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The researchers, Lidia Morawska and colleagues at the Queensland University of Technology, classified 17 of the 62 printers, or 27 percent, as “high particle emitters”; one of the 17 pumped out particulates at a rate comparable with emissions from cigarette smoking.

What They Found

The researchers called the emissions “a significant health threat” because of the particles’ small size, which makes them easy to inhale and easily lodged in the deepest and smallest passageways of the lungs.

The effects, she said, can range from simple irritation to much more serious illnesses, including cardiovascular problems or cancer.

“Even very small concentrations can be related to health hazards, where the concentrations are significantly elevated means there is potentially a considerable hazard.” said Morawska.

Two printers released medium levels of particulates, six issued low levels, and 37 or about 60 percent of those tested released no particles at all. HP, which is one of the world’s leading printer sellers, dominated both the list of high-level emitting and non-emitting printers.

The research also found that office particulate levels increased fivefold during work hours because of laser printers. Generally, more particles were emitted when the printer was using a new toner cartridge, and when printing graphics or photographs that require larger amounts of toner than, say, text.

Morawska recommended that people make sure rooms at work and home with laser printers are well ventilated.

List of specific printer result.

Today I’ve read an article regarding the study on the reasons to have sex. The interesting thing according to this the study found men and women have sex for the same reasons, those reasons are lust, not love.

After asking nearly 2000 people why they’d had sex, the researchers in the University of Texas have assembled and categorized a total of 237 reasons.

“I was attracted to the person” was the number one reason for both sexes.

To make sense of the 237 reasons, researchers David Buss and Cindy Meston prioritized the responses in four general categories:

• “The person had beautiful eyes,” or “a desirable body,” or “was a good kisser,” or “too physically attractive to resist.” Or “I wanted to achieve an orgasm.”

• “I wanted to even the score with a cheating partner,” or “break up a rival’s relationship,” or “make money,” or “be popular.” Or “because of a bet.”

• “I wanted to communicate at a deeper level,” or “lift my partner’s spirits,” or “say `Thank you.’.” Or just because “the person was intelligent.”

• “I felt like it was my duty,” or “I wanted to boost my self-esteem,” or “It was the only way my partner would spend time with me.

The answer “I wanted to give someone else a sexually transmitted disease” ranked last for women and second last for men.

The rest of the top 10 were also almost the same for each gender, including “I wanted to express my love for the person,”

I was sexually aroused and wanted the release,” and “It’s fun.

Women were more likely to say they had sex because, “I wanted to express my love for the person” and “I realized I was in love.”

“A person offered to give me drugs for doing it” was the worst reason for having sex.

It’s refuted a lot of gender stereotypes … that men only want sex for the physical pleasure and women want love,” said University of Texas clinical psychology professor Cindy Meston, the study’s co-author.

Global warming refers to the rise in the earth’s temperature resulting from an increase in heat trapping gases in the atmosphere.

Wikipedia : Global warming refers to the increase in thetemperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans indecades and its projected continuation.

Global average air temperature near the Earth’s surface rose 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the twentieth century.

According to The Christian Science Monitor, climate scientists studying global warming now predict that it’s highly likely the world is undergoing significant, human-induced climate changes. They may result in more intense storms, droughts, sea-level rise, wildlife extinction, and other serious problems. But humanity is not a helpless victim. Much is being done to limit the effects of global warming, and more efforts are being planned.

Scientists have concluded that human activities are contributing to global warming by adding large amounts of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. Our fossil fuel use is the main source of these gases. Every time we drive a car, use electricity from coal-fired power plants, or heat our homes with oil or natural gas, we release carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases into the air.

The second most important source of greenhouse gases is deforestation, mainly in the tropics, and other land-use changes.

What we can do to slow global warming is to reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases by:

• driving less and driving more fuel-efficient and less-polluting cars

• using energy-efficient appliances

• insulating homes

• using less electricity in general

Scientists predict that even if we stopped emitting heat-trapping gases immediately, the climate would not stabilize for many decades because the gases we have already released into the atmosphere will stay there for years or even centuries. So while the warming may be lower or increase at a slower rate than predicted if we reduce emissions significantly, global temperatures cannot quickly return to today’s averages. And the faster and more the Earth warms, the greater the chances are for some irreversible climate changes.

