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Always ask Never assume

Posted by Darrell in Misc on April 10, 2010

His request approved, the CNN News photographer quickly used a cell phone to call the local airport to charter a flight.  He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting for him at the airport.  Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hanger. He jumped in with his bag, slammed the door shut, and shouted, ‘Let’s go’.  The pilot taxied out, swung the plane into the wind and took off.

Once in the air, the photographer instructed the pilot, ‘Fly over the valley and make low passes so I can take pictures of the fires on the hillsides.’

‘Why?’ asked the pilot.

‘Because I’m a photographer for CNN’ , he responded, ‘and I need to get some close up shots.’

The pilot was strangely silent for a moment, finally he stammered, ‘So, what you’re telling me, is . . . You’re NOT my flight instructor?’

Thanks Dave

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Blood Type

Posted by Darrell in Misc on April 3, 2010

ab_positiveThe human body contains one of four main blood types: A, B, AB and O.

Each blood-type also has an accompanying Rhesus or Rh factor of either positive or negative.

The most commonly found blood-type in the world is O positive while the rarest is AB negative.

From the U.S population it was determined that the percentages of blood types were as follows.

O positive – 38.4%
O negative – 7.7%

A positive – 32.3%
A negative – 6.5%

B positive – 9.4%
B negative – 1.7%

AB positive – 3.2%
AB negative – 0.7%

Blood Type Test»
So what blood type do you have? Are you reasonably rare like me (AB+) or do you have a more common popular blood type?  8-)

I don’t know if it’s true, but I’ve read online that tests from the Sudarium (or more correctly the face-cloth of Christ), mentioned in John 20:5-8 and the Shroud of Turin contains the AB blood type. If that’s the case, I’m in Great company!

Eat Right for Your Blood Type

DB

Blood Type Test

Blood type tests are done before a person gets a blood transfusion and to check a pregnant woman’s blood type. Human blood is typed by certain markers (called antigens) on the surface of red blood cells. Blood type may also be done to see if two people are likely to be blood relatives.

The most important antigens are blood group antigens (ABO) and the Rh antigen. Therefore, the two most common blood type tests are the ABO and Rh tests.
ABO test

The ABO test shows that people have one of four blood types: A, B, AB, or O. If your red blood cells have:

* The A antigen, you have type A blood. The liquid portion of your blood (plasma) has antibodies that fight against type B blood. In the United States, about 40% of the white population, 27% of African Americans, 28% of Asians, and 16% of Native Americans are type A.
* The B antigen, you have type B blood. Your plasma has antibodies that fight against type A blood. In the United States, about 11% of the white population, 20% of African Americans, 27% of Asians, and 4% of Native Americans are type B.
* Neither the A nor B antigen, you have type O blood. Your plasma has antibodies that fight against both type A and type B blood. In the United States, about 45% of the white population, 49% of African Americans, 40% of Asians, and 79% of Native Americans are type O.
* Both the A and B antigens, you have type AB blood. Your plasma does not have antibodies against type A or type B blood. In the United States, about 4% of the white population, 4% of African Americans, 5% of Asians, and less than 1% of Native Americans are type AB.

Blood received in a transfusion must have the same antigens as yours (compatible blood). If you get a transfusion that has different antigens (incompatible blood), the antibodies in your plasma will destroy the donor blood cells. This is called a transfusion reaction, and it occurs immediately when incompatible blood is transfused. A transfusion reaction can be mild or cause a serious illness and even death.

Type O-negative blood does not have any antigens. It is called the “universal donor” type because it is compatible with any blood type. Type AB-positive blood is called the “universal recipient” type because a person who has it can receive blood of any type. Although “universal donor” and “universal recipient” types may be used to classify blood in an emergency, blood type tests are always done to prevent transfusion reactions.

Minor antigens (other than A, B, and Rh) that occur on red blood cells can sometimes also cause problems and so are also checked for a match before giving a blood transfusion.

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Embed flash (SWF) into your WordPress/Blogger sidebar

Posted by Darrell in Misc on March 30, 2010

You need to upload your .swf file to your server or somewhere else, but you need to know the link/path to it! Open the text widget in your WordPress and put this code into it:

<div align="center"><embed wmode="transparent"
src="http://yoursite.com/filepath/jesusbridgesgap.swf"
quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
width="200" height="size in pix"></embed></div>

Of course, insert the correct path to the file and desired dimensions.

Notice the Jesus bridges the gap flash image in the sidebar.

You can download that file here

  jesusbridgesgap.swf (45.1 KiB, 190 hits)

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Funny Videos

Posted by Darrell in Misc on March 27, 2010

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