WE SAY THAT ALL THE TIME When I say that I usually am referring to paying attention to everything around you so you do not get hurt. Well even if you do that there is always the chance that someone else isn’t paying attention. FREEDOM OF CHOICE – We all make daily decisions on what to wear when we ride. Some places make it mandatory to wear helmets and eyeglasses. Sadly, even if you are doing that and even using more safety gear to many riders are getting injured and killed. Many times, from Blunt Force Trauma. While discussing this is not always popular, it is something we need to do from time to time. https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/shop/mens-harley-davidson-smart-vest/p/98017-24VM With that in mind I got a Harley-Davidson Smart Vest to use. It is designed to give impact protection with built in airbags that deploy to protect my chest and back should I be in a crash or collision. It uses Dainese technology from more than 25 years of research with a distinct Harley look. It is engineered with a series of sensors that monitor the rider. It also uses a GPS It is made with Perforated Heavyweight Cow Leather with 100% polyester lining and stretch side panels, full front zipper and zippered hand warmer pockets. While I hope I will never need it to deploy, there is a replacement kit made for the vest that the Harley dealer can replace. I am a firm believer in reading the instructions for all items I get even if I had something similar before because they are always getting updated After looking through the book I downloaded the app to my computer and followed the instructions Open the zipper at the bottom of the vest, remove the connectors with the loop and join the wires together. I then charged the vest. That can be done by plugging the USB cable into  a USB charger with output 5 V 1000 mA . You can also plug it into your computer, but charging will take longer For more information on the Smart Vest check out the videos at https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/shop/mens-harley-davidson-smart-vest/p/98017-24VM When purchasing one of these vests be sure to pay close attention to getting the correct size, fitment is important. The vest is slightly heavier than one without the airbag set up but no heavier than my riding jacket. It was very comfortable to wear. When I went for a test ride, I felt safer, but still kept my head on a swivel paying attention to my surroundings. I really like this vest, and I am sure you will as well. –Rogue The post RIDE SAFE appeared first on Bikernet Blog - Online Biker Magazine.

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Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff is Susie Wiles. Not everyone is comfortable with her. Attorney Tom Renz has researched her and found that she was a co-chair for Mercury LLC. The company is a PR Consulting firm, and they work for Republicans and Democrats. The company is owned by Omnicom, which is a partner of […] The post Susie Wiles’ World Economic Forum Connection appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory captured the first photograph of a star outside the Milky Way, and it’s on the brink of a supernova. The star, WOH G64, is a red supergiant that is 2,000 times larger than our sun. It lives in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy about 160,000 light-years from Earth, and It’s currently in the last stages of its life. This is the first detailed image ever of a star located in another galaxy. The red supergiant WOH G64, which is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is 160 thousand light years away. pic.twitter.com/61vGTe3kKJ— Scientia et Natura (@FOL_65) November 24, 2024 “We discovered an egg-shaped cocoon closely surrounding the star,” said astrophysicist Keiichi Ohnaka from Universidad Andrés Bello, who co-authored a study on the star, said in a statement. “We are excited because this may be related to the drastic ejection of material from the dying star before a supernova explosion.” The Newly Photographed Star Is Nearing Supernova Astronomers have been studying the star for “decades” because it gives the “rare opportunity to witness a star’s life in real-time.” ESO's VLTI takes the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy!Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, this star is roughly 2000 times larger than our Sun and is in the last stages before it becomes a supernova: https://t.co/tB8afRxhVY ESO/K. Ohnaka et al.— ESO (@ESO) November 21, 2024 It’s unlikely that anyone alive today will witness the actual death of WOH G64. As red supergiants enter the final stages of existence, they shed their outer layers of dust and gas. The process can take thousands of years. However, if the circumstances align, astronomers may see the supernova. “This star is one of the most extreme of its kind,” Jacco van Loon, who co-authored a study on the star at Keele University. “And any drastic change may bring it closer to an explosive end.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Astronomers Capture The First Close-Up Photograph Of A Star Outside The Milky Way appeared first on InspireMore.

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts says he has two great passions in life: politics and education.   “And I make a living in education,” Roberts told Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn during a recent interview on “The Larry Arnn Show” podcast reaired on “The Kevin Roberts Show” podcast Wednesday.  Arnn presented Roberts with two questions: “What’s going on in the country? And how do we stop it?” Roberts identified two “streams” of problems.  “One is a hyperconcentration of power and what I call the Imperial City, Washington,” Roberts said.  The second is “social and cultural deterioration,” he added.  “It seems as if too many Americans don’t really even want to be self-governing,” Roberts told Arnn, seemingly preferring “automatic dependence on government.”  According to the Heritage president, the institution of the nuclear family has deteriorated such that Americans “can’t transmit the eternal things, the permanent values,” Roberts said, later suggesting it’s a problem that “will take 50 to 75 years to correct.”  “First, we have to understand it took many decades to get into this mess,” Roberts said. “And, so, we have to have the fortitude as conservatives to know that while a sense of urgency is good, we’re going to have to have that sense of urgency for decades.”  The American people must be given “the transparency and the insight” to understand the problems in America today so that they can restore their families and communities, he explained.  On another matter, Roberts says, “there’s a strong corollary” between the problems besetting education and health care and the solutions to both.  “In both cases, in the cases of both industries, we have artificially inserted a third party,” he said. “In the case of education, the government; and in the case of health care, the government. Not that government doesn’t have a role per se, it just shouldn’t have the role that it does on the scale that it does.”   Roberts said our real problem today “is what’s going on domestically,” more so than abroad.   “We are weaker as a republic by every measure that I can think of as I sit here than we were in the 1980s,” Roberts told Arnn. “We need to get that house in order while also recognizing that our military, for example, has to prioritize defending the United States through the lens of what makes sense for Americans, not people of other countries, before it starts implementing what some of these armed forces branches call their first priority, which is implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion.”  You can hear more about how Roberts met his wife, how he got started in the education sector, and when he started taking his faith more seriously here:  The post Heritage Foundation Chief Takes Long View in Combating America’s ‘Social and Cultural Deterioration’  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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