Eco Homes 101

ugdobrasil asked:

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MILIANI

caity asked:


ok well i cant remember the name of this movie.
okay the movie was about a couple of kids,
and something happened with their chrstmas.
they were at the airport trying to get on the next plane home.
they were not relate.

in the end the little girl and teen guy’s dad
tookk a hummer (he hated to because he was very eco friendly)
the dad got to the hotel for christmas
cuz all the kids escaped the airport..

it;s recent.
man i dont know
urgh lol

ODESSA

tigerlilikitten asked:


For most people talking on a mobile phone, cooking dinner in the microwave or driving in a car is simply part of modern living in 21st century Britain.

But completing any such tasks is impossible for Debbie Bird - because she is allergic to modern technology.

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Debbie and her husband Tony often sleep in a silver-plated mosquito net

The 39-year-old is so sensitive to the electromagnetic field (emf) or ’smog’ created by computers, mobile phones, microwave ovens and even some cars, that she develops a painful skin rash and her eyelids swell to three times their size if she goes near them.

Debbie Bird’s eyelids swell to three times their size when she is exposed to microwaves
As a consequence, Mrs Bird, a health spa manager, has transformed her home into an EMF-free zone to try and stay healthy.
The walls are all covered in special carbon paint, the windows have a protective film on them and she and her husband, Tony, 45, even sleep under a silver-plated mosquito net to deflect the radiowaves.

‘I can no longer do things that I used to take for granted,’ Mrs Bird said last night. ‘My day-to-day life has been seriously affected by EMF.

‘I don’t own a microwave. I don’t use mobile phones at all. I can’t even use a cordless phone. We have a plasma screen TV because the old style one gave out gamma rays, which brought on my reaction.

‘I can’t even get in my friend’s BMW. If I do I immediately start getting a headache and my head starts tingling.

‘Even shopping is a problem. I can’t go in places like Starbucks where there is Wi-Fi broadband and always have to be aware of my environment.’

Mrs Bird first realised that she was electro-sensitive when she moved with her husband, a writer and environmental consultant, and their eight-year-old daughter, Antonia, to a new apartment in Bowden, near Altrincham, Greater Manchester.

Unbeknown to her, however, her neighbours were all using wireless internet connections and had cordless phones.

‘At first I couldn’t sleep,’ Mrs Bird added. ‘Then I started developing a skin reaction. I had a burning sensation down my face, on my forehead and elbows. I looked like I had been severely burnt on my forehead.

‘I felt very tired all the time and my eye-lids would swell up to three times their size.’

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Debbie’s home is a radio-wave free zone. A clear protective film has been put on the windows and the walls have been redecorated with a special carbon paint

Mrs Bird was referred to a skin specialist, but the problem was so severe the couple decided they had no option but to move to a new home, in nearby Hale, Greater Manchester.

They took electromagnetic readings of the property and set about making it safe. The house was completely re-wired, had clear protective film put on the windows and every wall was painted with black carbon paint, which cost £250 per tin, to deflect the harmful rays.

All the couple’s bedroom curtains are also silver-plated and they sleep under a silver-plated mosquito net, which also protects against radiation.

Although the renovation was not cheap, Mrs Bird said it was worth it. Her skin rashes have gone and she no longer has trouble sleeping. Officially in the UK, electro-sensitivity (ES) does not exist as a medical condition.

Doctors say there is little scientific evidence to back up a link between EMF and poor health. They claim the symptoms, often attributed to flu or viruses, are psychosomatic.

But campaigners disagree. They reckon around 500 people are already being treated for ES and as many as five per cent of the population could be affected.

Rod Read, director of Electro-Sensitivity UK, said: ‘I have seen hundreds of people who exhibit symptoms they directly attribute to the electrical items around them.

‘But it is a politically incorrect illness, the Government or electronic companies don’t want people thinking their mobile phones or microwaves are dangerous.

‘In the past doctors have dismissed symptoms as something like flu, but the pathology is now established. It has a huge detrimental physical effect and stops people living normal lives.’

