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Viral Web 2.0 Images
Posted by Sean on January 27, 2009
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WHEW!!!
Posted by Sean on January 27, 2009
A VIDEO COMPILATIONS OF CLOSE CALLS!
I COULDN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF THEM!
Courtesy of : http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/
via Damn Cool Pics by Damn Cool Pics on 1/26/09
Well, I’m sure this great video shows the most exceptional almost hit videos! (or if you want to call it close calls / almost dead experiences).
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Cell Phones : A Walking Hazard
Posted by Sean on January 27, 2009
Image Source : Wikimedia
Yes you’ve heard of the attempt at banning cell phone use while driving. To me and most others, it’s common sense to pay attention to your driving, and NOT to your phone. Especially trying to send and receive text messages while driving!
Now it seems children are learning distraction at an early age. Instead of driving while texting, they are walking and texting? Which in some cases has led to walking out in the middle of an intersection full of oncoming traffic??!!
Kids and cell phones: A crosswalk hazard? – Kids and parenting- msnbc.com
Focus people!
Focus!
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Medically Safer Airways
Posted by Sean on January 26, 2009
HERE IS A LIST OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES REQUIRED BY THE FAA FOR EVERY US FLIGHT. I NEVER KNEW
THANKS
Courtesy of : http://casesblog.blogspot.com/
via Clinical Cases and Images – Blog by noreply@blogger.com (Ves Dimov, M.D.) on 1/26/09
Sanjay Gupta in TIME: “As a physician who travels quite a bit, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded “Is there a doctor onboard?” announcement. I wondered what I would do if confronted with a real midair medical emergency–without access to a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment.”
It turns out quite a few items are available at a physician’s disposal in case of emergency. See the list of medical items required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to be stocked on commercial flights:
- aspirin
- diphenhydramine tablets
- IV diphenhydramine
- atropine
- IV dextrose
- IV normal saline
- AED
- oropharyngeal airways
- IM epinephrine (1:1000)
- IV epinephrine (1:10000)
- inhaled bronchodilator
- lidocaine
- nitroglycerine tablets
- nonnarcotic analgesic
- instructions for medication administration
- sphygmomanometer
- stethoscope
- latex gloves
- syringes
- needles
- IV catheters with tubing and connectors
- AMBU bag
- CPR masks
References:
Of the following items, which are not mandated by the FAA to be stocked in the medical kits on US commerical flights? My Emergency Medicine Blog.
Prout, M. MD and Pine, J. MD. “Management of inflight medical emergencies on commercial airlines.” Up to Date. Oct 2008.
Federal Aviation Administration, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Image source: Wikipedia, public domain.
Is There a Doctor Onboard? TIME, 2002.
Despite doctors’ help, airlines are often unappreciative. The National Review of Medicine, 2007.
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How Small Is YOUR Office?
Posted by Sean on January 26, 2009
TALK ABOUT UTILIZING SPACE.
Courtesy of : http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/
via Damn Cool Pics by Damn Cool Pics on 1/26/09
Crisis forces employers to save office space! This system administrator was affected most…
Thats what the creator says:
History: I have two toddlers at home and they love to jack up my stuff. During the day they are loud and I can’t get any work/play done and at night I am too loud and they can’t sleep. I have been kicking this idea around for years. Last year I sold my Jeep and built a new rig and replaced my two beloved Viewsonic 19? CRTs. I figured this was a good time to build the pod as well. I went to the Pic-N-Pull here in Reno and nabbed a captain’s chair out of a date rape van. I used that and some milk crates to mock up how I wanted the pod laid out. Everything was built to proportions of my body. The center of the screen is at eye level. The KB/mouse shelf slides in and out for a perfect fit. The chair slides in and out as well, plus it reclines. I have 5.1 surround sound. The whole thing is made of ¾ HDF (the same stuff as speaker boxes for those in the know) and no matter how loud I get you can hardly hear anything outside the box. as would be expected you can’t keep a gaming rig in a cabinet and I installed a blower tyoe fan to cycle the air; it works very well. the bottom compartment was for a server that I had build but the 7 hard drives were too loud so I just left it empty.
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To Serve..
Posted by Sean on January 26, 2009
Image Source: Flickr
Boy, 14, dupes police, patrols Chicago for 5 hours – Yahoo! News
I guess that’s the best a police department in Chicago could do. They couldn’t complete the quote,’ To PROTECT and Serve’. Not a whole lot of security goin’ on when a youngster (14 years old) can pose as an officer and actually get an assignment, before he’s discovered??
How safe would you feel?
