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Ali Fedotowsky's Bachelor Blog: Lindsay Isn't Really in Love With Sean
Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky basically has a PhD in Chris Harrison's love nest, so duh — she's a total authority when it comes to Sean Lowe's love connections. But now that Sean has narrowed his crop of cuties down to just Lindsay Yenter and Catherine Giudici, who does Ali think he should choose? Pshhhh, easy. Catherine, obviously!
"In my opinion, I think Catherine will be the last one standing," Ali writes in her Bachelor blog for E!. "I just don't think Sean and Lindsay have 'it,' and now that AshLee's gone, I predict Catherine will win his heart."
We love Catherine and her perfect hair, but what about Lindsay? This sweet army brat definitely has a connection with Sean, but Ali just isn't feeling the love. "When Lindsay said 'I love you,' it seemed awkward to me," Ali says. "Like she was forcing it. I know that she cares for Sean, but I wouldn't call it 'love.'"
The good news? Ali thinks Linds has a great chance of being ABC's next Bachelorette! "I adore Lindsay," she says. "I think she is a super sweet girl, and honestly, after tonight I think she has a good chance of being the next Bachelorette. Last week I said it could be Desiree and I still think that's a good bet, but it could go either way."
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A bill to extend some rights to domestic partners was put on hold Tuesday in the Florida Senate Children and Families Committee.
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In the Smith case, Balding calculated an LR of just 2, meaning that the DNA evidence is only twice as likely if it came from the victim as from someone else. Since there are many alternative possibilities for the source of the DNA, a 2 to 1 ratio means the evidence is so weak as to be virtually useless at trial.
Yet neither the LR of 2 nor the 1/13 statistic was presented in court. Smith was ultimately convicted on the basis of this DNA and other evidence. He is still in prison, and plans to appeal.
Using a likelihood ratio doesn't necessarily mean that the defendant will get an easier ride. In a 2003 murder case in the UK, Balding's LR found that the evidence was 10 million times more likely to fit the prosecution's case than that of the defence (Forensic Science International: Genetics, DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.03.003).
"All evidence is worthwhile, it's just a question of can you evaluate it fairly?" says Balding.
These cases are not isolated incidents. A recent study by John Butler at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, found widespread variation in the statistics reported by individual laboratories. When he gave the same DNA evidence to 69 different US labs and asked them to provide conclusions about whether or not the suspect was a match, some labs reported RMP, others reported RMNE, while others gave no statistic at all. "There was a difference of about 10 orders of magnitude in terms of the statistical results that were obtained on the same samples," says Butler.
Even among the labs using the same statistic- the RMNE- there were differences in the figure they came up with, depending on which alleles they chose to include or discard. What it could mean is that a jury presented with evidence from one lab is told that the chance of a match is around 1 in 100,000, say, while a different lab might say it is 1 in a quadrillion (1015).
Throwing evidence away
Our own survey of DNA laboratories backs up these conclusions (see chart). We asked 19 labs around the world which statistics they report when dealing with complex DNA mixtures. Six said that they reported RMP, six reported RMNE, while two said they reported LR. Five labs said they either report no statistics or a CPI/E. The type of statistic reported even varied within the same US state.
The International Society for Forensic Genetics recently issued guidelines recommending the use of the LR when dealing with complex mixtures. Even so, few labs have taken it up. The Institute of Environmental Science and Research lab in Auckland, New Zealand, which performs DNA analysis for the New Zealand police, is one of the few to do so. "Likelihood ratios are more complex, and they're harder to present in court," says John Buckleton, head of ESR's biology lab. For this reason, introducing them can require training for judges to ensure they can accurately explain the statistic to jurors.
Even the UK's FSS, where Gill worked for 25 years, has not fully implemented LRs. "They report LRs, but they're not necessarily incorporating things like the probability of [missing alleles]," says Gill. "By not using the proper statistical methods, you're just throwing evidence away." When New Scientist contacted the FSS, we were told that it does evaluate DNA evidence using LRs. "In addition," said a spokesperson, "we use the replication method of analysis when dealing with low levels of DNA, which means that the scientist reports the alleles that can be replicated."
Earlier this year, the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM), which provides guidance to US forensic labs, issued its own recommendations regarding the use of statistics for DNA mixtures. It also proposes LR as a suitable statistic, as well as providing stronger guidance on how RMNE and RMP should be calculated. SWGDAM also insists that analysts must provide a statistic whenever they claim that someone's DNA might be included in a mixture. "There are some labs that are just reporting that they think it's a match- in their opinion," says Butler. "That's a problem, because the jury says: 'Oh, it's DNA? It matches? Guilty.'"
Ultimately though, there will be cases where the DNA evidence is so complex that it is impossible to generate a reliable statistic. Buckleton admits that DNA analysts can come under pressure from prosecutors and police, as well as defence lawyers, to render DNA evidence useable. "I'm not sure that the pressure is to drive the numbers in any particular direction, but perhaps to be more certain than you should be at some points," he says.
