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 Thanks, Shakes. <actually not the result I had hoped for, but it's been that kinda week...>  <thinking prosaically here> Wait, there are better fish to fry in the OTHER active thread in OT... <You know, OT really stands for occupational therapy, not Off Topic, don't you?>
proud hyperborean
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Just to make things interesting, while ideas on protobacteria percolate elsehere on the forum.. The Cellular Energy Crisis: Mitochondria and Cell Death. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 35(1):105-110, January 2003. WATERHOUSE, NIGEL J. Abstract: WATERHOUSE, N. J. The Cellular Energy Crisis: Mitochondria and Cell Death. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 105-110, 2003. Exploding nuclear reactors, environmental destruction, and global warming; the danger of energy production is clear. It is quite remarkable that in this modern age, where power usage is at a premium, we find that even on a cellular level, generation of large quantities of power comes at a cost. Mitochondria, which produce the majority of cellular energy in the form of ATP, have recently been shown to play an essential role in the death of a cell by a process known as apoptosis. During apoptosis, the integrity of mitochondria is compromised and various pro-apoptotic proteins are released into the cytoplasm. This results in activation of caspases, proteases that orchestrate the death of the cell. Cells in which apoptosis is inhibited upstream of mitochondria generally maintain the potential to proliferate, whereas inhibition of caspases downstream of mitochondria generally only delays cell death. Although breaches of the mitochondrial outer membrane result in the release of proteins that are important for respiration, mitochondria appear capable of maintaining at least some of their functions, including ATP production, even after this event. This has important implications both for the mechanism of outer-membrane permeabilization and the mechanism by which the cells eventually die in the absence of caspase activity. The events surrounding the breach of the mitochondrial outer membrane during apoptosis have therefore received much interest over the past few years. proud hyperborean
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How many gallons of gas can you buy for $500 @ $3.50/gal? ($500 car)/($3.50/gal) = 143gal How many miles can 143gal. take you if you can go 25mi/gal? (143gal)*(25mi/gal) = 3,575mi to equal $500. For the Jeep, assuming it also costs $500 (143gal)*(16mi/gal) = 2,288mi Difference of 1,287 miles. That's like driving from San Francisco, CA to St. Louis, MO. Oh, and gas is $116/barrell
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^- Ewa Sonnet -^
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Fuck. In 2005 it cost me $35 to fill up the 16 gallon tank in my 20mpg van. Now it costs me $35 to fill up a 10 gallon tank in my 30mpg coupe. $3.25 Regular $3.39 Mid $3.49 Super ( 93 octane)
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Was there any doubt???
I was the 
