many safe products now part of #cancer conspiracy

7.25: news.health/cancer/
many safe products now part of cancer conspiracy:
summary:
. many chemicals in our environment
are not classed as carcinogens because
they are not by themselves mutagens;
but many chemicals deemed to be safe
can conspire to contribute to cancer risk.

some flu #vaccines don't contain mercury

7.12: news.med/flu vaccine/beware thimerosal:
. some flu vaccines still contain thimerosal
delivering about 25 micrograms of ethylmercury.
It is known that as little a 0.5 micromole
[114.825 micrograms]* of ethylmercury
[ 5 years of thimerosal-flu vaccines ]
can produce a 50% inhibition of the
brain's most important protective system
against excitotoxicity.

water purification

web.aq.care/water purification:
7.11: summary:
. we should store water for emergencies;
boiling is the simplest way to purify water;
but to store tap water in sealed containers,
you can keep it fresh with chlorine dioxide,
(not to be confused with chlorine bleach).
. if there's a chance the water has
protozoa protected by the dormant cyst form
such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium,
only boiling or a submicron filter can remove them
but you don't usually find them in tap water .

Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths

5.28: web.health/Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths:
7.1: summary:
Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths
have been reduced substantially;
but there is still danger from
letting kids sleep in car seats .
. there is a crib device that simulates a car ride,
so no need to use car rides to promote sleep .

manage bermuda grass with chickens

2.15: co.nextdoor.com/apt`yard/manage bermuda grass with chickens:
Arthur Thomson:
Dan we had Bermuda grass, then we got about 10 chickens,
now no more Bermuda grass, just lots of fresh eggs.

higher IQ by conversing with preschoolers

2.3: news.care/children/higher IQ by conversing with preschoolers:
summary:
. wealthier children have higher IQ's,
and one difference wealthier families make
that might be usable by other families
is conversing more with their preschoolers
using a richer vocabulary .
. however the intervention studies are not done,
so the effect of wealth on IQ
might also be due to genetics or telepathy .

urine-ash is a superior fertilizer

1.18: care/agro/urine as fertilizer:
. compared to mineral fertilizer
urine-fed plants were 10% larger;
urine/ash–fed were 27% larger .

#organic #hydroponics

1.18: care/agro/organic hydroponics:
summary:
. hydroponics can save water,
but it doesn't mix easily with organics;
nevertheless, organic hydroponics is possible;
furthermore, it can make use of soil microbes
that protect plants from pathogenic microbes .

ready.gov

8.30: news.care/ready.gov:
12.31: summary:
. Septembers are preparedness months;
ready.gov is concerned mostly with
the increasing damage from climate change;
but keep war in mind too
(you may need more than 3 days of water).

accelerate #baby #communications skill

8.30: news.care/children/accelerate baby communications skill:
Maternal Responsiveness and the Development of
Directed Vocalizing in Social Interactions
Infancy July–August 2014
International Society on Infant Studies (ISIS)

summary by uiowa.edu:

. infants whose mothers responded to
what they thought their babies were saying,
showed an increase in developmentally advanced,
consonant-vowel vocalizations,
which means the babbling has become
sophisticated enough to sound more like words.

homeschooling for accelerated learning

5.16: news.care/edu/homeschooling for accelerated learning:
The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family's Method to
College Ready by Age Twelve
by Kip Harding, and Mona Lisa Harding;
-- information about
getting into college through loopholes.
--  "timelines/suggestions about
homeschooling and acceleration"
-- "the Hardings provide a behind-the-scenes
glimpse of the method they iterated over the years
to work for their own family.
It’s enormously useful in that sense.
Young homeschooling families can learn
the pitfalls of trying to replicate "school",
what the challenges of homeschooling are,
that working parents can homeschool too,
[ get older kids to tutor younger ones ]
and how to hack education so that real learning happens."

moistened toilet paper is mainstream

5.11: news.care/moistened toilet paper is mainstream:
12.27: summary:
. as I went to a high-fiber diet
going to the bathroom was getting messier,
so I started wetting my toilet paper
with rubbing alcohol (better than water
because the toilet paper doesn't fall apart).
. this has been very cheap and effective,
and is sure not to block sewer pipes .
. here's amazon's price for moistened tissues:
$25 Fresh N' Up Adult Moist Toilet Tissue 42*12,
-- rubbing alcohol with regular toilet papers
is vastly cheaper, and can be convenient
if you can find a pocket-sized sprayer,
such as this:
Nature's Plus` Melatonin Spray, 2 fl oz .

#obese more likely to die from #flu

10.21: web.health/hormonics/obese more likely to die from flu:
summary:
. the obese were more likely to get the H1N1 flu
and to subsequently die from it;
so, would that apply to any flu?
. usa's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
added morbid obesity to the list of conditions that
increase the risk of influenza-related complications,
including hospitalization and death .
. some say the obese should be urged to get flu vaccine,
while others claim vaccines may not work in the obese
because they are less like to mount an immune response .
. also, vaccines work surely only by herd immunity,
because, vaccines are not 100% effective,
so if you are obese surrounded by
thin people who don't get vaccinated,
getting a flu vaccine is not surely going to protect you from flu .
. vaccines aren't without risk,
so, it would be wise to minimize them .
. instead of flu vaccines,
we could vaccinate only the care providers
of those who stay home with the vulnerable
(infants and elderly)
and reduce the size of our obese population
by putting a huge tax on high-glycemic foods
and also on the high-fructose low-fiber foods .

