A French melodrama from 1953.  Does it detract from film to classify it that way?  A long film that is one sustained gut-punch with a blow to the head thrown in for good measure.

Four guys trapped in a miserable fleabag town in South America somewhere accept the  job of trucking nitrogycerine over 300 miles to an oil field where it’s desparately needed to blow out a raging derrick fire.  The pay is darn good, but the chances of being blown sky-high are too.  You get the situation, existential in the extreme…

The pretty waitress, played by director Clouzot’s wife, is dimwitted and abused, but then, aren’t all the characters?  They know it too – When one remarks that some fellow looks like a “walking corpse,” Mario (Yves Montand) replies, “You think we aren’t?”

The setup to the fatal drive is very long, and has a weird character.  Strange juxtapositions:  naked Indian natives taking showers; brutal fights in the one lousey bar in town; actors playing representatives and employees of the American oil company, S.O.C. who sound like they’re from…anywhere; social comment; anti-Americanism; socialistic criticism offered up in the vulgar comments of the miserable crew of losers and underworld thugs who consider the company’s offer – it’s pretty odd.  The four drivers slowly take their cargo of jerry cans filled with nitro on their joy ride to death or escape.

The film is remarkable for its handling of suspense sequences.  Each one revolves around a specific incident in the journey – a boulder in the road that must be carefully blown up with some nitro; a rough stretch of road that must be traversed at either very low speed or very high speed – to go in between means vibration and KABOOM; and the final obstacle, a crater left by the explosion of the lead truck fills with oil from the broken pipeline and must be carefully traversed.

Along the way, Jo, the criminal tough guy who sets himself up as mentor and partner to Mario, descends into jibbering cowardice.  The supercool Bimby and the likable Luigi (already dying of grey lung, shown with Mario above) are blown to Kingdom Come without warning.  Crossing the oil pool, Mario, fed up with Jo, and fearful that if he slows down, he will be helplessly stuck in the oil, knowingly runs over the leg of his erstwhile hero and pal (below).  It’s a dog eat dog world in the wage slave economy.

While they are trying to get the truck out of the oil, they must swim around in it – two men, are they men? – covered in black goo, they look like demons.  See what men are!!  Mario cradles the dying Jo on his shoulder as they are just about to reach the oil field.  They talk of neighborhoods in Paris they know.  They both are from the same area!  What about that tobacco shop?  What was next to it?  A lot..?  Wasn’t there a fence?  What was behind that fence?  I never saw what was there, says Jo.  As he dies, he cries out, “The fence, there’s nothing!!“  Alas, God is dead, and so is Jo.  Heavy…

After sleeping for a day and gettng cleaned up, Mario, $4000 richer (he got his pay and Jo’s – the oil company guys play fair even if they are exploitive and brutal profiteers) and in a spanking new S.O.C. uniform, jubilantly begins to drive back to the fleabag town, contemplating his escape to civilization.  The waitress hears the news by phone – the whole bar erupts in celebration – it’s a miracle that he made it!  They begin to dance to The Blue Danube Waltz.  Mario is listening to the waltz on the radio in the truck and is transported by the music.  He is dancing with the truck.  Twirling the wheel about, he swerves from side to side of the road with the music, he’s getting a bit carried away.

Yes, well, it had to end that way.  The waitress is dizzy with spinning and falls to the floor – an oddly mystical note in an otherwise brutally hardboiled film.  Simultaneously, Mario looses control, and his truck plunges off a precipice in a spectacular crash.  His lifeless hand clutches a Metro ticket to la Pigalle (the Paris red light district) his talisman of home, lovingly carried everywhere.

I was struck by the extended use of The Blue Danube – how could it fail to  bring to mind Kubrick’s 2001?  Both are examples of man-machine interactions set to music, both with ominous overtones, although in Kubrick, it takes a lot longer for the irony to be revealed.  Is there something about the waltz, the spinning, the evokes mechanistic imagery, people reduced to whirling elements in a clockwork escapement..?

