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Can a £99 machine really make better jam than the WI? FEMAIL's jam queen takes on a Lakeland gadget - and is impressed</h1>
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<li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><strong>Rachel Halliwell loves jams - but isn't convinced about making it at home</strong></span></li>
<li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><strong>She pits a mechanical jam maker against trusted WI recipes</strong></span></li>
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By <a class="author" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Rachel+Halliwell+For+The+Daily+Mail" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">RACHEL HALLIWELL FOR THE DAILY MAIL</a></div>
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<span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-published" style="font-size: 0.9em;"><span class="article-timestamp-label" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase;">PUBLISHED:</span> 22:01 GMT, 6 July 2016 </span>| <span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated" style="font-size: 0.9em;"><span class="article-timestamp-label" style="font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase;">UPDATED:</span> 00:27 GMT, 7 July 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">There is little more likely to elevate you, in the eyes of your children at least, to the realms of domestic goddess than a row of freshly potted jam jars waiting for them when they arrive home from school starving hungry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But who wants to bother with all that stirring and temperature taking? Not to mention the nightmare of a pan of molten hot fruit syrup boiling on the stove ready to scald the next small person passing by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">As fruit growers head into glut season, it’s far more economical to make your own rather than splash out on Bonne Maman jam but, oh boy, what a faff it is. Frankly, who has the time?</span></div>
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Rachel Halliwell loves jams - but isn't convinced about making it at home as it can be sticky and difficult to get right</div>
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Rachel's daughter Bridie, age 10, loves the results of her mother's experimenting - jam is perfect for eating on scones, toast or ice cream</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Now Lakeland, that well-known purveyor of innovative kitchen gadgets, claims to have found the answer - a machine they say can make perfect home-made jams and jellies in as little as 21 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">According to the spiel, the Ball FreshTech Jam & Jelly Maker uses ‘Smart Stir’ technology to create small batches of preserves with a perfect set every time, thanks to an in-built paddle and thermostat, thus bypassing all that heating and stirring to get your fruit and sugar to the all-important setting point of 105 degrees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But can it really be this easy? And will the jam taste as good as the traditional WI recipes, tried and tested over decades?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Memories of my mother cursing in the kitchen while she scalded citrus fruit (and her fingers) are re-lived as I attempt a simple marmalade. After scalding then peeling a kilo of grapefruit and a couple of lemons, I shred the rind and simmer it for a couple of hours in three litres of water. Meanwhile, the fruit and its pith cook gently in the same amount of water for an hour and a half, to be strained and added to the cooked peel.</span></div>
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The Ball FreshTech Jam & Jelly Maker uses ‘Smart Stir’ technology to create small batches of preserves with a perfect set every time, thanks to an in-built paddle and thermostat, thus bypassing all that heating and stirring to get your fruit and sugar to the all-important setting point of 105 degrees - but will it taste better than homemade?</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Then I stir in a phenomenal amount of sugar - three kilos - until it dissolves, and bring the gloopy mess to a rolling boil. It takes 25 minutes to reach setting point and I struggle to keep it there for more than a few seconds. I’m close to boiling point myself as I pot up the resulting gloop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Time:</span> Two hours, 43 minutes. Eighteen minutes prep, two hours simmering and 25 minutes boiling and temperature testing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Quality of set:</span> Borderline treacle. My mother says I didn’t boil it hard enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Taste:</span> So sugary it even puts ten-year-old Bridie’s super-sweet tooth on edge. I can’t taste the fruit or rind at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Verdict: </span>This has a beautiful glossy amber finish, but the taste lets it down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">3/10</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I wash two each of oranges, lemons and limes, peel them and chop the rind in my food processor before removing the pith from the fruit. Then I pulse the pulp in the processor and tip that with the juice and rind into the jam maker (having first sprinkled three tablespoons of pectin setting mix you buy with the machine into the pot).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I press the ‘jelly’ button, press enter and wait for a beep after four minutes that means it’s time to add 660g of sugar. Job done, I grab a magazine and wait.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Time:</span> 30 minutes. Five minutes to prep and 25 minutes cooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Quality of set: </span>A slightly runny set that’s perfect for marmalade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Taste: </span>Tangy and I can make out the individual flavours of the fruits. The rind still has some bite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Verdict:</span> Looks like pickle but the taste makes up for it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A conserve is a mix of at least two types of fruit. My WI recipe demands half a pint of redcurrant juice but I can’t get hold of any so I use apple juice, dissolving a kilo of sugar into it over a low heat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I stone a kilo of cherries, chuck them in and stir non-stop for ten minutes. Next I drain off the syrup, which goes back in the pan where I boil it hard until it thickens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I then tip the cherries back in and take the temperature - it registers at 105 degrees, which is setting point. And it’s rising rapidly. I panic, immediately turning the heat off and hoping for the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Time:</span> 25 minutes. Pitting the cherries takes 11 minutes but the cooking time is only another 14.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Quality of Set:</span> It hasn’t set at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Taste:</span> Delicious - the cherries are soft and sweet and cooking them has only enhanced their flavour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Verdict:</span> While this didn’t set, the syrup-like result would taste fantastic over ice-cream. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">6/10</span></span></div>
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Rachel's cherry conserve are delicious, but too runny to eat on toast. While the jam machine's offering took longer, the results were better</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I crush 750g of pitted cherries with a potato masher, layer them over three tablespoons of the setting mix, add 45ml of lemon juice and press the ‘jam’ button. After four minutes I add 660g of sugar. I pop on the lid - job done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Time:</span> 32 minutes. Eleven minutes to pit the cherries plus automatic 21 minutes of cooking time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Quality of set:</span> Firmer than mine, but still slightly runny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Taste:</span> Phenomenal. Hard to differentiate between this and my own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Verdict: </span>Took longer but required less effort to match the flavour of mine with a better set. </span></div>
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While Rachel is terrified that her family will be splashed with hot jam syrup, the strawberry jam that she makes is delicious and beats the jam machine's version</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I place a kilo of berries in a preserving pan with lemon juice and 1.5kg of sugar, stirring until the volume reduces by a third. The next stage is laborious: I’ve been stirring for 14 minutes to get it to boiling point and another 22 before setting point. Family members are drawn into the kitchen by the sweet smells. Terrified they’ll get splashed by the hot syrup, I bark at them to leave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Time:</span> 41 minutes. Five minutes to hull the fruit, 36 minutes cooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Quality of set: </span>Slightly runny - perfect for strawberry jam. The fruit is consistently distributed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Taste: </span>Sweet and smooth, this bursts with the taste of summer. My husband Carl says it reminds him of his childhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Verdict: </span>Worth the aching arm. My family has now banned shop-bought strawberry jam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">10/10</span></span></div>
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The strawberry jam the machine produces is grainy as a result of too much pectin being used in the mix</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I crush a kilo of hulled strawberries and tip them over three tablespoons of pectin, press the ‘jam’ button and add 660g of sugar after the four minute alarm. The next beep tells me my jam is ready.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Time:</span> 26 minutes. Five minutes to prep the fruit, 21 cooking time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Quality of set:</span> Good set, but a less even distribution of the fruit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Taste:</span> Pleasant. Less pectin mix would reduce graininess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Verdict:</span> Quick and easy but a discerning palate will pick out the graininess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Winner: Homemade</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The only savoury recipe to come with the machine was for a balsamic jelly. For this I added a teaspoon of gelatin to 250ml of dark balsamic vinegar and heated it until the gelatin dissolved. After stirring in 80ml of runny honey I refrigerated it overnight to set.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Time:</span> 5 minutes</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Quality of set:</span> It was as much a liquid the next day as it was when I first poured it into the jars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Taste: </span>Sharp and vinegary with the balsamic overpowering the honey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Verdict:</span> Disaster. The only use for it would be a salad dressing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I whisk four tablespoons of pectin mix into 625ml of apple juice and 175ml of white balsamic vinegar, add a sprig of rosemary and tip the lot into the machine. Then I press the ‘jelly’ button and add the sugar after four minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Time: </span>27 minutes. Two minutes to prep followed by an automatic 25 minutes cooking time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Quality of set: </span>Perfect consistency and a lovely golden colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Taste: </span>Perfect contrast of sharp and sweet - if slightly grainy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold" style="font-weight: 700;">Verdict:</span> I wish there were more savoury recipes provided as for £99 you want to be able to make a wide range of potted delights. </span></div>