In really complex cases, analysts need to be able to draw a line and say "This is just too complex, I can't make the call on it," says Butler. "Part of the challenge now, is that every lab has that line set at a different place. But the honest thing to do as a scientist is to say: I'm not going to try to get something that won't be reliable."
When lawyers question DNA
In 2007, Sean Hoey was cleared of involvement in the 1998 Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, which killed 29 people. At the heart of the case against him was DNA on the bomb timers, which the prosecution alleged matched Hoey's. It was the first time that defence lawyers had challenged DNA evidence in a UK court, and they were successful, arguing that DNA analysts were divided over the reliability of the technique used. In low-copy-number (LCN) testing, tiny amounts of DNA are amplified to generate a profile.
Since then, much of the scrutiny surrounding DNA evidence has focused on the reliability of LCN testing, but some feel that this emphasis is misplaced.
In the wake of the Hoey case, Belfast-based solicitor Peter Corrigan of Kevin Winters and Company has routinely sought access to the lab reports behind the DNA evidence presented in court, which has resulted in four successful challenges. "The underlying data had never been subject to any court scrutiny," he says. "Defence experts were trusting that the scientists had interpreted the data correctly. This perpetuated the myth that DNA is infallible."
Peter Gill of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK, a former analyst at the UK's Forensic Science Service, admits that there is a problem. "There's a considerable lack of understanding, not just from the public, but from the judges and lawyers."
The problem is not confined to the UK. "In our experience, examination of the underlying data frequently reveals limitations or problems that would not be apparent from the lab report," says William Thompson of the University of California, Berkeley, who acts as an expert witness on DNA. However, "forensic DNA analysts tell us that they receive requests [for DNA lab reports] from defence lawyers in only 10 to 15 per cent of cases in which their tests incriminate a suspect," Thompson says.
Even when the defence makes a legitimate challenge, the public rarely hears about it. In the UK, defence lawyers are granted access to DNA data on the condition that they only use it in the case in question. If the questioned evidence is dropped before it gets to court, this never becomes public, says Allan Jamieson of the Forensic Institute in Glasgow.
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OMAHA, Neb. Rosenblatt Stadium is hosting the College World Series for the 61st and last time next month and the coach of top-ranked Virginia can't help but feel nostalgic.
Brian O'Connor's ties to the venerable ballpark in a working-class south Omaha neighborhood run deep.
He grew up a few miles away, pitched in the 1991 CWS for the hometown Creighton Bluejays and was the inspiration for the "Road to Omaha" statue at Rosenblatt's front door.
Last year, he coached Virginia to its first College World Series berth and the Cavaliers are a good bet to come back this year. They're 40-9 and on an 11-game winning streak heading into this weekend's series with North Carolina.
"I've had the unique opportunity to grow up in that stadium, going to games every year in my youth and having the fortunate opportunities to play in the stadium and also to coach in it," O'Connor said. "Rosenblatt Stadium's been a part of that community for so long. You hate to see history like that go."
To secure a 25-year commitment to keep the College World Series in Omaha, the city promised the NCAA it would build the bigger and better TD Ameritrade Park a few miles away.
In the estimation of city leaders, Rosenblatt, with its small concourse and lack of amenities, had become rundown to the point of no return. The CWS will be played at Rosenblatt for the last time June 19-29/30 before moving downtown in 2011.
Known by locals as the "diamond on the hill," Rosenblatt was built in 1948 and got the CWS two years later. It became nationally known in the 1980s thanks largely to ESPN and CBS telecasts.
The 39-year-old O'Connor grew up across the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and started going to Rosenblatt with his dad and brothers at age 3 or 4 to watch the minor-league Omaha Royals and the CWS.
He recalled hounding players for autographs - a Texas pitcher named Roger Clemens among them - and chasing foul balls and dreaming of someday playing on the pristine field.
"For the people in the community, that was your big leagues, and those were the superstars you looked up to," O'Connor said.
O'Connor pitched for the 1991 Creighton Bluejays, the only hometown squad to make it to the CWS. He was the pitcher of record in what some still consider the greatest CWS game ever: the Bluejays' 3-2, 12-inning loss to Wichita State in front of 18,206, at the time the largest crowd to see a CWS game.
Later, Omaha sculptor John Lajba used a photograph of O'Connor as inspiration for the "Road to Omaha" statue, which portrays a group of players celebrating victory.
O'Connor came back to Rosenblatt as a Notre Dame assistant coach in 2002, then last year as head coach of the Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers have the Atlantic Coast Conference's dominant pitcher in Danny Hultzen (7-1, 2.00 ERA), the national saves leader in Kevin Arico (13) and one of college baseball's top shortstops in Tyler Cannon (.961 fielding, .358 batting).


