WP that shit!

One of the most remarkable properties of xanthan gum is its capability of producing a large increase in the viscosity of a liquid by adding a very small quantity of gum of the order of one percent. In most foods it is used at 0.5% or as low as 0.05%. The viscosity of xanthan gum solutions decreases with higher shear rates, this is called pseudoplasticity. Foods need high viscosity a low shear rates to be stable. But when consumed they cannot seem to be thick and heavy in the mouth. Due to the pseudoplastic properties of xanthan gum it can seem thin in the mouth (fairly high rates of shear) but still have good stabilization properties. Unlike other gums it is very stable under a wide range of temperatures and pH, and is accepted as a safe food additive in USA and Europe, with E number E415.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthan_gum

HOLY SHIT! HYBRID HYDRAULICS

This is my new favorite automobile technology! It reduces fuel consumption and emissions as well as particulate and noise from braking. And no lead acid batteries! On its face it seems like a much more efficient energy transfer (not so much wasted heat) and apparently it is. 3x more for the new F150 (60mpg city). And apparently it gives better acceleration, too:

When the accelerator is released, the vehicle’s kinetic energy is used to pump hydraulic fluid from a low-pressure reservoir into a high-pressure accumulator (storage cylinder). The use of the kinetic energy in this way also places a drag on the drive-line, thus slowing the vehicle.

The hydraulic fluid compresses gas within the accumulators, creating pressure within the system.

When the accelerator is re-engaged, this fluid flows back out from the high-pressure accumulator to drive the motor, providing power to the vehicle during acceleration.

-http://www.ferret.com.au/articles/48/0c037548.asp

http://www.newtechspy.com/articles06/hydraulichybrid.html
http://blog.wired.com/cars/index.blog?entry_id=1507498
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/technology/index.htm#hydraulic

The damned rocks at my feet are beautiful and I just can't stop looking at them.

from http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/speed1.html

2. Stop talking to yourself when you read. People talk to themselves in 2 ways, by:
• vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your lips as you read, and
• subvocalizing, which is talking to yourself in your head as you silently read.
Both of these will slow you down to the point in which you find that you can't read any faster than you can speak. Speech is a relatively slow activity; for most, the average speed is about 250 WPM (words per minute).
Reading should be an activity which involves only the eyes and the brain. Vocalization ties reading to actual speaking. Try to think of reading as if you were looking at a landscape, a panorama of ideas, rather than looking at the rocks at your feet.

Great. Subvocalizing is exactly how I read. And I can't cut it out. To me, it's like trying to think of nothing. You just can't do it. There's too much to think about.

The patient of the future will be more aware of his or her own health and needs, thereby living a healthier lifestyle and requiring less care.

24 s5e02 or 24: Day 5, 8A-9A

Jack Bauer just wants a second chance at having a family.

FUNERAL HOME SIGN IN FLATBUSH:

"Where beauty softens your grief"

So basically if I smoke, my deathforecast says I'll live 77 years. If I don't, I only llive to be 82 anyway. Why don't I smoke?

New York State Bike Laws:

In New York bicycles have the legal right to share the road on most public highways and bicyclists mus comply with governing laws. Byciclists can be ticketeed for violations. In the case of children, parents or guardians may be held responsible for any fines.

Here is a summary of the principal requirements of bicyclists under New York Law:

-Bicyclists must ride with traffic and thus travel in the same direction as motor vehicles.
-Bicyclist may travel side-by-side on the road, but must ride single-file when other vehicles need to pass.
-A bicycle is a vehicle and as such must observe all traffic laws and obey all signals, signs, and pavement markings.
-If there is a bicycle lane in he roadway, the bicyclist should use it except to avoid a hazard or to turn left. If there is a separate parallel path, the bicyclist may use either the path or roadway.
-Bicyclists must signal to turn on a roadway, a bike lane or bike path.
-Bicycling is not allowed on interstate highways and expressways. Local jurisdiction can prohibit bicycles elsewhere, for example parkways or sidewalks.
-Helmets must be worn by those under 14 years old. Localities may have additional requirements for those over 14.
-Bicycles must be properly equipped with workable brakes, a bell or horn, reflectors and, if driven at night, a headlight and taillight.
-A bicyclist cannot wear more than one earphone when listening to a radio or other audio device.
-A bicyclist may not grab onto or otherwise attach to a moving motor vehicle.
-A bicycle cannot carry more people than the number it was designed to carry.

The law also calls for motorists to exercise "due care" to avoid collision with bicyclists. Bicycle accidents involving death or serious injury have to be reported within ten days.

God is just a rule.

I'm not sure what's meant by that. Like Jesus Christ is a savior because he figured out the rule that is god that is just life and the people and made a lot of people's lives better somehow. And there are others like that in history and in other religions and they're saviors too. But it ain't magic, man. It's just people.