PĒCE Do Happy Today outreach

9.22: co.pol/Partnership for Equity and Civic Engagement
/Do Happy Today outreach:
. PĒCE (Partnership for Equity and Civic Engagement)
had a planning meeting for their Do Happy Today outreach .
 . part of happiness is getting a sense of community;
(eg free food may bring the community together)
. do you measure success in gross domestic product,
or do you measure it in national happiness levels ?
. and consider long-term happiness too:
you're high on sugar but what did alzheimer's cost?
you feel lucky but are you prepared for
climate change and limits to population growth?
. as a closing message,
I seconded the gentleman who earlier showed concern about
preparing for climate change:
even 3 days without infrastructure
would be as devastating as nuclear bomb .
(he adds that people are happy when they are grateful,
rather than being grateful when they are happy).
. we should use some of this time promoting happiness
to talk about long term happiness
remind people how fragile our supply chain is,
and that we need to relocalize,
telling people about backyard gardens and chicken raising .
[ but perhaps not a good message for a desert like Tucson
as it has more people than local water supplies .]

lecithin granules lipid composition #cook

9.7: web.cook/lecithin granules/lipid composition:
summary:
. I've been thinking of using more lecithin
such as Now Food's non-GMO soy lecithin granules
by using it in all my cooker recipes;
so, how much omega-6 am I getting ?
granules are 33-35% soybean oil,
and half of that is an omega-6 poly'oil;
also 10% of soy oil is palmitic acid,
the bad (atherogenic) saturated fat,
which becomes dangerous when adding grains to diet .

prioritizing supplements for a tight budget

health/prioritizing supplements for a tight budget:
summary:
. I'm looking for ways to save more in preparation for
lower luck and higher inflation;
so, I'm trying to replace health supplements
with items that foodstamps will pay for .

american preppers network water treatment

5: news.care/water/american preppers network water treatment:

. tap water is usually already chlorinated,
and can be stored as-is;
if storing filtered or well water
you will need to add two drops of
non-scented chlorine bleach
to every 2 litres of water,
assuming the chlorine is 5.35% strength .
. before using chlorinated water
let it stand ventilated for 30 minutes
so that the chlorine can escape .
Be sure to read the label when
purchasing chlorine for this use,
 content is best for calculating your needs.
Chlorine bleach will kill mostbacteria causing diseases.
.
Chlorine has a limited shelflife:
. stored between 50F and 70F
it starts to degrade by approximately 20% per year
to salts and water.
chlorine of the form 6% sodium hypochlorite,
has only a 3 month shelflife .
.
chlorinated Water has a 6month shelflife ..
[if you ignored the previous tip,
you might be interested in this backup: ]
.
iodine is limited as a backup water purifier:
. Iodine purification works best when
it's applied just before the water is used;
the water temperature is over 68F .
. using Liquid 2% Tincture of Iodine
Add 5 drops per quart when the water is clear.
Add 10 drops per quart when the water is cloudy.
. iodine is degraded by UV from light;
. some people are allergic to iodine,
some people who are allergic to shellfish
are also allergic to iodine.
[. some with thyroiditis may get much worse
when exposed to high levels of iodine .]
pregnancy may be affected .

  

Israel advances desalination

11: pol/desalination/Israel advances desalination:
desalination can be mainstreamed:

. Israel desalinizes water for a cost of
53 cents per cubic meter;
desalinizing 1,000 US gallons (3,800 L) of water
can cost as little as $3 .
. modern technologies, such as
the Seawater Greenhouse,
use solar energy to desalinate seawater
for agriculture and drinking uses
in an extremely cost-effective manner.

alternet 2010:

. by 2014, Israel's desalination plants
might provide 33% of their drinking water.
. reverse osmosis technology
is used by the Hadera plant
(the world's largest using such technology);
it does not involve heating the sea water .

#wwIII #EMP takes out #water pumps

11.2: mis.care/water/mac attack as omen:
. having my computer broken reminds me
I have been forgetting about prepping for
disasters that may take away water as well as computing .

25: web.aq.care#beprepared/the essentials:
. water at about $1 per gal 20*5gal
. water disinfectant drops and solar oven .

Russia agro' uses sun more wisely than USA

12.11: news.pol/energy/Russia agro' uses sun more wisely than USA:
In 2011, 40% of Russia’s food 

was grown on dachas (cottage gardens or allotments).
Dacha gardens produced
66+% of the vegetables,
80+% of the fruit and berries,
49% of the nation’s milk, much of it consumed raw.
79% of the potatoes

In 1999, 35 million Dachnik plots produced,

77% of vegetables,
87% of fruits,
49% of milk
90% of Russia’s potatoes,
59% of meat .