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Need a great Family or On-Your_Own Winter Activity?
When the holidays are over, and winter sets in, sometimes we're
looking for things to do. The same can be said of retirement, or
if you're just ready for a change-of-pace in your life, and a
new interest.
Well, if you start planning now, by this time next year you
could be watching a lot of interesting things in your own back
yard by turning it into a Backyard Wildlife Habitat. An official
wildlife habitat provides wildlife with food, water, cover and
places to raise their young. It has all ...Read the rest of this entry »
Is Your Home Hazardous To Your Health? How Indoor Air Pollution
We tend to think of our homes as our havens--safe places to go
in order to retreat from the assault of modern life. For the
most part this is true. But there is a hidden danger lurking in
the seemingly tranquil and protective confines of our houses,
and it's something we ought to sit up and notice. That hidden
danger is the quality of indoor air.
The act of breathing is so natural we don't even realize we're
doing it, but what about the air that we take in every time we
inhale? When was the ...Read the rest of this entry »
Easy Computer Tips
Things you can do to keep your computer running smoothly.
1. Empty your recycle bin, delete the deleted files from
Outlook, you can also delete files in your sent folder that are
no longer needed.
2. Get rid of those cookies, they can take up alot of space.
Marketers also use this information to track your buying
patterns.
3. You can delete your Temp files these end with *.tmp you can
use F3 in Windows to search for that extension.
4. Run Microsoft ScanDisk at least once a month.
5. Run ...Read the rest of this entry »
How To Foster An Environment For Successful Communications With
As parents, we strive to address all of the questions asked by
our children. If we don't have the answer, or don't like the
question, we would never think of ignoring the child. We do not
accept improper communication as acceptable behavior. Most
parents, however, are quick to excuse or overlook the behavior
of their child when he / she reacts the same way and are often
left wondering when the lines of communication broke.
Picture this: Five year-old Jason is riding home from
school with his ...Read the rest of this entry »
The History Of Solar Power
With the recent rise in energy costs many people have been
looking to alternative sources of energy. One of the greatest
energy sources (our sun) is readily available for the taking. We
just need to be able to harness it's power. For those
interested, below is a brief history of how solar power came to
be.
The history of photovoltaic energy (aka. solar cells) started
way back in 1876. William Grylls Adams along with a student of
his, Richard Day, discovered that when selenium was exposed ...Read the rest of this entry »
Raising a Self-Sufficient Teen
Raising a Self-Sufficient Teen by Rachel Paxton -
rachel@creativehomemaking.com Teens don't learn responsibility
overnight. If you haven't been working with your teen on
gradually giving them a sense of independence and ownership of
their lives, then you're going to have your work cut out for
you. Don't wait until it's too late.
By the time your children are in high school, they should be
doing for themselves a lot of the things you've been doing for
them all of their lives. What does your ...Read the rest of this entry »
Open Letter to President Elect Obama
Dear President Elect Obama:
As you have hopefully inspired many Afro Americans to aspire to greater goals; I have been inspired by George Bush and Sarah Palin. I now believe that I am smart enough to be President. I realize that there are many people in Congress smarter than I, but few with as much common sense. Please keep this in mind as you read my "vision" for America.
Taxes: Generally raising taxes in a bad economy is not a good idea. However, we do have a $10 trillion debt. We can't ...Read the rest of this entry »
Water Filtration Faucet to Add Value to Your Conceptual Kitchen Design
Installing a water filtration system which is able to eliminate effectively all the harmful contaminants is still the main purpose for most households but having limited choices of water filtration faucet that do not fit perfectly into your kitchen design or color scheme could be quite an eye sore problem. Especially if the water filtration faucet is not flexible enough to suit the existing setting of your kitchen appliances and fittings. Besides spending on the water filtration unit itself, ...Read the rest of this entry »
How to make Blueprints
Lately, I have had a number of people asking how to make
blueprints. First, I assume they already have their drawings
ready, such as a print of a CAD drawing, or a drawing that was
drawn by hand using manual drafting tools before CAD come to
town and took over. It was 1985 or so when CAD became readily
available and was just becoming popular and affordable around
1988 and 1990. I remember taking an AutoCad class in college
years ago (about 1989). I had not yet accepted CAD over the
manual way ...Read the rest of this entry »
Air Pollution Hikes Stroke Risk
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The type of stroke that results when a blood clot travels to the
brain -- called an ischemic stroke -- is more likely to occur on
days when the air contains a larger concentration of particulate
matter, according to a study published online in Stroke: Journal
of the American Heart Association.
