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The state is stepping in to make sure bad gasoline that may have damaged thousands of cars in Florida doesn't make it to the pumps in the future. The problem occurred in south and central Florida over Memorial Day weekend when sulfur in a new gas blend corroded sensors in fuel gauges.
While the gas companies battle it out with car owners, state officials are kicking in an emergency rule to protect other motorists.
This is the part that's been damaged in potentially thousands of cars around Florida. It's a sensor from a fuel gauge. The sensor was corroded by the high elemental sulfur content in a new gasoline blend intended to meet tougher environmental standards.
Eric Hamilton is a chemist in the petroleum testing division of the State Department of Agriculture, which oversees gasoline quality.
"The fuel gauges froze to full, so consumers didn't know if they had gas or not," Eric says.
Attorneys pursuing a class action lawsuit say the gas companies want to get off cheap. Shell and Chevron Texaco only want to pay for the damaged fuel sensors, not the more extensive engine problems angry motorists fear will show up later.
Gas industry insiders tell me this problem points to a larger issue. Environmental standards keep changing while automobile technology is also changing, so you could see similar problems down the road.
In the meantime, Florida's agriculture commissioner is filing an emergency rule with new testing requirements for fuel as it comes into the state. Now, sulfur content will be checked before the gas gets to the pumps.
Hamilton says, "We've tried to narrow it down to a test and a standard where we can be sure consumers' vehicles will be protected."
The state says so far Shell and Chevron are trying to make good on the public relations disaster, but the consumer complaint division says it stands ready to step in if motorists aren't treated fairly.
The high-sulfur gas went to about 300 stations in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. Shell customers can call 1-888-502-7323 or 1-866-562-6690 or Chevron Texaco customers can call 1-800-363-8900.
Customers having trouble with the claims process can contact the state's consumer complaint help line at 1-800-HELP-FLA.


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My 5yr old DS fell when he was 2 and busted his mouth badly. 1 tooth turned colors and the other was ok. Dentist told us that his dead tooth would be fine and to leave it be, that it would just be discolored.
Fast forward to 3 years later and the tooth beside the discolored tooth is very loose. He has a dentist appointment for Monday but I need a little peace of mind for the weekend. He can still eat normal, doesn't complain of it hurting and this will be his first lost tooth so he's just a little freaked out. It could possibly fall out this weekend. Is any of this normal? Should I be worried?
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Check out these holiday pop-up shops. They won't be around for long.
Purefections Chocolate
526 Tremont St.
Beer-spiked Belgian chocolate turtles, decadent bark, and smooth peanut butter cups.
Saturdays noon-5 p.m. and Sundays
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Christmas Eve.
328 Newbury St.
Get your Portlandia on here. Urban outdoorwear from the Northwest. Updated trenches and plaids made with sustainable fabric.
Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to
7 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to
8 p.m., Sundays 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Open till the end of January.
Holiday 2.0
115 Newbury St.
Featuring local tech/fashion start-ups.
Dec. 8-22, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Piknik Art
and Apparel
and Apparel
70 Charles St.
House of international style
and contemporary art.
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through the end of December.
Flowering Rock
70 Charles St.
Medicinal, botanical teas.
Tiles and tapestries, too.
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through
the end of December.
Pop It Like It's Hot
Revere Hotel Boston Common
200 Stuart St.
Hot chocolate featuring
Taza chocolate.
Fridays through Dec. 21 from 3 to 6 p.m.
Pop-up Afternoon
Tea Lounge
Tea Lounge
Mandarin Oriental Boston
776 Boylston St.
Eggnog cream puffs, foie gras mousse with spiced pear sandwiches, and Stumptown Coffee by the fireplace.
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Come on Friday night with an idea. Leave on Sunday night with a startup business.
That's the concept behind Startup Weekend West Palm Beach, a gathering of local entrepreneurs and visionaries set to take place at Palm Beach Atlantic University from July 18 to 20.
Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. This is the second year that the event will be held in West Palm Beach. Attendees from as far as Miami and Orlando are signed up to attend.
Entrepreneurs Chris Callahan and Nicholas Mohnacky spearheaded Startup Weekend locally and also co-founded Startup Palm Beach, an entrepreneur resource center and co-working space in downtown West Palm Beach.
Mohnacky is a 2006 graduate of PBA who majored in marketing. "As someone who is astutely aware of the tech players in the market I'm especially excited to see new names and faces signing up to attend this year's Startup Weekend," said Mohnacky, the event's sponsorship director.