Coronary arterial spasm is a commonly discussed entity  in clinical cardiology. Originally described by prinzmetal decades ago .It was reported to occur only in coronary care units as variant angina .There is nothing called stable spasm every episode of spasm is considered as unstable angina.

How common is coronary artery spasm ?

This condition thought to be very  common during ACS , but  notoriously difficult to confirm.In fact many of episodes are clinically suspected and never confirmed. There has been lot of provocative tests for confirming coronary spasm like ergonavine etc.None of these tests were  neither useful nor practical.

What are the clinical situations where coronary spasm occur ?

Old concepts die hard.Most of us believe , the most common cause for coronary spasm is prinzmetal’s  angina ie , angina   in normal coronary arteries or  with minimal lesions .Clinical experience ,  has taught us coronary spasm can occur in all spectrum of acute coronary syndrome or even chronic coronary syndromes.

Some believe every episode of STEMI will have a component of coronary spasm.

In NSTEMI/Unstable angina spontaneous coronary spasm is an important pathogenetic mechanism

Now,  we witness transient coronary artery spasm in the cath lab due to catheter and other hard ware.The spasm  here  , is secondary to mechanical stress and this in no way related to the coronary spasm described by prinzmetal in the pre cath era.

What is the link between coronary spasm and electrocardiogram ?

The most common  fallacy among  coronary care physician is , if it is spasm  there must be ST elevation

The classical cardiology teaching all over the world , has been so powerful  this myth continues to prevail over . The fact  of the matter is ,  the  coronary arterial spasm  , can never have any direct impact on the ECG. (Unless , coronary smooth muscle generate ST currents !)  . So , whatever  be  the effect of spasm it  is through it’s effect on the myocardial  blood flow.

Hence ,  it is not the coronary artery spasm that will dictate  the movement of ST segment . It is the impact of myocardial blood flow  to the layers of the myocadium  namely , endocardium, epicardium  , epicardium (  or a combination of  the above )  that will dictate ST segment dynamics.

What are the  the ECG features of coronary artery spasm ?

It can be

1. ST depression
2. ST elevation
3. Only with T wave changes (Tall or Deep T invrsions)
4. Flattish ST segment  or  rarely , entirely normal ECG indicating balanced ST forces
   

Among this , the most common manifestation of coronary spasm is thought to be ,  subendocardial ischemia and resultant ST depression .This classically occur in many cases of NSTEMI/UA .

This makes  ST depression  the dominant manifestation of spasm  ,

How coronary spasm can elevate the ST segment ?

If it  can   induce a transmural ischemia  it  can elevate a ST segment . Does  all episodes coronary spasm result in transmural ischemia ? No,not at all .in fact it happens very rare  as we have already seen .

To result in transmural ischemia , the spasm should be total &  sustained ,   at least for few minutes   to   completely   occlude  the blood flow .

Milder forms of spasm can elicit only  a  sub endocardial ischemia  that  depress the ST segment.

*There is a rare variety of spasm where subepicardium is more affected than endocardium and hence ST elevation may occur.

What is the effect of Nitroglycerine on coronary spasm ?

This is a very powerful coronary spasmolytic agent.We can witness it’s action more vividly in cath lab .

It brings back the ST segment to neutral position , from either a elevated or depressed state  .Many believe , ( may it’s a fact ) much of the early  benefit of angina relief in UA/NSTEMI is  amelioration of coronary spasm

Is coronary spasm a neural event or a biochemical event ?

The exact  answer is not known .It should be chemicals as  neural  signals are also mediated by chemicals.

What are the biochemical mediators of coronary spasm ?

• Smooth muscle calcium : Calcium flux is the immediate cause for spasm
• Mediators .Neural :Catecholamine ,
• Thrombus  secretes  Thromoxane A2  which is a powerful vasoconstrictor

Smooth muscle calcium

Is  coronary vasoconstriction  and  coronary spasm  are synonymous ?

Both terms are synonymous . Vasoconstriction is often used to refer  constriction of  microvasculature

while  spasm  often describes  the event in large  epicardial vessel. Some times the term coronary vasomotion is used to describe  fluctuating coronary arterial tone.

