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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: May 30, 2015, 11:27 pm
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Invisible Impact: The Risk of Ionizing Radiation on Cath Lab
Staff
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Surgeons that routinely use fluoroscopy in vascular procedures
and cardiac device implantation are suffering the effects of too
much exposure to ionizing radiation. :(
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Europace. 2014 Jul;16(7):946-64. doi: 10.1093/europace/eut409.
Epub 2014 May 2.
Practical ways to reduce radiation dose for patients and staff
during device implantations and electrophysiological procedures.
Heidbuchel H1, Wittkampf FH2, Vano E3, Ernst S4, Schilling R5,
Picano E6, Mont L7; Reviewers:, Jais P8, de Bono J9, Piorkowski
C10, Saad E11, Femenia F5; European Heart Rhythm Association.
Author information
Abstract
Despite the advent of non-fluoroscopic technology, fluoroscopy
remains the cornerstone of imaging in most interventional
electrophysiological procedures, from diagnostic studies over
ablation interventions to device implantation. Moreover, many
patients receive additional X-ray imaging, such as cardiac
computed tomography and others.
More and more complex procedures have the risk to increase the
radiation exposure, both for the patients and the operators. The
professional lifetime attributable excess cancer risk may be
around 1 in 100 for the operators, the same as for a patient
undergoing repetitive complex procedures. Moreover, recent
reports have also hinted at an excess risk of brain tumours
among interventional cardiologists.
Apart from evaluating the need for and justifying the use of
radiation to assist their procedures, physicians have to
continuously explore ways to reduce the radiation exposure.
After an introduction on how to quantify the radiation exposure
and defining its current magnitude in electrophysiology compared
with the other sources of radiation, this position paper wants
to offer some very practical advice on how to reduce exposure to
patients and staff. The text describes how customization of the
X-ray system, workflow adaptations, and shielding measures can
be implemented in the cath lab. The potential and the pitfalls
of different non-fluoroscopic guiding technologies are
discussed.
Finally, we suggest further improvements that can be implemented
by both the physicians and the industry in the future. We are
confident that these suggestions are able to reduce patient and
operator exposure by more than an order of magnitude, and
therefore think that these recommendations are worth reading and
implementing by any electrophysiological operator in the field.
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[I]Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.
All rights reserved. © The Author 2014. For permissions please
email: journals.permissions@oup.com.[/i]
KEYWORDS:
Exposure; Interventional electrophysiology; Radiation;
Radioprotection; Risk[/quote]
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: May 31, 2015, 2:30 pm
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World's BIGGEST pets :o
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: June 4, 2015, 9:24 pm
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News 6/2/15: Pope to Disclose Existence of ETs? :o ???
Published on Jun 2, 2015
[quote]
Pope Francis is reportedly about to disclose the existence of
extraterrestrial life. Whether or not this claim is true, two
things are sure: We're supposed to believe that ETs exist, and
this pope is committed to transforming the way all of us
live.[/quote]
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: June 25, 2015, 9:24 pm
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Big Ben used to be the largest clock tower in the world. As of
2012, the largest clock tower in the world is "Abraj Al-Bait,"
Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower.
Does Big Ben Keep Perfect Time?
Big Ben is the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster in
London which houses the United Kingdom's parliament. The tower
was built between 1843 and 1858. Since then it has become an
iconic landmark of London, and one of the most popular
destinations for tourists.
"Big Ben" actually refers to the largest bell inside the clock
tower. Although various different names have been given to the
structure over the years, Big Ben remains the most popular and
recognized. Big Ben is known for being a very accurate and
reliable clock.
In fact, the clock even survived World War II and did not pause
when the nearby Commons chamber was bombed. This doesn't mean
that Big Ben has never had mishaps however. In 1949, so many
starlings roosted on the minute hand of the clock that it
stopped. Starlings are short-tailed, dark-colored European birds
that flock and fly together in sometimes huge numbers.
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Weather also proved to be a culprit on two accounts, once in
1962 when snow caused Big Ben to delay, and again in 2005 when
temperatures hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius).
Aside from these incidents and rare repairs or refurbishments,
Big Ben has been chiming continuously since it first rang in
1859. If the clock happens to be too slow or too fast, it is
adjusted with old British pennies in the pendulum. Pennies are
added if it is too fast, and pennies removed if too
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More about Big Ben:
•“O Lord, keep safe our Queen Victoria the First” in Latin is
inscribed at the base of each clock dial of Big Ben.
•Big Ben's tower is 315.9 feet (96.3 meters) high. Its bell
weighs 13.8 tons and the minute hands weigh close to 220 pounds
(100 kilograms).
