the center of travel ads across the globe, and people deserve to see more. She always has certain designers with her:  Fe Noel .  Andrea Iyamah , and  Jacquemus . She gives a shout out to a vintage store in Paris:  Nice Piece As well the  DAC  in Nairobi. T&L

  In the deep waters of Ørstafjorden in Norway, a team aboard a research vessel happened upon a rare find - a giant mass of squid eggs. Squids produce these giant masses of mucus which contain tens of thousands of eggs being incubated.  It is thought that the female lays a smaller mass but it expands on contact with the water.  However, one species has been seen pumping seawater into the egg sac, so that could be a possibility as well. Different squids produce different shapes of masses - the diamondback squid's is a long tube of mucus which resembles a slinky. Other squids produce more of a transparent blob, such as the neon flying squid sac found by National Geographic in 2015. The particular species found in Norway is unknown but may possibly be the European flying squid, as they are known to live in the Norwegian Sea which connects to the fjord. These masses are rarely seen because they are laid so deep.  Then they sink lower and lower until the baby squids hatch...

 It's that time of year in Katmai National Park! Although Fat Bear Week isn't officially until October, there has been an extraordinary sockeye salmon run this year already.  Curry Cunningham, a fisheries ecologist, expects this to be a record setting year. The Bristol Bay feeds the Naknek River which then leads to Brooks River.  Ecologists, biologists, and the EPA are fighting against the construction of a copper and gold mine, which would adversely impact these waters and the protections in place for the salmon populations. The Bristol Bay fishery is well-managed.  The state of Alaska ensures a sustainable number of fish for the wild and the fishing industry.  Over 40 million sockeye salmon were caught in 2018. Link

 As you all know, I love photography.  I share  My Shots  on a regular basis, and I follow many Instagram accounts that are all about fantastic images. Nikon has held a photography contest annually since 1969.  Here are some top winner from the 2018-2019 series. Grand Prize Ayimpoka by Sara de Antonio Feu 50th Anniversary Prize                                  The Phoenix by Helene Pelletier                                Participants' Choice Prize Harvesting Season by Huaming Zhao And here are "5 of the year's best photos." By Justine Kurkland By Steve McCurry By Oye Diran Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Competition by Orlando Gili By Tania Franco Klein It was August 19, 1839 that the French government purchased the patent for the Daguerreotype, the photographic process ...

 Little Beaver Campground Little Grass Valley Reservoir Good times, as always when we camp.