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From Jealousy to Joy: Celebrating Friends' Success Together
Have you ever stopped to ponder the dynamics of friendship, especially when it comes to celebrating the good times? It's easy to be there for our friends when life gets tough – offering a shoulder to lean on, a listening ear, or a helping hand. But what about those joyous celebrations and triumphs? Do we show up with the same enthusiasm, or do we secretly nurse a twinge of jealousy?
When you share a deep connection with someone, you develop a sort of telepathic understanding. You can sense when they need you most, whether it's during a crisis or when life is showering them with blessings. In times of loss, illness, or any setbacks, friends rally to provide comfort and support. That's a fundamental aspect of friendship, no doubt. But what about the times when life is all sunshine and rainbows for your pals?
Promotions, graduations, weddings, and good news – these are the moments that define success and happiness in our lives. Naturally, your friends would want you right there beside them during these milestones. But here's the catch: life has a funny way of getting in the way sometimes. Our own busy schedules can pull us in different directions, making it easy to forget to make time for our friends. Or, perhaps we're so caught up in our own struggles that celebrating with them feels like an uphill climb. Sometimes, we even take their joy for granted, assuming that our presence during their trials is enough to be a good friend.
The truth is, being a true friend goes beyond just offering support during hardships. Success and happiness lose their luster when there's no one to share them with. Your friends want you in their corner, cheering them on when they hit those high notes in life. So, let's try not to let life's distractions keep us from joining their victory dances.
Taking a moment from our chaotic lives to celebrate our friends' happy moments is a beautiful way to let them know they matter. It's a two-way street, really. When your friends invite you to join in their celebrations, they're also paying you a profound honor. Think about it – we only invite those we truly cherish to our birthdays, to meet our newborns, or to pop that champagne when we hit our milestones. When your friends ask you to be there for their happiness, consider it a testament to the richness of your friendship.
So, next time a friend wants you to share in their joy, take a moment to feel honored that they thought of inviting you. Together, you can bask in their happiness and deepen the bonds of your friendship. After all, what are friends for if not to be there in both the sun and the storm? ~RS
“Friendship is a treasure, a source of support and joy. I cherish the bonds I share with my friends, and I am grateful for the love, trust, and laughter they bring into my life."
Hello there! Today is Thursday, October 12th, and we've got you covered with the latest on the aftermath of the weekend attack in Israel, the exciting launch of a one-of-a-kind asteroid mission, and a whole lot more.
Need To Know
Israel-Gaza War Intensifies The last operational power plant in Gaza went offline yesterday, running out of fuel after Israel fully closed the two entry points into the area, prohibiting the transport of food, fuel, water, and more. The lockdown followed a surprise assault by Hamas over the weekend and the subsequent taking of hostages back into Gaza. See ongoing updates here. NASA's Newest Mission NASA is set to launch its Psyche spacecraft this morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a new mission aiming to study a metal-rich asteroid believed to be the ancient core of a protoplanet. View the 10:15 am ET livestream here (weather permitting). Exxon Mobil's MegadealExxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to buy Pioneer Natural Resources for $59.5B in an all-stock deal, or $253 per share, making it the largest oil-and-gas merger in more than 20 years since Exxon bought Mobil for $75B in 1999. | In The Know Sports, Entertainment, & Culture> Las Vegas Aces top New York Liberty 104-76 to go up 2-0 in WNBA Finals best-of-five series (More) Houston Astros eliminate Minnesota Twins to advance to 7th straight AL Championship Series (More) > Jada Pinkett Smith reveals she and husband Will Smith have been separated since 2016 (More) | > Ex-NFL player Sergio Brown arrested for allegedly murdering his mother; Brown had been missing since his mother was found dead Sept. 16 (More) Science & Technology> Lab monkey survives for two years after receiving a gene-edited pig kidney, the longest survival for an interspecies transplant; marks the latest advance in the use of pigs as an organ donor source (More) Business & Markets> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq +0.7%) for fourth consecutive session (More) > Birkenstock trades 13% lower in first day of trading following initial public offering that valued the sandal maker at nearly $9B (More) > Federal Trade Commission proposes rule banning businesses, including ticket sellers, hotels, and utility providers, from charging hidden and misleading fees (More) Politics & World Affairs> Majority Leader Steve Scalise (LA-1) secures House GOP speaker nomination by a vote of 113-99 in a closed-door meeting, defeating Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (OH-4); Scalise will next need 217 votes from a full House floor vote (More) > At least one killed and 120 injured after 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits western Afghanistan following weekend quake that killed about 1,000 people (More) | More than 90% of victims from first quake were women and children, UNICEF says (More) > Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes surprise visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels, urges defense ministers for military aid (More) The US announces $200M in additional aid to Ukraine, raising the US' total commitment to Ukraine to $43.9B (More) |
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Meat from the Future: Lab-Grown Lion Burgers and Mammoth Meatballs!
JUST WEIRD SHIT !!! 😜
Imagine strolling into a restaurant and finding zebra steaks and lion burgers on the menu. Sounds wild, right? Well, it's not as far-fetched as you might think. Thanks to technological advancements in cell-cultivated meat, food startups are getting pretty creative with their offerings.
The first cell-cultivated chicken in the US got the green light from the USDA recently. But now, they're taking it a step further:
A company called Vow cooked up a woolly mammoth meatball by injecting its DNA sequence, along with some elephant genes, into sheep cells and growing it into a meatball.
Primeval Foods is working on a variety of "wild" meats, including lion and zebra.
Paleo is busy making lab-grown protein heme, the magic ingredient that gives meat its meaty flavor, identical to that found in prehistoric mammoths.
There are more than 150 companies in the cultivated meat game, as of 2022. But here's the catch: most of these products are still in their early stages, so you can't order them for dinner just yet.
While these lab-grown meats are cruelty-free, some worry that they might normalize the consumption of exotic species. And when it comes to environmental impact, opinions differ. One study says it could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while another suggests the opposite.
Oh, and there's a little problem with the price tag. Lab-grown meat costs around $17 per pound, whereas traditional beef production is about $2 per pound. And the real kicker? No one has even tasted that mammoth meatball – who knows if we're allergic to it? So, while we're in the era of cultivated meat, there's still a lot to chew on.
“When you respect the idea that you are sharing the Earth with other humans, and when you lead with your nice foot forward, you’ll win, every time.”
- Kristen Bell
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And we have a winner! Fat Bear Week 2023 concluded on Tuesday evening, and 128 Grazer came out on top. “Grazer’s combination of skill and toughness makes her one of Brooks River’s most formidable, successful, and adaptable bears, who is well prepared for winter,” the National Park Service wrote on Instagram. Even though the annual competition is over, you can still tune in to Explore.org’s bear cam to spot Grazer and her fellow brown bears hanging out and hunting for salmon in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.
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