•Big Ben used to be the largest clock tower in the world. As of
2012, the largest clock tower in the world is "Abraj Al-Bait,"
Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower.
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Re: Non-routine News - Denver’s Energy Use Is Surging, and It’s
Because of WEED
By: AGelbert Date: July 8, 2015, 5:56 pm
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Denver’s Energy Use Is Surging, and It’s Because of Weed
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Kate Knibbs
7/07/15 3:20pm
The bud may be green, but growing it really isn’t: Weed growers
in Denver are straining the city’s electrical grid.
Denver is experiencing spiking electricity consumption, with
nearly half of that growth coming from its burgeoning pot
industry, as the Denver Post reports:
Citywide electricity use has been rising at the rate of 1.2
percent a year, and 45 percent of that increase comes from
marijuana-growing facilities, Denver officials said Wednesday.
Now, even though the increase in electricity use is related to
the increase is dank bud cultivation, the weed growing industry
still uses less than two percent of Denver’s electricity
altogether. But it’s increasing at such a high rate that the
number will swell unless the city’s weed purveyors figure out
more eco-friendly growing methods.
The reason why weed is such an energy-suck? Lighting. For indoor
grow ops, plants need lots of artificial light. That on its own
sucks up energy, but then those lights also heat up the growing
facilities, which means they need more air conditioning. They
also need ventilation fans and humidity regulators.
Boulder Weekly has more depressing stats on the problem with
indoor weed growth:
According to data from Xcel Energy and estimates from those
familiar with indoor growing, a single light used to grow 16
square feet of pot consumes about half as much energy as the
average Colorado house in a one-month time frame.
This isn’t just a Denver problem. Growing weed requires a lot of
energy all over. As City Lab pointed out, a Columbia
Environmental Law Journal report recently highlighted how
draining the pot industry is on energy all over the US:
It consumes six-times as much energy as the pharmaceuticals
industry and requires eight-times as much energy per square foot
as the average U.S. commercial building. It is estimated that
marijuana currently consumes at least one percent of all of the
nation’s electricity. And in California, which reportedly has
the largest marijuana growing industry in the United States,
consumption totals three percent of California’s total
electricity consumption.
So, what to do about weed’s energy suck? Lighting companies are
working with pot companies on more energy-efficient LED lighting
options. Tesla has a powerful new battery that could come in
handy for keeping energy costs down for weed growers in
emergency power outages, or help store home-generated solar
energy, but there’s clearly a need for more comprehensive
solutions.
In addition to finding better lighting options, there’s a
simpler solution for minimizing the energy impact of the weed
industry: Growing outdoors is more energy-efficient, but it’s
not legal in Colorado. When other states legalize marijuana
cultivation, allowing for outdoor growth could help lower the
drain, though growers often prefer indoors for higher-volume
crop yields and year-round growth. While deregulating where you
can grow weed could encourage some growers to take crops outside
and save energy, regulating licensing to incentivize growers to
use renewable energy sources will also help offset some of the
drain.
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Re: Non-routine News - Ladies and Gentlemen, It's Time to Panic
By: AGelbert Date: July 8, 2015, 6:44 pm
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[size=18pt]Ladies and Gentlemen, It's Time to Panic
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Hamilton Nolan
Have you noticed anything odd going on this morning? Oh yes. Let
us be the first to tell you that the time to panic is upon us.
ITEM: The New York City subway system suffered an atrocious
commute today, with some trains being inexplicably stranded in
stations for long periods of time.
ITEM: The website “The Dissolve” folded today.
ITEM: United Airlines was forced to ground all of its flights
after its computer system mysteriously stopped working.
ITEM: The New York Stock Exchange suspended trading today after
its computerized trading system mysteriously stopped working.
ITEM: Immediately after, the Wall Street Journal’s website
mysteriously stopped working.
ITEM: More than 2,500 people in Washington, DC mysteriously lost
power.
It seems our nation’s centers of powers are facing a mysterious
and spreading collapse.
I choose to panic. If you choose to remain calm, good—I’ll get
away ahead of you. ;D
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: August 20, 2015, 2:40 pm
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When Was Ketchup First Made Available? ???
America's most favorite condiment, ketchup, was first made
available as pill medication and was said to cure all kinds of
diseases.
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Named, "Dr. Miles' Compound Extract of Tomato," ;D Archibald
Miles marketed what he claimed to be a tomato extract with
medicinal properties in the United States. The extract was sold
in the 1830s in the form of pills with recommended dosages for a
variety of illnesses and ailments. Many Americans purchased the
pills in the hopes the medication would rid them of their
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Although no one is certain of what exactly they were made of,
the tomato extract pills probably contained vitamin C and
laxatives. Regardless of whether they were actually beneficial
or not, they made a lot of money for Miles and other sellers who
followed in his footsteps in the lucrative tomato medicine
business.