"The enthusiasm and support surrounding the startup community in West Palm Beach is palpitating," he said. "Startup Weekend provides aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to cultivate their creativity and potentially leave with a business prospect."
The 54-hour work session attracts a number of designers and developers, as well as those working in non-technical fields like marketing, law and finance. Business experts in a variety of fields serve as coaches throughout the weekend.
During last year's Startup Weekend, 48 presenters pitched their ideas and 11 teams participated in a competition resulting in three winners who went on to continue building their businesses. One of those winners will showcase his newly developed mobile app, FunScout, during this year's event.
This year, Startup Weekend will serve as the kickoff for a larger event known as Entrepreneur Week. Other scheduled activities include BarCamp, a series of workshops based on entrepreneurial topics that will be hosted at different downtown restaurants on July 22, and Startup Demo Day, which will feature 10 startups and take place July 25 at the city's Waterfront Pavilion.
College students also will have a chance to gain experience through the various events. PBA students Tiffany Tellez and Kaylyn Durrance are both interning at Startup Palm Beach and serve as members of the organizing committee for Startup Weekend.
Durrance, a public relations major from Ocala, was one of several students involved in last year's Startup Weekend. "It's really such an exhilarating weekend. I love watching everyone come in with their unique ideas and leave just 54 hours later with a business," she said.
For information or to register for Startup Weekend, visit http://westpalmbeach.startupweekend.org. PBA alumni, students and faculty are eligible for a discount on registration fees by entering the promotional code 50ofF.


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There was no bidder for pan-India airwaves for which the government had set a base or bid start price of Rs 14,000 crore (Rs 140 billion) even as demand was concentrated in select circles like Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh (East) and Uttar Pradesh (West). Of the 22 telecom circles, which cover the entire nation, bids were received for 18, with Delhi, Mumbai, Rajasthan and Karnataka which had the highest base price drawing a blank.
"The total quantum of revenue bid is for a little over Rs 9,200 crore (at the end of the fifth round)," Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar said.
The bids received so far are a far cry from the Rs 28,000 crore (Rs 280 billion) minimum revenue that the government is expecting from the auction of wireless spectrum reclaimed after the Supreme Court cancelled 122 permits issued in 2008.
The government had set a bid starting price of Rs 14,000 crore (Rs 140 billion) for 5 megahertz of GSM airwave space in all of India's 22
telecommunications zones. The base price was more than seven times what operators paid in 2008.
Chandrashekhar said in 176 blocks of spectrum that were put on auction, bids were received only for 98. Out of 22 circles, the demand for spectrum has crossed the offer only in Uttar Pradesh (West) and UP (East).
"The spectrum reserve price exceeded in UP (W) and UP (E) circles," the Telecom Secretary said.
Gujarat and Bihar received bids for all 8 blocks (of 1.25 MhZ each) that were put for auction. In rest of the circles, the demand was less than the 8 blocks that were put for auction.


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Is it really possible to trade Revis off that injury?
The NY Jets have no QB.
You can not win in today's NFL without a decent QB
Using Revis to get a QB in a direct trade or use pick obtained to draft a QB might be the only answer.
The new GMs first order of business will have to be getting a competent or young new QB in NY.
Without a QB he will fail & lose his job within 3 years.
Maybe the league steps up "behind" the scenes & encourages a swap between the Niners or Seahawks to get Sanchez out of here.
Remember that this league is all for one, & winning teams in large markets adds huge revenue to the league in TV, merchandise ect.
What's good for the Jets is good for the entire league.
Is it really possible to trade Revis off that injury?
Lets deal in reality..
The league is NOT stepping in..
I know people look back to the Giants but that was a totally different time and situation in history..
And it would never happen in todays world..
As it was we had to pay a kings ransom to have Parcells come over to save our sorry asses....
To me I would dump Revis to a team that would take Sanchez also.. But I don't think that is reality either.. But Seattle can have both for Flynn straight up!!
Revis is great.. but a luxury.. and a huge pain in the ass!!!
Revis to Washington for Cousins and picks.
Well all know that Snyder would pay Revis. Washington is set on offense for the most part. They need to keep building a dominating D to go along with RG3
It's not Revis's injury that would hold him back. ACL injuries aren't career altering like they used to be. Procedures are much better now.
It's his need to go for every last dollar and the threat of wanting to renegotiate every time a corner gets a bigger contract that will scare teams.
If Revis is put on the trading block, more than a dozen teams will be bidding for his services.He shuts down half the field for heavens sake. A first and second rounder!
