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Researchers now believe that one of Jesus Christ’s most famous biblical miracles may have a basis in natural science. Scientists from Israel’s Kinneret Limnology Laboratory propose a compelling explanation for the miraculous catch of fish described in the Bible, suggesting it may be linked to a unique natural phenomenon that occurs in Lake Tiberias, also known as the Sea of Galilee. According to scripture, Jesus helped fishermen haul in an enormous catch, enough to feed entire communities. The miracle is described as occurring in Lake Tiberias, where Jesus was preaching. Now, researchers have found that this seemingly supernatural event might actually align with a specific environmental condition affecting fish behavior in the lake. The study reveals that at certain times of the year, oxygen levels near the lake’s bottom drop significantly due to intense phytoplankton blooms. These blooms restrict oxygen, causing fish to suffocate and float toward the surface. A similar event occurred in 2012, when thousands of dead fish were found floating in the lake. “Our study offers a plausible explanation for the abundance of fish near the shore, as described in the Bible,” say the authors of the study. The Bible recounts this miraculous catch twice: once in 27 CE before Jesus’ resurrection, and again in 29 CE afterward. In the first instance, Jesus advised Simon Peter, who had returned from a fruitless night of fishing, to cast his net back into the water. Peter obeyed, and they caught so many fish that their nets nearly tore. Scientists theorize that Jesus’ miracles could have coincided with natural fish die-offs, which made fish more easily accessible for fishermen. To investigate, researchers placed sensors in the lake to monitor water temperature, oxygen levels, and wind conditions. Their findings indicate that strong westerly winds further reduce oxygen levels in the lake’s cold, lower layers, making it difficult for fish to survive there. “Lake Kinneret has distinct layers,” explains Yael Amitai of the Kinneret Laboratory. “The top layer is warm and oxygen-rich, while the bottom layer is colder and depleted of oxygen.” Twice a year, in a process called thermal stratification, the lake’s layers mix due to temperature shifts. After 4-6 weeks of this mixing, typically between March and April, the lake’s oxygen content falls to critical levels, leading to large fish kills. This phenomenon doesn’t happen every year, however. It typically requires an unusually intense bloom of phytoplankton to trigger such a die-off, as seen in the most recent event, when fish species like carp, catfish, and tilapia were affected. The researchers conclude, “Our findings offer insights not only into the location but also the timing of Jesus’ miraculous catch, suggesting it may have been tied to specific, rare environmental conditions on Lake Tiberias.” The post Science Has Explained One of Jesus Christ’s Biblical Miracles appeared first on Anomalien.com.

Between Friday and Saturday, CNN ran reports by chief climate correspondent Bill Weir painting the climate as being at stake in the presidential election, heavily hinting that Democrat Kamala Harris would be better for the climate than Republican Donald Trump. Appearing on Friday morning with host Kate Bolduan, Weir suggested that the election is as important as the election of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s as he intoned: Going back through presidential election history, it's hard to find a more consequential and divisive choice right now. Imagine if Abraham Lincoln had lost in the 1860s or if Reagan had ignored the generals about the Soviet Union. The American experiment might have ended, but life on Earth might not have noticed. But right now, scientists at every level are telling us this is a time test, and we've got one candidate who accepts that challenge and another one who talks about it like this. Then played a clip of Trump recalling that environmentalists started using the term "climate change" instead of "global warming," and suggesting that higher sea levels might be a good thing. Then came a clip from 2020 in which he had argued that science does not know whether the world will get warmer or cooler in the future. Weir then continued: "Science knows. Science really knows. But ... and the President himself have vowed to roll back any climate progress on day one." He went on to relay concerns by liberal philanthropist Bill Gates about it being difficult to attract investors for climate projects unless the U.S. keeps a policy in place for the long term. On Saturday afternoon, a different report