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***** – Copperas Cove – November 27, 2011
By R. A Rippy "rarippy" (Shelbyville, Tennessee United States)
This story takes place in 1954 during the segregated era. One man is on a journey to get away from his hometown and impending divorce to start a new life. His car breaks down near a small town in Mississippi (Copperas Cove) and he ends up staying there and his life takes a whole new turn. The racial divide is high and he ends up changing the way people think about Blacks by breaking down barriers and stereotypes that still lingered in the town despite it being the time of the demise of segregation. This book has it all that occurred during this era with lynching, beatings, murder and being falsely accused of a crime due to the color of your skin. There is romance and even a hint of homosexuality but as trademark of Martin Brant, it was tastefully done. I am Black and it hurt to read about the injustices done to my people during that time but it did happen and the sad part is that it is still happening today. Due to Martin's outstanding writing style, while reading this book you will feel as if you are actually there while reading each page. Despite the subject matter, I really enjoyed this book and did not put it down until the last page. Some may be offended about the subject content of this book but it happened so it is what it is.
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5.0 Mustang & Super FordsEvents
2008 NMRA Milan Race - The Motown Experience
Racers Make "Hits" Of The Performance Variety At NMRA's Milan Event
Robbie Blankenship's new, Ben Mens-built engine certainly proved itself at the Aeromotive NMRA Ford Nationals with a runner-up finish in the Edelbrock Hot Street Shootout on Saturday and the win in class eliminations a day later. "We were hard at it on the dyno Wednesday and Thursday," says Robbie. "We couldn't be happier about this win. I just wish that Ben could've been out here racing with us." Ben was unable to finish repairs on his own Hot Street LX and had to take on the role of spectator at his home track.
"There's always the next race," was the only sentiment Mike DeMayo could express when we caught up with him after the Hot Street final round. A transmission problem was the apparent cause of his -0.026 red light against Robbie Blankenship. "The transmission surged when I got on the transbrake," says Mike. "It did the same thing on Saturday against Charlie Booze." The final-round appearance was Team Powerhead's second this season in the NMRA.
Bruce Hemminger remembered to bring last season's consistency with him in his return to Real Street. He used steady low-9.70s to earn his spot in the final round and ruin Tim Matherly's day in the last stanza. "I'm racing against 9.50 cars here-I can do the math," says Bruce when asked whether his comeback is long- or short-term. "I came here just to show the NMRA that I could tell them exactly how fast my car will run under the current rules for nitrous-injected Real Street cars. I told them it would go low 0.70s consistently. Did I lie? Given good weather and the right track conditions, I know I can go high 0.60s, but that's it. So even though Joliet's my home track, I just might miss it. We'll have to see what happens."
With Bruce Hemminger's return to Real Street after a two-race absence, the final round at the Aeromotive NMRA Ford Nationals must have felt like old times for Tim Matherly. For the handful of readers who don't know their NMRA history, Tim and Bruce engaged in an exciting battle for the class championship, rules adjustments, and power-adder supremacy (nitrous versus supercharger) in 2007. This year, the competitive rivalry continues with Tim having to settle for runner-up to Bruce at Milan. It's the second time this has happened-Bruce beat Tim in the '07 final-and we're sure that doesn't sit too well with Tim.
Even though Kevin Scott's '86 LX doesn't post the 9-second e.t.'s that have become the norm for competitive Real Street 'Stangs, the four-eyed Fox sure does leave with attitude.
Dave Ginter owns the lone SN-95 that competed in Real Street at Milan. Despite having a 2-mph advantage over Brian McCormick (133.91 to 131.18), Dave's yellow '98 Snake could only muster a 10.18 e.t., which was no match for Brian's 9.94 in their first-round duel.
Although Ryan Hecok didn't do anything to his car other than routine maintenance during the long break between the Reynolds and Milan events, the driver and his '99 Cobra once again managed to reach the final, and once again their opponent was Brandon Alsept. Ryan avenged his runner-up finish at Reynolds with more than just the Aeromotive NMRA Ford Nationals Pure Street title. On Saturday, he also finished in front of Brandon's 'Stang in the B&M Pure Street Shootout; in doing so, Ryan pocketed another $800.


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Presstek Inc. announces long-time industry professional Kurt Hamlin has joined the company as director of strategic accounts. Hamlin will focus on large printing operations in the commercial printing and folding carton industries that can benefit from the innovative production workflow enabled by the Presstek 75DI digital offset press.
"We are delighted to have Kurt as part of the Presstek team," says Joe Demharter, vice president of sales. "With nearly 30 years of industry experience in both manufacturer and print provider organizations, his knowledge and background are ideally suited to the task we have assigned him: getting the word out about how the Presstek 75DI can bring added productivity and profitability to larger commercial printers and folding carton converters."
