Air Ambulance Services

Air ambulance! Ever heard about it? Have enough information about this service? An air ambulance is an aircraft used for emergency medical assistance in situations where either a traditional ambulance cannot easily or quickly reach the scene or the patient needs to be repositioned at a distance where air transportation is most practical. So, we must have some knowledge about the air ambulance services. Because, emergency comes without giving a hint!

If you want to get some good information about air ambulance services in the United States, visit airambulance.net. They have 21 years of experience in the industry and their staff are experts in Air Ambulance Transport.

What is special about airambulance.net? They provides excellent service to patients with the help of trained and experienced on board flight nurse and flight paramedics. Their air ambulance has state of the art medical equipments to provide the best service. They coordinate from bedside to bedside, while providing the same attention and support to all patients.

How air ambulance service works? They picks up the patient from hospital, home or facility and transfers the patient to the air ambulance. On air, their nurses takes care of the patient. Upon landing, their ground ambulance transports the patient to the bedside, nursing home or hospital.

Their Medical Flight Team Includes: Board Certified Flight Physicians, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, ICU/CCU Licensed Registered Nurses, Nationally Registered Flight Paramedics, Certified Respiratory Therapists and Emergency Medical Technicians(EMT).

The airambulance.net provides air ambulance service in 50 states of the US. Be it Florida, or New York or Hawaii, you will get there service every where! To know more about the air ambulance service near to you, visit airambulance.net. Even you can contact them by using a simple online form.

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Mutations and Schizophrenia

A new U.S. study reveals that there is a relation between certain genetic variations and brain tissue mutations, and schizophrenia. Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Washington and the National Institute of Mental Health found that deletions, disruptions and duplications of normal genes were three to four times more frequent in people with schizophrenia. The findings of this study were published in the journal 'Science'.

Schizophrenia, a debilitating psychiatric trouble, affects around 1% of the world’s population. The people with schizophrenia suffer from hallucinations, delusions, and unsystematic thinking, and are at risk for strange or odd behaviors. The disease deeply affects communal and work-related functioning and has massive public health costs.

Researchers analyzed a variety of blood samples from 158 schizophrenia patients, plus 268 people that do not have any psychiatric problem. Researchers used a high-resolution gene scanning technique, to study unusual mutations. The group saw 53 different mutation instances, and they found that multiple, individually rare mutations took place over thrice frequently among persons with schizophrenia.

"This part of our findings indicates something we didn't know before: that rare structural mutations in genes, while present in both healthy people and people with schizophrenia, are much more likely to occur among people with the illness," said senior author Jonathan Sebat of Cold Spring Harbor. "This suggests a previously unknown role for rare mutations in the causation of schizophrenia."

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Funny and Insightful Jokes

I love funny and insightful jokes. And when it comes to funny videos, I can't resist myself! Recently, I discovered an interesting video blog called "Legal Pad Ponders". This blog contains some interesting, funny and insightful videos. I enjoyed the Legal Pad Ponders series, that has 6 different videos. Watch it now.

"Legal Pad Ponders" also contains some funny videos like "Bottle Water Commercial", "Condom Commercial" etc. Johnny, the author of that blog nicely presents his thoughts in the form of videos. So, if you enjoy funny and insightful jokes, you must give a look at the videos of "Legal Pad Ponders".

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Automated Transfer Vehicle approaches ISS

The unmanned European space ship "Jules Verne" (known as the Automated Transfer Vehicle - ATV) has performed its first tasks successfully, navigating to within 3.5km of the International Space Station (ISS). The cargo space ship is carrying some five tonnes of food for the crew at the ISS. The craft must carry out two rigorous navigation rehearsal days before being allowed to attempt the delicate docking with the space station.

Jules Verne used relative GPS measurements to determine its position compared to the position of the space station, then successfully performed an "escape" manoeuvre on the instructions of ground staff, situated in Toulouse, France. Launched on March 9, the Jules Verne is expected to dock with the ISS on April 3 at 14:41 universal time.

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Space Agency sued for Fallen Rocket part

When rocket falls in backyard! A shepherd is suing the Russian space agency after a 10-foot-long chunk of metal from a rocket nearly hit his outdoor toilet. Boris Urmatov, who lives in a small village in Russia's Altai region, is seeking a million roubles (£21,200) damages from the Roskosmos agency.

"Something woke him up in the night, like something exploded. Since he's visually handicapped he didn't notice the fallen rocket parts. In the morning in front of the shepherd hut he saw this enormous metal casing, as smooth as an egg," said his sister Marina.

The village Kyrlyk, lies underneath the flight path of rockets taking off from the Baikonur launchpad in Kazakhstan. So, authorities has designated it as a special zones where people may not go during the launches.

Space agency Roskosmos said it warned residents when a launch was scheduled, and in a history stretching back over 50 years and 400 rockets, only a few rocket parts had fallen outside the designated areas.