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In a bid to control the nation’s growing problem with food wastage, the South Korean government has started a unique initiative – ‘Pay as You Trash’. Residents are required to separate their food waste from the rest of their trash and dump it separately in a centralised bin. And in order to access the bin, they actually need to pay by the kilo!</div>
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As of now, the South Korean government has three methods in place to charge citizens for the food thrown away. One is through an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) card – when users tap this card – embedded with their personal tag – over a specially designed food waste bin, the lid will open, allowing them to dump their waste. This waste is automatically weighed and recorded in the user’s account. The user needs to settle this bill on a monthly basis. Each RFID bin costs 1.7 million won ($1,500) and can cater to 60 households.</div>
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The second billing method is through pre-paid garbage bags. These specially designed bags are priced based on volume. For instance, in Seoul, a 10-liter garbage bag costs around 190 won (less than $1). There’s also a bar code management system in place, in which residents deposit food waste directly into composting bins and pay for it by purchasing bar code stickers attached to the bin.</div>
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Nearly every residential complex in the nation is equipped one of these three payment systems. Even before the pay-by-weight system was introduced, South Koreans were still being charged for food waste – the cost was simply divided equally among the tenants of each apartment block. The new system is not only fair, but is also designed to make consumers really feel the pinch of excessive waste. The more food they toss out, the more they end up paying.</div>
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And it’s working – residents like Seoul housewife Ms. Kwan are now adopting innovative methods to avoid food waste. She makes sure to strain all the liquid out of leftover food before throwing it away. She also separates fresh produce and other food items into smaller portions so that only the required amount of ingredients are used up per meal. While prepping vegetables, she tries to make use of as much as the edible parts as possible, in an effort to minimize waste.</div>
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“Because I’m worried about the disposal fees, I’m more careful about food waste now,” she said. “Our food waste has become much less than before.”</div>
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“People used to buy a lot of food and throw away leftovers without much care,” said Yu Gwang Mo, a government official from Seoul’s Mapo district. “After realising they have to pay for how much they throw, they have started to control their food purchase.”</div>
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“I think it’s a good idea,” added Mapo housewife Cho Sung Ja, “because people started to pay more attention to how much trash they throw and there’s now less food waste and the trash bin area has become cleaner too.”</div>
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Restaurants and other food-based businesses are also actively trying to reduce their pay-by-weight disposal bill, by in their own food waste processor – a machine that converts food scraps into dried powder that can be used as fertilizer. Some restaurants are actively trying to reduce the amount of food they waste by donating leftovers to the poor and hungry.</div>
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According to official surveys, food waste in South Korea accounts for 28 percent of total waste by volume. 30 percent of this comes from leftovers, while 5 percent of the wasted food is thrown away uneaten. In smaller restaurants, leftovers account for 68 percent of all food wasted. Disposing this kind of waste costs the government a whopping 800 billion won per year. Through various initiatives such as ‘Pay as You Trash’, the government has managed to cut food waste from 5.1 million tons in 2008 to 4.82 million tons in 2014.</div>
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Many of us living in tiny apartments can only dream about growing vegetables in our own backyards, but thanks to Foop, an ingenious home gardening pod developed by Japanese company C’estec, we can now grow veggies in the comfort of our own home.<br />
Foop (a combination of the words ‘food’ and ‘people’) is a small-size hydroponic agriculture kit that allows users to grow plants in water instead of soil. Its designers claim that you can use Foop to grow small crops of popular vegetables, including lettuce, arugula, basil, parsley or shiso, all of which can be raised from seeds and will develop faster than non-hydroponic plants.<br />
The elegantly-designed wooden frame of the Foop is is produced by craftsmen from Hida, in Gifu Prefecture, one of Japan’s most famous woodworking regions, but the device also comes with a clear acrylic cover that lets you check the progress of your crops. There are no buttons or switches visible on the Foop, because all the settings – temperature, humidity, light, water levels, etc. – are done via a smartphone app. The Foop will also regularly send notifications regarding the state of your indoor garden and alert you when the crops are ready to be harvested.<br />
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C’estec designed this gardening pod for people living in crowded cities like Tokyo who lack both space and extensive gardening knowledge, so it’s really simple to use. The compact device houses a set of moisture-rich sponge pods in which you plant the seeds. After that’s done, all you have to do is pair the Foop with your smartphone and you’ll receive a prediction of how long the plants will take to fully grow. Gardening enthusiasts can also alter lighting, heat and humidity via the dedicated app.<br />
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To ensure plants have everything they need to grow at an optimal pace, Foop relies on a number of built-in features, like LED lights, environmental regulation fans, CO2 sensors and a small hand pump for feeding air to the water. And just in case you’re not the kind of person who checks phone notifications every five seconds, the device features a small LED screen that can display 20 different statuses regarding the state of the plants. Once they are fully grown, all you have to do is open the clear cover, slide out the trays and help yourself to some home-grown veggies.<br />
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Foop will be officially launched in September, but C’estec has already started taking preorders. You’ll have to fork out ¥38,800 ($360) for it, but you should probably hurry and preorder, as the initial launch batch will aparently be limited to 100 units<br />
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So now you can grow your vegetables indoor, you can <a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/animals/the-beecosystem-lets-you-use-bees-as-indoor-pets.html" style="color: #439600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">raise bees for honey indoor</a>, you can socialize on the internet. Soon you won’t have to leave the house at all, and when you do, you’ll probably just hop on your<a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/technology/the-walkcar-a-japanese-gadget-designed-to-make-walking-obsolete.html" style="color: #439600; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WalkCar</a> instead of actually walking. Technology, man, you gotta love it!<br />
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Can earthquakes and tsunamis put the Japanese food producer down? Apparently not. Sanriku Fukko National Park now hosts the<strong> world’s largest indoor farm. </strong>It was built inside an old, 25,000-square-foot semiconductor factory and uses 100 times less water than an outdoor farm. <strong>What’s more, they claim that their produce contains 8 to 10 times more beta-carotene and twice the vitamin C, calcium and magnesium as its outdoor-grown counterparts.<span id="more-4768"></span></strong></div>
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The produce grown at this weather-resistant, climate controlled plant uses LED lights and can yield over 10,000 heads of lettuce per day! With examples like this it is easy to see why indoor gardening or urban green-housing is expected to grow from a $30 million to a $270 million industry by 2020. With solar power, the cost to produce organic, non-GMO foods could be lowered even more. This trend is also likely part of a new <a href="http://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-future-14-high-tech-farms-where-veggies-gr-513129450" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;">high-tech, non-GMO</a>, organic farming model that is more sustainable, and can ensure food sustainability in even the most climate-challenged locales.</div>
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Another Japanese farm is located in the basement of a high-rise building in Tokyo. It uses hydroponics to grow a variety of flowers all year long.</div>
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The Japanese government <a href="http://www.cityfarmer.info/2009/04/10/japanese-government-to-boost-indoor-cultivation-housed-vegetable-growing-will-create-jobs-aid-food-security/" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;">plans to promote</a> indoor gardening as a way to create jobs and aid in food security. Officials will offer incentives including low-interest financing and a capital investment tax credit. About 40 indoor growing facilities are already in operation nationwide.</div>
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More than 150 national disasters <a href="http://modernfarmer.com/2014/12/salad-inc/" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;">have struck Japan</a> in the last 30 years, largely due to their position over tectonic plates. The Fukushima incident is just the latest, and most egregious tragedy. But other places in the world have witnessed challenging if not equally devastating occurrences that threaten their food supply.</div>