Revis should have been traded last year to try to move up in the draft. I think STL may have been willing to deal with us even after they signed Finnegan. They took Jenkins in the draft after signing Finnegan.
Sanchez should have been traded last year.
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Revis is a pro bowl corner, and your telling me, nobody would want him, are you for real.Not only is he a pro bowl corner, he's the best in the league,and one of the best to ever play the position. Its not what i say, its what Dion Sanders has said, Jerry rice,etc,etc.
I wish the Jets could send him home to Pittsburgh for Big Ben. Will never happen, but hey, t'would be nice. Ben is going to win another SB, one way or another.
I think any Jet fan who wants to see Revis go, is insane. He's a great player, a team player. He' wants his big money though. Mario Williams got his, Revis will get his.We have other needs that are more pressing though. If we trade him, it will be for draft picks. Im warming to the idea of getting Matt Flynn.
Owners in the NFL are joined at the hip & it is their best interest to have teams bringing in as much money as possible!
Why do you think they want a team back in LA?
The NY Jets being laughing stocks does not bolster their bottom line.
Do you honestly believe that owners scream from mountain tops everything they discuss at the owners meetings?
Any move would not be "one sided" or else it would look fishy.
Paul Allen who owns the Seahawks would love to figure out a way to get out of the Flynn deal, same with the owners of the 49ers with Smith (not that Smith is making a lot of money but you can bet your azz Smith won't be a happy camper sitting on the bench in 2013).
These guys are all in it to win a Superbowl but the bottom line is keeping this golden goose growing & growing.
Revis has a ton of value even coming off that injury. However if we are going to trade him I want picks, not some questionable QB like Flynn, Smith, or Cousins. Smith has shown to be serviceable at best, Flynn is living off the reputation of one game, and Cousins hasn't proven squat that makes him comparable to Revis.
NO WAY would I ever want Revis playing for another team. The Jets always trade off their truly great talent of the past. I'm sick of it. Revis should be a Jet for his ENTIRE career. Revis is a game changer.
If teams were passing the ball 40 times a game an only having two guys in a pattern, Revis's value would be 15 mill per no problem.
I see the game evolving where the premium positions are going to be Dline (as always) and OLBs that can cover TEs. To be able to keep you base D on the field when they split the TE out wide is huge or taking Woodhead, McCoy, Sproles out of the backfield.
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Revis could be dealt, even with a big ticket but it would have to be to the right team. As in a team with talent that is under acheiving, such as the Lions or new orleans.
Not many other CB's would in play after and injury and with a big ticket but Revis is a special player.
I do not want to trade him but I think there would be a market if the jets are going into reboot mode.
Revis cant be traded because his contract is so weird. He is an UFA after this season with no ability to be Franchised.
But forget that....as amazing as a player as Revis is, our pass defense has been virtually the same this year without him which shows how overvalued CBs are in todays NFL.
Here are the starting CBs for the last few SB winners:
Corey Webster - Aaron Ross
Charles Woodson - Sam Shields
Tracy Porter - Jabari Greer
Ike Taylor - Bryant McFadden
Woodson is a great player and Ike Taylor has had an excellent career...after that every name listed above is an average NFL player. CB is a position that a team CANNOT afford to pay someone $8-9 million like we pay Cro and then pay Revis $13 million. It is simply not worth it in a salary cap system.
The smart play by the FO is to trade Cro this offseason. Kyle WIlson is an adequate second corner, especially at his low cap number and we can hopefully get a decent pick for Cro, save money, and hope that Revis comes back at full strength and we can resign him.
to the injury of another team.
Rozzele stepped in and got George Young from the fins for the Giants and i think they asked Ron Wolfe to help another team in an unofficial capacity some time ago.


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The Woods Tea Co. returns to public television to share their music, their dry New England wit and their knack for engaging audiences. Fans of their 2005 APT special, An Evening With the Woods Tea Company, hear and see a new configuration of Vermont's hardest working folk group, which specializes in presenting traditional and vintage music. Recorded at Vermont's Barre Opera House in the fall of 2008, A LIVELY EVENING WITH THE WOODS TEA CO. highlights the musical talents of banjo player Mike Lussen, bassist Howard Wooden and new members Patti Casey and Tom MacKenzie. The audience sings, claps and laughs along to "Robin Hood," "The Old Dun Cow," "Rolling Home," the Irish drinking ditty "The Wild Rover" and the Appalachian folk tune "Little Birdie."