What are the determinants of coronary artery spasm ?

• Location (RCA>LCA)
• Lesion characteristics -Eccentric overhanging lesion can trigger a spasm by  the plaque ’s weight.
• Thrombus content
• Acuteness of the event
• Adrenergic tone and nerve activity
• Concomitant betablockade  .  Theoretical risk ?

What are the types  of coronary spasm ?

• Discrete ring or band like  spasm
• Segmental
• Diffuse long segment  spasm
• Multilevel spasm in same coronary artery
• Pan coronary spasm entire vessel (rare)
• Remote spasm away from catheter tip

Unanswered questions in coronary spasm

Can a totally normal  coronary artery go for spasm all of a sudden ?

It is thought to be rare. Even in prinxmetal series some amount of atherosclerosis was documented in most patients.

What is the relationship between spasm and adjacent lesion ?

Spasm following PCI :Can spasm crush a stent ?

Can a  coronary collaterals go for spasm ?

Logically  Spasm  can  occur  coronary collaterals .But it is difficult to document .coronary collaterals eventhough  has three layes as that of artery (Intima, media, adventia) th medial smooth muscles are less sparse. Advential lack vasa nervorum and hence neural input is less.So spasm is a rare event in coronary collaterals

 ORIGINS

It was Petrus Olavi Nobelius, abound with talent in music and other fields, who met Olof Rudbeck, an intellectual leader at the University of Uppsala, founder of musical life at the university and around the place in general. On coming of age, he ended up marrying Rudbeck’s daughter and from this couple descended the family of Nobel. It was one of his grandsons who as a youth in military service, adopted the name Nobel. And now,  that seems to go for eternity due to one man down the lineage, called Alfred.

The reference to Rudbeck is of exceptional importance. The Nobel progenies inherited his inventiveness, love for arts and music, and last but not the least, his scientific temper. All this was evident in the Immanuel Nobel, his illustrious son Alfred and his siblings. A practical man all his life, with no formal education nor any knowledge of languages, he was a powerhouse of ideas. All that displayed his uncanny ability and exceptional intelligence – a genius.

Immanuel Nobel was a self-taught inventor and building contractor in Stockholm. He grew up in a poor family without formal education. His father taught him how to read and write. At 14, he became a cabin boy and went on a three year tour to the Mediterranean from Galve, a port city in Northern Sweden. On his return , he was first apprenticed to a Builder there only to shift to Stockholm to join school of architecture of the Academy of Art – or Mechanical School. Practicing as an Architect at 24 or 25, he dived headlong in to the profession, only to go bankrupt. The cause being a building he bought burned down in 1833. 

 His mother Caroline Nobel (maiden name Andrietta Ahlsell), was a gifted woman and the daughter of an accountant. Earlier, in 1827, she married Immanuel Nobel. The third and the youngest was our hero Alfred, born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. After the Nobels went bankrupt in 1833, the family moved to a simpler living quarter at Normansgatan, where Alfred spent the first nine years of his life.

 CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION

Since Alfred suffered from chronic gastric ailments, he was confined to his house most of the time. His mother was his friend, nurse, teacher and his window to the world. Since he could not go to school, his mother read to him from his brother’s textbooks until he learned to read himself and became a avid reader. Alfred’s intelligence astounded his mother and she hoped that he would turn out to be a genius. When Alfred was eight, he joined school and was thrilled by the change. He was an eager learner and his health also improved. Soon the family rejoined Immanuel in Petersburg. The climate of Petersburg did not suit Alfred’s health. A spinal ailment and chronic cold added to his list of existing ailments.

Immanuel decided to provide first class private tutions to his sons. He employed a Swedish tutor, who taught them Russian. Alfred turned his bedroom into a classroom. He also helped his brothers, Robert and Ludwig in their lessons. Alfred became fluent in English, French, German, Spanish, besides Russian. Under the tutor’s guidance, he became acquainted with the Philosophes of the Enlightenment and discovered Shelley’s poetry. The English romantic’s rebellious spirit, his flaming protests against brutal authority, ignorance and base passions, became his lifelong inspiration.