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California has experienced the worst single-year drought in all of history, <a href="http://www.prevention.com/food/smart-shopping/california-drought-impacts-produce-departments" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;">affecting the production</a> of fruits and vegetables not just within the state, but across the US. <a href="http://www.grit.com/farm-and-garden/hydroponics-the-answer-to-thriving-during-drought.aspx#axzz3MONKkAMa" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;">Colorado and Texas</a> have faced similar droughts but they are not responsible for growing 68% or more of all produce for the entire country.</div>
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What’s more, Africa <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201210050333.html" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;">has seen no improvements</a> in food shortages in the cultivation of GMOs, even with the promises of biotech.</div>
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<a href="http://www.theglobalist.com/indias-food-crises-close-up/" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;">India once cultivated farms</a> that yielded incredible grains and legumes that were full of nutrients, but reports are that food shortages loom there as well.</div>
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Water conservation, lowered costs, immunity to weather patterns, and the ability to grow all manner of food from micro-greens to bananas without chemical pesticides and fertilizers are all boons to the growing indoor farming model.</div>
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This article was written by <a href="http://naturalsociety.com/author/christina/" rel="author external" style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;" title="Visit Christina Sarich’s website">Christina Sarich</a> </div>
Smile Bakeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01069069994381921019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164857165931644940.post-18227240735063176172015-03-19T01:19:00.001+08:002015-03-19T01:19:37.008+08:00How to make your own food box<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KXfGu42DxSo" width="560"></iframe><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fiQ35oXXFzA" width="560"></iframe>Smile Bakeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01069069994381921019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164857165931644940.post-69039460404846153042015-02-06T22:43:00.000+08:002015-02-06T23:13:49.943+08:00Miniature Real Food Konapun<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tJ2ayOTC2do" width="560"></iframe><br />
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The word Konapun means (according to Google’s translator) “of this starch.” I assume that perhaps a better translation would be “made of starch” but I’m not quite sure. Here is the Japanese word Konapun: こなぷん.</div>
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The starch in this case is starch powder derived from seaweed. More specifically it is called alginic acid or alginate.</div>
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The kits come with multiple packets of starch that are all chemically different so that when you mix them with water and work them into the food item they are supposed to look like, they really take on that look amazingly well.</div>
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For the items that look like they are frying in oil, the “oil” includes citric acid which interacts with the alginate and forms tiny bubbles which simulate a frying effect.”</div>
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Turning old plastic bags into bricks</h1>
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Wouldn’t it be great to take the plastic bags that fill refuse stations in India and convert them into bricks, strong enough to build houses fit for monsoon rains? Danish student Lise Fuglsang Vestergaard is well on her way to doing just that.</div>
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During her stay in India to develop a refuse collection system, master’s student Lise Fuglsang Vestergaard from Technical University of Denmark came up with the idea of converting soft plastic waste into bricks. (Photo: private.)</div>
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Vestergaard’s project has received a real boost after she won a student competition, the ‘Green Challenge’, at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where she recently completed her Master of Science in Engineering degree. Providing a much-needed injection of capital, the victory also brought recognition of her idea.</div>
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“The ‘Green Challenge’ gave me the chance to present my project to a panel of critical judges. I have put my concept to the toughest test – and it came out on top. This has given me a firm belief that I’m on to something here,” Vestergaard says.</div>
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The idea for the project originally arose in 2013 when, as part of her studies in design and innovation, Vestergaard spent three months in India developing a refuse collection system for the extremely poor city of Joygopalpur. The Indian people are already committed to collecting refuse, as they can earn a few rupees by delivering it to recycling stations.</div>
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The colourful plastic bag bricks can withstand up to six tonnes of pressure. (Photo: Thorkild Amdi Christensen.)</div>
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However, they generally leave soft plastic waste behind, because it’s apparently difficult to find uses for it. As a result, this type of plastic is causing an increasingly significant refuse problem in India.</div>
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When Vestergaard noted how the clay-brick houses were almost washed away during the monsoon season, she quickly put two and two together. Would it be possible, she wondered, to use the plastic to make bricks – thus solving two problems simultaneously?</div>
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On her return to Denmark, Vestergaard began experimenting and melting plastic into moulds in an ordinary oven. She has now developed a series of plastic brick prototypes. Subsequent testing at DTU has revealed that the bricks can withstand up to six tonnes of pressure.</div>
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Vestergaard has also succeeded in including foil-covered crisp bags in her brick concept. This is a major achievement, given that these packets make up a large proportion of the plastic refuse. The bricks can contain up to 60 per cent crisp bags without this compromising their strength.</div>
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Vestergaard’s success in the student competition has given her renewed energy to continue working on the concept. Instead of spending the months following graduation seeking employment, Vestergaard will now immerse herself full-time in her brick project. The next step will be to return to India.</div>
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Lise Fuglsang Vestergaard presenting her plastic bag bricks during an exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo: Thorkild Amdi Christensen.)</div>
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The challenge is to raise capital for the trip. Vestergaard aims to do so in partnership with the Danish NGO<a href="http://www.innoaid.org/" style="color: #ff5195; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">InnoAid</a>, which identified the original refuse collection project in Joygopalpur.</div>
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Vestergaard hopes that her ‘Green Challenge’ victory can help open other avenues for financing the project. She has also started collecting funds on<br /><a href="http://lisefvestergaard.com/" style="color: #ff5195; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">her website</a>.</div>
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To establish brick production in India, Vestergaard has to come up with a method for melting the plastic that does not involve electricity – because there is no access to mains electricity in Joygopalpur. The town’s only refrigerator is powered by a small, petrol-powered generator. Vestergaard is therefore keen to test a solar powered barbecue.</div>
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“I’ve just received a solar powered barbecue. It’s hard to test it in Denmark at the moment because the weather is cloudy here in autumn, but I hope to test it properly on my next trip to India.”</div>
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<em>- Adapted from <a href="http://www.dtu.dk/english/News/Nyhed?id=abbd86b3-579d-441a-8f16-35dacb8fac4c" style="color: #ff5195; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">DTU News</a></em></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium femail-ccox" style="color: #c562a5;">CLEAN RUSTY METAL WITH A POTATO</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">HOW DOES IT WORK?</span> Cut a potato in half, dip the cut end into a flat dish of table salt and rub it all over the rusted areas of metal pans. If the potato becomes too soft, cut it again and apply more salt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Old wives' tale works: Amanda found rubbing half a potato on her car did get rid of some rust</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The oxalic acid in the potato helps to dissolve the rust by reacting with the iron in the metal to form ferric oxalate, which in turn dissolves in water (or, in this case, the creamy potato starch). The abrasive power of the salt helps remove the residue from the surface. Oxalic acid is found in many household cleaning products.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">VERDICT:</span> My grandmother always insisted that potatoes could clean her pots and pans but I thought it was an old wives' tale. I have rust at the bottom of my favourite milk pan, which I'd normally tackle with an eye-watering chemical spray. Can a simple potato cut through the rust better? Incredibly, yes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The potato's creamy starch oozes out but the salt sticks to the rust. After five minutes of hard scrubbing, the worst has come away. I go outside and try the other half of the potato on my rusting 20-year-old Mercedes. The neighbours see me rubbing a potato on my car and decide I'm mad. But large chunks of orange rust come away, so who am I to care?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">4/5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold femail-ccox" style="color: #c562a5;">GOODBYE TO GREASE WITH A GRAPEFRUIT</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">HOW DOES IT WORK?</span> Cut a grapefruit in half, dip the cut end into salt, and scrub the bottom of your greasy oven. You can also use it on dirt-encrusted oven trays — and the inside of your bath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Grapefruits contain natural chemicals called furocoumarins, which attack bacteria and act as disinfectants. In fact, many commercial cleaning products contain grapefruit extract for its cleaning power and fresh smell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">VERDICT:</span> I can't stand the bitter taste of grapefruit — but the smell of oven cleaner makes me feel just as sick. I buy a large grapefruit, dip it into salt and scrub the greasy inside of my cooker. Layers of thick, black grease are instantly lifted, and my oven grills go from black to shiny silver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But the best thing is the smell. My stinking oven is like the inside of a Jo Malone shop. I'll never buy oven cleaner again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">5/5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold femail-ccox mol-style-medium" style="color: #c562a5;">WHITE BREAD TO DUST PAINTINGS</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">HOW DOES IT WORK?</span> White bread is highly absorbent so attracts other matter such as dust and grime. But the yeast, flour and water inside the bread leaves no residue — so your beloved pictures are safe if you use a slice as a duster. Dab it over the surface to pick up the dirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">VERDICT: </span>I was once advised to use white bread to pick up shards of broken glass, and it worked brilliantly. But I'm dubious about wiping my favourite painting, which has pride of place in the living room, with a slice of white Hovis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">As I very gingerly move it over the painting, the white bread turns satisfyingly grey. It's so effective, I even use it to scoop up an old spiders' web.</span></div>