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More about ketchup:
[b]•Ketchup is originally Asian, but the original condiment had
nothing to do with tomatoes. The Chinese condiment "ke-tchup"
was a fish condiment eaten by Asians as far back as 544 A.D.[/b]
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•As of 2014, Americans on average consume three bottles of
ketchup per year. :o :P
•Ketchup exits a Heinz bottle at the speed of 1.3 centimeters
(0.5 inches) per second. ::)
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: September 7, 2015, 6:33 pm
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[center]How Often Do Planes Disappear?
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Do planes disappear suddenly without a trace? :P[/center]
For many of us, missing planes bring to mind the myth of the
Bermuda Triangle, the 500,000 square mile area in the Atlantic
Ocean where planes and ships are believed to just disappear.
However, missing planes are not as rare as we think and they are
definitely not exclusive to the area of ocean called the Bermuda
Triangle. According to Aviation Safety Network Records, at least
85 passenger, cargo and military transport planes have vanished
without a trace since 1948. These incidents have taken place all
over the world and no aircraft debris or passenger bodies have
been discovered for them as of 2014.
The record of missing planes includes the Malaysian Airlines
flight MH370. The commercial flight which had 239 people on
board went missing on 8 March 2014 in the Southern Indian Ocean.
As of 2015, no debris belonging to the plane has been
discovered.
Sometimes it can take a very long time for debris from missing
aircraft to show up. For example, the debris from the Indian Air
Force An-12 transport aircraft that went missing in 1968 was
found only in 2013.
More about plane accidents and missing planes:
•Air France 447 crashed while flying over the Atlantic in 2009.
It took two years to find all of the bodies of the 288
passengers on board.
•In 1945, a rescue plane looking for the five lost US Navy
bombers disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.
•Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra disappeared in the
mid-Pacific in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
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The Poodwaddle clocks: The big picture on what is going on out t
here
By: AGelbert Date: September 18, 2015, 2:53 pm
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The Poodwaddle clocks: The big picture on what is going on out
there
Readers might have a little fun at Poodwaddle. They have all the
serious stuff.
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clock on population growth must certainly give overpopulation
fearing weenies heartburn. ;D
The one on religions drives the nominally "Christian"
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Are there really that many atheists out there? :icon_scratch:
If so, that just might explain the egocentric attitude the world
is gripped in. After all, if this is IT, then you have to "go
for it now", so to speak. :evil4: Don't expect anyone here to
believe that stat is evidence of a FUBAR society. I'm certain a
breakdown of where EXACTLY, all those atheists are will show a
massive correlation with the 20% of the planet's population
doing 80% of the damage. But we all know that correlation ain't
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But there is a fun stats section you will find interesting, as
well.
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FUN STATS: (I have the clock set to events year to date. If you
set the clock to "NOW", you get a quick idea of what is
happening more often. :o ;D). Look at all those First Kisses!
The incrementing count of US Divorces. Marriages, US Cheaters,
Wine and more for all eyes to feast on!
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Re: Non-routine News
By: AGelbert Date: September 27, 2015, 8:35 pm
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Are Vegetables Dead When You Buy Them at a Grocery Store? ???
Some of us have been told in the past that fruits and vegetables
are actually dead when you buy them at a grocery store. It turns
out, however, this is not true. Research shows that some picked
vegetables, such as carrots and broccoli, die only when they are
eaten.
This research was carried out by Rice University and published
in Current Biology in 2013. The study discovered that about a
week after some fruit and vegetables were picked, they continued
to respond to light. This means that fruits and vegetables in
the produce aisle of grocery stores are still very much alive.
In fact, they even continue to produce compounds that protect
them from pests thanks to their circadian clock.
Experts believe that this knowledge can be used for benefit,
such as to maximize the natural pest defense qualities of plants
and reduce the use of chemical pesticides. The knowledge of
circadian rhythms may also be utilized to maximize the nutrients
of plants for consumption.
More about food:
•Up to 33% of all food for human consumption is wasted. Food is
wasted more in developed countries than in developing countries.
•As of 2013, 65% of those who eat gluten-free foods do so
because they believe it is healthier, rather than due to gluten
intolerance or sensitivity.
•The typical lunch at American schools has 1,400 calories and
includes one bread item, about 1.5 ounces of meat, one starch, a
half cup of vegetables or fruit and 8 ounces of milk.
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