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Cynically I'm forced to conclude Google is doing this to get access to the information on all of those students to make even more money from.
Optimistically, I think it's potentially a good idea, but we'll see what they actually do.
Yeah and guess what genius? The shareholders with majority voting control in Google are the same two geeks that founded it and that have a passion for causes like education:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129234/Google-stock-split-founders-Larry-Page-Sergey-Brin-lifetime-control.html [dailymail.co.uk]
In Google's case, the shareholders that get to decide how the company works aren't some mystical unknown investment company that controls the company from the shadows but the very two people that founded it.
Businesses love getting involved in education because you create a following. MS did in in the 90s and now Google is trying to put their name on education. Wether its a business decision or Google just being "PRO EDUCATION" is something only they know.
I didn't read the proposal in details but it sounds like they are trying to go head to head with Khan Academy.
To be fair both Sergey and Larry as well as also Bill Gates (who was still in charge of MS in the 90s) all have a genuine passion for education.
As geeks they share the perception that many other geeks do, that education is the cure to many of the world's ills such as discrimination, poverty, and overpopulation. They're not robots and like you and I they have political opinions and thoughts on the best solution to certain problems.
It's not surprising therefore that all of them would have such a focus on educ
If graphics hackers are so smart, why can't they get the bugs out of fresh paint?


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Richard "Dick" Kibbie, age 79, of Arnolds Park, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born on Sept.3, 1933, in Emmetsburg, to Joseph and Gertrude (McGarvey) Kibbie.
Dick graduated from Ayrshire Consolidated Schools in 1951.He served his country in the United States Army. Dick farmed until 1981, when he went to work for Smith's RV.
Dick was a member of the American Legion Post #173 in Ayrshire and St. Mary's Catholic Church in Spirit Lake, where he was active in the Knights of Columbus. He enjoyed spending his spare time reading.
Dick is survived by his brother, Emmett Kibbie, and his wife, Memphis of Emmetsburg; cousin, Jack Kibbie, and his wife, Kay of Emmetsburg; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant sister, Maxine; two older sisters, Alice Mae and Marge.
A funeral Mass was held Saturday, June 1, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Spirit Lake. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery in Ayrshire.
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Well this morning my daughter came down with her own Macbook Pro streaming a wireless/radio program. The screen was off and I said to her, "WOW, cool, how did you get that to stream and the screen shut down?"
She replied <with facepalm>, "DAD! It is on screen saver you idiot!"
And lo-and-behold clicking the trackpad brought it up again...
DOH! How long have I been using computers?
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Little Minion: Pilch
Pilch looks forward to the Autumn Festival every year.
He tends to his small garden at the edge of the river with a devotion only true green-thumbs can appreciate. He dotes on all his plants, but he's especially fond of his pumpkin patch which is responsible for producing all the pumpkins to decorate the festival.
At night, he'll tie a copper plate to his head with a lit candle perched on top to help him work by moonlight in his beloved garden, polishing the pumpkins, weeding, shooing away any little critters who might mistake his masterpieces for a midnight snack.
This figure is approximately 8 inches tall.
Ties a candle to his head?
Ties a candle to his head? Now that's dedication.
I love your work as you know.
I love your work as you know... but I really like this guy.... dedicated to the well being of pumpkins...
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A combination of Mt. Pleasant's sidewalk sales and the Max and Emily's Summer Concert Series brought a flood of people downtown Thursday evening.
Remus-based zydeco band The Saucecats hit the stage at 7 p.m. and got 2,100 area residents clapping and dancing along.
"They're the kind of band where they say, 'You sir, in the last row, you who are sitting down — it's time to get up and dance,'" Max & Emily's general manager Chris "Elmo" Walton said. "We certainly had a lot of people dancing this evening."
Walton said he couldn't be happier with the amount of couples, children and families that were dancing in front of the stage.
Walton said The Saucecats had performed at the series once before in 2010.
"The crowd has grown over the years," he said. "People have come to expect a fun family evening at the Max and Emily's Summer concert series."
Perry English, who plays percussion and the Zydeco Rub Board, said the crowd this year was about three times larger than it was in 2010.
"It's definitely grown in popularity," he said about the series. "I think they've moved the stage back a little bit since then to accommodate more people."
English said The Saucecats have performed at venues and in tents, but performing in a shut-down street never gets old.
English said The Saucecats play zydeco music, a type of New Orleans and Mardi Gras music.
It's fun to play, he said.
