The Birth Of The Blues Puns

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v1

Abstract

The observation of individuals attaining remarkable ages, and their concentration into geographic sub-regions or ‘blue zones’, has generated considerable scientific interest. Proposed drivers of remarkable longevity include high vegetable intake, strong social connections, and genetic markers. Here, we reveal new predictors of remarkable longevity and ‘supercentenarian’ status. In the United States, supercentenarian status is predicted by the absence of vital registration. The state-specific introduction of birth certificates is associated with a 69-82% fall in the number of supercentenarian records. In Italy, which has more uniform vital registration, remarkable longevity is instead predicted by low per capita incomes and a short life expectancy. Finally, the designated ‘blue zones’ of Sardinia, Okinawa, and Ikaria corresponded to regions with low incomes, low literacy, high crime rate and short life expectancy relative to their national average. As such, relative poverty and short lifespan constitute unexpected predictors of centenarian and supercentenarian status, and support a primary role of fraud and error in generating remarkable human age records.

Introduction

The concentration of remarkable-aged individuals within geographic regions or ‘blue zones’ [1] has stimulated diverse efforts to understand factors driving survival patterns in these populations [2,3]. Both the overall population residing within these regions, and the individuals exceeding remarkable age cut-offs, have been subject to extensive analysis of lifestyle patterns [2,4–6], social connections [3,7], biomarkers [8,9] and genomic variants [10], under the assumption that these represent potential drivers behind the attainment of remarkable age.

However, alternative explanations for the distribution of remarkable age records appear to have been overlooked. Previous work has noted the potential of population illiteracy [11] or heterogeneity [12] to explain remarkable age patterns. More recent investigations revealed a potential role of errors [13–16] and operator biases [17] in generating old-age survival patterns and data. In turn, these findings prompted a response with potentially disruptive implications: that, under such models, the majority if not all remarkable age records may be errors [18].

Here, we explore this possibility by linking civil registration rates to per-capita estimates of remarkable age attainment, obta

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Thank you all for the amazing advice you've all given me and the support as it has helped out a hell of a lot with this whole situation..

So as you all know my FMIL threatened to slap me if I scream while giving birth.

I have decided (going with all of the advice from you guys) that only my SO will be there for the birth (my own mother knows this and 100% supports my decision) if he is not working and well if he is then my mom will be there with me. I have also decided not to tell anyone that my LO is born until after he is born and that I will allow visitors when we are both home and settled in. I have also decided that if people want to throw a fit that it is their problem and quite frankly not mine as I have stressed myself out to much of my entire pregnancy trying to please my FMIL and SO to the point where I almost lost my LO. I'm trying to get my spine as shiny as possible before the LO comes...

I'm not going to say I don't want your advice cause hell you guys have helped me out a lot and really helped me see what they are doing is wrong so you can give your opinion and advice as it's always welcome.

Thank you to all..

We named the baby Carson.

I just finished the audiobook of Slaves to Darkness and it got me thinking about a post around here a few months ago that supposed the idea that Lorgar was the most successful Primarch at the end of the events of the Horus Heresy. The events of Slaves to Darkness end that supposition in my mind especially when >!a fully Pantheon-empowered Horus shows up at Ullanor and lazily smites Lorgar with the un-powered Worldbreaker for trying to usurp his position as Warmaster.!<

What I got to thinking about was, what is the lesson here and what specifically does this tell us about the setting and Lorgar? I think the characterizations in the novel are great and John French's writing is amazing, but between the events of Betrayer and Slaves to Darkness Lorgar is doing nothing - probably just writing more copies of the Book of Lorgar. This priest of the Primordial Annihilator thinks he's in the right because he's set Heresy ball rolling through Erebus (or the other way around?) and that because Horus isn't fully invested in a victory for the Chaos Pantheon of Gods he isn't the correct leader for the traitor legions. In Lorgar's mind, he discovered the Chaos Gods, therefore he must be the most worthy.

What is really happening, in my opinion, is the military reality of perceived might is right, Horus is perceived to be the strongest or most respected of the brothers, so he is the leader. Lorgar is not respected. He was punished by The Emperor very publicly at Monarchia, he required the intervention of the Night Haunter to survive the Isstvan Drop Massacre (and no one like Curze), he "saved" another less respected brother in Angron but also ultimately failed to stop Roboute Guilliman and the Ultramarines from joining the Imperial side, and he's trying to betray the betrayers by usurping Horus with Daemon-Fulgrim, who's in it for the fun.

Lorgar was never going to be Warmaster.

All of this made me think of the Primarch's "birth order" as their perceived hierarchy among the brotherhood and I think it all pans out quite well. I have an Uncle with 18 siblings and he's said that among that many people, relationships get strange and you have to rely on the stereotypes, like who's older and wiser. The Primarchs were all created at the same time, but since they were warped off Terra and out into the Galaxy, their discovery order is more akin to their birth order. Also, there are possible sidereal time gaps in when Primarchs are "awakened" on their home planets and

Hope this type of post is allowed here! Some hilarious combinations I’ve come across so far from friends and family are Catha, Carnn (any Office fans?), Diaca, Susna, and Salen.

My late wife died in childbirth. She was the mother of my 4 year old. I've been with my new wife now for a few years since her death. I have photos of my late wife in my daughter's room so she can remember her mother. If it was just an ex, I wouldn't keep pictures around - but she's my daughter's first mommy. I consider my wife her mommy too. My wife wants me to take down the pictures, but it feels wrong. I just don't know what to do. I want my child to know and love both her mommies.