https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/TE8Z4Mu9DgY?rel=0&showinfo=0
What Bored Engineers Do!
Moving and Educational
This is a wonderful, one minute clip filmed in Glasgow Scotland. Full of wisdom, and very brief.
It’s not a joke, it’s not religious, it’s not political. It’s just…Special.
I think you’ll agree.
Enjoy this one minute clip. It has a meaning for all of us.
Blind Date
The World Flight Map
About Captain Jack Story
Nearly All Boxed Mac and Cheese Contains Phthalates, New Study Shows
A new study of 30 cheese products including popular and organic boxed mac and cheese has found that all but one of them contain phthalates. These harmful chemicals have been shown to disrupt male hormones like testosterone and have been linked to behavioral problems in children.
“If you asked most scientists about the top 10 or 20 endocrine-disrupting chemicals they worry about, phthalates would be on that list,” Heather B. Patisaul, a professor of biological sciences at the Center for Human Health and the Environment at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, told the New York Times. “We have an enormous amount of data.”
DEHP, which Dr. Mercola calls one of the top six chemical threats to humans, was found more often and at a much higher average concentration than any other phthalate.
The study found that the highly processed cheese powders in boxed mac and cheese mixes, even organic boxed mac and cheese, contained the highest concentrations of these chemicals.
“The phthalate concentrations in powder from mac and cheese mixes were more than four times higher than in block cheese and other natural cheeses like shredded cheese, string cheese and cottage cheese,” said Mike Belliveau, executive director of the Environmental Health Strategy Center, one of four advocacy groups that funded the report, along with the Ecology Center, Healthy Babies Bright Futures, and Safer States.
“Our belief is that it’s in every mac and cheese product — you can’t shop your way out of the problem,” Belliveau told the Times.
The new study was performed after a recent scientific review found that dairy products were the greatest source of dietary exposure to DEHP for infants and women of reproductive age.
Approximately two million boxes of mac and cheese are sold every day in the United States, according to 2013 data from Symphony/IRI Group.
Phthalates are industrial chemicals used to soften plastics and are found in food packaging. They then leech into foods, particularly fatty foods like cheese.
The FDA has not banned phthalates from contact with food. Environmental and food safety groups petitioned the FDA to remove all phthalates from food and food packaging last year, though the petition has been delayed for technical reasons.
Why Natural Hollow Fibers Outperform Traditional Materials
* Natural hollow fibers like silk and wool contain microscopic air channels that create superior temperature regulation and moisture management compared to solid fibers like cotton and linen
* A single wool fiber can contain up to 2,500 air chambers per inch, while silk has a unique triangular cross-section with three hollow chambers that create its characteristic sheen
* Hollow fibers can absorb significant moisture while still feeling dry. Wool can absorb 30% of its weight in moisture without feeling wet, unlike cotton, which becomes heavy and cold when damp
* Eucalyptus-derived hollow fibers (Tencel/Lyocell) represent a modern, sustainable alternative that combines natural benefits with manufacturing precision, using just a fraction of the water required for cotton production
* While hollow fiber materials like silk and wool typically cost more upfront, they often prove more economical over time due to superior longevity — a silk pillowcase can last five years compared to a cotton one lasting only one year”
https://organicconsumers.org/why-natural-hollow-fibers-outperform-traditional-materials/
How to Stop Insects Eating Plant Leaves Naturally: Construct a Chicken Moat
This protective enclosure for the garden uses chickens as an effective garden pest control along with a moat to protect your crops.
A chicken moat is not a waterway, but it does provide a protective enclosure for the garden. Weeds, insects, rabbits, ground hogs and even deer are barred from entry by the double wall of fencing and the ever-diligent patrol flock. All in all, it’s a clever solution to the fowl raiser’s dilemma of whether to fence the birds or the garden: Fence both!
In days gone by, rulers of kingdoms would protect themselves by ordering a few thousand serfs to build a moat around the family castle. With the current shortage of serfs, the practice has fallen out of favor. However, when faced with that classic country conundrum, “Do I fence the garden or the chickens?” I decided to make a modern adaptation of that medieval practice. I fenced both fowl and crops with a chicken moat.
My moat is simply a strip of dry land, enclosed by two parallel fences, which surrounds my family’s garden. Throughout the day, the hen patrol moves all around the garden (but never in it), munching on all those things hens love: weeds, seeds, worms, tiny pieces of stones, and (best of all) bugs.
https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/garden-pest-control-zmaz88mjzgoe/
Flying Zebra