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Best thing since sliced bread: It works as a duster too</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium femail-ccox mol-style-bold" style="color: #c562a5;">SPRUCE UP WINDOWS WITH ONIONS</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">HOW DOES IT WORK? </span>Chop an onion into four and place the pieces in a bucket of warm water. Leave for at least half an hour, so the onion juices can infuse into the water, before removing the onion. The liquid will apparently make your windows sparkle without streaks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">When onions are chopped, the juices release organsulfur, a disinfectant cleaner that attacks microscopic biological germs. Organsulfur is often used industrially in solvent cleaners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">VERDICT:</span> I can't go near an onion without crying, so when my husband arrives home to find me weeping by the window, he fears something terrible has happened.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Onions are great natural cleaners but they've never been widely used for cleaning because of the smell. Mine might have removed hidden germs but the glass is smeared and the stench is unbearable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">0/5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold femail-ccox" style="color: #c562a5;">GET GLEAMING PANS WITH KETCHUP</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">HOW DOES IT WORK?</span> Rub a thin layer of ketchup on the surface of dull or tarnished copper and stainless-steel pans. Leave for 30 minutes. The acetic acid (a weak organic chemical that gives condiments a bitter taste) in the vinegar in the ketchup will react with the tarnish and remove it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Copper pans tarnish because the copper combines with oxygen in the air to form copper oxide, which is brown. The acetic acid attacks the copper oxide, dissolving the brown layer. This can then be wiped off with a soft cloth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Stainless-steel pans often contain an inner core of copper sandwiched between the layers of steel on the bottom of the pan, to increase heat conductivity. This tarnishes in the same way as pure copper and can also be cleaned with ketchup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;">Result! Amanda was amazed at how well ketchup cleaned her dirty pans</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">VERDICT:</span> When I wipe the ketchup off my copper saucepan, it looks shiny and new. The water stains and dark deposits on the bottom have gone. It's as if I've waved a magic wand. Amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold health-ccox" style="color: #33cccc;"><span class="femail-ccox" style="color: #c562a5;">VINEGAR SHINES YOUR SHOWER</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">HOW DOES IT WORK? </span>Mix pure white vinegar with an equal amount of water and pour it in a spray bottle. Then spray on to the surface and wipe off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The acetic acid inside vinegar has been used as an anti-bacterial agent since Egyptian times. When dissolved in water, it breaks down into hydrogen and acetate, both of which weaken stains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">However, you must only ever use white vinegar or distilled white vinegar because these contain just 5 per cent acetic acid, which won't damage your surfaces. Do not use on stone finishes (such as granite and marble), iron, stainless steel, bronze or copper, as the acid can damage them. And never mix the vinegar with bleach or alcohol, as it will become corrosive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">VERDICT: </span>I spend a fortune on expensive glass-cleaning products, so I am really hoping this will work. I spray the vinegar mix on my glass shower screen, wipe with a soft cloth — and the glass is shiny and smear-free. But my bathroom smells like a fish and chip shop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">I find an online tip to peel an orange and soak the vinegar in a bottle with the peel for three days before use. This works - it smells of sweet oranges and does a great job on my tiles, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">4/5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold femail-ccox mol-style-medium" style="color: #c562a5;">USE BANANA SKINS TO POLISH SHOES</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">HOW DOES IT WORK?</span> If your leather shoes are looking scuffed and dull, rub them with the inside of a banana peel, as it contains atoms of nitrogen, sulphur and carboxylic acids, which act as natural cleaning agents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Wipe away the remaining banana residue and buff with a soft cloth for a glossy sheen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The potassium in bananas is a key ingredient used in commercial shoe polishes. It absorbs into leather and helps diminish scuff marks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">VERDICT:</span> As I rub a banana skin over my husband's favourite brown leather shoes, I start to panic. The gunk is making them look utterly revolting! I grab a cloth and scrub away, and thank goodness the smeary banana residue disappears. It has cleaned the shoes but traditional polish does a far smarter job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Later, my husband asks me why his shoes smell of banana. He is not impressed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold femail-ccox mol-style-medium" style="color: #c562a5;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">Sticky problem: The sugar attracts bacteria so it's not worth it to remove lime scale</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold femail-ccox" style="color: #c562a5;">COLA FOR THE LOO</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">HOW DOES IT WORK? </span>Everyone's heard the myth about what happens to false teeth if you leave them overnight in a cup of cola. Well, it's the same principle if you use the fizzy drink on the limescale inside your toilet bowl. It's all thanks to the phosphoric acid in the cola and the carbonic acid in the carbon dioxide (which creates the bubbles).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Pour a one-litre bottle into the bowl and around the rim. Leave it for at least an hour or, better still, overnight. Most of the limescale and dirt should have been dissolved and will disappear when you flush — although you may need a brush to work on more stubborn stains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">VERDICT:</span> My son Charlie comes home from school just in time to see me pour a bottle of Coke down the toilet. He's terribly upset to see me 'banning' fizzy drinks so dramatically - and only slightly mollified when I tell him I am trying an alternative to bleach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The inside of the bowl turns a horrible dark brown. Three hours later, I flush, and the slightly tarnished limescale marks on the inside bowl have gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It seems the perfect solution until the whole family complain they are 'sticking' to the toilet seat. Yes, cola is sticky - and the sugar residue also attracts bacteria. I think I'll stick to bleach.</span></div>
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<li class="rtejustify" style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The best drink to have on a rainy day is a cup of ginger leaf tea.</li>
<li class="rtejustify" style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It keeps the body warm and is good prevention for flu, cold and cough.</li>
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<li class="rtejustify" style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Good remedy for morning sickness during pregnancy and motion sickness.</li>
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<li class="rtejustify" style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The leaves have anti fungal and antibacterial effects.</li>
<li class="rtejustify" style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Relief headaches and migraine due to presence of prostaglandins.</li>
<li class="rtejustify" style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Relief from menstrual cramps.</li>
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Cheaper petrol could be just around the corner with Australian scientists one step away from turning water and sunlight into fuel … the same way plants do</h1>
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<li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><strong>Scientists hope the research will open up new possibilities for manufacturing hydrogen as a cheap and clean source of fuel</strong></span></li>
<li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><strong>Researchers found the protein had displayed 'electrical heartbeat' after being exposed to the sun, the same way plants do</strong></span></li>
<li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><strong></strong></span><b><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Dr Kastoori Hingorani said: 'The system uses a naturally-occurring protein and does not need batteries or expensive metals</span></b></li>
