Is there truth to the five second rule? Posted: 7 months ago by dOntEAtpOOp
You, or someone you know, is a strong believer in the five second rule. The theory is that food dropped on the floor and picked up in five seconds (or less) has not been on the ground long enough for bacteria to accumulate.
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Revisiting the 5 second rule - How dirty is your bologna? Posted: 1 year ago by BrownTrout
A number of studies have shown that it only takes a few seconds for microbes to invade any food that hits the floor. So what is a safe amount of time for your food to lay dormant on the vast bacterial wasteland that is your home?
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Five gigabits per second wireless transmission Posted: 8 months ago by 2manyusernames
A new chip may revolutionize the world or at least the way that computers, phones, televisions, etc talk to each other. A tiny, $10 chip can achieve five gigabits per second over 10 meters, using a one millimeter-wide antenna and less than two watts of power. You could download a high-def movie to your phone in seconds than upload it to your home computer.
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Two unusual older stars giving birth to second wave of planets Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Hundreds of millions — or even billions — of years after planets would have initially formed around two unusual stars, a second wave of planetesimal and planet formation appears to be taking place. "This is a new class of stars, ones that display conditions now ripe for formation of a second generation of planets, long, long after the stars themselves formed."
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Dog Food Companies Running Scared Posted: 1 year ago by JasonMPA
A dog food company was found harassing dog owners whose dogs had died from contaminated dog food. The only safe alternative to commercial dog food is to make homemade dog food.
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FDA Says Pet Food Contamination Was Intentional Posted: 1 year ago by indierockcafe
Not sure if this has already been posted on Plime. I searched and didn't see it, so I thought it should go up ASAP for all of you out there still wondering what is going on with the pet food epidemic.
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Virtual Terror Strikes Second Life Posted: 2 years ago by MaskedWriter
EVERYBODY VIRTUALLY PANIC
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5-second dropped-food rule debunked Posted: 1 year ago by sholom22
Good news for sloppy chowhounds - that food you dropped on the floor is still safe to eat 30 seconds later.In the interest of culinary science, student researchers at Connecticut College conducted exacting experiments in the dining hall and the snack bar to see how long it takes for food dropped on the floor to attract rogue bacteria, the New London college said in a press release today.
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Angel Food Ministries - Low cost food for anyone Posted: 1 year ago by Moe
Angel Food Ministries has distributed low cost food to people for the last 11 years. There is no income requirements, or actually ANY requirements at all! If you eat, you can participate. Distribution in 32 states makes it easy to get to as well for a lot of people.
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29 Food Side Effects You May Not Know Posted: 5 months ago by karenben
Do you know that the food we eat may cause side effects? And we are not talking about spoiled or low quality food. Freshly harvested or just cooked food may also cause side effects, some are serious, some are just disturbing, and some may put you into embarrassing situation. Here is a list of 29 common side effects caused by the food we eat.
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Ewe are one in a million: Sheep gives birth to FIVE lambs Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
A sheep gave birth to a whopping FIVE lambs - beating odds of one in a million.
The plucky ewe held on to her tiny offspring after the amazing delivery at Solomon's Farm in Rolvenden, Kent.
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Evidence of intelligence found in Second Life Posted: 5 months ago by pocksucket
Sadly it's all artificial.
Edd Hifeng is a Second Life player controlled not by a human, but by another computer.
At the moment it's quite limited, but its creators have high hopes.
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2 Second Love Fest Posted: 8 months ago by MUPpetMAKer
44 ":02 Animations" that were submitted to the "2 Second Love Fest Animation Jam" Some of these are really cute. What is your favorite?
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Bank run on Second Life Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Now the entire Second Life economy--which could affect more than 8.5 million players--is in trouble.
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Five hit middle age and meet again on TV Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
For two decades they patrolled the English seaside during school holidays, instilling fear into smugglers, kidnappers and spies, but in 1963 the Famous Five had their final adventure.
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Boy, five, who had never eaten amazes parents by tasting food for the first time after pioneering treatment Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
The parents of a five-year-old boy who had never eaten have revealed their delight after he tucked into to a plate full of food for the first time after receiving specialist treatment in Austria.
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UK Restaurant Guide Posted: 1 year ago by janegrath
Find your favourite food online with 123-yum.co.uk
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Fast Food Pictures Posted: 1 year ago by a1a1l1o1a1a1m2
They buy food from a fast food restaurant and photograph it. Then they compare that photograph with the photograph from the ad. Pretty intresting stuff.
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Sweden to open first virtual embassy in Second Life Posted: 2 years ago by jaxomlotus
As much as I love Second Life (I'm looking into creating a Worth1000 museum in it), for an official government to staff an embassy in it is pretty redundant.
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Camping Food Safety - don't let food poisoning ruin your whole camping trip Posted: 1 year ago by myrthachang
Cooking in the wild is fun. Getting sick from food poisoning isn't. Great practical advice on food safety while camping.
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Gorgeous food porn from Alinea in Chicago Posted: 11 months ago by cameron0
Molecular Gastronomy is all the rage nowadays. Alinea is one of the cutting edge restaurants in the U.S. creating wonderful dishes, letting us experience food in many new ways.
Check out Molecular Gastronomy Food Porn Part 2:
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