Prior to joining Presstek, Hamlin was vice president of operations for Vision Graphics Inc., in Loveland, CO, a $16 million printer with 85 employees with two facilities. Before that, Hamlin was a District Sales Manager for manroland, who recruited him from a more than 20-year career at Current USA in Colorado Springs. During his tenure there, Hamlin was General Manager of Current Printing Solutions at this $100+ million firm. He was responsible for executing daily operations with lean manufacturing principles and also involved in mergers and acquisitions.
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Alberto Del Rio is the best face world champion since Edge retired. I mean Christian only held it for a day as a face, Sheamus was decent but I never really connected with him, and Randy Orton whole reign consisted of wrestling Christian (great matches though). But in the last 2 weeks Del Rio has been World Champion he has gotten the crowd on his side. I mean last night in his match with Tensai when he went for his corner enzuigiri the crowd was really into it chanting ci, ci, ci and now as a face the whole crowd says his name when Ricardo announces it. He's just a great wrestler, and I believe he is a much better face than heel. I hope he can hold the title until Wrestlemania, I feel he has the crowd on his side, and it be foolish for him to lose the World Title before Wrestlemania.
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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Sangart, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of oxygen transport agents, today announced that an independent data safety monitoring board (DSMB) has recommended the continuation of both Phase III clinical trials of Sangart's lead blood substitute product, Hemospan(R), under current protocols.
This recommendation follows the DSMB's review of the blinded data from the first one-third of the 830 patients to be enrolled in two ongoing Phase III pivotal studies in Europe. The DSMB will conduct another review after two- thirds of the patients have been enrolled.
"We are pleased to have the DSMB's approval and look forward to advancing these important Phase III studies," commented Dr. Robert Winslow, Chairman, President and CEO of Sangart.
Hemospan is a hemoglobin-based oxygen transport agent designed to serve as an oxygen therapeutic and as an alternative to blood transfusions. A key property of Hemospan is its high oxygen affinity which results in targeted oxygen delivery to tissues at risk of oxygen deprivation.
About Sangart
Sangart is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of medical products designed for use as oxygen transport agents.
Dr. Robert Winslow, a world-renowned authority in the field of oxygen
transport, founded Sangart in 1998. In the two decades prior to founding
Sangart, Dr. Winslow and his colleagues studied and defined mechanisms of
oxygen transport by cell-free hemoglobin solutions, funded by competitive
grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of
Defense. The counterintuitive discoveries by Dr. Winslow's group on the
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|Big misunderstanding from my part, been a lot of that lately. Thanks for clearing it up for a brick headed viking
|You can't mix a known sample of nitrate in water, for example, then add the test reagent to get the color, then save that colored sample to refer back to later. The color comes from dyes in the reagents, and dyes are not stable chemicals. You might be able to store them for a week or so, but definitely not for years.
yes, that was what I meant. So to ask in another way, can you make calibrated solution for all tests/brands and store them indefinitely? Or is it test/brand (chemicals used for the tests) dependent? As in some test/brand use organic chemicals?
Bump: nevermind, think I got it know. You mean you can store the, say 25ppm,50ppm NO3 made up solutions, then add new test reagent to both calibrated water and tank water, as in you have to first do the calibrated solution test every time to get a reference for the tank test? I thought you meant you could mix it up to show the color, then store it? Sorry, I am a bit confused now..
|If the test sample is made up of inorganic chemicals and water, you can store them indefinitely, as long as none of the water evaporates. That can be hard to do.
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test sample longevity
How long will the calibrated test samples stay true ? Do they need to be stored at a certain temp , or does it matter ?
The most accurate ones I have used are made by LaMotte, but they are pricy.
Of course, with any test kit, once calibrated, you can expect a reasonable degree of precision. With more expensive test kits, you will get both precision and accuracy.
|What kit do ppl think is best for Nitrates? or should we use any kit with the help of the calibration?
This thread has been linked to recently and there were requests for pH calibration.
This link gives a description of a high range calibration solution using 1/2 tsp of borax to a pint of water at a known temperature. Somewhere around room temperature should be sufficient enough for the accuracy of these kits. There is also a link in the article for lower pH solutions.
|R. David Jain
An alternate 4dKH recipe
Here are some instructions I wrote up for an alternate method to make 4dKH solution. I had two main goals in coming up with this method: The first was to avoid the need for accurate weighing equipment (in fact, there is no weighing at all in this method, just measuring volumes). The second was to have it work even if the baking soda is not "fresh"... so that it would be precise even using an already-opened package that may have absorbed some water. The answer to both these requirements was to start with a fully saturated solution of baking soda and dilute from there. Since the saturation concentrations of sodium bicarbonate in (distilled) water are well-defined and known, this should (and in my estimation DOES) give good results, without having to measure out small amounts of baking soda ("is my level teaspoon level enough? Is the soda too compacted? How do I measure out 2 grams and how much of that is water??"). After some science facts and preliminaries, I lay out the steps below. I didn't have the energy to make a separate "what you will need" section, so you may want to read through the instructions first and make a list (almost everything is something that most people, especially fish-keepers, will have around the house anyway). The steps are simple enough, if long-winded, and this level of precision really isn't necessary probably for most people, but it was fun to come up with, and gives me peace of mind knowing that my "4dKH" solution is accurate to a few percent, and I won't inadvertently gas my fish .