Debbie Rogers, an Alma resident, trekked up to Mt. Pleasant to watch the band.
"It's very upbeat and fun to dance to," she said. "It's fun to watch all the people dancing."
Rogers and her friend, Alma resident Bonnie Middleton, both spent the evening dancing up front by the stage.
Middleton said she had seen The Saucecats perform before, and had been looking forward to spending some time outdoors in the break from the recent 90-degree heat.
Plus, Middleton said, she is a fan of the zydeco style music.
"It's jazzy, it's upbeat, it's fun," she said. "I mean, you can hang out in your backyard all the time, but to come out where there's music, and it's downtown, and there's people, it's fun."
Walton said the concert series accepts donations for the Red Cross infant pantry as well.
As of the third concert, he said, more than $2,000 has been raised.
Max and Emily's will host one more concert this summer. Howie Day and Friends will perform 7 p.m. Aug. 24 at the intersection of Broadway and University streets.
Randi Shaffer is a reporter at the Morning Sun. She can be reached at 989-779-6059, firstname.lastname@example.com or on Facebook at facebook.com/randi.shaffer


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UGA President goes on record to state the impending reality - there will be four major football conferences (and one of them is the SEC). Which are the three other major football conferences in order of rank? B1G, Big 12, PAC 12, ACC, or Big East?
"I think effectively there are about four major football conferences right now," University of Georgia president Michael Adams said. Adams said the four included the SEC, but he declined to say what the other major conferences were.
"I think there are some conferences that have devalued themselves in the whole process," [and] "I don't think the SEC is one of them."
The SEC has no further expansion plans, Adams said, "that I know of."
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Not sure if it'd make transplants easier, but it could increase survival rates among Cystic Fibrosis patients as they wait for a lung transplant. (I have CF)
Just have to lock yourself in the bomb shelter with your MREs and wait for the zombies to rot. Then come-out and rebuild society.
*Anybody know where I can get cheap MREs?
You forgot about that huge contraption that he had to pull out of his face....
they had to use a carburetor.
That's a way to make use of "new" technology.
Makes sense. The automotive carburetor came long after fuel injection and at the time was revolutionary for power production and fuel economy.
They then figured out it could also work for cars 60 years later, and called it a breakthrough in technology.
To be fair, the cost, size, weight, and safety standards are a little more stringent in the private passenger car market. I suspect the breakthroughs involved meeting those requirements.
The "perfected" part is a figment of someone's imagination. The batteries were heavy as hell, and those diesel-electric boats had very limited electric range and speed. It was barely usable I'd say.
Good luck making an electric car with, say, 100 mile electric range and lead-acid batteries. The technology simply wasn't there 60 years ago. Even if you could accept the outrageous weight and volume requirements, you still need electronics to do individual cell management. Lead-acid batteries need it too if you
Established airway for a lung transplant? Huh? Sure you can use an external heart-lung machine, but the problem is always with hemolysis and clotting. Deleting the "lung-" part from the "heart-lung" machine would certainly help with both.
In CF (I have CF), most people do still die of upper respiratory infections, rejected lung transplants, or lung failure while waiting for a transplant.
The experimental solutions contained 50-90 mL of O2 per deciliter - to sustain an adult human, you need about 300 mL O2 per minute. At least 300 mL of IV fluid and as much as 600 mL per minute is going to have to go through one hell of an IV. I doubt you could achieve such infusion rates without specialized equipment (e.g., 8.5 French rapid infusion catheter + Level One pump) or multiple intraosseous needles. Furthermore, this is temporizing just like any other O2 delivery method. Oxygen is essential for life, but eventually you have to clear the CO2, or it's pointless. As a bridge to a secure airway or crash on to cardiopulmonary bypass? Sure, it's not a bad idea, except that the only thing that matters in that kind of life-or-death situation is how long it takes to get it in the room. By the time you get this stuff out of the refrigerator in pharmacy and run it to the OR, ER, or ICU, you could have gotten a surgeon there to do the cricothyrotomy or even a proper tracheostomy.
That's all technically true. I think the question you AREN'T asking is the most important one - what if you're not trying to sustain a human, but simply lengthen the amount of time before cell death? If I recall my first aid training (and I do), even an extra 10 minutes can be the difference between brain damage and 100% recovery.
Would this help at all in the transplant of organs?
Hell, not to mention organ donation. If you have a severe enough head trauma such that the person is
If there is one thing that religious people have taught me in this life, it's that there is no such thing as "undeniably" dead.
