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20 Jul, 2007 3:34 pm
... ? Well, one of the compounds you were actually smelling was acetone. As has been discussed in earlier posts ("Why Breathlyzers Don't
Measure Alcohol"), acetone is one of many chemical compounds which Breathalyzers will mistakenly report as alcohol. See the ... Volatile Substances in Human Breath: Focus on Endogenous
Ethanol", 9 Journal of Analytical Toxicology 246. And no, you don't have to drink the stuff. Simply absorbing it through your skin or inhaling
it can result in measurable levels of the ...
18 Dec, 2006 6:32 am
... to a wide range of factors: inherent design defects (see, for example, my previous post "Why Breathalyzers Don't Measure Alcohol");
ineffective calibration and maintenance of the machines; improper administration of the test; radio frequncy ... our blood -- and this ratio differs within ourselves from hour to hour
(see "Breathalyzers -- and Why They Don't Work"). This is critical, as the breathalyzer will automatically compute the amount of alcohol in the
blood based upon the measured alcohol on the ...
27 Apr, 2007 11:40 am
/**/ Fact: breathalyzers are often inaccurate and commonly unreliable. See "How Breathalyzers Work - and Why They Don't". And one of the many
reasons for this inaccuracy/unreliability is that the machines assume the breath sample being measured is alveolar air - that is, air ... Readings from Acid Reflux". So you shouldn't
take a breath test if you're in that 1/3 of the population. But you don't have GERD, you say, you're in perfect health - except for this
nagging cough… GERD and Chronic Cough GERD ...
26 Jan, 2008 10:31 am
... then there are the industrial compounds: paint, glue, gasoline, thinners, and other compounds contain the methyl group. No, you don't have
to drink the stuff: simply absorbing it through your skin or inhaling the fumes can result in significant levels of the ... the half-life of the compound. So if you've painted a room or
been around gasoline in the last day or two, don't breath into a breathalyzer. Some law enforcement officials say that this is not a problem,
claiming that levels of the compound ...
30 Apr, 2007 7:43 am
... Gainseville, Florida - Tougher punishments may not be effective in deterring people from driving drunk, according to a study by University of Florida researchers. Increases in the
minimum jail time keep few drunken drivers off the road and don't significantly prevent fatal car crashes, according to the study, published
last week in the online edition of the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention. The researchers looked at the changes in laws and policies for driving under the influence ...
27 Nov, 2007 8:45 am
... in a game against Philadelphia in September. Doctors had been encouraged late Monday when Taylor squeezed a nurse's hand, according to
Vinny Cerrato, the Redskins' vice president of football ... The case was dismissed in court, but by then it had become a monthslong distraction for the Redskins. Taylor also was fined at least seven times for late hits, uniform violations and other ... you play a kid's game for a king's ransom. And if you
don't take it serious enough, eventually one day you're going to ...
14 Feb 1:56 pm
... there it is. One thing I am struck by in the first couple chapters of ASA and which is very much in evidence in Taylor's other also very
long book Sources of the Self is how much weight is put on (using my own terminology ... Taylor does this in a more elaborate way. While I am
sympathetic with Taylor's motives, I think I might have something to say by way of criticizing this whole approach. I don't think whether something is true has a great deal to do with how it makes one feel. Whether a pair of ...
13 Jul, 2007 7:39 am
... piece I've seen is this story from A.M. Best quoting from a snarky e-mail that Taylor's policy director, Brian Martin, sent to an insurance
lobbying organization about its opposition ... a few paragraphs below: In the lobbying world, it's a routine tactic: If you don't like a bill,
hire a well-known firm to produce a study critical ... comes as the House Financial Services Committee's housing subcommittee prepares to look at Taylor's bill on July 17. The report projects what would happen if the flood ...
18 Aug, 2006 10:11 am
... 't be disposed of without revealing privileged information. Second, Judge Taylor found as a matter of fact that the secret materials she
viewed ex parte don't affect the resolution of the case, except for the data mining claim. ... that fact helps secure the plaintiffs' standing.
By making what is not a particularly good argument about the First Amendment, Judge Taylor enabled the 6th circuit to address what is really
the best argument-- that the NSA program violates Congressional law, in particular ...
3 Apr, 2008 9:29 am
... 's thoughtful post at Chauncey Bell Blog: So, to show what worries me about Taylor's talk, I will say something about what I think is going
on in the talk. Her narrative is constructed ... so that I keep getting emails from people telling me to watch it (I was there and I don't want
to see it again thank you!). Her description of becoming incapable ... false ideas may thrive because of fine presentation or moving emotional manipulation. Taylor's was precisely that. Note (added April 14, 2008, 9:05 AM ...