by Weir was shown after host Fredricka Whitfield set it up: So election day is a critical time for the country and a crucial moment for the planet. The climate crisis touches almost every aspect of our lives, and we're seeing it right now through recent severe weather -- hurricanes, extreme heat -- voters will have the choice between candidates that could not be further apart on the issue. One plans to build on the clean energy growth of the Biden administration while the other calls the issue a hoax. She then promised that Weir would explain "what is at stake for the planet." Weir began with pre-recorded clips of him speaking with environmental activist Susan Glickman who recalled damage by recent hurricanes, implying culpability from fossil fuels. He soon related: "After an early career fighting the tobacco industry, Susan now works in climate education and sees how decades of deliberate misinformation by polluting industries has filled her neighbors with confusion and doubt." After recycling the clip of Trump asserting that "science doesn't know" the future of global warming, Weir fretted that Trump has promised to reverse some of the climate regulations enacted by the Joe Biden administration. Transcripts follow: CNN Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield November 2, 2024 1:53 p.m. Eastern FREDRICKA WHITFIELD: So election day is a critical time for the country and a crucial moment for the planet. The climate crisis touches almost every aspect of our lives, and we're seeing it right now through recent severe weather -- hurricanes, extreme heat -- voters will have the choice between candidates that could not be further apart on the issue. One plans to build on the clean energy growth of the Biden administration while the other calls the issue a hoax. CNN climate -- chief climate correspondent Bill Weir explains what is at stake for the planet. BILL WEIR: On the devastated west coast of Florida where back-to-back hurricanes have upended life for so many, Susan Glickman takes stock. SUSAN GLICKMAN, CLEO INSTITUTE: Before Hurricane Helene, we had huge sand dunes here, and those all washed out to sea. WEIR: And she swirls with worry for the future and anger over the decisions of the past. GLICKMAN: In 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson -- three weeks after his inauguration -- said this generation is altering the composition of the Earth's atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. So in anybody's book, we have known about this for a very long time. WEIR: After an early career fighting the tobacco industry, Susan now works in climate education and sees how decades of deliberate misinformation by polluting industries has filled her neighbors with confusion and doubt. UNENDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: Maybe it's just a 100-year cycle, or, you know, some kind of cycle we've been through. WEIR: Even though all the scientists are telling you this is what climate change looks like. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: Yeah, well, that's the point -- I'm not sure all of the scientists are agreeing. WEIR: That skepticism mirrors former President Donald Trump. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP (dated September 14, 2020): It'll start getting cooler. WADE CROWFOOT, CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES SECRETARY: I wish -- TRUMP: You just watch. CROWFOOT: I wish science agreed with you. TRUMP: Well, I don't think science knows actually. WEIR: Two years after Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, there are tighter regulations on polluters and hundreds of billions of public and private investment are flowing into the climate fight, mostly in Republican districts. Solar, wind and storage are now so cheap that Texas leads the nation in clean energy installations. But Trump is vowing to undo as much of it as he can on day one, which concerns one of the world's most active climate investors. You lobbied for the Inflation Reduction Act. How would you assess it's working now? BILL GATES: FOUNDER OF BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY: I'd give it a high grade so far. We need -- you know -- we need some understanding of what constant policy looks like because stop-and-go for things that involve 20, 30-year plant investments -- you'll just scare the whole industry away from a country that's inconsistent. GLICKMAN: It's very simple. This is about parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere, and that's warming the Gulf. It's super-charging storms. It's melting glaciers and ice sheets and raising the sea rise. And here we are. WEIR: Bill