Wednesday, June 19 2013 4:13 AM EDT2013-06-19 08:13:24 GMT
The Kentucky National Guard is getting ready to celebrate more than two centuries of service to the commonwealth and the nation.
The Kentucky National Guard is getting ready to celebrate more than two centuries of service to the commonwealth and the nation.
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The next time you want to make your flowers last a little longer, consider dropping a bit of Viagra into the vase.
According to the British Medical Journal, researchers in Israel and Australia have found that the little blue pill is not only effective at treating male impotence, but also can be used to double the shelf live of cut flowers.
Having already tested the drug on strawberries, legumes, roses, carnations, broccoli and other perishable items, the researchers turned to cut flowers. They found that as little as one milligram of Viagra dissolved in a solution was enough to make two vases of cut flowers stay fresh almost a week longer than normal.
A group led by Professor Yaacov Leshem, a plant researcher at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, also discovered that Viagra has almost the same effect on plant ripening as it does on a man's sexual organ.
Viagra is a relatively expensive solution to extending the life of flowers. However, nitric oxide, which is very inexpensive and easy to obtain, is an alternative to the little blue pill in treating cut flowers. Viagra is easier to apply to cut flowers, so now the challenge is to develop methods for large scale treatment of produce to increase shelf life.
The main ingredient in Viagra, manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, is sildenafil citrate. Sildenafil citrate works by enhancing signaling through the nitric oxide pathway in the male genitalia.
Men take a dose of 50 milligrams to treat impotence. Each pill costs roughly $5, according to Men's Health.
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Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:22 PM EDT2013-06-19 00:22:22 GMT
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local grocery stores. Beaverton police were called out to the WinCo Foods store on Cedar Hills Boulevard the
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local WinCo Foods stores.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonade
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 4:20 PM EDT2013-06-18 20:20:32 GMT
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan.
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Father's Day, she found out just how much that simple gesture meant to the sergeant who received it.
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