<li class="" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.4em;"><strong>Hydrogen offers potential as a replacement for petrol, but until now, the way in which plants produced hydrogen was poorly understood</strong></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Australian scientists are one step closer from turning water and sunlight into an efficient supply of hydrogen-based fuel, new research has found. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">An Australian National University team has successfully replicated a protein, which captures energy from sunlight in order to create biological systems, the same way plants do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Researchers found the protein had displayed 'electrical heartbeat', which is the key to photosynthesis - a process used by plants to convert sunlight into oxygen and energy used to power their systems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis in the ANU Research School of Biology Dr Kastoori Hingorani said in a statement that 'water is abundant and so is sunlight.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'It is an exciting prospect to use them to create hydrogen, and do it cheaply and safely,' Dr Kastoori Hingorani said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The study found hydrogen offers potential as a zero-carbon replacement for petroleum products, and is already used for launching space craft. However, until this work, the way that plants produce hydrogen by splitting water has been poorly understood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The system uses a naturally-occurring protein and does not need batteries or expensive metals, meaning it could be affordable in developing countries,' Dr Hingorani said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Co-researcher Professor Ron Pace said the research opened up new possibilities for manufacturing hydrogen as a cheap and clean source of fuel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'This is the first time we have replicated the primary capture of energy from sunlight,' Professor Pace said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'It’s the beginning of a whole suite of possibilities, such as creating a highly efficient fuel, or to trapping atmospheric carbon.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Professor Pace said large amounts of hydrogen fuel produced by artificial photosynthesis could transform the economy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'That carbon-free cycle is essentially indefinitely sustainable. Sunlight is extraordinarily abundant, water is everywhere – the raw materials we need to make the fuel. And at the end of the usage cycle it goes back to water,' he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The possibilities inspired visionary researcher Associate Professor Warwick Hillier, who led the research group until his death from brain cancer, earlier this year.</span></div>
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Grow-your-own with a little help from a GOLDFISH: EcoFarm lets you cultivate herbs and tomatoes using your pet's waste</h1>
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<li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">The EcoFarm is part fish tank and part herb box. It's been invented by a team in Rotterdam, the Netherlands</span></b></li>
<li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">It uses fish waste as a natural fertiliser to help herbs and cherry tomatoes housed above the fish tank grow rapidly</span></b></li>
<li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Dirty water containing waste is pumped into the 'grow bed' to feed the plants, which in turn clean the water in the fish tank below</span></b></li>
<li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">It is a type of </span><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">hydroponics - cultivating plants in water</span></b></li>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Dutch inventors have created an ‘EcoFarm’ that is part fish tank and part herb box and will use fish waste as a natural fertiliser to help herbs and cherry tomatoes housed above the fish tank grow rapidly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The EcoFarm is a closed loop ecosystem that consists of a tank topped with a special grow bed filled with stones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The dirty water containing fish poo is pumped up into the grow bed where the plants grow on the rocks, with all the fertiliser and nutrients coming from the fish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Herbs and small fruit and vegetables such as cherry tomatoes, peppers and strawberries can be grown in the bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The plants work as a natural filter and clean the water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Dirty water containing waste is pumped into the 'grow bed' to feed the plants, which in turn clean the water in the fish tank below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘We believe that local farming is the first step to deliver fresh tasty fruits and vegetables,’ said the inventors, who are currently raising funds on crowd funding website <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1880042535/ecofarm-food-of-the-future" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘With this goal on mind, Ecobird has started to develop a product line based in aquaponics.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The inventors, who are based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, describe their EcoFarm as ‘a symbiotic environment where the waste of the fish is used as a natural fertiliser and the plants clean the water.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'You can grow fresh food with the tiniest amount of effort. The only thing you need to do is feed the fish.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It may seem to some people like a neat solution for something that aquarium owners have been doing for years – watering their plants with dirty water from their fish tank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Many people have reported on internet forums that their houseplants have thrived faster than normal by using the fishy water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I wanted to see how well the water from my tanks would do as a fertiliser and the results are stunning,' one person wrote on <a href="http://www.fishforums.com/forum/water-hole/10393-fish-poop-fertilizer.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">fishforums.com</a>, while another said: I've used my tank water for years. Better than any fertiliser I ever used.’ </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The EcoFarm costs from €85 (£68) in Europe and the kit will include a fish tank, grow bed, pump, stones and gravel, seeds to get them started. The product will be made using injection moulding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The company expects to start production in November and to ship the tanks just in time for Christmas, if it managed to raise the money needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The team has so far raised €2,155 (£1,717) and have a target of €125,000 (£99,603).</span></div>
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: bookman old style;"><b><span style="font-family: bookman old style; font-size: medium;">Go into any large hardware store, Look for RAT POISON, look at ingredients - there is only one ingredient- Sodium Fluoride, the most toxic, ionic molecule outside of Potassium Dichromate. Sodium Fluoride is piling up as an industrial by product, and they need to find a way to dispose of this toxin. The FDA Researcher, who tried to blow the whisle on Fluoride was demoted and removed. He recently won a mega lawsuit, which got him 10 years back pay...(but still left him ignored and unpublished..) Now all the scientific testing in the universe could not prove what a lifetime exposure to trace amounts of RAT POISON would do, but I do know that fluoride has been linked to bone cancer and lower levels of intelligence. It's also been known to have a narcotic-like effect on the brain.<center>
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Millions of people in India and China suffer a crippling bone disease called skeletal fluorosis, caused by moderate to high levels of fluoride (1.5 to 9 ppm) in their water. Skeletal fluorosis has several stages of severity, with the less severe being chronic joint pain, and the more severe being hip fractures and bone cancer. Because the symptoms mimic arthritis, the first two clinical phases of skeletal fluorosis could be easily misdiagnosed. Arthritis, hip fractures, and bone cancer are now at epidemic levels in the United States. Fluoride's plausible contribution has been ignored and hidden from the public.Fluoride has repeatedly been shown to be a carcinogen in cell cultures, animals and humans. In 1956 Dr. John Chaffey, a professor of clinical pediatrics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, noted cortical defects in the bone x-rays of 13.5% of the children living in fluoridated Newburgh, compared to only 7.5% in the neighboring nonfluoridated Kingston. He also noted the lesions were strikingly similar to osteosarcoma. Studies have now confirmed a dramatic increase in osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in young males exposed to fluoride during growth of the bones and a 5% increase in all types of cancers in fluoridated communities. Fluoridation does not reduce tooth decay.<br />
Adding fluoride to drinking water has not been shown to be effective in reducing tooth decay. In blinded animal studies there was no correlation to the amount of fluoride and tooth decay. In the human populations fluoridation was not effective in reducing tooth decay. In fact, tooth decay has decreased more in some nonfluoridated communities than in fluoridated ones. Fluorosis is a disease (health effect) caused by fluoride. According to the National Research Council fluorosis affects 8 to 51% and sometimes as many as 80% of the children growing up in areas where drinking water contains one part per million (1 ppm) fluoride. Fluoride also can have a deleterious effect on bone growth and cause premature joint and ligament aging. The visible damage to tooth surfaces results in mottled, brittle teeth that are prone to fracture and may cost many thousands of dollars to cosmetically repair.<br />
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<tr><td><span style="font-family: bookman old style;"><b><span style="font-family: bookman old style;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I also give you the fact that RAT POISON, a Toxic Industrial byproduct, consists of only sodium fluoride. Europe and Japan have virtually abolished water fluoridation. Why is it the most advanced and powerful nation on earth continues to dump tons of this toxic industrial waste byproduct into our water supply?</span><div style="font-size: large;">
You want to know the truth - follow the trail of money greed & power - follow the trail of those who would treat you as an object - an object to be used, manipulated, and discarded when you are no longer of any value to the order....an object without humanity. You see, the mentality needed to put Rat poison in drinking water demands that one not view the common people as people - that would be unethical - they must be viewed as objects - then they can dispense with them at their pleasure.</div>
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You might immediately say it is incomprehensible? I say perhaps its just incomprehensible to you. One effective way to fight the effects of fluoride in your body is to consume vitamin C in healthy amounts, preferably in the form of fruits and vegtables. Most bottled water does not contain fluoride, unless otherwise labeled. However, all this would be unessessary if our water systems were not being contaminated unessessarily by greedy and corrupt people in authority. Bottled water in some cases can be of high quality, but its cost makes it a less-than-ideal solution. There is also a potential problem with the cloudy plastic (PVC) containers from your grocery store as they transfer far too many chemicals into the water.</div>