Without further ado...
Relevant solubility figures (in water) for sodium bicarbonate
(see full temperature range of solubility at: http://www.tatachemicals.com/europe/...solubility.pdf)
69 g/L (0 °C)
96 g/L (20 °C)
165 g/L (60 °C)
236 g/L (100 °C)
Solubility vs. temperature is highly linear in the full range 0-100C relevant for liquid water, so one can interpolate
from these figures as needed. For example, interpolating the solubility at 25C using the data points for 0C and 20C
gives (solubility at 25C) ~ [96 + 5*(96-69)/20]=102.75 g/L, and this is close enough for our purposes.
Our goal in this process will be to reach a concentration of 120mg/liter NaHCO3. From Wikipedia (edited for brevity):
"An aqueous solution containing 120 mg NaHCO3 (baking soda) per litre of water will contain 1.4285 mmol/L of bicarbonate.
...Since one degree KH = 17.848 mg/L CaCO3, this solution has a KH of 4.0052 degrees."
"Water" throughout refers to distilled (or de-ionized) water.
Dilution ratios are given as (amount total final mixture) : (amount starting solution). So, "Dilute 2:1" means
mix 1 part starting solution with 1 part distilled water.
"1 Cup" here does not necessarily have to mean 1 8oz cup (though it could be). You can decide on exactly what size
"cup" you would like to use depending on your needs. Larger quantities mean a more accurate dilution, but more wasted
materials (baking soda and distilled water). I chose to use a "cup" size which was actually 3/4cup=180mL because I had
a 3/4 measuring cup handy.
Be sure to wash and thoroughly dry (tap water is fine for this) your mixing vessels at EACH STAGE of the dilution.
Because we will be diluting over several orders of magnitude in concentration, even a small residue of higher
concentration material from an earlier step (say, from re-using the mixing vessels) will throw off the final
1) Create a saturated solution of sodium bicarbonate. First mix 2cups hot water with enough baking soda to saturate the solution. You will know that it's saturated when no more of the powder can dissolve and any additional amount added falls to the bottom of your mixing vessel. Using hot water (distilled water heated on the stove) ensures that the solution is truly saturated. After dissolving, we will cool the water back to room temperature, allowing any excess to precipitate out. Do not heat the water too much (warm to the touch is fine)!! At high temperatures, the bicarbonate ions begin releasing C02 and water to form carbonate ions, which will throw off the calculations.
2) Cool the water back to room temperature. For me, this was 25C, so my calculations in the later steps are based on this number. Adjust your numbers accordingly. Using an electronic temperature probe (like one used for cooking) submerged directly in the water will help you tell when the temperature has finished dropping and give you a more precise final temperature reading than a wall thermometer or home thermostat.
3) Do an initial dilution of 2:1. I would suggest bottling and saving a large portion (1cup or more) of this initial dilution to use for making more 4dKH water in the future, without having to repeat steps 1 and 2). You probably want to use a coffee filter for this initial dilution to get out any precipitated bits of baking soda. By diluting 2:1, we ensure no further precipitation of the bicarbonate out of solution, even if the temperature drops. Be sure to label the concentration of this solution on the bottle based on your temperature reading and the 2:1 dilution!!
4) Assuming the temperature of your starting solution was 25C, after this 2:1 dilution, you will have a concentration of 51.375 g/L (one half the saturation concentration read-off or interpolated from the solubility information above, based on your solution's temperature after cooling). Let's get diluting! We need to dilute by an overall factor of [51375mg/L]/[120mg/L]=428.125 (adjust the first number on the left as needed).
5) Dilute in a ratio of 2:1 8 times (NOT counting the initial 2:1 dilution). Keep track of your dilutions!! I STRONGLY suggest you have a pad of paper next to you to check off each 2:1 dilution, to make sure you do exactly 8). After this, the solution will be at 6.69 dKH (=428.125/2^8*4dKH if the starting solution was at 25C... adjust this number according to your situation).