"Technologically speaking, these parts are supposed to fall off during a launch. They fly, they fall, they fly, they fall. It's how they work. If a court determines that, yes, those are rocket parts, they fell on his land, then for sure he will be compensated. No question about it," said Alexander Vorobyov, a spokesman for Roskosmos. Link

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HDPE products and Recycling

Have you heard about HDPE? High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) is a form of recyclable plastic, that is commonly used in manufacturing of consumer products. It was invented by Paul Hogan and Robert Banks of Phillips Petroleum in 1951. Chemically, is a polymer molecule where all the atoms are linked together in a long chain. HDPE is created by a catalytic process, and is normally prepared from ethylene. HDPE's melting point of 130 degrees Celsius and it is resistant to alcohols, acids and bases. HDPE is strong but lightweight and absorbs very little moisture. That's why it is used in manufacturing of different products.

HDPE has been approved of as a product for food packaging by various institutions, including the FDA, NSF and USDA. Nowadays HDPE is used in a wide range of applications and products. From detergent bottles to milk jugs, and from the laboratory to household chemicals, HDPE products are used every where.

The good thing is that HDPE Material can be recycled. Recyclable waste of HDPE is called as Scrap HDPE. They comes in all forms, shapes and colors. Before starting the process of recycling, the recyclable HDPE materials are sorted and cleaned. It helps in adding value to the quality of recycled products. Then contamination free flakes of Scrap HDPE is used to manufacture new products such as bags, bottles, containers, clothing, carpet, drums, plastic lumber, etc.

HDPE is an important and remarkable substance. Recycling of this kind of plastic products will help us to keep this world clean. So, don't throw away your plastic wastes. Just collect and put them in special bin, from which the wastes will be picked by a public or private hauling company.

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Beautiful Cocoon Nebula

The Cocoon Nebula, named as IC 5146, is a strikingly beautiful nebula located about 4,000 light years away toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus). Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing open cluster of stars. Like other stellar nurseries, the Cocoon Nebula holds, at the same time, a bright red emission nebula, blue reflection nebulas, and dark absorption nebulas. These three processes create a host of colors.

In the above image taken recently by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) in Hawaii, USA, you can see the beautiful colors of the Cocoon Nebula. The massive star towards the left of the picture opened a hole in an existing molecular cloud through which much of the glowing material flows. This star was formed about 100,000 years ago and now it provides the energy source for much of the emitted and reflected light from the Cocoon Nebula. Take a look at another photo of the beautiful nebula. Source: NASA

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Endeavour returns home

US Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Wednesday, ending a two-week long mission to International Space Station. The shuttle landed on NASA's illuminated runway at 8:39 p.m. It was a rare nighttime touchdown. It was only the 22nd space shuttle landing in darkness. Less than one-fifth of all missions have ended at nighttime; the last one was in 2006.

Endeavour was supposed to land before sunset, but at virtually the last minute, clouds moved in and it's homecoming is delayed. As the astronauts took an extra swing around the planet, the sky cleared enough to satisfy flight controllers gave green signal to return home.


Endeavour blasted off March 11, on an important mission to construct the space station. During their 16 day mission astronauts installed the first piece of Japan's Kibo lab, put together a giant Canadian robot named Dextre and tested a shuttle repair technique. The International Space Station is now 70 percent complete, with a mass of nearly 600,000 pounds. NASA hopes to complete the construction process in 2010. Link

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Huge Antarctic Ice Chunk Collapses

A huge chunk of ice, bigger than the Isle of Manhattan, has started to collapse in Antarctica. Satellite images suggest that part of the ice shelf is disintegrating, and now it is hanging by a thread. Scientists has blamed Global Warming for this collapse.


Satellite images show the runaway disintegration of a 160-square-mile chunk in western Antarctica, which started Feb. 28. It was the edge of the Wilkins ice shelf and has been there for hundreds, maybe 1,500 years.

The Wilkins Ice Shelf has been stable for most of the last century, but began retreating in the 1990s. Scientists say the Antarctic Peninsula has experienced unprecedented warming over the last 50 years. According to British Antarctic Survey (BAS), six ice shelves in the same part of the continent have already been lost.

Since an ice shelf is a floating platform of ice, the break-up will have no impact on sea level. But scientists say it heightens concerns over the impact of climate change on this part of Antarctica.

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Saleen S5S Raptor Concept

Car maker Saleen unveiled a new concept supercar, the S5S Raptor, at the New York Auto Show 2008. The Raptor is a two seat mid-engine super car. It will be powered by a Saleen 5.0L Supercharged Engine, that burns either petrol or E85 ethanol blended fuels. It's engine can produce 650hp and 630 lb-ft of torque, that is more than enough to go 0-100 km/h in 3.2 seconds!


The Saleen S5S Raptor concept features an aluminium chassis. The interior of the car can be illuminated by the sun or the city lights through the solar-tented scenic roof that covers the cockpit. The aesthetics for the Raptor were developed by ASC Creative Services, America's largest independent automotive design firm.


The brake system features 15-inch (381 mm) front rotors with 6 piston calipers, and 13-inch (308 mm) rear rotors with dual piston calipers for maximum stopping power. Road holding traction is provided by the 275/35 ZR20 and 315/35/ZR20 Pirelli Rosso tires that wrap the 20' forged aluminum front and rear wheels respectively. The unique black-diamond and carbon fiber finish on the wheels make them as stunning as they are strong.


Production of Saleen S5S Raptor will start in 2010 and it's price tag is estimated as US$185,000.

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