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Today there is enough grassroots consciousness about the dangers of tap water that cheap carbon filters are now available in any hardware store which attach easily to the kitchen faucet. It is likely that such filters get rid of most of the chlorine - for a while. But to really get the resistant biologicals, the fluoride, heavy metals, and other contaminants, the customer may consider one of the high-end drinking water filters. These cost between $200 and $400 and come in models for both over and under the sink. Names like Alpine, MultiPure, and Spectrapure are among the dozens of brand names that have come along during the past 20 years.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Multipure seems to be out front at this time. Killing microbials is not a big deal since most of that's been done by chlorine. Most contaminants are removed by the better filters. The problem when choosing a filter seems to come down to four main concerns: fluoride, minerals, THMs, and nitrates. Due to fluoride advocate propaganda, most Americans don't even realize fluoride is bad for them, and therefore don't think about it when considering a water filter. Most naturopaths and holistic nutritionists don't like distilled water because they say it leaches minerals from the bones and teeth. Some experts say it doesn't make any difference unless the person is extremely malnourished. But thinking about the Hunzas and their 120-year lifespan that was attributed to the glacial mineral waters they drank, one can see the value of minerals in drinking water. With reverse osmosis you can remove fluoride but you also remove many minerals, and wasting about 4-9 gallons to get one gallon of pure water.</span><div style="font-size: large;">
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- Fluoride is a waste by-product of the fertilizer and aluminum industry and it's also a Part II Poison under the UK Poisons Act 1972.</div>
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- Fluoride is one of the basic ingredients in both PROZAC (FLUoxetene Hydrochloride) and Sarin nerve gas (Isopropyl-Methyl-Phosphoryl FLUoride).</div>
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- USAF Major George R. Jordan testified before Un-American Activity committees of Congress in the 1950's that in his post as U.S.-Soviet liaison officer, the Soviets openly admitted to "Using the fluoride in the water supplies in their concentration camps, to make the prisoners stupid, docile, and subservient."</div>
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- The first occurrence of fluoridated drrinking water on Earth was found in Germany's Nazi prison camps. The Gestapo had little concern about fluoride's supposed effect on children's teeth; their alleged reason for mass-medicating water with sodium fluoride was to sterilize humans and force the people in their concentration camps into calm submission. ( Ref. book: "The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben" by Joseph Borkin .)</div>
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- 97% of western Europe has rejected fluoridated water due to the known health risks, however 10% of Britons drink it and the UK government is trying to fast track the fluoridation of the entire country's water supply.</div>
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- In Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg fluoridation of water was rejected because it was classified as compulsive medication against the subject's will and therefore violated fundamental human rights.</div>
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- In November of 2006, the American Dental Association (ADA) advised that parents should avoid giving babies fluoridated water.</div>
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- Sources of fluoride include: fluoride dental products, fluoride pesticides, fluoridated pharmaceuticals, processed foods made with fluoridated water, and tea.</div>
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What it boils down to is that from the police force, to the county government, to what passes for the judical system, all the way to, and especially the federal government, are all controlled by hopelessly corrupt and self serving people and agencies. There are as many conspiracies as there are layers of an onion, and there have been since the beginning of time. A power hungry government does not GOVERN, it is capable only of exploits, enslavement, and delusion. Most people live in a dreamland of delusion, hypnotically impressed upon thier psyche at 60 flashes per second - Television - All one has to do to evaluate the conspiracy is talk to a few people you know. See how little understanding they have about what is REALLY going on. And notice how most of them don't WANT to know what's REALLY going on. Where is the truth? Surely not the politically correct drivel on TV. When a child grows up thinking that this is a kind, sensible, nurturing world, it's a rude awakening at the first betrayal. Just consider how you think life should be - then read a newspaper, watch TV, or just go out into the city, and see reality. It's a reality that's been created by a bunch of self serving rats, who need a healthy dose of "sodium fluoride".</div>
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"And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils, they shall speak with new tongues, they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them, they will lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." - Mark 16</div>
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<strong style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Experts say urban gardening comes with challenges like contaminated soil and home-damaging pests that can affect the garden’s overall success and even the gardener’s health.</strong></div>
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Each spring, potted herbs and vegetables dot the fire escape of Steve Kelly’s home in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States.</div>
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He grows anywhere from six to nine types of peppers, ranging from red and yellow to cayenne and banana. His herbs include basil, tarragon, chives, rosemary and thyme.</div>
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And then there’s the mint. Kelly grows three kinds: orange mint, spearmint and peppermint. He uses them in tea, water and the occasional “adult beverage,” he said.</div>
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“I throw (herbs) in almost everything I make,” Kelly said. “Scrambled eggs and even my hash browns have herbs in them. ... It’s a lot cheaper and easier than going to the grocery store to buy them.”</div>
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Plus, they taste much fresher than anything store-bought, he said.</div>
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Throughout the city, urban gardeners like Kelly are turning to pots, rooftops, raised soil beds and even abandoned lots to grow their own food.</div>
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Raised garden: Steve Kelly on his fire escape, where he grows veggies and herbs in pots at his home. Urban gardeners are turning to pots, rooftops, raised soil beds and even abandoned lots to grow their own food. — MCT photos</div>
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Experts say urban gardens offer several benefits, including providing fresh, readily available food, increasing the beauty and value of the surrounding neighbourhood and increasing physical activity for the gardeners involved.</div>
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But they also come with challenges like contaminated soil and home-damaging pests that can affect the garden’s overall success and even gardeners’ health.</div>
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“Baltimore gardeners are bright and they care about these issues,” said Brent Kim, program officer for the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, an academic centre examining the relationships among food, diet, environment and public health.</div>
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“But there are some best practices that they don’t know about and should know about.”</div>
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Among them is using soil from trusted sources, building raised beds or container gardens, preventing garden dirt from entering the home and peeling root crops and removing outer leaves of leafy vegetables before eating them.</div>
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Urban gardening is the process of growing plants in a city environment for private use. It differs from urban farming, which the Farm Alliance of Baltimore City defines as farms that are production-oriented and growing food for others, whether for sale or for donation.</div>
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While urban gardening and farming are not new to the city, interest in both has increased throughout the past five years, said Maya Kosok, coordinator of the urban farmer advocacy group. In that time, several farms and gardens have launched, including Exeter Gardens, a community garden and former abandoned lot in the city’s Jonestown neighbourhood.</div>
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His fire-escape garden includes three kinds of mint: orange mint, spearmint and peppermint.</div>
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“Globally, there’s been an interest in knowing where your food comes from,” Kosok said. About 15% of the world’s food is grown in urban areas, according to the US Department of Agriculture.</div>
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The first step in planning a healthy urban garden is testing the soil, Kim said.</div>
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“We can’t eat without soil,” he said. “It’s the foundation of our food supply.”</div>
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Contaminant-free soil is ideal, Kim said. But major cities like Baltimore have a history of industry, busy roads and illegal dumping, all of which create contamination, he said. Recent Baltimore City soil studies found heavy metals like lead, cadmium and chromium. These metals can and do affect people’s health if ingested, Kim said.</div>
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Many gardeners are exposed inadvertently, whether by swallowing soil left on vegetables, inhaling contaminated dust or through direct skin contact, Kim said. Kids are especially at risk because they often put their hands in their mouths after playing in the soil, he said. Even low levels of lead exposure can harm a child’s mental development over time.</div>
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In some cases, contaminants can enter the plant’s tissue, and washing or peeling won’t help, Kim said. Studies show lead enters root vegetables more often than fruits like tomatoes. But the chance of contaminants affecting the plant itself depends on the contaminant present, contaminant levels, the type of plant and which part of the plant people eat, he said.</div>
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“For those reasons, I would probably avoid growing root veggies in soil with elevated lead levels,” Kim said.</div>
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Still, the bigger concern is around people accidentally ingesting contaminated soil, he said.</div>
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Agricultural labs across the Mid Atlantic provide basic soil tests, which look for metals like lead and nutrients like phosphorus.</div>
