We find examples of oxidation-reduction or redox reactions almost every time we analyze the reactions used as sources of either heat or work. When natural gas burns, for example, an oxidation-reduction reaction occurs that releases more than 800 kJ/mol of energy.
The Highwaymen were a 1960s collegiate folk group. They originated at Wesleyan University and had a Billboard #1 hit in 1961 with Michael, a version of the African-American work song Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, and another Top 20 hit in 1962 with Cotton Fields. Michael sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record.
Ron Jon Surf Shop founder, 73, busted for drunk driving; Fla. beach bum was smashed on Four Loko. The legendary founder of Ron Jon Surf Shops was busted for drunken driving in Florida last week after cops caught him driving recklessly while plastered on Four Loko, police said. Ronald DiMenna, 73, was stumbling and slurring his speech when Brevard County police yanked him out of his pickup truck after stopping him on North Banana River Blvd.