 YOUTH

At school, Alfred had picked up interest in chemistry. As he grew older, he found the family business more interesting and thought of promoting, it effectively. Alfred was sent abroad to study and to take care of business interests like buying tools, machinery, raw materials and supplying it with up-to-date technical and financial information. Immanuel then sent Alfred to America in 1850, for further education. There, he met John Erickson who had first designed the screw-propelled steamship in New York. He learnt mechanical techniques at the research room of John Erickson. He placed an order with him for some sketches on behalf of his father. He also spent a year in Paris with Jules Pelouse, a chemist, and it was here that he came to know about nitroglycerine that was found by an Italian scientist Ascanio Sobrero..

 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Immanuel wanted his sons to get involved in his business. On his return to Russia, Alfred joined Robert and Ludwig in research and development in their father’s factory. In 1853, the Crimean War broke out. As a result, the Nobel Steel and Machinery Manufacturing Company benefited by mass-production of military supplies for the Russian army. But in 1856 when the war was over and Tsar Nicolas I died, the new government unilaterally abolished the on-going contract with the Nobels and they once again faced bankruptcy. This crisis later turned into an opportunity. During the Crimean War, the Nobels had obtained a bottle of liquid explosive – nitroglycerine, which was very powerful but whose attributes were still unknown.

 However, they had to shelve the research on nitroglycerine and instead concentrated on the production of military supplies. Now that the business was over, Alfred Nobel could once again focus on conducting research on this new material. Alfred quickly saw that the advantages of nitroglycerin over gun powder were numerous and its uses could be exploited for commercial and technical purposes. His first achievement was the invention of the blasting cap (the explosion case), in 1863.

 BERTHA VON SUTTNER

His hectic work schedule and travel did not leave him with much time for a private life. At 43, he felt exhausted too. It was at this time that he placed an advertisement in the newspapers, which read. “Wealthy, highly educated, elderly gentleman seeks lady of mature age, versed in languages, as secretary and supervisor of household.” The most qualified applicant, an Austrian, Countess Bertha Kinsky was hired. After working for a short time with Nobel she quit to return to Austria and get married to Count Arthur von Suttner. Nobel and Bertha remained friends and corresponded with each other.

 According to Bertha, Nobel had expressed a wish to produce material for a machine that would have such a devastating effect that war from then on, would be impossible. In 1891, he commented on his dynamite factories to Bertha saying, “Perhaps my factories will put an end to war sooner than your Congresses : on the day that two army corps can mutually annihilate each other in a second, all civilized nations will surely recoil with horror and disband their troops.” Nobel did not live long enough to see the deterring effect of his invention and how wrong his conception was.

 Over the years, Bertha became increasingly critical of the arms race. She eventually became a prominent figure in the Peace Movement. This influenced Alfred Nobel a great deal and in his final will, included a prize for “persons or organizations that promoted peace”. Years after Nobel’s death, the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) decided to award the 1905 Nobel Peace Prize to Bertha von Suttner.

After his father went bankrupt the second time, Alfred and his parents returned to Sweden. Alfred began experimenting with explosives in a small laboratory on his father’s estate. In spite of his invention of the blasting cap, he was not able to find a safer way to handle nitroglycerine. It was so volatile that once in 1864 while he was experimenting, it blew up Nobel’s factory killing his younger brother, Emil and many other people. This accident did not discourage him. In fact after his accident, Nobel built several factories to produce nitroglycerine with blasting caps, and among them the plants of Krummel, Germany and Vinterviken, Sweden were major.

THE BLASTING CAP

 At that time the only dependable explosive used in the mines was black powder, a form of gunpowder. Nitroglycerine, a liquid compound that was recently discovered by Ascanio Sobrero was a much more powerful explosive. It could not be handled with any degree of safety, as it was extremely volatile. Alfred began manufacturing nitroglycerine in a small workshop at Helenberg and also concentrated in finding a safe way to handle it. During the research, he invented a detonator consisting of a wooden plug inserted into a larger charge of nitroglycerine held in a metal container. The explosion of the plug’s small charge of black powder aided in detonating the much more powerful charge of liquid nitroglycerine. This invention made Alfred a wealthy man and over a period of time, he gained recognition as an inventor of explosives. On further research on the detonator, he made a new improved detonator called ‘a blasting cap’. The blasting cap consisted of a small metal cap containing a charge of mercury fulminate that exploded either by shock or moderate heat. This invention of the blasting cap launched the use of high explosives in the modern world.