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Definitions of Crude Oil on the Web:

1. A mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at atmospheric pressure after passing through surface separating facilities.

2. Liquid petroleum as it comes out of the ground as distinguished from refined oils manufactured out of it.

3. Liquid petroleum as it comes out of the ground. Crude oils range from very light (high in gasoline) to very heavy (high in residual oils). Sour crude is high in sulfur content. Sweet crude is low in sulfur and therefore often more valuable.

4. A mineral oil consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons of natural origin, yellow to black in colour, of variable specific gravity and viscosity.

5. Crude oil is the mixture of petroleum liquids and gases (including impurities such as sulphur) that is pumped out of the ground by oil wells.

6. The basic raw mineral pumped from the earth. There are many different grades of crude, each containing various vapors, liquids and solids. This crude is changed at a refinery into products.

7. OPEC definition :Crude oil is a naturally-occurring substance found in certain rock formations in the earth. It is a dark, sticky liquid which, scientifically speaking, is classified as a hydrocarbon. This means, it is a compound containing carbon and hydrogen, with or without non-metallic elements such as oxygen and sulfur. Crude oil is highly flammable and can be burned to create energy. Along with its sister hydrocarbon, natural gas, derivatives from crude oil make an excellent fuel.

Crude oil reserves.

Note : One barrel equals 42 US gallons, or 159 litres or 7.33 barrels per each ton.

Source : http://www.opec.org

The first oil platform in the world is the Oil Rocks. It was built in 1947 near Baku in Soviet Union. Oil Rocks is a town on the sea, 45 km offshore on the Caspain Sea. Oil Rocks is unique town in the world because over 200 km of streets built on piles of dirt and landfill.

As a survivor on the open sea, we may face extreme heat or cold. We may also face thirsty and hungry. But never drink sea water.. if you drink, the water that makes up your body will be reduced and the cerebrum will be stimulated to required more water and consequently you are compelled to drink more sea water. You would become debilitated, your consciousness would grow dim and at last you would be driven mad.

NEW YORK - He wanted a couple of credit cards. He got a couple of thousand. Manhattan accountant Frank Van Buren found himself flooded with plastic in recent weeks, as the ExxonMobil cards kept on coming. Van Buren, who said he has had an ExxonMobil account for his business for 17 years, had ordered two copies of his card because it was expiring.

He got the cards he requested — and then got two boxes with 1,000 cards each. Van Buren said it took hours to shred the cards, which all had his name and account number.

“How could you send me 2,000 cards by mistake?” Van Buren said he asked customer-service representatives.

ExxonMobil Corp. spokeswoman Paula Chen said the Irving, Texas-based oil company was looking into the mix-up.

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Today was our safety training day which conducted by one of the largest oil company in Malaysia. The main objective was to refresh workers with Loss Prevention System (LPS) which has been in their safety system for 7 years.

LPS - The LPS is a systematic way to promote safe behavior or reduce incidents using behavior-based tools and proven management techniques. The goal of LPS is to prevent or reduce the following types of incidents:

• Personal injuries

• Equipment or property damage

• Product quality incidents

• Regulatory assessments

• Operational or system inefficiencies

• Near losses

LPS aims to prevent or reduce losses through establishing a work culture that :

• Promotes proactive safety activities versus reactive.

• Positive reinforcement of safe behavior

• Integrates LPS tools parts of daily activities

• Provides direction from top to bottom

• Solves problems from bottom to up

• Engages all workers

There were 5 tools within LPS which can prevent incident.

• JSA - Job safety analysis

• SPSA - Safe performance Self Assessment

• IPO - Incident revention Observation

• U see U act

Investigation tools - 5 why’s / Root Cause Analysis (RCAF) and TapRoot®

• Leadership and Stewardship

The slogan for this target is .. I will not get hurt today

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in the funtion tpbc_tracker(), line 81:
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you can change it to:
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