Weir, CNN, New York. (...) CNN News Central November 1, 2024 9:51 a.m. Eastern KATE BOLDUAN: What does this election mean for the climate crisis? BILL WEIR: Kate, I'll tell you, I wrote about this on CNN.com. Going back through presidential election history, it's hard to find a more consequential and divisive choice right now. Imagine if Abraham Lincoln had lost in the 1860s or if Reagan had ignored the generals about the Soviet Union. The American experiment might have ended, but life on Earth might not have noticed. But right now, scientists at every level are telling us this is a time test, and we've got one candidate who accepts that challenge and another one who talks about it like this. DONALD TRUMP CLIP #1: These people -- I don't know if they're for real, but if they're not, they're covered by the words "climate change." If it gets cooler, that's good. If it gets hotter, that's good. (editing jump) We have countries that have tremendous nuclear power, and when I hear these people talking about global warming, that's the global warming you have to worry about -- not that the ocean is going to rise in 400 years an eighth of an inch. And you'll have more seafront property, right, if that happens. I said, "Is that good or bad?" I said, "Isn't that a good thing?" TRUMP CLIP #2: LNG is being sought after all over Europe and all over the world, and we have more of it than anybody else, and I'm not going to lose that wealth. I'm not going to lose it on dreams -- on windmills. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP (dated September 14, 2020): It'll start getting cooler. WADE CROWFOOT, CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES SECRETARY: I wish -- TRUMP: You just watch. CROWFOOT: I wish science agreed with you. TRUMP: Well, I don't think science knows actually. WEIR: Science knows. Science really knows. But Project 25 -- Project 2025 and the President himself have vowed to roll back any climate progress on day one. Here's some of the promises. Tailpipe emissions, all of the pollution limits on powerplants and methane, pulling the United States out of the Paris Accords, probably for the final time just pulling out of negotiations as well, signaling to the world that the U.S. is not going to play in this. Meanwhile, China, Europe, other countries, that clean energy revolution is happening at a staggering rate, but it's also happening in the United States. Most of the Inflation Reduction money is being spent in Republican districts -- 75 percent. Texas leads the nation in clean energy installation just because it makes the most economic sense these days. BOLDUAN: Exactly. What is Kamala Harris proposing in how to tackle the climate crisis? WEIR: Well, she's not talking about it, I think, the way climate voters would love to see her put it on the forefront. I think her campaign knows that the choices are so stark she's betting on those folks. But she's, in her campaign promises and literatures, really talking about household energy use, lowering costs, keeping them healthier as they transition to a carbonizing -- decarbonizing the economy. Holding polluters accountable -- she did that as a district attorney back in California as well. And in safeguarding energy security, that's the thing the Biden administration has created the biggest petrostate in human history. This country is exporting more fossil fuel than any country ever in history. Climate voters don't love that, but they hope that those fuels are used as a bridge to create a new cleaner world right now. And so a Harris win is not going to re-freeze Greenland. Or it's not going to, you know, de-escalate these rapidly intensifying hurricanes, but it would obviously continue this momentum, and there's so much -- hundreds of billions of dollars of private investment that are following the Inflation Reduction Act Money right now. Bill Gates told me that what he really worries about is the signal to the rest of the world because if you're deciding on whether to build a power plant now, that's a 30-year decision. And if the U.S. seems squirrely and they can't make up their mind, they're going to go build it somewhere else. And he's -- that's what he's thinking about it from a pragmatic business standpoint. BOLDUAN: Yeah, private investment -- it's happening. That clean revolution, if you will, that's happening. But the signaling from the U.S. government and what is a priority and what matters and what we believe -- that's also at stake here. WEIR: The richest, most powerful country ever, you know, who created the Industrial Revolution -- if they're not paying in this, it doesn't give the rest of the world a whole lot of hope.