 DYNAMITE

This was Nobel’s second most important invention. He observed that a mixture of nitroglycerine and Kieselguhr, a porous siliceous earth, formed a product, which was easy to use and safe to handle. He later named this product dynamite (from the Greek dynamics meaning “Power”). This particular invention gave him worldwide fame and prosperity. Soon after he gained patents from Great Britain in 1867 and from the US in 1868, the general composition of Dynamite No. 1 was 75 per cent nitroglycerine and 25 percent guhr. He saw that guhr was an inert gaseous substance and did not contribute much to the explosive power, but detected heat from the power, which would have otherwise improved the blasting action. Thus, he turned to active ingredients like wood pulp and sodium nitrate to improve efficiency in blasting and to vary its strength. Nobel patented the use of active ingredients of dynamite in 1869.

 Nobel next contributed by inventing gelatinous dynamites in 1875. There is a legend that he hurt a finger and used ‘collodion’, a solution of relatively low nitrogen content, nitrocellulose, in a mixture of ether and alcohol, to cover the wound. He was unable to sleep because of pain. On next day he went to the laboratory to check the effect of collodion and nitroglycerine. He was surprised to see that after evaporation of the solvent, there remained a tough, plastic material.

 He discovered that he could duplicate this by the direct addition of 7 to 8 per cent of collodion type nitro-cotton to nitroglycerine and that lesser quantities of nitro-cotton decreased the viscosity and enabled him to add other active ingredients. He called the original material – blasting gelatin and the dope mixture – gelatin dynamites. The principal advantages of these products were their high water resistance and greater blasting action power than the other comparable dynamites. This added power resulted from the combination of higher density and a degree of plasticity that allowed complete filling of the borehole (the hole that was bored in the wall seam or elsewhere for implantation of the explosive).

Alfred Nobel went on to be a successful businessman in the developing market of dynamite and detonating caps. In a very short period, he built factories and laboratories in 20 different countries. His factory in Krummel near Hamburg, Germany started exporting nitroglycerine explosive to countries in Europe, America and Australia. He also concentrated on other inventions such as synthetic rubber and leather, artificial silk, chemical and explosive technologies. He was granted patents for 355 items before his death.

 http://www.worldofbiography.com/Industrialist-biographies.asp

]]> http://sheffieldblog.com/2008/08/24/botched-towers-demolition-embarasses-eon/ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:38:09 +0000 Sheffield blog http://sheffieldblog.com/2008/08/24/botched-towers-demolition-embarasses-eon/

The north tower refuses to come down without a fight

So, the towers have gone…but not without making life difficult for the team behind the demolition.

It was somewhat satisfying to see the north tower resist the “precise destructive qualities” of the Nitroglycerine explosive packed into its 1,250 drilled holes last night. About a third of the tower was left standing, resulting in diggers chipping away at its base until nearly half past five in the morning when the remainder of the tower came down.

This shambles of a demolition doesn’t inspire much hope in Eon’s ability to deliver a worthy replacement.

Alongside coverage in the media (BBC, ITV, The Star), photos and videos from the public have started appearing online. A selection appear below; it is a shame that some people cheered as the towers were demolished.

A great photo from Eddie Robinson:

This is my favourite video, as the night vision and audio make it quite eerie:

The banter in the build up to this is funny:

And a fitting (and deliberate?) musical reference at the start of this:

People mourning the loss of the towers, and those searching out more memorabilia, may be interested to see that Archipelago Gallery, formerly of Ecclesall Road South but now located on Sidney Street, has produced a screen print by Jim Connolly to commemorate their sad demolition:

TERROR...! At Tinsley Towers!