6) The final step requires some precision in terms of measuring volumes, but if you have a dropper that can measure 1mL, an API test kit with test tubes marked with a 5mL line, and a larger measuring cup that can measure a few hundred mL's at a time in increments of 10 (available in most bigger supermarkets' cooking sections), it shouldn't be too hard. We need
to take the 6.69dKH solution that we now have (or whatever you got based on your starting temperature) and dilute it down to 4dKH. In the following formula, replace 6.69 with whatever your number is. Defining x as the number of mL's of distilled water that we need to add, and Y as the number of mL's in your user-defined "cup" (you should have at this point exactly 2 "cups" of diluted fluid), with some simple reasoning we can derive the equation:
x= 2Y*(6.69/4 - 1)
Once you add this many mL of water to the 2 "cups" of solution you already have, the resulting mixture will be at 4dKH! We're done!! Now bottle that sh*t! (Small refillable bottles for toiletries or what have you can be bought at a well-stocked grocery or drug store).
7) Testing: When I tested my results with the standard API KH tester, it changed color at 6 drops (indicating a KH of between 5 and 6 degrees). You will probably get a similar "off" result. Do not worry! These tests are notoriously imprecise (or rather, they are precise enough for the needs of typical aquarists, but they are not lab quality). I got independent confirmation of this fact when I had my local fish store test a sample of water that I had just tested for comparison. Their result was 2.1dKH, while mine was 4dKH (to within the error implied by counting a discrete number of drops). I don't know for sure what method they were using, but it was likely more accurate than mine (based on the fact that they can afford, and have interest in owning, more accurate equipment, coupled with the fact that they quoted me a number to the first decimal place, whereas your standard kit "rounds" to the nearest whole number). So, this tells me that my kit probably tests a little high, meaning that my reading of 5-6 was really closer to the 4 we should expect. In the end, the real "proof" of this method is in the procedure. So long as we followed the steps correctly (and that basic science works), there should be no reason not to get the 4dKH solution we were expecting. Still and all, a "sanity" check at the end is useful, just to reassure ourselves that we didn't screw something up TOO badly . If your number is way different from 4, then you might have mis-counted dilutions, have an expired test kit, or run into some other unknown gremlin. Short of this, just go ahead and assume that the solution is what it should be.
Happy drop-checking! I hope some of you out there find this useful .
|I think I should have read the previous post...I already had some API Ph test kit...I added 3 drops to the drop checker along with the KH solution and now I have a reading...thanks
Thank you very much for the instruction on how to make a 4dKh solution.
I just finished making it and tested the water with a new API KH test...perfect 4 degrees.
Now, I'll add some to my drop checker and stick it inside the tank. Should the color change in a few hours to indicate the level of co2 in the water?
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Posted 03 January 2006 - 06:50 PM
According to the vet, we have had only a couple of cases of heartworm in the Portland, OR area recently. However, she said there were a large number of heartworm-positive dogs in Eugene, OR in the past year, which is about 100 miles South of us. Heartworm _may_ be spreading towards us, and she thinks better safe than sorry.
I'll ask on a local canine-activities list if people in Portland are putting their dogs on heartworm preventative at this time, but I'd like to hear from the general border collie community if there are any special caveats for BCs and heartworm preventatives. Any brands/formulations to avoid? Any that are better/cheaper/what not?
Posted 04 January 2006 - 02:45 AM
Choose a monthly preventive that you find cost effective and convenient. I believe there is a generic version of HeartGard and this is likely the least expensive.
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Posted 05 January 2006 - 12:48 PM
Our rescue told me that if we use heartworm medication (they are in Casper, Wyoming and apparently is too cold for heartworm there) we should use a medication that does not contain the ingredient ivermectin as there is concern that it may cause toxicosis in Border Collies. Heartgard contains ivermectin. My vet recommended that we use a monthly dose of Interceptor, which uses milbemycin as its active ingredient.
I think a lot of the folks on this board use Heartgard with no problem though. I got spooked by the comments by our rescue and from what I read, so I use Interceptor for my BC.
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Posted 05 January 2006 - 01:20 PM
FWIW, I personally have yet to see a BC have trouble on either milbemycin or selamectin (the only 2 we use at our clinic, since we are HW negative up here - we send it for travel or people moving to new environments.)
Besides, I have to go make some wine now.
Posted 05 January 2006 - 02:38 PM
See Mark's post above. He's a research chemist so ought to know of what he speaks with regard to the chemical properties of the various HW preventives. Many of us use ivermectin as a preventive. I believe that the dose used is well below the threshold at which you would see a toxic response. There is a genetic test available if you really worry your border collie might be sensitive. Google the American Working Collie Association and visit their website. Since collies are at a much higher risk of carrying the mutation that causes ivermectin sensitivity, the web site has tons of good information.
AK Dog Doc,
Have you seen problems in border collies being given ivermectin? Maybe I should qualify that since your clinic doesn't offer ivermectin and ask: have you in your professional reading/conference attendence/schooling heard or seen that ivermectin sensitivity is a big problem in border collies?