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My Weekly Web Mad Props
Posted by Sean on January 25, 2009
This past couple weeks a lot has been happening out their in my blogosphere.
Seems that Google is ‘trimming the fat’ so-to-speak. So if you are a Google Notebook fan or user ~ Head’s up!
Also Google’s acquisition of Feedburner is in full effect, and it has been a ‘bumpy’ ride. Google released their explanation to the wonky Feedburner activity.
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Is it cold where you live? It seems that hospitals are attempting to prepare for the cold weather training.
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Hey, did you notice we have a new Commander in Chief? Well beware. It seems that the new position is sparking foul play on the internet. And while your at it, beware of additional “hazardous to your computer health” activity on the internet.
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There has been a whole lot of buzz about Twitter lately. Twitter seems to know who you should follow these days? Or do they? Well, if not, maybe you could search for your friends using Twingly? Then when you do find some followers you can TweepSearch them. In the meantime, when your not Tweeting and actually blogging, maybe you could just combine the two with these suggestions? And besides, once you do get some followers and gain some control over your tweets, you’ll need Tweepler to give you a helping hand.
I didn’t even MENTION the FriendFeed additional function! Nor Phil’s suggestion for using Twitter.
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All this Twitter talk almost gave me the hiccups! Good thing I have a cure for them, and didn’t reach for any peanut butter.
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If I happen to forget my cure for hiccups, I could always take a lesson from Ozzy:
Let’s hope not.
Hope your weekend was enjoyable!
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Are You Hungry?
Posted by Sean on January 25, 2009
THIS JUST MADE ME CACKLE WITH LAUGHTER.
Courtesy of : http://lostonthefloor.wordpress.com/
via Lost on the Floor by Wanderer on 1/25/09
Really?Yessiree, I’m gonna’ get me some chicky chicky boom boom for dinner tonight.
As I had been out imbibing adult beverags with work colleagues earlier in the night, this sounded, well, near-delightful. Luckily for me, cooler heads prevailed and there was no chicky chicly boom boom bought. More than anything I just love the name. AlthoughI wonder if that is a code name for certain acts…
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How Big Is It?
Posted by Sean on January 25, 2009
…YOUR BANK ACCOUNT THAT IS. IT SEEMS THERE IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SIZE OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND THE AMOUNT OF PLEASURE WOMEN GET WHEN MAKING LOVE.
Courtesy of : http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/
via The Happy Hospitalist by The Happy Hospitalist on 1/22/09
Time to go do a specialty fellowship.
Scientists have found that the pleasure women get from making love is directly linked to the size of their partner’s bank balance.
“Women’s orgasm frequency increases with the income of their partner,” said Dr Thomas Pollet, the Newcastle University psychologist behind the research.
via Arbroath
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Tough Time Training
Posted by Sean on January 25, 2009
Image Source: Freewebs
So I really am bored with cardio. In fact I have almost eliminated it from my workout routine. I’m lucky if I run once during the week.
Aside from all my orthopedic problems, I really do get bored with just ‘going for a run’. Thankfully the ARC trainer’s at the gym have TV sets. So I can at least keep myself occupied for the 20 or 30 minutes I force myself to endure.
My rationale for eliminating cutting back on my ‘cardio’ was that I was burning enough calories doing my interval weight training. I don’t follow any ‘formal’ program like HIIT, or HIT, or Circuit Training. I do maximum effort, minimal rest, total body – large muscle movement workouts. A pseudo-HIT-HIIT-Circuit training program, toss in some CrossFit and Yoga movements aannnd that’s how I roll. 
So I can’t believe it didn’t dawn on me to apply my max effort – min rest theory to my running/ cardio exercise (or the lack-there-of).
Thanks to Israel over at Fat Man Unleashed and Mark over at Mark’s Daily Apple for spawning this idea in my training.
I can’t say I followed the Tabata spring method to a T. I once again did my own thang. 
Keeping in mind I have to use the ARC trainer, or something similar to an elliptical trainer due to my damaged joints. I ran a pseudo-HIT-Fartlek-Tabata routine for 30 minutes. I did 2 min max sprint effort followed by 30 second rest periods for a total of 9 sets(including a quick warm-up and cool down)
I must say I think my body will be slapping me silly for this tomorrow. I was ‘spaghetti-legged’ afterwards. And doing my CORE exercises turned out to be quite the challenge.
I liked the change, and in theory this type of training should give me more bang-for-my-buck, so I’m interested to see how this plays out over the coming months.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, there is a Dairy Queen Strawberry Shortcake Blizzard waiting for me in the other room (courtesy of my wife – THANKS! 
)
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