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Spring Semester 2010: * Teaching: Fundamentals of Microbiology - MW 12:00-2:40p Medical Microbiology - TR 2:00-3:15p Colloquium in Cell and Molecular Biology - R 3:30-4:30p Thesis Research - Identification of T Cell Subsets and Immune Response in Colon Cancer Using Immunofluorescence - FOREVER AND EVER Old Journal Entries
Or rather, entries from the old journal, as it were... - An open letter to the College. (August 27, 2006) - Untitled. (July 16, 2006) - Haunted (Part One) (May 29, 2006) - Are we growing up, or just going down? (May 3, 2006) - I had a dream... (March 19, 2006) - ... (March 14, 2006) - Enjoy it while it lasts. (September 12, 2005) - Scene: 3:27 AM. (September 3, 2005) - Untitled. (July 26, 2005) Psst... if you're looking for the academic writings I used to have here, head to my Reading Room. Rented DVDs - The Rage in Placid Lake (2003) - Son of Rambow (2007) - 大紅燈籠高高掛 / D� H�ng Dēngl�ng Gāogāo Gu� [Raise the Red Lantern] (1991) - Au revoir, les enfants (1987) - Chalk (2006) - Le Samoura� (1967) - Empire Records (1995) - The Bank Job (2008) - Le Quatre cents coups [The 400 Blows] (1959) - Love and Other Disasters (2006) - Friends and Family (2001) - Sugar [unrated] (2004) - The Curiosity of Chance (2006) - Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982) - Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) - Death Note [anime] (2006) - Battle Royale (2000) - Le scaphandre et le papillon [The Diving Bell and the Butterfly] (2007) - Extras, Series 2 (2005) - Extras, Series 1 (2005) - Shelter (2007) - Metropolis (1927) - Cashback (2006) - Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay [Unrated] (2008) - The Catherine Tate Show, Series 2 (2005) - The Catherine Tate Show, Series 1 (2004) - Tokyo monogatari [Tokyo Story] (1953) - Akira (1988) - Habuah [The Bubble] (2006) - Prime Suspect 4, including: - The Lost Child (1995) - Inner Circles (1995) - Scent of Darkness (1995) - Like Minds [USA: Murderous Intent] (2006) - La Strada (1954) - Black Orpheus (1959) - Le Notti di Cabiria [Nights of Cabiria] (1957) - Cleo de cinq a sept [Cleo from 5 to 7] (1962) - Det Sjunde Inseglet [The Seventh Seal] (1957) - Prime Suspect 3 (1994) - Funny Face (1957) - Lalechet Al Ha'mayim [Walk on Water] (2004) - Charade (1963) - Yossi & Jagger (2002) - Mists of Avalon (2001) - Blow Up (1966) The *New* Reading List
Since June 2006... - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Dead Emcee Scrolls by Saul Williams [61.3%] - - Junk Science: An Overdue Indictment of Government, Industry, and Faith Groups that Twist Science for Their Own Gain by Dan Agin, Ph.D. [64.4%] - - - - - - - - 1984 by George Orwell [18.8%] - - - | Flooring chemistry. Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 9:03 am I probably didn't notice the staining of the vinyl floors in my bathroom when I first arrived because of the quality of the light in the bathroom. Recently, I switched to a brighter, whiter fluorescent bulbs from yellowish incandescent bulbs, and that's when I first noticed the yellowing of the floors. At first, I only noticed the staining under the bath mats, so I thought maybe it was the result of moisture because I'm not very good with removing the bath mats to dry after I take a shower. Then I noticed a more intense stain under the toilet mat, which is never even remotely as wet as the bath mats are. Some research on the internet led me to a chemical explanation of this phenomenon. Apparently, antioxidants are used in toilet and bath mats for the rubber lining on the bottom. Without those antioxidants, rubber--being organic--would quickly deteriorate. However, these antioxidants can also react with the vinyl and linoleum flooring, which causes the staining. This, unfortunately, is pretty much irreversible. Since the toilet mat has a rubber backing, this makes sense. But my bath mats (the one located in front of the tub and the one located in front of the sink) are not rubber-backed, so I began to examine the extent of the staining underneath each mat. Careful measurement of the size of each stain revealed a mismatch between it and the size of my bath mats. I concluded that the previous occupant had rubber bath mats and a rubber toilet mat, which would explain the light discoloration under each of the bath mats, and the more intense discoloration under the toilet mat (due to the combined antioxidant loads of my toilet mat and the previous occupant's). The trick now is to restore the lighting to its original state when I vacate the apartment in the future so as to trick the eye into not seeing the staining. I'd do anything to get my deposit back. 0 Comments.
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