19 Aug, 2006 12:10 pm
... imagine not addressing the 2002 decision by the FSIA Court of Review. But as legal academics many of us -- and I don't exclude myself from
this observation -- sometimes miss the forest for the trees and act as though making an ... a constitutional rather than entirely statutory dissection of the relevant materials.
Moreover, it seems to me misguided to say that Judge Taylor's reliance on the chilling effects of the government's eavesdropping program
represents poor legal argument simply because it ...
2 Jan, 2007 8:58 pm
... Jayhawk Sheila Bair). This January, we're faced with the even sadder prospect of Ms. Taylor's departure as New York State Banking
Superintendent following "Spitz" Spitzer's ... (notwithstanding Boy Spitzer's fawning over the delectable highly competent Ms. Taylor).
According to an article in the December 15, 2006 edition of The American Banker (paid subscription ... wonks, American Banker, and when you lead a story with Diana Taylor, dish the dirt like any self-respecting celebrity rag. Don't tease us. ...
15 Feb 9:26 pm
Many reading this entry are likely wondering who "Koko Taylor" is. at least those who don't follow
"Blues" singers. To tell the truth, I didn't know either until I ... , her name is cool. The point of this entry though is not to acquaint you with Koko Taylor, Blues singers, or to help you find a name for your child or your dog. It ... may have significance in the end. It is wise to seek local legal counsel.
Fifth, Koko Taylor doesn't appear to have filed an offer in compromise based on a doubt as to her ...
2 Apr, 2008 10:20 am
Dan has already mentioned Charles Larmore's review, in the latest New Republic, of Charles Taylor's "A Secular Age." Larmore finds the book
"deeply disappointing". Larmore is, no doubt, ... I'm not even sure what Larmore is getting at by labelling Taylor an "ardent" Catholic (I
don't know anything about the "ardor" of Taylor's faith), but I'm pretty sure that (contrary to
Larmore's suggestion) Taylor's attention -- which Larmore contrasts with Weber's approach -- to the connections between our world ...
23 Aug, 2006 8:40 am
... m sick of reading criticisms of Judge Taylor's decision enjoining the NSA electronic intercept program as poorly written and reasoned:
"What we can judge is the end ... act), as any lawyer understands, is. Thus, I don't understand at all criticisms of Judge Taylor written by law professors that don't even mention the merits. The real ... has the legal authority to
implement such a program, and regardless of the quality of Judge Taylor's writing and reasoning, her decision will be upheld if (as seems quite
...
19 Sep, 2007 8:32 am
... Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case", by journalist Stuart Taylor (pictured) and K.C. Johnson,
a history professor, exposes deep problems with ... review. Here are other reviews in the WSJ and NYT. We caught up with Taylor, a former
lawyer (and the first legal journalist inducted into the Law Blog ... . Plus, its unusual for police and prosecutors to proclaim people guilty when they dont have any evidence. When people heard Nifong say this, they thought he ...
3 Nov, 2007 7:12 pm
... "You aren't going to stop sexual assaults by putting in an ordinance," said Allison Taylor, executive director of the Council on Sex
Offender Treatment of the Texas Department of State Health Services ... enacted in June 2006, and the numbers haven't changed since. "We don't
have a great turnover," Detective Pam Mauri said. "There have ... , police don't know whether he was a registered sex offender. Richardson's
experience underscores the fact that few children are abused by strangers. Ms. Taylor said ...
15 Nov, 2008 5:36 pm
... backstage maneuvering, as described in more detail by fellow justice Elizabeth Weaver. Weaver has been highly critical of Taylor and he
retaliated in public with sexist derision, characterizing her detailed complaints as "sort of strange rantings ... of ... in the sense that everything's arguable to a lawyer who wants
something for him- or herself. It's incredible that the Michigan newspapers don't see where their own interests lie - in governmental openness.
(If this isn't enough for you, here's ...
11 Jul, 2007 2:05 pm
... Sara Taylor, former White House political director. Taylor declined to answer a number of
questions, based on executive privilege. We'll leave substantive discussion of the Taylor testimony to others, and focus instead on matters of
style. From a tipster: "Check out this photo essay. I don't mean to sound catty, but shouldn't she have used Monica Goodling's stylist?" We
agree wholeheartedly. Screw executive privilege -- ...
6 Dec, 2007 9:37 am
... 17-year-old accused gunman in the killing of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor wants to work with prosecutors to resolve the case.
Sawyer Smith, who along with his father ... resolution on the Taylor family and find a result that's in the best interest of justice." Smith
added: "Plea negotiations are typical in criminal cases. However, we don't ... murder and armed burglary. Their arraignments are Dec. 21.
Richard Sharpstein, Taylor's former lawyer, said he expected them all eventually to be ''severely ...
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