I have no links to the gallery or artist but I do like this, and at £10 for a poster print, I am tempted to get one. Signed originals are also available for £125. The similarity in style to the paintings of Isaac Mendez, the artist character from TV show Heroes, has been pointed out…

The involvement of TATP with regards to 7-7 and Richard Reid (the shoe bomber) are deeply puzzling.

The “yes it was – no it wasn’t - were still waiting for confirmation – dunno – don’t care” stance by the authorities with regards to its use in terrorist acts (both carried out and supposedly thwarted) involving the UK and Britons is damning. Are they not ashamed of their lackadaisical attitude? It is nothing short of a spit in the eye of those killed, those sent into mourning and the rest of us who have to live in the residual climate of fear – a fear entirely the fault of scum like Tony Blair and the rest of the trash who took it upom themselves to sacntion the snuffing out of over a million lives.

How can we explain the strange yes/no/never-confirmed involvement of TATP in 7-7?

The result of this TATP unknown are:

a) It has muddied the waters so as to enable any senario difficult to prove.
b) At first sight it can significantly lessen the “which military did it come from” question about 7-7, given that there were also reports of military grade explosives used in 7-7.
c) It enables the authorities in the future to apportion blame on anybody they so choose should any similar event happen becasue TATP is as they would have us believe is “Embarrassingly simple”[make1] to make and it can kill. Therefore, all of us are potentially just a few simple steps from being bombed.

Those are pretty handy outcomes if indeed the elements of the state were involved in 7-7, either from a LIHOP or MYHOP point of view.

Not only were there turbid waters in relation to the identity of the explosives used, but also specifically with regards to the properties of TATP. This issue, a bit like WTC-7 is in relation to 9-11, has the scent of an Achilles heel about it so I’ve been looking to it a bit more into the TATP case and what I found made me a bit more suspicious. Unsurprizingly there are links to Isreal involved.

Sadly whenever Isreal is mentioned, the brigade often making up the pages in “Hello” magazine, who think well within the boundary of mainstream perception; talking heads like Jeremy Beadle impersonator David Arronovich, Nick Cohen and the rest, try and use inclusion of Israel/Zionism as means to nullify honest discussion, readying accusations of ”anti-Semetism”, ”Holocaust denier”, and the grand ol opry herself: “Nazi sympathiser” to be fired off at will. Reluctance or dismissal of ”things Israel” into 9-11 and 7-7 have been voiced by skeptics of those official naratives in the past, but at least those skeptics consider on it’s merits the information provided.

The Israel content has to do with Prof EHUD KEINAN[p1, p2] who is almost exclusively referenced in mainstream media (MSM) reportage of the properties of TATP. These properties seemingly cause contradiction and cause confusion in making headway in understanding the mechanics of 7-7. Now it could well be that Prof Keinan is quoted simply becasue he is an expert in the field, and he is an established scientist, but to me it goes deeper than that becasue there are no reports of Isreali governmental pressure of Keinan to stop what he says about TATP – which causes a lot of “problems” for the UK narrative.

It’s not too unreasonable to think that the UK govenrment and Israel have the closest of relationships (no not these types of relationships) so a word from the UK govt, to the Isreali govt inorder to stop this man talking (or change his tune) and making the British look like baffoons, isn’t ufounded. Especially when one considers the UK gave birth to Israel. It ignored Haganah terrorist atrocities agaisnt British people, It protected the Zionist state from being facing destruction, and it provided illicit nuclear materials to it with which it used to create about 150 nuclear warheads.

The reportage claims:

a)  TATP doesn’t liberate heat or act as in incendiary when it detonates[2]. It’s ’the burn problem’. There was burning on 7-7.

b) The energy/detonation problem. Given the near zero energy output of detonating TATP, the energy input to initiate detonation would make TATP far too dangerous to make, transport and use. Page table 9.1 gives the activation energy of nitrtoglycerine as being 36.0 kcal/mol[x4] which is almost exactly the same as the activation energy of TATP, being 36.3 kcal/mole[a1]. The shock-detonation properties of nitro are well known and it has long been regarded as being to hazourdous to use.

c) TATP can be rapidly detected [a2] by adding a cationic complexing agent (Na+) and then characterised by simple MS (my previous post on the subject gives one such MS) But TATP can also be detected by a device that looks like a pen[pet1, 2]. Interesting reference [pet1] above contains this quote

“Yet [3 weeks after 9-11 Ehud Keinan carrying] a vial holding two grams of triacetone triperoxide (TATP), an improvised plastic explosive, went [through an AIRPORT]  completely undetected.”