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and
the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) examined air quality
on a total of 37,000 days in nine cities. ...Read the rest of this entry »
Re-purpose, Re-use, Recycle: Buzzwords in 2009
Re-purpose, re-use, recycle- these are the buzzwords in home decor these days. In a world that's becoming more and more conscious of the deleterious effects on the environment of man's compulsion to accumulate, the trend these days is to have less. This doesn't mean to have only one sofa in the living room; what it means is to make use of what we already have, rather than buy a new one for your home decor. That way, no new trees need to be cut, and no more old furniture need make their ...Read the rest of this entry »
The Race to Government Handouts
First we watched the bungling of the financial crisis. Then GM demands the AIG treatment. Now the energy industry is stomping at the bits to get its helping of taxpayer monies. We are witnessing the best engineered and most profitable scams in history in which the financial industry looted well over one trillion dollars of taxpayer money.
The spectacle is awesome. The amounts of money we are talking about are incomprehensible for the poor souls who are called upon to pay for the mess. In the ...Read the rest of this entry »
Compost Bins Versus Compost Tumblers
Most people who choose to garden are aware of the benefits of composting and know the basics of creating good compost, but often are unsure exactly what the best equipment, if any, is actually required. The most basic form of a compost pile is exactly that, a pile of vegetation, garbage and scrap items such as leaves and grass, which then may be surrounded by an enclosure. This works very well, but requires a fairly long period of time and a certain amount of maintenance to ensure a good final ...Read the rest of this entry »
The Emerging Water Wars - Part I
Growing up in Israel in the 1960's, we were always urged to
conserve precious water. Rainfall was rare and meager, the sun
scorching, our only sweet water lake under constant threat by
the Syrians. Israelis were being shot at hauling water cisterns
or irrigating their parched fields. Water was a matter of life
and death - literally.
Drought often conspires with man-made disasters. Macedonia
experienced its second worst dry spell during the civil strife
of last year. Benighted Afghanistan is ...Read the rest of this entry »
How Is Tap Water Tested For Contamination In Your Locality?
How is tap water tested for contamination? Have you asked this question yet? Of course, there have been plenty of reports from several research institutes stating that tap water is badly contaminated, highly dangerous to drink it or use it for other purposes on a regular basis. But, as you know, the quality of drinking water is not the same across the whole country. It differs from state to state. So, you need to test the tap water in the area you live in to get an idea of the pollution level ...Read the rest of this entry »
Indoor Air Pollution-You Can Do Something About It.
About Indoor Air Pollution At The Workplace And At Home.
Workplace Air Pollution
When we think about pollution, we generally think in terms of
outdoor air pollution. However, we spend many hours each day
indoors, be it at home or in our work place. Yes, air pollution
isn't only an outdoor issue. The air indoors, at our home and in
our workplace can also be polluted and we can suffer because of
it. Indoor air pollution can and does affect the quality of our
life. In fact, levels of some types of ...Read the rest of this entry »
How Can I Prevent HPV Contamination?
The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) causes genital warts. Unfortunately, HPV contamination is very common. In fact, HPV infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted disease these days. More than a million Americans are diagnosed with HPV infection every year.
HPV is a microscopic virus that can often cause skin lesions and infections. These lesions in the form of warts usually grow in the genital or anal area. However, they can also develop on your lips or anywhere in your ...Read the rest of this entry »
Non-practicing Ideologues
Former vice-president, and self-proclaimed once the "next president of the United States", Al Gore shows no signs of stopping his assault on the Jabberwocky of man-made global warming. And why should he? He did, after all, have had a hand in creating the internet. With a resume enhancement like that who can blame him?
His latest excursion took him to Capitol Hill in search of a platform to preach for new converts to his religion. Once there Mr. Environmentalist continued with his same mantra ...Read the rest of this entry »
Detailed Cell Phone Accessories Information
Cell phones require accessories for three main purposes - to enable complete utilization of the cell phone, for safety of the cell phone and its user and to enhance its appearance.
Purchasing cell phones accessories is not an easy task, not certainly today. This is because there are a large number of accessories manufactured by different cell phones companies available in the market today. Some of these accessories are equally good in quality and go neck to neck in terms of features provided. ...Read the rest of this entry »
Emergency Pet and Family Planning
As thousands of families struggled with the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina, many of them were also missing pets. Many
people have plans to deal with emergencies for themselves, but
fail to make arrangements for the animal members of their
family. Whether it's a small emergency such as a house fire, or
a large emergency like a tornado, hurricane, flood or manmade
disaster, advanced planning always gives the best chance of
keeping all of your family members safe.