They can deny, deny, deny, and then deny some more.
More likely this will lead to more vegetable gardens being carefully maintained. That's their decision really and I hope I am never faced with it.
"..., but simply lengthen the amount of time before cell death? "
This would be awesome for meat. You could have the tissue alive right until you chuck it on the grill.
mmmm, tender meat.
You could have the tissue alive right until you chuck it on the grill. mmmm, tender meat.
Well, no, actually.
The tenderest beef has been dead for days or even weeks. As the cells within a cut of beef die, they release enzymes that slowly digest connective tissue (mostly collagen). "Live" steaks would contain intact, live cells that wouldn't have a chance to release any digestive enzymes before being cooked.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_aging [wikipedia.org]
You won't do tracheotomies with steak knives, you'll do a cricotomy.
Scientists Keep Rabbits Alive With Oxygen Microparticle Injections
So what? I have a pet rabbit that I can keep alive with regular oxygen particles.
And I don't even have to inject them or anything. They just go into the holes in his face.
CO2 must also be removed. that's probably what ultimately killed the rabbits.
Besides overloading the red blood cells with CO2 and preventing the removal from the cells, it also screws up the PH of the blood really quick. I assume that with this process it could get bad enough to lead to shock.
Now what would be really cool would be if they could come up with a sold-state exchanger for CO2 to O2. Something like a fuel cell in reverse - create a chemical exchange from an electrical power. Implant that into a body and it could run on batteries instead of breathing. But I don't think that technology in that form currently exists. They have "rebreathers" but those are huge space-suit-size affairs and operate on a far more involved process.
But I bet someone's working on it right now. Probably several someones.
Can't they just shake them to get the dissolved CO2 out? Works for a bottle of coke. What if they gave the rabbit a Mentos?
I don't think they -forgot- that, I think they just focused on one step at a time.
Gee Karl, did you forget to remove the CO2 from my kid's pet rabbit? It went all floppy after I gave it back to him.
Sorry Stan, It must have slipped my mind. Good for science, though!
You're right Karl, look at me still talking when there's science to be done.
Breaking two C-O pi bonds and two C-O sigma bonds to form an O-O sigma and pi... That's going to be an energy expensive process.
Energies in kJ/mol^-1
1x O=O: 498
2x C=O: 2*(803) = 1606
So you're putting in about 1600 kJ/mol and getting back 498 kJ/mol, plus some carbon, so you need to find about 1100 kJ/mol of energy from your battery.
I think there's a reason that plants don't bother cracking CO2 right down into O2! Plus, what do you do with the solid carbon? Would you have to keep changing a fil
Yeah, about the CO2 thing...you know that visceral panic you feel when you can't breathe? It's not triggered by lack of oxygen, but rather by excess CO2. I'm sure dying from asphyxiation is unpleasant enough, but having the experience dragged out to fifteen minutes (or more, once the methods are improved) must be horrific.
Why, why, why are these stories always "save peoples lives" angled? How cool would it be to dive with this stuff running in your veins? I bet the liquid is incompressible too. I wonder what the ratio of volume of the liquid versus how much oxygen contained within it is.
It's shells of lipid (fat) around gaseous oxygen, so it should be compressible.
Well, liquids aren't compressible in general, so I suspect that is already covered.
The problem with diving isn't the blood, it is the lungs, and later (when you resurface) the difference in solubility of various gasses in your tissues under different pressures.
The amount of, for example, nitrogen that can dissolve into your blood (again, for example) depends on the pressure. As the pressure goes up, more can dissolve. As the pressure goes down, less can dissolve, which means that when you surface, nitrogen dissolved in your body can suddenly reappear as a gas bubble which requires many times the volume that it took while dissolved. In a joint, or long muscle or fat, this can be painful. In an important artery or in your heart or other important organ (most of them), this can be fatal.
Why, why, why are these stories always "save peoples lives" angled? How cool would it be to dive with this stuff running in your veins?
Dunno if I'd want to have to inject myself with a hypodermic every 3 minutes while diving. On the other hand, if there was a pill I could swallow that would somehow release oxygen into my bloodstream via the intestines, that would be pretty cool. As a bonus it could double as a propulsion device.
Why 15 minutes? Weren't they confident they could keep the bunnies alive indefinitely?
What happens after 15 minutes? How are the microparticles cleared from the body after the oxygen in them is used up? How fast can they be absorbed and does is it too slow for the rate at which the body uses oxygen. (I suspect that's the root of the time limit.