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Posted 05 January 2006 - 04:25 PM
I am very interested in AK Dog Doc's opinion as a veterinary specialist. I did some of my own research and was also advised by my own vet to avoid the use of ivermectin. So we do.
You're right, the dosage in the HW preventatives is very low and a lot of folks use the ivermectin without any problems. However, Stafford's post asked
There may not be a big problem with using it, but there have been some incidences. Both products cost about the same. So, Stafford and the vet can decide what prevention, if any, they want to use.
. . . if there are any special caveats for BCs and heartworm preventatives. Any brands/formulations to avoid? Any that are better/cheaper/what not?
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Posted 05 January 2006 - 05:43 PM
- "She". (Not that it matters on the 'net, really, and it's not a mistake likely to be made in person....)
My reading of AK Dog Doc's post was that he was in favor of prevention
Besides, I have to go make some wine now.
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Important points to remember
1) The normal dose of ivermectin used for prevention of heartworm in products such as Heartguard (6 micrograms/kg) is not documented to cause the toxicity associated with this mrd1 mutation in collies or any other dog. It is only when higher doses are used, often by people mistakenly thinking the cattle/sheep dose is appropriate for dogs, that toxic symptoms appear in susceptible dogs.
2) Any of the avermectins, the class of chemicals ivermectin belongs to, are capable of producing the same toxicity in affected dogs when used at high doses. The commonly held belief that heartworm preventives such as Interceptor are safer than Heartguard is incorrect. Both products are safe at the low dose used. However, there are confirmed reports that moxidectin, which is used in the six month injectable for heartworm prevention, has caused neurotoxicosis in susceptible collies.
3) Any breed of dog can suffer from toxicity and death from ivermectin and the related class of drugs if they consume high enough levels to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Levels of ivermectin shown to cause toxicity in beagles, a breed that does not have the mdr1 mutation are 2.5 - 40 mg/kg which is greater than 200 times the therapeutic dose.
Special considerations for farm dogs
An important consideration not everyone is aware of is that farm dogs often consume ivermectin or other avermectins in the manure from recently treated stock. Merck reports an apparent half-life for ivermectin of 1-1.5 weeks in sheep manure from sheep wormed with the standard drench dose of 200 micrograms/kg. They also estimate typical soil incorporation rates for manure from treated sheep to range from 0.16 ppb to 5.1 ppb. (From http://www.fda.gov/c...31-392FONSI.pdf ) Therefore, it?s possible for collies and other breeds known to have the mdr1 mutation to consume a toxic dose of ivermectin from eating the manure of recently wormed stock. The timing of worming stock with avermectins should also be taken into account when giving farm dogs heartworm preventative to prevent accidental overdose.
Partial list of drugs known or suspected to cause problems in dogs with the mdr-1 mutation
Ivermectin (antiparasitic agent)
Loperamide (Imodium?; over-the-counter antidiarrheal agent)
Doxorubicin (anticancer agent)
Vincristine (anticancer agent)
Vinblastine (anticancer agent)
Cyclosporin A (immunosuppressive agent)
Digoxin (heart drug)
Acepromazine (tranquilizer)
Butorphanol (pain control)
Partial list of drugs thought to have the potential to cause problems with the mdr-1 mutation
Reference: Neff, et al, 2004
As far as the internet reports on cases of ivermectin sensitivity in border collies, as I said, I contacted the people who do the gene test and they said no border collies had been confirmed to have the mutation. I asked specifically about the unconfirmed reports and they are still unconfirmed. The number of border collies that've had the test is now over 300.
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 02:41 AM
Here's a little more detail on Denise's point #2.
So-called "ivermectin" sensitivity is actually sensitivity to a broad class of compounds due to a basic defect in the blood-brain barrier. Normal dogs are protected from acute and often fatal neurotoxicoses when these compounds are administered as pharmaceuticals (including ivermectin) by P-glycoprotein, an ATP-dependent drug transporter that moves a broad spectrum of substrates across several tissue borders throughout the body. The normal gene encoding for P-glycoprotein is MDR1.
Anti-helminthic pharameuticals that are P-glycoprotein substrates include the family of compounds known as macrocyclic lactones. These compounds exert their anti-helminthic properties by causing neurotoxicosis in a number of invertebrates (including helminths and arthropods) by potentiating ligand-gated chloride ion channels in the peripheral nervous system. Generations of macrocyclic lactones known as avermectins have been developed for veterinary use, decreasing their toxic side effects to normal animals (without the mdr1-1Δ mutation).
These compounds include: ivermectin (HeartGard), milbemycin oxime (Interceptor and Sentinel), moxidectin (Proheart), selamectin (Revolution), and doramectin (Decomax).