Preparation
Start by talking ...Read the rest of this entry »
Be Eco-Friendly: Use Natural Cleaning Products
It is a fact that most household users are so used to using commercial cleaning products with chemicals we're not really familiar with. The more chemicals, the better it cleans; or so we've thought. It every aspect of life, making changes to things we are used to can be quite difficult.
The truth is, gaining appropriate knowledge is the an important factor and is one valuable benefit when it comes to choosing the right products. It is not advisable to switch immediately from one product ...Read the rest of this entry »
Water Filtration Systems
Water purification and filtration systems for emergency situations.
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Produces 100 gallons of 750 refills of great tasting, pure drinking water. The only personal water filtration system capable of up to 99.9% reduction in All 4 Areas of Contamination: 1) Aesthetics - removes offensive tastes, odors, silt, sand, and sediment. 2)Micro Biologic Pathogens - removes Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and other cysts ...Read the rest of this entry »
Find An Enemy
To consolidate and increase failing political power, the first
step is to find an enemy. Demonize this enemy in every way
possible. Label it unpatriotic to question the evil of this
enemy. Then rally around the flag and kick some serious butt.
Sound familiar? It certainly should! Subsequent to the horrors
of 9/11, those very tactics took a president with a 49% approval
rating ' the danger point for any smart politician with an eye
on history ' and launched him to the highest approval ratings ...Read the rest of this entry »
Home Made Solar Wind Power on a Budget
The energy crunch is a real worldwide crisis as fossil fuel supplies decrease and populations increase. Utility costs are going up in pace with the increasing demand for electricity. It's no wonder that the alternative energy arena is a quickly growing market with millions of dollars invested every year. And of these great clean renewable energy sources, wind and solar power show the most promise.
What is really exciting is the realization of the incredibly high level of abundance of energy ...Read the rest of this entry »
Big Windmills-Big Ecology Problems....Report#123a
Highland Hill Farm Vice President William J. Hirst of Fountainville, PA, announces that Highland Hill Farm will fund projects, research, and fund litigation to promote and protect citizens and the environment from the placement of wind power turbines in New York and Pennsylvania.
Environmental Threats by Proposed Windmills at Fairfield, NY ....Big Windmills Make Big Ecological Problems
There is a proposed large scale wind power electricity generating project located in Herkimer County, ...Read the rest of this entry »
How to Make Compost - Some Like It Hot
Compost is easy to make. Nature does it every day on the forest floor just by letting leaves and such accumulate and rot. However, most gardeners want it in fair quantity and good quality which requires some planning and forethought. The results are more than worth it.
Once it is built a compost pile will finish in about a year, but if it is turned once that can drop to six months. In fact, the more often the pile is turned the faster it composts. The full impact of this can be seen with the ...Read the rest of this entry »
How Is Tap Water Tested For Contamination And Why Is It Failing?
Let's be honest, we have all heard how bad our water quality is and so to ask the question, how is tap water tested for contamination is a good one, but did you realize just how poor the testing is? Our municipal treatment plants can't and are not required to test for all the contaminants present in our water. They must only meet the EPA's most basic requirements for safety. Now the EPA conducts thousands of tests including gas chromatography to detect volatile organic chemicals and ...Read the rest of this entry »
How is Tap Water Tested for Contamination?
Have you ever sat and wondered exactly how is tap water tested for contamination? What you really should be worried about is not how it is being tested, but who is conducting these tests and if your drinking water is actually being tested at all. Then there is the question of if the water is being tested how accurate the reported results are.I say that because there have been numerous reports over the last few years of fraudulent reporting by the staff of the water treatment facilities. ...Read the rest of this entry »
How to Paint Green With Eco-Friendly, Non Toxic Paints
Making our dwellings gorgeous is nothing new. Humans have been decorating their homes for millennia. From the Australian Aborigines painting ochre onto cave walls over 40,000 years ago to the almost modern Egyptian pyramids of only 4,500 years ago we all have an innate desire to express ourselves and make our surroundings part of that expression.
But we have always paid a price for this activity. Paints have always contained poisons and toxins that not only pollute the environment but the air ...Read the rest of this entry »
Keeping Your Water Safe From Contamination The Plumbing Secret
When leaks develop in your water pipes it not only can be a major headache for you to have someone come and fix, but can also be the source of potential water contamination in your pipes. The pipes that carry your fresh water supply can be affected but so can the pipes that carry away the waste water from your home. Usually starting out as barely noticeable areas of dampness in your ceilings or on your walls that you may overlook in your daily living, some leaks can even go unnoticed for many ...Read the rest of this entry »