The Off Topic Topic

[merithyn]

Uh huh mrs allergies.

Still gotta' get done... allergies or no.

Which, by the way, is Backroom fodder.

CLEAR TEH AIR!

so Meri can breathe. 

garbon's comment had me counting down how long until I'm on vacation, too. I leave in 23 days.

[merithyn]

Uh huh mrs allergies.

Still gotta' get done... allergies or no.

Which, by the way, is Backroom fodder.

Like you bring a medical marvel to be even breathing is only known in TBR

I can breathe... I just do it with a lot of sneezing, wheezing, and coughs.

[garbon]

Vacation in 1.5 hours!

Travelling anywhere?

Nothing too exciting, heading up to the Cape for 4th/my mother's b-day. Will be nice though to be at the beach till Tuesday.

[CountDeMoney]

I miss working through vacation season and rolling it all over to the next year. 

[garbon]

I miss working through vacation season and rolling it all over to the next year. 

We can roll over days but only until end of March in the next year.

[Liep]

Just ordered invitation and visa confirmation for my stay in St. Petersburg. Russia for Schengen! 

[mongers]

I rather like this 'graffiti'/art, I may or may not know the person responsible (it's definitely not me). 

Can you solve mystery maths equation on Boscombe wall?

2:30pm Wednesday 3rd July 2013 in News

Can you solve graffiti maths equation on Boscombe wall?

BAFFLED Boscombe residents are puzzled by a piece of graffiti in Boscombe Crescent which shows an advanced maths equation.

The piece of wall art has caused speculation in the area and the Daily Echo is appealing for help from readers to try and solve the problem.

Jonathan Crozier, who sent in the photograph, said the graffiti has not been removed or defaced for at least a week.

He said: "Earlier today, when I checked, it had still not been defaced - suggesting that even the local yobs can see the exceptional merit in it. My suspicion is that a mathematics graduate must have done it."

The councillor for Boscombe West, Chris Wakefield said: "It's an interesting equation, but I'm not a chemist or a mathematician. If someone would like to come forward and tell us what it means then I would be intrigued.

"The question is, do people think this is wall art or graffiti? It's quite an interesting debate.

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Rest of item here:
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10523657.Can_you_solve_mystery_maths_equation_on_Boscombe_wall_/

[fhdz]

Awesome.

[The Brain]

Is that the graph that proved that Iran has nukes?

[PDH]

Tonight I am at the airport in Denver, ready to start a vacation that will last through the 14th.

Beach, here I come.

[Phillip V]

I am spending my July 4 holiday/weekend on a Georgia farm; hoping to ride horses and eat fresh deer meat.

[katmai]

Um no beaches in Denver, hello!

[CountDeMoney]

Watchdog group finds high levels of carcinogen in Pepsi drinks

A health watchdog group is releasing a study today that found high levels of a cancer-causing chemical in Pepsi drinks in 10 states, including Maryland.

The Center for Environmental Health commissioned Eurofins Analytical laboratory in Louisiana to analyze Coke and Pepsi products that were purchased from 10 states.

The group said Coca-Cola and PepsiCo had pledged to change their products' caramel coloring as a result of a California law that requires labeling of products with cancer-causing ingredients. But CEH found that the Pepsi bought in Maryland and nine other states, not including California, still contains high levels of the chemical, 4-methylimidazole.

The testing showed that Coke products have been reformulated. Earlier tests showed both Coke and Pepsi products have been reformulated in California.

A spokeswoman for PepsiCo released a statement in response to the CEH findings that said the beverage maker's caramel coloring suppliers are modifying their process to reduce the 4-MEI in the caramel.

"The work has been done in California; the rest of the U.S. will be completed by February 2014," the company's statement said. "PepsiCo suppliers are also undertaking this effort globally. There will be no change to our product formula or to the great Pepsi taste consumers know and love."

The statement also said: "The safety of our products is PepsiCo's top priority and we abide by the regulatory guidelines everywhere we do business. The FDA and other regulatory agencies around the world, including the European Food Safety Authority and Health Canada, consider our caramel coloring safe for use in foods and beverages."

CEH applauded Coca-Cola's action but called Pepsi's delay "inexplicable."

UPDATE: After PepsiCo issued its response, a spokesman for CEH said the group will test Pepsi products again in the spring.

In the recent test, CEH asked 10 supporters from across the country to send Coke and Pepsi products bought in their area, and the organization sent them to the lab. Beverages included Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and other products. The tests found little or no 4-Mel chemical in nine out of 10 Coke products. Outside of California, the Pepsi drinks contained levels of the chemical that ranged from four to more than eight times higher than allowed in Californa, the group said.

Nearly half of Americans drink soda every day, according to a 2012 Gallup poll, with the average person drinking more than two glasses of soda a day.

[Phillip V]

Drink water.

[Ideologue]

Drink water.

Like some kind of Third World scum?  No thanks.