You think waterboarding is torture? Wait until some goon figures out how to use this technique to allow them to keep their victim alive as they experience their own suffocation. Over. and. Over.
Sometimes when they lengthen the lives of rats or cure them of cancer I think it must be nice to be a lab rat. Certainly much better than being a lab rabbit apparently.
This is just in time for the Olympics. Let's see how well Phelps can keep up with microparticle enhanced bubble-head mariners.
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I've decided that I quite like the eyeshadow quads from Maybelline (I thought I posted about them on the blog, I didn't, I will do in the future!).
Musey didn't think much of these, but she's not the boss of me! I bought just one of these palettes from eBay in order to give it a whirl….
I bought 05 Flash of Forest which is my favourite kind of combo – chocolate fudge brown, emerald green and a cream.
Cream eyeshadows (see my special part 1 and part 2) seem to have come a long way in recent years. I tend to favour my Japanese cream eyeshadows because they are crease proof – ones like Shiseido Hydro Power were a real breakthrough to me because they just didn't budge.
So I am spoilt. I don't expect my cream eyeshadows to crease on me anymore. Hmmm.
Maybelline Eye Studio Cream Eyeshadow Trios are certainly soft and creamy – they melt when you stick your finger in them and are fairly well pigmented:
With the brush, the pigmentation is pants. With a finger, it's much easier to apply and the colour payoff is also better.
As soon as I felt how oily these cream eyeshadows were I knew they would crease – they don't set, like the Nars Cream Eyeshadows that crease quite badly…
So the colours are very pretty, have a metallic edge and I also think the trio combinations are really well thought out. The cream, green and brown go together beautifully, no?!
They also blend quite well into each other. The colours can be applied easily with a finger – in that sense its a nice easy use item, you don't need to over think it, you can just apply as you please, on the go.
But on the downside – these do crease. Badly. Even as an eyeshadow base, they crease (Nars Cream eyeshadows wear badly BUT they do make a good base for eyeshadows, especially Lilly Marlene and Zardoz).
I applied this veryyyyy roughly to my eye. I have to say, on a dry lid day, this wasn't too bad – but in terms of general longevity, darlin' we don't have a hope in hell.
– Cheap
– Nice metallic sheen finish
– Nice colour combinations
– Blends well
– Is soft and creamy
– Creases quite badly
– No good as an eye base due to creasing
– No longevity beyond a few hours
– Not out in the UK yet (I think?)
If you can get them cheap, it's worth a punt but don't expect it to lash and don't let this tarnish your opinion of cream eyeshadows! There are much better ones out there!
This was about £6.50 on eBay.


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Thread: Memory upgrade problem..Help!!!!
11-23-2006, 02:42 AM #1chubzgsxrGuestMemory upgrade problem..Help!!!!
Hi everyone. I Purchased my macbook 2 months ago and I am loving it so far. My macbook is the 2ghz intel core duo (black 13 inch). I have the factory 512mb in it. I decieded to upgrade the memory to 2GB to make it run a little smoother. I wached a video online on how to do it, so i gave it a shot. I did everything like it showed in the video. Everything worked great for the first 10-15 minutes and then shuts down and starts to beep??? I dont think it is an issue of me not putting the memory in correctly because everything worked without any problems. I even tried to switch the memory cards around , but that didnt help either. I personally think the memory cards are faulty??? Or did i purchase the wrong cards
this is the number on the card
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Sounds like faulty ram.
Try the hardware diagnostic test: insert the first DVD that came with your macbook and hold down 'D' to run the tests.
Run the extended memory tests.
11-23-2006, 05:33 PM #3chubzgsxrGuest
what if i do not have the DVD that came with the macbook ?? Also am i suppose to run the DVD with the new memory installed ? I am really not to good with things like this
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You need that dvd.... and run the test with the ram you installed
11-24-2006, 01:20 PM #5chubzgsxrGuest
OK I found the dvd. I did exactly what was said . First I ran the quick test and no issues were found. Then i ran the extended test and a memory issue was found. When the issue was found my computer began flickering and an error message poped up telling me to restart my computer by holding down the power button. Right now i have the old memory in just to get by. Whats next ?
11-29-2006, 01:15 AM #6chubzgsxrGuest
I just sent back the old memory because i belive it is faulty. I just hope the new memory works. Is faulty memory even common???
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Not that common, but not unheard of either.
Send it back and ask for a replacement.
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Before you have surgery to replace a heart valve, you will need to prepare
for your hospital stay.
You will have to visit the
hospital or your doctor's office several days in advance of your surgery for a
hospital preadmission session. During this session, your medical team will
educate you about your upcoming surgery. They will also teach you how to
prepare for your operation, explain what the procedure will be like, and give
you instructions for a successful recovery. Some institutions even show a
patient education video about having valve replacement surgery.
You should use this time to ask questions. It is natural for you to be
anxious before your operation. So be sure to talk about the issues that may be causing
you anxiety.
One of the issues that your
doctor or nurse will discuss with you during the preadmission session is
informed consent. Your doctor or nurse will describe the risks associated with
a valve replacement surgery. These include:
You will then be asked to sign a consent form (waiver). Be sure to read it carefully. Ask questions about the
form if there is anything that you don't understand.
You will have a range of preparatory procedures. Your hospital
staff will give you a few preliminary tests, such as an
EKG and a blood test, to make sure that your bodily
functions are normal. You will also be asked to bathe or shower with an
antiseptic soap, while a technician will shave any hair from your chest and
abdomen, so that your body can be as clean as possible during surgery.
One of the most important discussions
you have prior to surgery will be with your anesthesiologist, who will
administer anesthesia during your operation. Because general anesthesia carries
significant risks, you will need to describe your past medical history,
including other operations you have had and any allergies to food or medicines.
Mention any history, either personal or within your family, of adverse
reactions to anesthesia. Bring a list of the medicines you are currently
Because valve replacement surgery is
a serious surgical procedure, begin preparing for it several days
ahead of time. Try to get into good condition by eating healthy foods, getting
plenty of rest, and limiting vigorous physical activity. Ask your doctor if
there are any medicines you should take or should not take before your
Your doctor will give you instructions for the night before your surgery. For example, you doctor will tell you when you must not eat or drink anything
(including water) before surgery. Follow the instructions exactly,
or your surgery may be canceled. If
your doctor has instructed you to take your medicines on the day of surgery,
do so using only a sip of water.
Before surgery begins, you
will be put under general anesthesia, which will be given both through
an IV line and through a mask placed over your mouth and nose. When you are
given general anesthesia, you will be unconscious during the entire operation
and will not feel anything.
While you are unconscious, your
surgeon will make an incision along the length of the breastbone and expose
your heart. Your heart will be hooked up to a heart-lung machine. After blood
flow is directed to this machine, the surgeon will remove your damaged valve and replace it with an artificial valve.
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your blog will always be one of my inspirations. so keep on blogging :DReplyDelete
great song! how do you embed an audio player like that?
I love Ambulance Ltd so much! It's too bad all the original members are gone, except for the lead singer. I really hope they keep it going!ReplyDelete
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this picture matches with the video perfectly.
and now I want to go to the seaside while listening to this song. ^^
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I love your self-portraits. They all give a great insight to the potential of just the person and a camera.
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Punk revivalists
Green Day brought the snarl of classic, English-style punk to the "alternative" music scene in the 1990s, but the band was far from a one-trick pony. Unlike others who hit it big in the alternative era, Green Day grew and found new fans with some ambitious albums in the following decade, including "American Idiot" and "21st Century Breakdown." The band is on the road now after the release of its trilogy of records -- "¡Uno!"; "¡Dos!"; and "¡Tres!" -- and a stint in rehab for frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont. Tickets start at $27.50. Go to ticketmaster.com.
Bluegrass celebration
The 19th annual Great Northern Bluegrass Music Festival takes place all weekend in Schaumburg. National touring acts and regional favorites will perform on all three days. Among the bluegrass artists on this year's bill are Special Consensus, the Boxcars, Copper Creek, Donna Ulisse & the Poor Mt. Boys and the Harmans. The festival also will include a guitar trade show, instrument workshops and more. Suburban bluegrass fans are lucky to have a festival with this much talent happen in their own backyard.
Festival starts at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23, and at 10 a.m. Sunday, March 24, at the Hyatt Regency, 1800 E. Golf Road, Schaumburg. Daily or weekend tickets are available at the door. For prices and a full schedule, go to bluegrassmidwest.com.
Southern songs
Contemporary Southern rock band Sister Hazel has cultivated a national following with its guitar-based music. The band hits the suburbs this weekend for an intimate show that will include songs from throughout its career, including tracks from its latest record, "Heartland Highway."
9 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Viper Alley, 275 Parkway Drive, Lincolnshire. $35. Go to viper-alley.com.