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If contaminant levels are too high, Kim suggests adding organic matter like compost. Compost binds to heavy metals like lead, reducing the amount that can get into a gardener’s body.</div>
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Another option is to use uncontaminated soil from a trusted source, such as a nursery or organic compost provider, Kosok said.</div>
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For his fire-escape garden in the city, Kelly bought soil made specifically for pots with built-in water reservoirs from an online gardening supply company. Gardeners at Exeter Gardens used soil from outside the city for their eight raised and four ground-level beds.</div>
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“Much of the soil in this area is known to be contaminated, and even trying to plant in-ground would require lots of testing,” said Nick West, a social studies teacher at City Springs Elementary/Middle School, who works with nearly 100 City Springs sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders in the garden.</div>
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Gardeners using in-ground or raised beds should also explore the site’s history, Kim said. Basic soil tests don’t reveal every possible contaminant.</div>
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For example, a vacant lot could have previously housed a dry cleaning business. As a result, carcinogenic cleaning solvents may have leached into the soil, he said.</div>
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“It’s almost like a bit of detective work,” Kim said. “If you know what happened there before, it might give you a clue as to what might be in your soil.”</div>
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The Center for a Livable Future provides an interactive map where city residents can search for community garden, school garden and urban farm locations, as well as current and prior hazardous waste sites identified by the Environmental Protection Agency or state Department of the Environment.</div>
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“Even chemicals that were banned several decades ago can still persist in our soil and in our food,” Kim said.</div>
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In addition, experts recommend keeping some distance between in-ground or raised bed gardens and the home.</div>
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Raised beds require lots of moist soil – a magnet for termites, said Molly Keck, an integrated pest management specialist at Texas A&M University’s Research and Extension Center. They won’t eat your growing fruits and vegetables, but they will enjoy the garden’s soil conditions, she said.</div>
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“(From there), it’s just a hop, skip and jump into the house,” she said.</div>
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While planting a successful garden using pots, lots or even rooftops can be hard work, it’s important to remember the benefits of growing your own fruits and vegetables in a city environment, Kim said.</div>
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Now, one firm seems to have found the answer – a car that can run on nothing more than air.</div>
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The Peugeot 2008 Hybrid Air promises to be more ecologically sound than the current breed of ‘green’ vehicles that combine electric engines with traditional ones.</div>
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It has a conventional petrol engine linked to a hydraulic air motor and pump. </div>
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The air is then released to drive the hydraulic motor – allowing the car to run on air, petrol, or a combination of the two.</div>
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When accelerating or climbing hills, combined or ‘hybrid’ mode is preferable as the vehicle receives power from both engines. And for long-distance cruising, traditional petrol power is best.</div>
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Current hybrids – such as the popular Toyota Prius – rely on heavy and expensive batteries that are difficult to dispose of, causing their own environmental problems. They can also go flat and leave the driver stranded. </div>
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In contrast, the new Peugeot will need no batteries. Instead, it will replenish itself automatically by re-using energy that is ‘lost’ when slowing down and braking.</div>
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An interesting poster by Lifestyle Philippines. Mango leaves reduces diabetes risk. The poster has instruction saying, boil about 15 fresh mango leaves in water. Let stand overnight. Filter. Then drink.</div>
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Maybe eating green and yellow mango fruit yield the same result but there are reasons why choose leaves over the fruit. Leaves are available all year round and almost always free unless your are living in the middle of skyscrapers and busy noisy roads.</div>
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<b>It triggered my interest to find more literature. Here they are.</b></div>
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The young mango leaves can be eaten, mixed with native dishes or prepared as tea. I have never tried it yet however. <span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">Leaf juice </span>is used <span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">for treatment of bleeding dysentery, asthma, coughs and other lung diseases</span>. Add<span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">with honey </span>and use it to <span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">cure loss voice</span>. <span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">Dried tender leaves for curing diabetics</span>. <span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">Leaf ash for burn and scar remedy</span>. Leaves analysis showed 43% euxanthin acid, some euxanthon, hippuric acid, benzoic acid, mangiferin and mangin. <a href="http://www.bpi.da.gov.ph/medicinalplant_m.php" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc; line-height: normal;">source</span></a></div>
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Soak ten to fifteen tender mango leaves in glass of water and leave it overnight. Filter and drink on an empty stomach in the morning. Or, air dry the leaves, grind and take a teaspoon two times daily. <a href="http://www.top10homeremedies.com/home-remedies/home-remedies-for-diabetes.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc; line-height: normal;">source</span></a></div>
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Boil 3-4 mango leaves. Let stand overnight. Filter the next morning and drink before breakfast. This specific procedure is intended <span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">for lowering blood pressure</span>, not controlling diabetes. <a href="http://idiva.com/photogallery-health/5-foods-to-help-you-control-diabetes/6602/7" rel="nofollow" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc; line-height: normal;">source</span></a></div>
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It seem literature are pointing to young tender leaves. Based from my own observation, mango trees rarely produce new young leaves every year. Production of new young leaves can be induced by cutting off some branches.</div>
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Based on results obtained it was found that <i><span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">Mangifera indica</span></i> has significant hypoglycemic activity in high dose and can be successfully combined with oral hypoglycemic agents in <span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">type-2 diabetic patients</span> whose diabetes is not controlled by these agents.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: normal;">source: Clinical Investigation of Hypoglycemic Effect of Leaves of Mangifera Indica in Type II Diabetes Mellitus. by: Akbar Waheed, G.A. Miana and S.I. Ahmad. published: Pakistan Journal of Pharmacology, Vol.23, No.2, July 2006, pp.13-18</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">Mangiferin showed anti-diabetic </span>as well as hypolipidemic potentials in type 2 diabetic model rats. Therefore,<span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">mangiferin possess beneficial effects </span>in the management of <span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">type 2 diabetes with hyperlipidemia.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: normal;">source: Studies on the anti-diabetic and hypolipidemic potentials of mangiferin (Xanthone Glucoside) in streptozotocin-induced Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic model rats. by: B Dineshkumar, Analava Mitra, M Manjunatha. published: International Journal of Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences 1 (2010) 75-85</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;">Leaves extract have powerful antioxidant activities </span>because of high phenol and flavonoid contents… which maybe responsible for diabetic complications in rat studies. Mango leaves extract<span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;"> increase peripheral utilization of glucose</span>, increase hepatic and muscle glucagons’ contents, promote B cells repair and regeneration and increase c peptide level. It has antioxidant properties and protects B cells from oxidative stress. It exerts insulin like action by reducing the glycated hemoglobin levels, normalizing the microalbuminurea and modulating the lipid profile. It<span style="color: #990000; line-height: normal;"> minimizes long term diabetic complications</span>. Efforts are now being made to investigate mechanism of action of some of these plants using model systems.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small; line-height: normal;">source: Effect of Aqueous Extract Mangifera Indica Leaves, as Functional Foods. by: Reda M.Y. Morsi, N.R.EL-Tahan and Adel M.A. El-Hadad. published: Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 6(6): 712-721, 2010, © 2010, INSInet Publication</span></i></div>
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Smile Bakeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01069069994381921019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164857165931644940.post-59340328636269549532014-05-23T23:47:00.001+08:002014-05-23T23:47:21.504+08:00Using Bamboo for building affordable homes<h1 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
Could bamboo solve Hong Kong's housing shortage? Two-storey lodgings built in disused factories designed to help re-home more than 250,000</h1>
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<li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">City is home to 7m, but thousands have been left in inadequate housing</span></b></li>
<li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">Bamboo homes include living area, kitchenette, bathroom and sleeping area</span></b></li>
<li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">It takes just eight days to build 80 of the two-storey dwellings</span></b></li>
<li style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 1.4em;">The lodgings each use £650 worth of bamboo to construct</span></b></li>
