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[vesicles]

Hehehe...Vesicles and Asif, please remember your lowley servant when you both become famous! LOL!

Jeff, You should be considered as our mentor! We may be in different fields, but your advice is equally invaluable!

Man did that sound like an acceptance speech!?

 

[asif iqbal]

That is an excellent idea! Asif, let's collaborate! Btw, do you go to the Biophysical Society meetings? I won't be able to go this year, but I usually go to the Biophysical society meetings. We can shoot some bulls and who knows something big might come up, as Jeff suggested.

Yes I have been to quite a few and by far the best one I attended was in Erice in Sicily in 2007

Set high in the mountains above Trapani over looking the stunning deep blue mediterranean sea it's a amazing three week course for PhD students which I attended in 2007, many Noble Prize winners give talks there and you to meet people from all over the world

It's like a 5 star holiday in the best places I have ever visited and it's always in the summer, I ate olives, fish, oranges and bread for three whole weeks and never once did I get tired of the diet, it's not wonder Sicilans are so healthy and also so good looking!!! Lol

Here's a group pic of us when we were there, also there was Ada Yonath X- ray crystallography from the renowned Weizman Institute of Science in Israel, she got the Nobel Prize for her work in Ribosomes in Chemistry in 2009 shared with Thomas Steitz and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, but in 2007 she did not know that her work was going to get her the ultimate prize on science

Do you see that old man sitting at the front that's William Lipscomb, Nobel prize winner for Chemistry 1976 sadly he passed away in 2011 aged a very healthy 91

He's the one with the blue shirt and white hair in the front row

I am standing in the second row in the blue t shirt 5th from the left

I have met in total 7 Nobel Prize winners during my PhD I had great exposure

 

[SampanViking]

Having just heard the current weather forecast for the US, with more heavy snow and temperatures of between, -20 and -40 centigrade, I would like to say to all affected members, please be careful and please make sure you stay warm.

I take it that in these conditions, normal life will be suspended and that people will just batten down until the worst is over?

 

[bd popeye]

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Huh.. that ain't about nuthin'!! Apparently you've never heard about the legend of Paul Bunyan and his Ox Blue..

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[bd popeye]

Cedar Rapids IA weather report..

Cold..Frigid!

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By Justin Gehrts, Meteorologist

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Iowans are bracing as extreme cold arrives and remains through Tuesday morning.

Arctic air is continuing to move into the area, resulting in falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills. The worst of the cold will happen Sunday night into Monday.

Temperatures will keep falling Sunday evening. Widespread lows of -20 to -25 still appear likely; these would approach or set new records for January 6. With a northwest wind of 15 to 30 mph, sometimes gusting higher, wind chills will fall to -40 to -50. The highest risk of wind chills reaching -50 is generally in areas near and north of Interstate 80.

There will be almost no meaningful recovery from the cold on Monday. Despite a partly cloudy sky, winds are still going to be howling at 15 to 30 mph, sometimes gusting higher. With highs only getting back to -10 to -15, wind chills will stay close to -40 even during the day. To give a sense of how cold Monday will be, we will be very close to our all-time record coldest high temperatures.

Although Monday night and Tuesday will both be very cold, the wind will lighten to less than 15 mph. Wind chills Tuesday night will be close to -30, rising to around -10 on Tuesday.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. Frostbite will occur in less than 15 minutes on exposed skin! Limit your time outdoors. If you must spend time outside, wear several layers and cover as much exposed skin as possible.

The Mayo Clinic website recommends dressing in layers and covering as much skin as you can if you have to be outdoors.

Watch for symptoms of frostbite -- which include a painful, prickly sensation, pale or grayish-yellow skin and hard or waxy-looking skin.

Symptoms of hypothermia include shivering, clumsiness or a lack of coordination and slurred speech or mumbling. As hypothermia progresses, the victim may cease to shiver.

Seek medical attention if you experience any of those symptoms.

Do not leave pets outdoors – animals left out of warm shelter will freeze.

This cold wave will feature actual air temperatures that are the coldest since 2009. However, that cold wave had much lighter winds. The intensity of the low wind chills will be the worst eastern Iowa has experienced since 1996. This is an exceptionally strong blast of Arctic air. Plan ahead and be prepared – water pipes may rupture and power outages may occur (given the gusty winds). We will also be reaching temperatures at which vehicle exhaust may freeze directly onto pavement, causing icy patches.

 

[Air Force Brat]

Cedar Rapids IA weather report..

Cold..Frigid!

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By Justin Gehrts, Meteorologist

looks like you'all will have -21F in the morning, we'all on the other hand will have a balmy -20F and tommorows high will be -13F, oh Gee Whiz, were's my global warming, its 9F here now on the way to the basement, I went out and scooped some snow up on the foundation to keep it a little warmer under the house, hope all my pipes stay "fluid".....

 

[bd popeye]

looks like you'all will have -21F in the morning, we'all on the other hand will have a balmy -20F and tommorows high will be -13F, oh Gee Whiz, were's my global warming, its 9F here now on the way to the basement, I went out and scooped some snow up on the foundation to keep it a little warmer under the house, hope all my pipes stay "fluid".....

Global warming..my butt!....

We have no trouble with our pipes or car starting.

We are having a heat wave on Thursday.. it will be 23F(-5C)..whoopie! Not!

 

[T-U-P]

Global warming..my butt!....

We have no trouble with our pipes or car starting.

We are having a heat wave on Thursday.. it will be 23F(-5C)..whoopie! Not!

Temperature in Toronto is forecasted to feel like -35C tonight after windchill. Google says that's -31F.

 

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Temperature in Toronto is forecasted to feel like -35C tonight after windchill. Google says that's -31F.

Quick TUP do that boiling water thing that I asked you to do last time! I bet it's cold enough to turn it into ice and snow in an instant before it touches the ground.

 

[Air Force Brat]

Temperature in Toronto is forecasted to feel like -35C tonight after windchill. Google says that's -31F.

Although I don't dis-count windchill, it is a "tool" of the media to "hype" weather to NEWS, just tell me the temp, and the wind velocity, like the "heat index", just makes the weak minded feel worse, it annoys me to no end to have someone tell me "its going to be 34 below in the morning, when the actual temperature is -13 below. So, if you step out of the wind, its not half bad???? that's right, its finally winter again on the great prairie, and soon it will be spring, fact is, I celebrate spring in March, period, and now I'm ready! Oh an thanks to the Lord, my water in my pipes remains "fluid", the HoneyBadger and I spent the night in the living room on our couches, we do share a bed, but we've been married long enuf that we no longer "snuggle up" on the couch, lol!