Update: Had Keinan been a muslim, he’d be rotting, tortured daily in Guantanamo bay camp Delta and quite possibly dead. I do believe Mr. Keinan has violated laws in doing this. Why is nobody bringing charges agaist this man who too material with the explosive power of TNT and detonation profile similiar to nitroglycerine?

td) It also has explosive power comparable to TNT [d1, d2] – so there is no need for military explosives!

e) The synthesis problem. It seems problematic ficult or improbable to make TATP from commercially available products {Caveat: this is opnionated. I haven’t been able to make an exhaustive search, although one reference [old1- partial access only]  indicates 50% peroxide was used. It seems difficult to get over 35% {“technical grade”} without purifying it and its decomposition seems problematic in the presence of imputities like transition metals.  Update: One reference[re30] says “30% H2O2 is needed to create Soluble fuels (acetone, ethanol, glycerol) will detonate on admixture with peroxide of over 30% concentration, the violence increasing with concentration.” So the ‘bombers’ must have either have purchased 30% H2O2 and or purified up to that degree. One must search for records of purchases or apparatus to ensure the necessary purification. Both of which I can find no record of. 

The Isreal connection to public perceptions of TATP and therefore 7/7 in relation to relating to Professor Ehud Keinan: Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (TIIT) is clear. It must me said that it’s entirely possible he may be being entirely truthful in what he says and it is VERY important to state Keinan is NOT THE ONLY source of such contradictory information, but in my opinion, he is disproportionalely cited by the mainstream media, made all the more strange when he says

“Most of my research has nothing to with explosives,”… “I work on drug discovery to treat asthma, cancer and ventricular fibrillation [an electrical disorder in the heart].” – Ref:[pet1]

 I will try and post more on TATP and 7-7 as time goes on, I’m very busy and can only give these dynamic posts, but do so as I feel if I don’t publish now, I never will.

[make1] = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/4790350.stm Panorama journalist in discussion Prof EHUD KEINAN Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

[x4] Thermal Decomposition and Combustion of Explosives and Propellants By G. B. Manelis, G Manelis Manelis http://tinyurl.com/5feboj

[a1] Scientific paper: Decomposition of Triacetone Triperoxide Is an Entropic
Explosion, Ehud Keinan is cited   http://www.technion.ac.il/~keinanj/pub/122.pdf His name appears at the end of the workers which usually means his input is minimal, however it is there and so he does have some involvement.

[p1] http://www.technion.ac.il/technion/chemistry/staff/keinan/biog-res.html

[p2] http://ehudkeinan.com/Home.html

[2] http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+beyond+politics/News%20from%20Israels%20universities%20-%20January%202005#explosives Referencing Prof EHUD KEINAN. Note: this is an Isreali government website.

[3] Intresting read about Isreali aggression.

[a2] Scientific paper “Rapid trace detection of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) by complexation reactions during desorption electrospray ionization” http://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/CC/article.asp?doi=b515122h 

[pet1] http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/2033.cfm

[d1] B. T. Fedoroff, Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related Items, Vol. 1, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, NJ, 1960, pp. A42–A45.

[d2] 11  J. Yinon, Forensic and environmental detection of explosives, John Wiley, Chichester, NY, 1999, pp. 10–11.\

[old1] Scientific paper: “Studies in Organic Peroxides. XXVI. Organic Peroxides Derived from Acetone and Hydrogen Peroxide,”  N. A. Milas and A. Golubovic, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1959, 81, 6461–6462

[re30] Bretherick, L. Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd., 1990 1198. **PEER REVIEWED**