Stole these (and the thread title) from someone next door. So much fun!!
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Who are the Japanese? New DNA discoveriesScientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ancestral group, challenging the long-accepted “dual origins” theory. The newly identified ancestry appears linked to the ancient Emishi people of northeastern Japan. Researchers also uncovered inherited Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA connected to conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260514003314.htm
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The state of the State DepartmentGutting the department.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/16/politics/global-crises-state-department-cuts
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The Ocean Dream diamond
Why a Single 5.51-Carat Diamond Commanded $17.3 Million in Geneva
When an ultra-rare blue-green stone with no comparables returns to market, collectors take notice.
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For those looking for their next careerWhen Mr. Carl Craft nearly died from a brain hemorrhage, he and his wife Dawn reviewed their bucket list. Carl wanted to travel, Dawn said she wanted to go to medical school.
“He thought I was crazy,” she said.
Now though, Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft proudly carries a doctorate in medicine after finishing as the school’s oldest-ever graduate at 72 years old.
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Ultra stainless steelI wonder if he was working at the Erdemir plant. I worked with an engineer who was involved with a sinter plant for that company.
Here is a snippet from my neighbor Joe Faloon's obit. He died in 2006 at the age of 87, so he was much older than you.
Joseph and his wife Virginia both graduated from Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1939. Joseph was an industrial engineer who worked in the steel industry throughout his career, first for U.S. Steel, then Ford Motor Steel, then Kaiser Engineers, managing the creation and expansion of major steel plants, living in Turkey and consulting in Indonesia, Australia, Venezuela and Mexico.
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Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?On another gardening note...I really like a variety of tomato called 'Little Sicily'. Tasty tomatoes, great yields. I have purchased them at Home Depot and at a local garden center but neither had them in stock this year. I don't have a lot of opportunities to get out to do plant shopping these days, so I took a flyer and ordered them from Home Depot online; I was surprised to see them listed. I thought I would probably get a couple of spindly, broken, yellow plants that I'd be schlepping to the store for a refund.
Imagine my surprise when this very sturdy box arrived with two tomato plants in it:
Each plant was in a small hinged "greenhouse":
Some of the healthiest specimens I've seen. I unpacked the plants when they came a few days ago, so they've already grown. I set up this photo so you could see how cozily they were packaged:
Hopefully the universe will forgive me for all that packaging. But I'll be eating the tastiest tomatoes in the 'hood later this summer!
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Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?Summer is here (basically zero chance of frost moving forward) so I'll be spending the next few days catching up in the garden. I have already purchased veggie plants and have bean seeds and seed potatoes. Time to get to work getting everything in the ground!
Looks like this year's crop of gooseberries and currants (both red and black) isn't going to be as good as last year.
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Ultra stainless steelHaving been involved with technical services to the steel industry earlier in my engineering career
One of my neighbors worked as an engineer in the steel industry. When we bought our house in 1980, he and the family were living in Turkey while he was working on a project there. We finally met them, close to a year after we moved into our house, when they returned to the US.
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Ultra stainless steelNot your grandmother's aluminum: