//////////////////////Climb up on some hill at sunrise. Everybody needs perspective once in a while, and you’ll find it there.Robb Sagendorph (1900-1970)Editor and publisher
//////////////////////////Time is an illusion - lunch time doubly so.
///////////////////if an electrician offers to do work without issuing a install/test certificate dont use him.
/////////////////..........As a trainee Home Inspector I just wanted to say that the mandatory Home Condition Report, which the govt made voluntary last July as part of the HIP includes an assessment of the services including the electrics. We are not electricians but if we see poor or outdated installations we report on them. The Mortgage Valuation or Homebuyer survey do not do this so hence why the original poster had to be nagged by Dad to do something.So if you are selling a house after June get an HCR to reassure your buyers that the house is in good order.If you are buying a house ask the vendor to commission an HCR and save yourself the cost of paying for the inferior Homebuyer Survey.
///////////////////CDS=CONTINS DEEP SEDN -TERMINAL PALLTV SEDN
////////////////////...........Well I had a full electric rewire done on my ancient victorian house last year. The guys that did the job, based in North London, did an absolutely fantastic job & were very cheap! I paid £4,000 in London for a full electric rewire which included extra sockets & lighting in the loft, replastering & working in an occupied house which meant putting everything in a working state at the end of each day. It was the cheapest quote out of 4 which I obtained.
///////////////////..........NEURONE SPF ENOLASE IN CSF AS INDICATOR OF BRAIN DAMG
/////////////////...........NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and Nektar Therapeutics said on Wednesday clinical trials of the inhaled insulin Exubera found increased cases of lung cancer, leading Nektar to end talks with potential partners to market the product. Nektar shares tumbled 24 percent in early trading, while shares of MannKind Corp, which has been developing its own inhaled insulin, plummeted more than 56 percent. Pfizer was little changed at $21.00.
//////////////////.........DT=FINANCE How to manage fluctuating incomeIf you don't have a regular salary and have trouble sticking to a budget, try putting all your income into a savings account and giving yourself a monthly "salary" from this savings account. Make sure you've done the math and have a good idea how much is your average income.
//////////////////////............Electrical safety law dictates that all modern electrical work be inspected by a registered electrician."or"If you don't get a certificate for the inspection, you'll be breaking the law" are true.
/////////////////////...........Winners are people with a definite purpose in life." -- Denis Waitley
//////////////////////...........Never use hypotonic saline (0.225 % or 0.3 %) as IV fluids in Pediatrics unless for a specific indication (e.g. DI) !Anti-emetics (such a Zofran) may have a role to treat vomiting in acute gastroenteritis.In bronchiolitis there may be a benefit from 3% NS nebulizer or from combining epinephrine nebulization with systemic steroids (dexamethasone 0.6 mg/kg) but still awaiting more evidence.Studies suggest benefit from dexamethazone in reducing severity of symptoms in children w severe pharyngitis.A study suggests that dexamethazone 0.15 mg/kg is as effective as 0.6 mg/kg in croup.Emphasis on aggresive fluid resuscitation early in septic shock (average of 6 ml/kg in the first hour) and early antibiotics (in the Golden Hour as well).Oral rhydration is preferred whenever possible in GE w dehydraton, and the NGT route may be as effective as the IV.Regarding the shortage of hospital beds & crowding in the Ped ED, more patients can be discharged earlier from the inpatients if: i) there is a discarge planner responsible for monitoring discharges ASAP from the time the patients are admitted, ii) admitting more patients to the wards even if slightly over-census and in the hallways, and iii) having a discharge lounge for patients awaiting their parents to take them home.For a better toxin decontamination, charcoal must be given before gastric lavge, then doing lavage with the largest NGT possible, then giving charcoal again!Ephesis on distinguishing the Toxidromes early.Quality assurence must be part of our daily practice!
////////////////////...........Well I think the 17th edition of the wiring regs states that everyone should have a consumer unit with RCD. So it will be compulsary soon. And yes it can save your life as long as wired correctly and proper earthing taken care of. I would also recommend reutine maintenance. the 5-10yr thing is too long. A lot of cable damage is causedby rats mice and squirrels getting into lofts and in floor space they chew the cables. There is no guarantee they are not eating away as we speak. I think people should treat there homes and safety with more respect than there car that goes down in price have an annual inspection. People should also allow for the price of all the main earthing to be renewed at the same time as the consumer unit. Copper cable does not come cheap. This adds extra cost ontop and is compulsary to have done I believe. Then full test certificates must be provided. If this is not provided dont pay because the tradesman is breaking the law. The price of a consumer unit usually varies from the amount of ways. i.e. 10 way 12 way etc and they have to carry out a full electrical test to put on the schedule of results they issue you with so that adds to the price also the notification fee via the scheme provider i.e. NICEIC so if the price seems high its because there are a lot of overheads and liability in form of insurance to cover. Tools are expensive also and a test meter to carry out the test is 1000 pounds.
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Friday, 11 April 2008
HAILSTONES AND THUNDER
////////////////By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.~E James Rohn~
///////////////////The only real voyage consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes; in seeing the universe through the eyes of another, one hundred others -- in seeing the hundred universes that each of them sees. -- Marcel Proust
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///////////////////The only real voyage consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes; in seeing the universe through the eyes of another, one hundred others -- in seeing the hundred universes that each of them sees. -- Marcel Proust
/////////////////////
MNY SPRMKT COMPR GAS/ELEC
/////////100 YEARS AGO TODAY
OCCASIONAL NOTE Are Beri-Beri and Epidemic Dropsy, both of which have recently been prominent in Calcutta and Howrah, one and the same disease? Dr Frederick Pearse, the health officer of Calcutta, writing in the April number of the Indian Medical Gazette, expresses the opinion that there are strong grounds for holding that such is the case. Epidemic Dropsy, which was first described in 1877 on the strength of a few cases; has reappeared locally during the past few months, and at the same time there has occurred the outbreak of Beri-Beri at the Alipore Reformatory. In the absence of any positive or negative bacteriological evidence, Dr Pearse falls back upon a comparison of the courses and symptoms of the two diseases, and he states that thee is a considerable proportion of cases in a Beri-Beri outbreak which would be absolutely indistinguishable from so-called Epidemic Dropsy. In addition there is absolutely nothing known connected with the causation of either disease which tends to distinguish them. They are both essentially household diseases, there is little fever present in either, and when it is present it does not pursue any regular course. The combination of symptoms in the two complaints is, further, very similar. Finally, death is brought about in a similar manner, and the sum of all these considerations, the details of which are very fully discussed in Dr Pearse’s paper, leads him to the belief that we shall have to look to somp one specific microbe as the cause of the diseases.
////////////////////TRY B4 BUY
////////////////MOTIVN,INSPIRN,PERSPIRN
/////////////////////............Remember that old adage..."Every day in every way, I'm getting better andbetter." And YOU are!Thought for the day..."Great things are done by a seriesof small things brought together." Vincent Van Gogh
////////////////////ENJOY BUDGET RENOVATION
///////////////////1 UNIT 10P ELECY
///////////////How much electricity does the average person use?The average person in the UK uses 1,930 'units' or kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year. The average household uses 4,478 units of electricity. Total domestic electricity demand is 115,526,000,000 units, or 115,526 gigawatt hours (GWh), approximately 30% of the UK's total demand. The total domestic and industrial electricity demand in the UK is 340,043 GWh. One gigawatt hour is one million kilowatt hours
AVG 3300U/PERSON/YEAR
////////////////gas 20k units pa per person
///////////////TUMBLE DRYERS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE ENRGY-MONEY BLOWERS
/////////////////............I pay..British Gas - £66British Gas Electricity - £603 bed terraced house 2 adults, 2 children... i turn the central heating off and make the kids wear extra clothesComplete rip off if you ask me.... £126 per month is awful
///////////////////............ pay £40 mth for elec and £25 for gaslast yr we used £540 of elec and about £350 of gaswe have 2 adults and a baby, live in a semi detached house, gch, elec cookerdoes this sound about right ?british gas have said for the size of our houshold its less than average but still seems expensive to me
/////////////////..............I've read a few posts and have some advice for you. I have been working in the electricity industry for years in all sorts of roles and a lot of the points you have been making are heard day in day out. 1 - Don't underestimate the limited training offered to those you speak to. Often call centres are trained in a general way so they have very limited knowledge and only learn by experience. Back office staff are often more specialised and when you speak to them they will be more efficient at sorting your billing concerns. So, fight to get to the right people! 2 - Whenever you move house or change suppliers you MUST take your meter readings. Suppliers really on poor estimates based on (in the case of the company I worked for) very basic calculations that continue to estimate based on even a previous customers usage until readings catch up. 3 - Never let them bill you estimates, supply your COR (Customer Own Readings) This will keep your bill correct, stop your direct debit falling too low or too high and make your reading history as accurate as can be. This means any estimates will also be spot on. 4 - Always check that your readings have been billed the correct way round if you have a multiregister meter. Transposition is often the reason you see an OAP receiving a bill for £3000! Suppliers have thresholds for diverting bills in for checking but then it's over to the human beings and dispute the most obvious system errors you would be surpised how many bills still go out due to staff making mistakes. 5 - If you think you are being billed to much take your readings 7 days apart and then try to calculate your bill for an estimate usage. It'show it's done on the 1st instance by a suplplier when you raise this issue.6 - Don't be fobbed of with an energy efficieny booklet. It's often the 1st thing they will send you but more often than not, if you bill have jumped or you have moved into a similiar premise and had a large jump it will be a billing problem. Any of the points above can cause over billing and it happens to people all the time, everyday. For instance, you move into property and your starting reading from your moving in date is based on an estimate but in your 1st quarter you get sent a bill for £700. You know it's wrong but you can't see whats on the suppliers system. This may have been caused by the supplier's underbillign of the previous customer. A good supplier should NEVER send you a boklet about saving power without checking your bill and any previous customer, change of supplier event or readigs received by their Agents or customers against the property. Honestly, most energy investigations don't yield faulty meters or even a ustomers massive usage, it usually incorrect billing records. I've noticed comments on even using 34 units a day in a house. Unless your very lucky in that by house you mean mansion or you've got something massive plugged in like large spotlights, you won't ever come close to this. Take it from me, it will be poor records with your supplier!!!When I first started in this industry these queries were coming through all the time and most were resolved in 10 minutes after spotting the problem. Very few continue to the energy efficiency side. There are a whole lot of procedures from there, not just a booklet. You can have the suppliers energy efficiency people come out to you, you could request a check meter to make sure your meter is running at the correct speed, you could have a standard load test to see if it's faulty or even have it referred for a meter examiner visit which is an independant check by a representative of Energywatch which is the final check. Remember, be firm!!!
///////////////////............We (2 adults & 2 children) live in a 4 bed deteched house.Our annual energy usage is as follows:Gas 21490 kwhElectricity 4707 kwhOur monthly costs having just switched to Scottish Power Online energy saver 4 are:Gas £44.50 a month.Electricity £27.50 a month.
/////////////////////...........Speciation with gene flow could be common:
The likelihood of speciation in the face of homogenizing gene flow (i.e. without complete geographical isolation) is one of the most debated topics in evolutionary biology
//////////////////..............
It might also be helpful to quote the unit prices your paying, probably easier to quote before VAT. mine is about 12.9/7.9p for electric and 2.6p gas.
///////////////............The average household spends approx £1000pa on gas and electricity
///////////////.............28"tv - 8hrs per dayfreeviewbox - 8hrs per dayindoor fish tank pump/ heater 24hrs per dayfridge 24hrs per dayfreezer 24hrs per daylaptop 10 hrs per dayWireless 10 hrs per daySwitch to turn on gas boiler? 12hrs per dayAiriel booster 10 hrs per day stereo 7 hrs per weekTurntables/mixer 7 hr per weekMicrowave oven 3.5hrs per weekDishwasher 7hrs per weekWashing machine 5 hrs per weekToaster 1hr per WeekKettle 1 hr per WeekHairdryer 1 hr per weekCooker 2 hrs per weekgeorge foreman 1 hr per weekSteamer 2 hrs per weekHair straightners 3 hrs per weekLight bulbs x 7 are all energy savers.Theres also an outside light and smoke alarm.Its a two bedroom 1920 terrace. 2 people.
////////////////.............Low user - if your annual consumption is 1,650 kWh electricity and 10,000 kWh gasMedium user - if your annual consumption is 3,300 kWh electricity and 20,500 kWh gasHigh user - if your annual consumption is 4,950 kWh electricity and 28,000 kWh gas
////////////////............
Seem to be comming close to being on a par With Council Tax. Well mine are coming close.How is it, that the Pound against the dollar is near enough on record levels, well 2-1 approx, the price per barrel of oil is charged in dollars, yet our petrol prices have gone bezerk.What an excellent site.
/////////////////.............But most of all, the Buddha taught us to be compassionate. He taught us to cultivate karuna , an active sympathy and a willingness to bear the pain of others; and metta, loving kindness toward all beings that is free of selfish attachment. The Buddha taught us to respond to suffering, and I don't believe he made any special rules about "suffering caused by politics."
This leads us to the larger question of how Buddhism might be applied to a political crisis. Certainly, a Buddhist "solution" would include encouraging others to reduce their anger and to find commonality with their opponents. In some cases a Buddhist response may be little different from a Christian or Hindu or agnostic response. And not all crises will be resolved in a positive way
//////////////////
OCCASIONAL NOTE Are Beri-Beri and Epidemic Dropsy, both of which have recently been prominent in Calcutta and Howrah, one and the same disease? Dr Frederick Pearse, the health officer of Calcutta, writing in the April number of the Indian Medical Gazette, expresses the opinion that there are strong grounds for holding that such is the case. Epidemic Dropsy, which was first described in 1877 on the strength of a few cases; has reappeared locally during the past few months, and at the same time there has occurred the outbreak of Beri-Beri at the Alipore Reformatory. In the absence of any positive or negative bacteriological evidence, Dr Pearse falls back upon a comparison of the courses and symptoms of the two diseases, and he states that thee is a considerable proportion of cases in a Beri-Beri outbreak which would be absolutely indistinguishable from so-called Epidemic Dropsy. In addition there is absolutely nothing known connected with the causation of either disease which tends to distinguish them. They are both essentially household diseases, there is little fever present in either, and when it is present it does not pursue any regular course. The combination of symptoms in the two complaints is, further, very similar. Finally, death is brought about in a similar manner, and the sum of all these considerations, the details of which are very fully discussed in Dr Pearse’s paper, leads him to the belief that we shall have to look to somp one specific microbe as the cause of the diseases.
////////////////////TRY B4 BUY
////////////////MOTIVN,INSPIRN,PERSPIRN
/////////////////////............Remember that old adage..."Every day in every way, I'm getting better andbetter." And YOU are!Thought for the day..."Great things are done by a seriesof small things brought together." Vincent Van Gogh
////////////////////ENJOY BUDGET RENOVATION
///////////////////1 UNIT 10P ELECY
///////////////How much electricity does the average person use?The average person in the UK uses 1,930 'units' or kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per year. The average household uses 4,478 units of electricity. Total domestic electricity demand is 115,526,000,000 units, or 115,526 gigawatt hours (GWh), approximately 30% of the UK's total demand. The total domestic and industrial electricity demand in the UK is 340,043 GWh. One gigawatt hour is one million kilowatt hours
AVG 3300U/PERSON/YEAR
////////////////gas 20k units pa per person
///////////////TUMBLE DRYERS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE ENRGY-MONEY BLOWERS
/////////////////............I pay..British Gas - £66British Gas Electricity - £603 bed terraced house 2 adults, 2 children... i turn the central heating off and make the kids wear extra clothesComplete rip off if you ask me.... £126 per month is awful
///////////////////............ pay £40 mth for elec and £25 for gaslast yr we used £540 of elec and about £350 of gaswe have 2 adults and a baby, live in a semi detached house, gch, elec cookerdoes this sound about right ?british gas have said for the size of our houshold its less than average but still seems expensive to me
/////////////////..............I've read a few posts and have some advice for you. I have been working in the electricity industry for years in all sorts of roles and a lot of the points you have been making are heard day in day out. 1 - Don't underestimate the limited training offered to those you speak to. Often call centres are trained in a general way so they have very limited knowledge and only learn by experience. Back office staff are often more specialised and when you speak to them they will be more efficient at sorting your billing concerns. So, fight to get to the right people! 2 - Whenever you move house or change suppliers you MUST take your meter readings. Suppliers really on poor estimates based on (in the case of the company I worked for) very basic calculations that continue to estimate based on even a previous customers usage until readings catch up. 3 - Never let them bill you estimates, supply your COR (Customer Own Readings) This will keep your bill correct, stop your direct debit falling too low or too high and make your reading history as accurate as can be. This means any estimates will also be spot on. 4 - Always check that your readings have been billed the correct way round if you have a multiregister meter. Transposition is often the reason you see an OAP receiving a bill for £3000! Suppliers have thresholds for diverting bills in for checking but then it's over to the human beings and dispute the most obvious system errors you would be surpised how many bills still go out due to staff making mistakes. 5 - If you think you are being billed to much take your readings 7 days apart and then try to calculate your bill for an estimate usage. It'show it's done on the 1st instance by a suplplier when you raise this issue.6 - Don't be fobbed of with an energy efficieny booklet. It's often the 1st thing they will send you but more often than not, if you bill have jumped or you have moved into a similiar premise and had a large jump it will be a billing problem. Any of the points above can cause over billing and it happens to people all the time, everyday. For instance, you move into property and your starting reading from your moving in date is based on an estimate but in your 1st quarter you get sent a bill for £700. You know it's wrong but you can't see whats on the suppliers system. This may have been caused by the supplier's underbillign of the previous customer. A good supplier should NEVER send you a boklet about saving power without checking your bill and any previous customer, change of supplier event or readigs received by their Agents or customers against the property. Honestly, most energy investigations don't yield faulty meters or even a ustomers massive usage, it usually incorrect billing records. I've noticed comments on even using 34 units a day in a house. Unless your very lucky in that by house you mean mansion or you've got something massive plugged in like large spotlights, you won't ever come close to this. Take it from me, it will be poor records with your supplier!!!When I first started in this industry these queries were coming through all the time and most were resolved in 10 minutes after spotting the problem. Very few continue to the energy efficiency side. There are a whole lot of procedures from there, not just a booklet. You can have the suppliers energy efficiency people come out to you, you could request a check meter to make sure your meter is running at the correct speed, you could have a standard load test to see if it's faulty or even have it referred for a meter examiner visit which is an independant check by a representative of Energywatch which is the final check. Remember, be firm!!!
///////////////////............We (2 adults & 2 children) live in a 4 bed deteched house.Our annual energy usage is as follows:Gas 21490 kwhElectricity 4707 kwhOur monthly costs having just switched to Scottish Power Online energy saver 4 are:Gas £44.50 a month.Electricity £27.50 a month.
/////////////////////...........Speciation with gene flow could be common:
The likelihood of speciation in the face of homogenizing gene flow (i.e. without complete geographical isolation) is one of the most debated topics in evolutionary biology
//////////////////..............
It might also be helpful to quote the unit prices your paying, probably easier to quote before VAT. mine is about 12.9/7.9p for electric and 2.6p gas.
///////////////............The average household spends approx £1000pa on gas and electricity
///////////////.............28"tv - 8hrs per dayfreeviewbox - 8hrs per dayindoor fish tank pump/ heater 24hrs per dayfridge 24hrs per dayfreezer 24hrs per daylaptop 10 hrs per dayWireless 10 hrs per daySwitch to turn on gas boiler? 12hrs per dayAiriel booster 10 hrs per day stereo 7 hrs per weekTurntables/mixer 7 hr per weekMicrowave oven 3.5hrs per weekDishwasher 7hrs per weekWashing machine 5 hrs per weekToaster 1hr per WeekKettle 1 hr per WeekHairdryer 1 hr per weekCooker 2 hrs per weekgeorge foreman 1 hr per weekSteamer 2 hrs per weekHair straightners 3 hrs per weekLight bulbs x 7 are all energy savers.Theres also an outside light and smoke alarm.Its a two bedroom 1920 terrace. 2 people.
////////////////.............Low user - if your annual consumption is 1,650 kWh electricity and 10,000 kWh gasMedium user - if your annual consumption is 3,300 kWh electricity and 20,500 kWh gasHigh user - if your annual consumption is 4,950 kWh electricity and 28,000 kWh gas
////////////////............
Seem to be comming close to being on a par With Council Tax. Well mine are coming close.How is it, that the Pound against the dollar is near enough on record levels, well 2-1 approx, the price per barrel of oil is charged in dollars, yet our petrol prices have gone bezerk.What an excellent site.
/////////////////.............But most of all, the Buddha taught us to be compassionate. He taught us to cultivate karuna , an active sympathy and a willingness to bear the pain of others; and metta, loving kindness toward all beings that is free of selfish attachment. The Buddha taught us to respond to suffering, and I don't believe he made any special rules about "suffering caused by politics."
This leads us to the larger question of how Buddhism might be applied to a political crisis. Certainly, a Buddhist "solution" would include encouraging others to reduce their anger and to find commonality with their opponents. In some cases a Buddhist response may be little different from a Christian or Hindu or agnostic response. And not all crises will be resolved in a positive way
//////////////////
Thursday, 10 April 2008
HS CRSS-EDWARDIAN-HI MAINTENANCE?-CDS 110408
//////////////////////////http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11014498It looks like the recent rise of autism results from a change in diagnostic criteria, rather than environmental pollutants, vaccination, food colourings etc
///////////////////////////http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7335322.stmHackers are bad enough, but what can you do about cosmic rays crashing your computer?
///////////////////http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/409/1Galactic evolution -- bang, whimper, bang?
///////////////////http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218393089Stopping a critical braking mechanism that makes obese people non-responsive to insulin could prevent diabetes
/////////////////////http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23508547-23375,00.htmlCosmology makes sense, Jim, just not as we know it.
///////////////////TOUCH DNA
/////////////////FUEL POVERTY.....>10% EXPENSE ON FUEL /HEATING
/////////////////ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM-HS AND CAR-EATS AWAY SAVINGS
/////////////////////
///////////////////////////http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7335322.stmHackers are bad enough, but what can you do about cosmic rays crashing your computer?
///////////////////http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/409/1Galactic evolution -- bang, whimper, bang?
///////////////////http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218393089Stopping a critical braking mechanism that makes obese people non-responsive to insulin could prevent diabetes
/////////////////////http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23508547-23375,00.htmlCosmology makes sense, Jim, just not as we know it.
///////////////////TOUCH DNA
/////////////////FUEL POVERTY.....>10% EXPENSE ON FUEL /HEATING
/////////////////ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM-HS AND CAR-EATS AWAY SAVINGS
/////////////////////
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
BLR ELEC RWN CRSS
////////////////U SAY HELLO,I SAY GOOD BYE
TOMAR HOLO SHURU,AMAR HOLO SHARA
////////////////30s HOUSE WITH CHARACTER SELL WELL
/////////////////////MRRY DTR TO NON CRMY LYR OBC
///////////////////,,,,,,,,..........
Arsole
Yes, believe it or not, there is actually a molecule called Arsole... and it's a ring! It is the arsenic equivalent of pyrrole, and although it is rarely found in its pure form, it is occasionally seen as a sidegroup in the form of organic arsolyls. For more information, see the paper with probably the best title of any scientific paper I've ever come across: "Studies on the Chemistry of the Arsoles", G. Markl and H. Hauptmann, J. Organomet. Chem., 248 (1983) 269. Contrary to popular belief, new research (see reference below) shows that arsoles are only moderately aromatic... Incidentally US patent number US 3 412 119 by the Dow Chemical Company is entitled 'Substituted Stannoles, Phospholes, Arsoles, and Stiboles' - I didn't know there was a substitute for an arsole...Furthermore, the structure where arsole is fused to a benzene ring is called 'benzarsole', and apparently when it's fused to 6 benzenes it would be called 'sexibenzarsole' (although that molecule hasn't been synthesised yet). Another well known poisonous arsenic molecule is the simple hydride, called 'arsine', with formula AsH3.And on a related theme, I've been told of an Aryl Selenide compound with the superb shorthand of ArSe, which is both toxic and smelly. The paper it comes from in J. Am. Chem. Soc. was published by authors from, of course, the University of Aarhus!Also, the related molecule phosphole (which just replaces As with P) is quite amusing if you are a French speaker, since it's pronounced the same as 'fausse folle'. Fausse means 'fake' or 'false', and folle means both a 'crazy woman' and a 'drag-queen' or 'ladyboy'.
Arsole
Yes, believe it or not, there is actually a molecule called Arsole... and it's a ring! It is the arsenic equivalent of pyrrole, and although it is rarely found in its pure form, it is occasionally seen as a sidegroup in the form of organic arsolyls. For more information, see the paper with probably the best title of any scientific paper I've ever come across: "Studies on the Chemistry of the Arsoles", G. Markl and H. Hauptmann, J. Organomet. Chem., 248 (1983) 269. Contrary to popular belief, new research (see reference below) shows that arsoles are only moderately aromatic... Incidentally US patent number US 3 412 119 by the Dow Chemical Company is entitled 'Substituted Stannoles, Phospholes, Arsoles, and Stiboles' - I didn't know there was a substitute for an arsole...Furthermore, the structure where arsole is fused to a benzene ring is called 'benzarsole', and apparently when it's fused to 6 benzenes it would be called 'sexibenzarsole' (although that molecule hasn't been synthesised yet). Another well known poisonous arsenic molecule is the simple hydride, called 'arsine', with formula AsH3.And on a related theme, I've been told of an Aryl Selenide compound with the superb shorthand of ArSe, which is both toxic and smelly. The paper it comes from in J. Am. Chem. Soc. was published by authors from, of course, the University of Aarhus!Also, the related molecule phosphole (which just replaces As with P) is quite amusing if you are a French speaker, since it's pronounced the same as 'fausse folle'. Fausse means 'fake' or 'false', and folle means both a 'crazy woman' and a 'drag-queen' or 'ladyboy'.
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CDS-100408-HS CRSS-1937-ELEC-BLR CRSS
//////////////RWN AV -BUT SPACE BTTER THAN LWSONE-GOOD STR
///////////////.....MS=Leptin Level May Be Tied to Obesity in Down's Syndrome Children with Down's syndrome (DS) appear to have elevated levels of leptin, a hormone involved in body weight regulation, researchers report in the March issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.Reuters Health Information 2008
////////////////////Stricter Adherence to Maternal Antibiotics Is Needed to Curb GBS Neonatal Sepsis Incomplete adherence to prophylactic maternal antibiotic recommendations may not prevent early-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) neonatal sepsis, according to a report in the March Archives of Disease in Childhood -- Fetal and Neonatal Edition.Reuters Health Information 2008
THINK GBS-TREAT
////////////////////Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Tissue Might Play Role in Autism In a recent study, 40% of mothers of children with autistic disorder had serum antibodies that reacted strongly with certain fetal brain proteins.
//////////////////Maternal Thyroid Autoantibodies Linked to Hearing Loss in Children Exposure to elevated maternal thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies (TPOaAb) during the third trimester of pregnancy is associated with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children, according to a retrospective study published in the March 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
//////////////////Otitis Media Complicates Most Cases of Upper Respiratory Infection in Young Children In young children, viral upper respiratory infection and otitis media are closely related, a new study confirms, suggesting that one strategy to reduce the incidence of otitis media is to prevent viral upper respiratory infection in young children, the researchers say.Reuters Health Information 2008
///////////////.....MS=Leptin Level May Be Tied to Obesity in Down's Syndrome Children with Down's syndrome (DS) appear to have elevated levels of leptin, a hormone involved in body weight regulation, researchers report in the March issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.Reuters Health Information 2008
////////////////////Stricter Adherence to Maternal Antibiotics Is Needed to Curb GBS Neonatal Sepsis Incomplete adherence to prophylactic maternal antibiotic recommendations may not prevent early-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) neonatal sepsis, according to a report in the March Archives of Disease in Childhood -- Fetal and Neonatal Edition.Reuters Health Information 2008
THINK GBS-TREAT
////////////////////Maternal Antibodies to Fetal Brain Tissue Might Play Role in Autism In a recent study, 40% of mothers of children with autistic disorder had serum antibodies that reacted strongly with certain fetal brain proteins.
//////////////////Maternal Thyroid Autoantibodies Linked to Hearing Loss in Children Exposure to elevated maternal thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies (TPOaAb) during the third trimester of pregnancy is associated with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children, according to a retrospective study published in the March 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.
//////////////////Otitis Media Complicates Most Cases of Upper Respiratory Infection in Young Children In young children, viral upper respiratory infection and otitis media are closely related, a new study confirms, suggesting that one strategy to reduce the incidence of otitis media is to prevent viral upper respiratory infection in young children, the researchers say.Reuters Health Information 2008
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