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Lodgings made from bamboo in disused factories could be used to re-home more than 250,000 people living without permanent housing in Hong Kong, it has been claimed.</div>
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The small two-storey dwellings, which each use £650 worth of bamboo, include a living area, kitchenette, bathroom and sleeping quarters.</div>
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Taking just eight days to assemble 80 homes, the Transitional Micro-Housing project plan to build them in the interior of old industrial buildings.</div>
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The city, home to more than seven million people, has an abundance of disused factory units after becoming one of the world's leading financial centres.</div>
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However, following the city's switch in its industrial focus from manufacturing to finance, thousands of people have been left in inadequate housing.</div>
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Dylan Baker-Rice, 34, and his wife Damita Yu, who are directors of Affect-t Design Studio, have now come up with the bamboo solution.</div>
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Mr Baker-Rice, an American living in Hong Kong, said: 'The houses were created in the belief that small-scale affordable housing need not be poor quality.</div>
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'Using local materials, we can meet the needs of the many without housing while costing just £650 each to construct in quick time.</div>
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'At current vacancy rates and estimated construction times, we expect enough capacity to house more than a quarter million who are currently without housing in the city.</div>
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'Many of the buildings we propose to use are not abandoned but are simply underutilised.</div>
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'Like many cities across the globe, Hong Kong has increasingly shifted its economy to one service - financial.</div>
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'It means many industrial buildings are struggling to find tenants and reach full capacity.</div>
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'As the laws are changing, we would propose using these buildings on a floor by floor basis to house people.'</div>
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In fact, it's used throughout neighbouring China as a scaffolding material instead of steel tubing or timber.</div>
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The low cost material grows throughout south east Asia at rates of up to 2ft a day.</div>
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According to a recent survey of the globe's luxury hotspots, Hong Kong has the second most expensive homes in the world.</div>
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The cost per square foot of residential property in Hong Kong averages at £1,533, the Christie's Real Estate survey said.</div>
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London's homes were the world's most expensive at £2,786 per square foot.</div>
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The homes built so far have varied wall patterns so that some can provide more privacy while others offer more ventilation and communication.</div>
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Up to 850m of linear bamboo is used on each home, which is expected to last up to seven years or until people find new homes.</div>
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Hong Kong, home to more than seven million people, has an abundance of disused factory units after becoming one of the world's leading financial centres</div>
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Inside, there is a separate room for a flush toilet connected to a waste water line and the central water supply offers a shower and a sink.</div>
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For cooking and heating, an electronic hot plate is used as open gas flames are not ideal for such a small space constructed of bamboo.</div>
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However, as seen in the design drawings, a larger dedicated cooking space can accommodate gas burners away from the housing.</div>
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It is hoped this fosters interaction between residents and that the community should be relatively self-sufficient.</div>
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Mr Baker-Rice said: 'The individual dwellings should provide adequate privacy for all daily living tasks but foster increased communication.</div>
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<i><b>'The houses were created in the belief that small-scale affordable housing need not be poor quality'</b></i></div>
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<i>- Dylan Baker-Rice</i><b><br /></b></div>
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'The design of the bamboo screening is to provide light and ventilation but also to open up and connect to other residents.</div>
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'When people see the homes, most are very happy and surprised by the use of bamboo as a building material and the amount of space for such a small structure.</div>
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'Some are struck by the reality that people live in such a small space but everyone is supportive of the effort and need to create housing.</div>
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'It is far too costly and time consuming to build new housing as a temporary measure but the issue of housing for all should be addressed and we hope to have solved it.</div>
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'We think they will be more secure than peoples' current living arrangements.</div>
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'At current vacancy rates, we expect 250-350 industrial buildings could meet the housing demands of everyone currently without permanent housing.</div>
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'We don't expect people to have to buy them individually as the government should bear the maintenance and building costs.'</div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.399999618530273px;"><br /></span>Smile Bakeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01069069994381921019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164857165931644940.post-90385970847477232792014-04-22T23:54:00.001+08:002014-04-22T23:54:48.263+08:00Drinking water from the air<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WN1Vd6PEvI4" width="560"></iframe>Smile Bakeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01069069994381921019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164857165931644940.post-43720288991993726882014-04-21T19:03:00.002+08:002014-04-21T19:03:41.164+08:00Seawater to fuel<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Iavz7AnKI8I" width="560"></iframe>Smile Bakeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01069069994381921019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6164857165931644940.post-16971031792470218832014-04-11T13:33:00.004+08:002014-04-11T13:33:56.757+08:00Wilson Solar Grill<img alt="http://themindunleashed.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/newly.jpg" src="http://themindunleashed.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/newly.jpg" /><br />
<span style="color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.16006088256836px;">The Wilson Solar Grill can not only cook your food when the sun is out during the day, but it can store that heat energy and so you can cook your food at night. How you ask? The solar grill uses a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 24.16006088256836px;" target="_blank" title="Fresnel Lens">fresnel lens</a><span style="color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.16006088256836px;"> to heat </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_nitrate" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 24.16006088256836px;" target="_blank" title="Lithium Nitrate">Lithium Nitrate</a><span style="color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.16006088256836px;">. (Lithium nitrate “</span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.16006088256836px;">is the lithium <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(chemistry)" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a;" title="Salt (chemistry)">salt</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitric_acid" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a;" title="Nitric acid">nitric acid</a>. It is made by reacting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_carbonate" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a;" title="Lithium carbonate">lithium carbonate</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_hydroxide" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a;" title="Lithium hydroxide">lithium hydroxide</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitric_acid" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a;" title="Nitric acid">nitric acid</a>.</em><span style="color: #4c4a4a; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24.16006088256836px;">“) ~Wikipedia</span><br />
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It will store the heat energy for up to 25 hours released as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convective_heat_transfer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-style: italic;" target="_blank" title="Convective heat">convective heat</a> at temperatures of 450 degrees F.</div>
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Barbecuing is one of the greatest pastimes for many, but it certainly isn’t one of our most environmentally friendly. Whether you prefer charcoal, wood chips or propane, grilling releases emissions and contributes to poor air quality. Up until now, solar powered grilling has required, as you might expect, the sun, which means traditional fuel-fired grills are required after sunset. But new solar technology developed by MIT professor David Wilson could bring a nighttime <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://barbequelovers.com/grills/a-solar-grill-prototype-for-a-greener-tomorrow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4a4a; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">solar-powered grill</a> to the market very soon; an invention also of great benefit to those in developing nations who rely on wood to cook all their food.</div>
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In the future, these could be commonly used for backyard cooking at home:</div>
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Wilson’s technology harnesses the sun and stores latent heat to allow cooking times for up to an amazing <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">twenty five hours</strong> at temperatures <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">above 450 degrees Fahrenheit</strong>. The technology uses a Fresnel lens to harness the sun’s energy to melt down a container of Lithium Nitrate. The Lithium Nitrate acts as a battery storing thermal energy for 25 hours at a time. The heat is then released as convection for outdoor cooking.</div>
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