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Janus Particles as Body Submarines?
Roland Piquepaille writes "Janus particles, which take their name from a Roman god with two faces, are microscopic 'two-faced' spheres whose halves are physically or chemically different. Now, U.S. researchers have shown that some of these Janus microparticles can move like stealthy submarines when an alternating electrical field is applied to liquid surrounding them. This could lead to new kinds of self-propelling microsensors or means of targeted drug delivery."
On January 24th, the California Supreme Court ruled that employers can fire workers who use medical marijuana even if it was legally recommended by a doctor.
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We knew this was going to happen because Oregon did the same thing right at the time we were finishing up the wording for the California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative 2008 (CCHHI). We addressed this problem in our initiative under section 5(b). Here is the wording we have included:
5(b): "Testing for inactive and/or inert residual cannabis metabolites shall not be required for employment or insurance, nor be considered in determining employment, other impairment, or intoxication."
Now all we have to do is get this initiative on the ballot to fix this problem. We need everyone's help with this. Please visit http://www.calhemp08.org/ for more information on how you can help.
The only way to reverse the Greenhouse Effect is with Cannabis Hemp. It makes the best fuel on Earth, as well as the best paper, fiber, food and medicines. Californians are smart to use this wonderful plant and should not be threatened with losing their jobs for it.
The average lifespan in the United States is 76 for a man and 78 for a woman. But if you smoke pot morning, noon and night, you will live an average of two years longer than if you don't. People who smoke pot but don't smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol will live approximately 8 to 24 years longer than those who do smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol. This was proven in studies done by Dr. Vera Ruben on Rastafarians in Jamaica from 1968 to 1974. The Rastafarians lived up in the hills and were the poorest people in Jamaica. Everyone expected them to have the shortest lives but instead they had the longest lives. They smoked pot morning, noon and night. This study cost $6,000,000.00 and was an extremely comprehensive study. If the same study was done today it would cost approximately $125,000,000.00.
We can do something about this if we have all of you helping us. We only have until the middle of April so let's get to work!!! Thanks!
Save the world for 24 bucks -
12 bucks if you dont have 24
If we legalize Cannabis Hemp in California this year, just imagine what life will be like a couple of years from now. Almost everything we use in our daily lives will be made from hemp.
We won't have to feel guilty about going to places like McDonald's or Burger King anymore because the packaging will be made from hemp (not trees). You'll have your choice between a cow burger and a hemp burger. Cheese too. Hempseed is the finest food on the planet, bar none. It helps clean out your arteries. And it tastes great. It can be made to look and taste like just about anything you want it to. You can have hemp ice cream for dessert!
No more smelly exhaust fumes coming out of our cars. We'll be using the finest fuel in the world and we won't have to shoot anybody for it. The CO2 levels will be drastically reduced. The only way to reverse the Greenhouse Effect is by growing hemp all over the globe and leaving all trees and fossil fuels (gas, oil and coal) in the ground.
Our cars will be made of hemp too! Henry Ford built a car made of hemp right before World War II. He predicted that all cars in the future would be made from hemp or other plants. There's a little video on YouTube showing him hitting the back of the car with a sledgehammer to demonstrate how strong it is and how it wouldn't make a dent.
Our houses will be made almost completely from hemp. It is a non-toxic replacement for cement, lumber, sheetrock, plaster, insulation and acoustic tiles. Because of its strength and flexibility, it makes an ideal construction material for areas susceptible to earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes. It is non-flammable, fungicidal, antibacterial, waterproof and inedible by rodents and termites.
Just about everything inside our houses will be made from hemp, too, including carpet
Rather than hope for a front page Ask Slashdot acceptance, I decided to burn a little karma and ask here in a low reply volume discussion:
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Since Friday 29 February, a number of 'net users have experienced odd behavior of discussion forums such as this one. For instance, if the problem still exists here as it does on other boards, this posy WILL NOT HAVE PARAHRAPH BREAKS (all caps to make that stand out in case it does not have said paragraph breaks). Odder still, the breaks show up during composition but not in the posted version. Only by manually entering HTML paragraph markers do paragraphs show up in the posted version.
(Note that I must actually post this to determine if the problem still exists here, so if this post looks okay, please do not assume the problem is gone net-wide (because it isn't), but only here on
Is anyone else experiencing this and does anyone have an idea what is going on? (THIS IS NOT A JOKE)
Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.