A close United States Senate race should drive a higher Republican turnout for the Nov. 5 presidential election in Wisconsin, with early voting in key areas at 50% or better of the total votes cast in the 2020 election.With its 10 electoral votes, Wisconsin is a key swing state that has drawn regular attention in recent months from former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump spoke before a packed house at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Nov. 1, not far from the Wisconsin State Fair Park Expo Center, where Harris rallied supporters.“The race is within a point, point and a half, not only on the presidential side but in the U.S. Senate race, with incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin being opposed by Eric Hovde,” Wisconsin GOP Chairman Brian Schimming said on Steve Bannon’s "War Room" Nov. 2. “It’s very tight here.”Schimming said Wisconsin has a history of close contests.“We've had 12 races in 24 years that have been decided by less than 30,000 votes,” Schimming said, “including [Sen.] Ron Johnson's 27,000-vote win in 2022.”Republican U.S. Senate challenger Hovde has pulled even with incumbent Democratic Sen. Baldwin, who first won election in 2012 and was re-elected in 2018. The RealClearPolitics average has Baldwin at 48.6% and Hovde at 47.2%.Early voting has lagged in some key Democrat areas for the Nov. 5 election, state figures show. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde addresses a packed house at the Donald J. Trump rally at Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum on Nov. 1, 2024. Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesIn Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest city and chief Democrat stronghold, 2024 early voting accounted for a fairly anemic 35% of the November 2020 vote total, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Wisconsin does not track voting by party.More than 1.34 million absentee ballots have been returned in Wisconsin for the Nov. 5 general election, meaning about 37% of registered voters cast early votes, the WEC reported.As of Nov. 1 in the city of Madison, 2024 early voting made up 48% of voter totals from the 2020 presidential election. In the city of Green Bay, the early voting figure was 37%.In historically Republican areas of the state, early voting stands at 50% or higher. In Waukesha, Washington, and Ozaukee Counties, 2024 early votes accounted for 55% of 2020 election totals.Of those casting absentee ballots in those three GOP counties, at least 66% voted in person, according to WEC figures.Statewide, 1.34 million absentee ballots had been returned as of Nov. 1 — or 41% of the total votes cast in November 2020.As of Nov. 1, Wisconsin had 3,658,236 active registered voters, according to the WEC. In the 2020 presidential election, 3,294,872 ballots were cast.Wisconsin allows voters to register at the polls on Election Day.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Hollywood actor Zachary Levi has starred in his fair share of films, but now he’s taking on a new role, one that’s completely foreign to his silver screen comrades. That is, the role of a man who is voting for Donald Trump and isn’t afraid to talk about it. “I’m not voting for Donald Trump. I’m voting for Donald Trump and Bobby and Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk and JD Vance and everyone else that they’re going to bring in,” Levi told Megyn Kelly in a recent interview. Levi went on to compare this group of people to superheroes, like the Avengers or Voltron. “They’re going to get in there and actually do what Donald Trump said he was going to do the first time, which is drain the swamp. And he has admitted that he couldn’t do it, and he didn’t do it, because he didn’t know what he was doing. He didn’t even think he was going to win the first time,” he continued. In order to avoid another failure to drain the swamp, Trump is privately funding his own transition team and not waiting for the government to step in. “They are not compromised. That is the government that I want,” Levi told Kelly, who’s in full agreement. “You’re getting more than just Trump,” she said. “You’re getting a team that we’ve seen now for years in the public eye. It’s exciting. If he loses, that’s one of the things I’ll be the most disappointed about the next day, like, not just the loss of Trump and the elevation of Kamala but the loss of all this opportunity.” Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” is also thrilled at the prospect of this group of people working together in the White House. “There’s going to be good people actually doing things for the right reasons? We wouldn’t even know what to do,” he says. Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations, free speech, and big ideas with Dave Rubin, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Once you're done with Elden Ring, the soulslike genre can feel incredibly daunting. Yes, you can tackle FromSoftware's previous games like Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne, but there's a whole world out there. In recent years we've had Lies of P, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Remnant 2, and even Jedi Survivor. There's too much to choose from, and while that's a great problem to have, there's one game I need to recommend above all else. 2023's Lords of the Fallen reboot has turned into a spectacular game, and even if it feels too familiar to Dark Souls at first, that'll change the more you play. Even better, it's just had another free update and is about to be 50% off on Steam. Continue reading Lords of the Fallen just got better, so now’s the perfect time to play it MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Lords of the Fallen bosses, Lords of the Fallen review, Lords of the Fallen classes