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a: No gallbladder ~
b: washing greasy dishes without soap

What: "Well, nothing could be further from the truth. The gallbladder stores bile and without bile, it is very difficult for your body to properly emulsify fats to absorb them. Trying to get fat into your body without a gallbladder is like trying to wash greasy dishes without soap. You can do it, but not very well."

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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Jun 7 2013 5:11 PM


Cellular Tensegrity Model

a: Cytoskeleton ~
b: a network of muscles tendons and ligaments

What:

"Some argue that cytoskeleton is like a network of muscles tendons and ligaments without bones. Where are the compression elements? Cell shape in tissue depends on the ability of ECM anchoring to withstand compression, but it only helps the internal compression struts to refine cell shape. This situation reminds a camp tent. Surface membrane is made stiff by placing it under tension. It can be accomplished by various means: pushing up tend poles. Pulling membrane against fixed tent pegs in the ground and/or tethering the membrane to an overlying tree branch. The last action is complementary to the first one. If you disrupt the microtubules (tent poles), their function is transferred to the cell adhesive anchors (tree branches). If tension elements are chemically disrupted (microfilaments or intermediate filaments) cell tractional forces exerted on ECM adhesion decrease. The ability of individual microtubules to resist buckling when compressed is greatly enhanced by presence of lateral tensile connections."


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Writer: Vladimir Vondrejs
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Date: Dec 28 2013 8:49 PM



a: Hurricane ~
b: huge bulldozer

What:

"A hurricane is like a huge bulldozer made of air. Offshore oil rigs are torn from their moorings. Trees and powerlines are uprooted. Beach hotels are shattered, apartment buildings reduced to rubble. A hurricane paints with a broad brush."


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Writer: Joe Frank
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 9 2014 2:35 PM



a: horizontal drilling ~
b: a bendy straw

What:

The pipes used in this type of drilling can actually pivot, somewhat like a bending straw.


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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Feb 26 2015 6:17 PM



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