This three-bedroom stunner on Sullivan’s Island includes an infinity pool and a picture-perfect front porch.

John McElroy, a longtime industry observer and host of Autotline.tv, emphasized that trucks are often used for punishing work and not just commuting.

Available in three sizes, each with their own attractive matte tones and wooden lids, we’d recommend buying all three and setting them next to each other on the worktop for a beautiful, natural-looking addition to your kitchen.

Once they’re indoors, there’s a limited population because they aren’t reproducing. Although the numbers may be much larger than you’d like, it’s not increasing. The best management tool at this point is a vacuum cleaner. When vacuuming, use a hose attachment rather than the floor brush rollers to avoid grinding insect parts into your carpet. When squished, these insects can stain surfaces and smell bad, which is another reason to avoid squishing them. After vacuuming, empty the vacuum bag so that any living ones don’t crawl out.

Aspiring meal-preppers often come home from the grocery store with bundles of fresh produce and the best intentions, only to find that their vegetables and fruit go bad faster than they can cook and eat them. To solve this problem, experts love Stasher bags with airtight seals, which help food stay fresher longer. “They’re silicone and are ideal replacements for disposable plastic zip-top bags,” says Piper. “I use them to pack lunches and snacks, store produce for smoothies in my freezer, and even for traveling.” Shapiro also uses them for storing and transporting chopped fruits and vegetables, and loves how versatile they are. “You can dishwash them, which I think is game-changing,” she says.

Designed for indoor use, the ThermoPro indoor thermometer can read the temperature and humidity level in your home and tell you where the air ranges on a scale from dry to comfort to wet. You can easily set this thermometer on a tabletop and let it stand alone, and there's even a magnet if you'd like to mount it to a metal surface. One reviewer writes: "I love this product (so much so that after I fell in love with the original one I purchased, I bought three more)! I really struggle with my sinuses and never realized how dry it was around me - I worked to ensure that the air around me was more comfortable for me to breathe and it REALLY made a difference."

Over-the-door hangers can organize cooking tools or cleaning supplies, and instead of using bulky spice jars, we manually refill this slim six-piece set. Narrow file holders work well for organizing cleaning supplies or toiletries, and magnetic wall strips can hold cooking tools or containers of herbs. Ceiling-mounted paper plate dispensers and hanging fruit hammocks work well in some RVs, and some people keep track of remote controls with velcro on cabinets.

The anodic and cathodic reactions that generate electrical currents in the lactate sensor are proportional to the concentration of lactate. A resistor connected across the sensor transforms the current into a voltage-based signal for detection and wireless transmission via the NFC electronics. The output voltage of the biofuel cell–based sensors increases linearly with increasing load. However, at higher loads, the response time also increases. Hence, the selection of the external loading resistance for the lactate and glucose sensors centers on its ability to generate a voltage signal in the range of 0 to 1 V (measurement range for the NFC chip) for the physiologically relevant concentrations of the two analytes with minimum effect on response time. The response of the sensor with increasing lactate concentration, evaluated in phosphate buffer solution under ambient conditions, appears in Fig. 3C (maximum current output, ~2 μA). Figure 3D shows the corresponding calibration plot, which indicates that the sensor signal stabilizes within 300 s and increases linearly with lactate concentration. The spikes and the subsequent signal stabilization follow a typical diffusion-controlled sensor response. This trend is likely due to the presence of PVC and chitosan diffusion barriers. This effect does not represent a major issue in practical applications. The benchtop studies include abrupt increments of the lactate concentration (5 mM steps). In contrast, the sweat analyte concentration varies gradually and on much longer time scales in vivo. This slow temporal variation in sweat analyte concentration allows ample time for the biofuel cell–based sensors to produce a stable response. Figure S3A illustrates the stability of the sensor signal when exposed to 10 mM lactate solution for 20 min, while fig. S3B shows sensor data in the presence of common interferents (ascorbic acid, uric acid, and glucose) in physiologically relevant concentrations. The data illustrate the operational stability of the sensor with negligible effects from interfering chemical species (~4% increment in signal due to interferents). Some delay in response time for sensors occurs in the presence of the interfering chemicals. However, once stabilized, the signals remain nearly consistent with those exhibited without interfering species. Side reactions such as oxidation of ascorbic acid and uric acid at the Pt-based cathode may explain the observed delays. Figure 3E showcases the reversibility of this response through experiments that involve increasing lactate concentration in a stepwise fashion from 0 to 15 mM, reducing it to 0 mM and then repeating this process for four consecutive cycles. A maximum relative standard deviation (RSD) of ~6% in sensor signal highlights the linear, reversible response to time-varying concentrations of lactate concentrations, with minimal hysteresis (Fig. 3E, inset) across a physiologically relevant range. Figure S3C illustrates an additional reversibility study using a separate lactate sensor for two consecutive cycles (maximum RSD, ~5.5%). Human sweat contains electrolytes, metabolites, and other species (38) that could potentially affect the sensor operation. The response in artificial sweat at a representative sweat temperature of 30°C (±3°C) (39) with increasing lactate concentration at an average sweat pH of 5.5 (38) appears in Fig. 3F. Figure 3G shows calibration plots for lactate sensors in artificial sweat at various physiologically relevant pH values at 30°C (±3°C). The sensitivity of the lactate sensor decreases for concentrations above 15 mM as the pH decreases. The pH-dependent activity of lactate oxidase enzyme likely causes this effect. The calibration plot illustrated in Fig. 3G can be used to compensate the pH effect, based on measurements of pH in the colorimetric region of the microfluidic platform. In addition, fig. S3D shows the lactate sensor response characterized at a higher than usual sweat temperature (37° ± 3°C). The sensors exhibit a maximum SD of 1.1 mV (last 1 min of signal recording) for concentrations up to 20 mM, which corresponds to a maximum error of ~1.3 mM.

It was on the 5th of January that 7UP decided to scream “Vanakkam Coimbatore” and brought out their fizzy fun!

There was a recent instructables where they used an old crock pot (set to low) modified to be a vacuum chamber, evacuated with a brake line bleeder as the vacuum pump. The vacuum means that moisture in the filament is going to go vapour at a lower temperature. The initial cost would be higher, but I think the energy cost (heating) would be lower and the dehydration speed faster. Google for VACUUM SLOW COOKER FILAMENT RESTORATION. Disclaimer: I have no connection with the site or the instructable author, just thought it was a more clever idea.

• Cotton Patch Café (Food Service), 6810 Slide Road: cold hold food held and improper temperatures. Observed improper employee hand washing. Observed hose being stored in mop sink while not in use. Observed service items stored in hand wash sink. Advised: hand sink is for hand washing only. Observed sticker residue on food storage containers. Observed personal employee beverages without lids or straws. Observed unlabeled bulk storage containers. Observed soiled walls along back prep area. Corrected on site.

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