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	<title>Doug Ledford &#187; business</title>
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	<description>Danger!  Offensive comments ahead!</description>
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		<title>Let me just say: OMFG!!!</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2009/02/10/let-me-just-say-omfg</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know it costs over $370,000 (unless you can get waivers) just to file an application to sell a new drug for animal use?  This isn&#8217;t for attorney&#8217;s fees, or consultant&#8217;s fees, those would be in addition to this.  This is just the FDA user fees.  And it doesn&#8217;t matter if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Internet Auctions</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2009/01/12/more-internet-auctions</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing I forgot to mention is that even though the stuff I bought was used, older, and has been superseded by more recent models, I did some research and the current models of the stuff I bought are *not* any better in terms of capabilities, they just do what they do faster (1-2 seconds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet auctions&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, I&#8217;m not talking about EBay type auctions.  I&#8217;m talking about real, honest to God, people sitting in a room, auctioneer drumming up bids type auctions that you can attend over the Internet.  Lots of people (especially ones planning on bidding on lots of stuff and needing to check it out first) go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freeze dryer info</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2009/01/02/freeze-dryer-info</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dledford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When ice sublimates in a vacuum (that&#8217;s the process where by ice goes directly to water vapor without first melting), it requires heat (just like when you sweat and the sweat evaporates, the process of evaporation removes heat thereby cooling your body).  This causes the ice to get colder and colder until it&#8217;s so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It worked</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2009/01/01/it-worked</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making little ice cubes instead of big ones solved the &#8220;Honey, I destroyed another blender&#8221; problem.  Another round of freeze drying under way, all four shelves in use this time.  I would estimate that the machine is at roughly 50-60% capacity.  I didn&#8217;t have enough to fill it up  
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		<title>Another new blender&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2008/12/31/another-new-blender</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I replaced the blender of ryeth&#8217;s that I destroyed.  The base unit was fine, the blades were fine, it was just the polycarbonate blender containers that I tore the holy living hell out of.  So, I bought the same unit again, and because we have extra blades and an extra base unit, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freeze drying complete</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2008/12/28/freeze-drying-complete</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was only running one tray this time.  I specifically didn&#8217;t add any heat, although I stirred the mixture roughly every two hours.  Total time to freeze dry was about 44 hours, including secondary drying.  I&#8217;m hoping to get the total elapsed time down to 24 hours including secondary drying.  Material [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freeze drying</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2008/12/27/freeze-drying</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dledford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started another run last night.  Only a partial run, 1 tray out of the 4 is all that&#8217;s in use (although it was pretty full).  I&#8217;m controlling the method in which this tray is dried in order to provide a control for some experiments.  Although it&#8217;s not done yet, I can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You know you&#8217;re doing it wrong when&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2008/12/24/you-know-youre-doing-it-wrong-when</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dledford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so I thought I would run another batch of freeze drying yesterday.  As some of you may remember, I currently use a blender to convert the ice cubes of pre-frozen material into a snow like powder.  Well, when running the blender, less of the ice melts if you pre-chill the blender container [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To give you an idea&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2008/11/09/to-give-you-an-idea</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dledford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[just how much water came out of that freeze drying run, here&#8217;s the ice chunk from the condenser after several hours of melting
Yes, yes&#8230;I know I have webbed toes&#8230;.shut the hell up.
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		<title>Freeze drying run complete</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2008/11/08/freeze-drying-run-complete</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dledford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ended up with just barely a small amount that didn&#8217;t get totally dried.  All in all, it took 2 days.
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		<title>No more itty bitty freeze drying runs&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://xsintricity.com/dledford/2008/11/06/no-more-itty-bitty-freeze-drying-runs</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dledford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freeze drying is actually an expensive process, energy wise.  It consumes large amounts of energy to generate both the cold and the vacuum needed.  However, once you&#8217;ve got the vacuum and the cold, neither of these items are strongly tied to the amount of stuff you are freeze drying.  And the drying [...]]]></description>
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