Given the mechanism for toxcity, there is no reason to consider milbemycin oxime safer for dogs with the mdr1-1Δ mutation than ivermectin. The monthly oral dose of both ivermectin and milbemycin oxime has been administered for heartworm prophylaxis to Collies homozygous for mdr1-1Δ without incident and both have been shown to have similar pharmaceutical margins of safety in sensitive Collies (Tranquilli et al. 1991). (source American Working Collie Association)
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 08:18 AM
Breed distribution and history of canine mdr1-1 delta, a pharmacogenetic mutation that marks the emergence of breeds from the collie lineage
A group at the Washington State University Vet school was part of the study and this is a link to their webpage.
Multidrug Sensitivity (e.g. ivermectin)
If you would like to get you dog tested for this mutation, WSU is performing the DNA test and this is a link to that information.
Testing your dog for the mutation
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 12:25 PM
While most of our travel for flyball, agility, and herding has been northward to Washington and in the future British Columbia, it's quite conceivable that we could head south.
Provided that she tests negative for heartworms, I'm inclined to start her on preventative.
We guesstimate that Grace turns a very healthy two years old this month. We plan on keeping her healthy...
Posted 06 January 2006 - 01:24 PM
Are you coming up in February for the Flying Squad tourney in Abbotsford?
Originally posted by Stafford:
...While most of our travel for flyball, agility, and herding has been northward to Washington and in the future British Columbia, it's quite conceivable that we could head south.
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Posted 06 January 2006 - 02:00 PM
Many, many of the shelter dogs die from it because there isn't enough money to treat it or it's gone on for too long.
When we rescued Buddy at 22 months he had not been on preventitive at all. He was on Heartguard for about a year, then we switched to Interceptor because it also prevents certain worms (which we have a lot of here as well.)
I'm not one for drugging my dogs at every chance, but I think it's best to do what you can if there is any risk you could get it. Some folks only use preventitve during the mosquito season (on the mainland - every season is mosquito season here!) so that may be an option. You'd have to ask your vet.
Posted 11 January 2006 - 04:50 AM
I would of course want to know if this information is not accurate, as I'm sure everyone would. But I think this is also why many don't worry as much about heartworm during winter.
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Hibiscus Chutney
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Vegetarian Vegan Corn-free Dairy-free Egg-free Gluten-free Peanut-free Soy-free Tree nut-free Wheat-free
This has a sweet-tart flavor somewhat similar to tamarind chutney. If you've made Hibiscus Tea Concentrate or Hibiscus Pops, save the strained blossoms and use them here—there's plenty of flavor left!
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Combine all ingredients (including toasted, ground spices) in a small saucepan. Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, for about 40 minutes, to allow the flavors to meld and for the harshness of the vinegar to dissipate. Adjust salt, sugar and red pepper flakes to taste. Let cool to room temperature.
Blend in a blender until completely cool, then pour into a container with an air-tight lid. It can be kept, refrigerated, for several weeks.
This chutney is great with pappadams or as an accompaniment to your favorite Indian dish.
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PHOTO: Ornate woodwork was among the design features in the Oliver Traphagen House, which also was the headquarters for HTK Marketing Communications. Pictured in this 2012 photo are HTK President and CEO Mike Seyfer, left, and Chief Creative Officer and partner Marsha Hystead. Duluth fire officials on Tuesday said the blaze was arson related and a nearby structure was also targeted.
A fire early Monday morning heavily damaged the historic Oliver Traphagen House, a Duluth landmark.
Designed by one of the area's earliest significant architects, the three-story Victorian mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Traphagen also designed Duluth Central High School, the Old City Hall downtown and a number of other well-known Duluth landmarks.
The Duluth Fire Department received a call that the building was on fire about 1 a.m. Monday. When firefighters arrived, flames were already shooting out a first floor window and had extended into the floor above.
More than two dozen fire fighters fought the blaze, which caused more than $150,000 in damages. The cause is under investigation.
The red stone building about a mile east of downtown Duluth is home to HTK Marketing Communications, a marketing firm. It is on sale and on the market for about $750,000, according to commercial real estate broker Greg Follmer, with Messina and Associates.
"It's one of the most photographed buildings in Duluth. You routinely see people out front taking a picture of that building," Follmer said. "It's really just a tragic event. It's sad to see."
Follmer said the building likely will require extensive repairs. But he doesn't think the structure was heavily damage and expects that it will be used again.
Mike Seyfer, CEO of HTK Marketing Communications, said he and his staff were planning a move to the Canal Park district in October. Seyfer said much of firm's electronic work was stored off site and not affected by the fire.
"In fact, I've already secured office space," he said. "Our technology provider is already getting the connectivity there. My expectation is that by Wednesday, we'll be fully up and running."
Seyfer said the marketing company's staff is working from home. He hopes some of the business can be salvaged from the building.
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A statement in Abuja yesterday by spokesman of the party Olisa Metuh said there was no move to amend the People's Democratic Party's constitution ahead of the next elections.
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