For more information or free advice contact info.eco.emf@btinternet.com

KASSANDRA

revtomes asked:


My two oscars are ready to move. they are about 3 inches in length and knew when i bought them that my 30 gal was a temporary home. I just purchased a 90 gal tank with an eco system sump and would like to know the best and fastest way to transfer my oscars into a seemless transition into thier new home. The pet store guy tried to help, but would rather hear from my fish experts on Yahoo! Looking forward to some help?
My two oscars are ready to move. they are about 3 inches in length and knew when i bought them that my 30 gal was a temporary home. I just purchased a 90 gal tank with an eco system sump and would like to know the best and fastest way to transfer my oscars into a seemless transition into thier new home. I’m worried about the whole bacteria thing and how to prepare my 90 gal with my established tank? The pet store guy tried to help, but would rather hear from my fish experts on Yahoo! Looking forward to some help?
I’m worried about the whole bacteria thing and how to prepare my 90 gal with my established tank?

ZILLI

lizard81288 asked:


i’m doing a long report on an online class, so could someone proofread my paper? i suck at english, and its not one of my best subjects, so sorry if its really bad…i don’t have a job, so the prof. suggested some real world topic, so i picked climate change.don’t worry, i won’t post the whole thing. that would be way too long. for now, i’ll just post the Memo. just use: (CORRECTION),
like if my sentence was:

he have money.
just put:
he have(HAS) money.
please and thank you.
—–

MEMORANDUM

Date: 11/17/2008
To: Carl Levin, Senator
Cc:
From: Shawn Armer
RE: Climate Change
______________________
Please review the following information you have requested on 10/31/2008 on climate change, and its effects, and what will happen in the future and how we can slow climate change down.
Climate Change will effect everybody on this planet. If the temperature keeps going up, there could be consequences, even if the temperature goes up by a few degrees, this could led into global problems. There is no way to completely stop it, but there is a way we can slow down the effects of Climate Change.

Most of the solutions are easy to make, and can save people money. we need to have everybody ban together and pitch in, in order to make the changes that need to take place, whether it would be at home, or at a business. Most of the change is just changing to eco-friendly items, like switching to energy star products .Most importantly, we need to get the word out, so everybody can make a difference in our environment, and slow down the effects of climate change.

This however is no easy task, especially if there is no backbone to it. If the government were to make standards, like how we are switching from analog to digital for our TVs, people have no say in it, so they have to do it. We could do the same, help our environment, and slow down climate change.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I was glad to do the research, and a learned a few things. I certainly hope we can get something done about this problem.

cool, thanks for the help, now i have :

Please review the fallowing information you have requested on 10/31/2008 on climate change, and its effects, and what will happen in the future and how we can slow climate change down.
Climate Change will effect everybody on this planet. If the temperature keeps going up, there could be consequences; even if the temperature goes up by a few degrees, this could lead into global problems. There is no way to completely stop it, but there is a way we can slow down the effects of climate change.
Most of the solutions are easy to implement and can save people money. We need to have everybody ban together in order to make the changes that need to take place, weather it would be at home or a business. Most of the change is just converting to eco-friendly items like Energy Star, but most importantly, we need to get the word out, so everybody can make a difference in our environment and slow down the effects of climate change.
This however is no easy ta
:/
got cut off, guess i’ll just make another topic…

MUSOKE

Stone K asked:


This is in regards to Al Gore and all his “inconvenient truths”…

I asked a question about how people felt about Al’s call for more energy conservation from Americans and yet he uses 20 times more energy in his one home in one month than the average family uses in a whole year.

and one response I got was basically saying “It’s the message not the messenger.” I have looked at other questions and I see same response. “message not the messenger”

Now that does not make sense to me… When that Haggard guy was caught having a homosexual affair with a man people went ape over the fact that he was a hypocrite, and time and again his name is splashed across yahoo answers to show how hypocritical the right wingers are.

And yet here is a man who “lives a carbon neutral lifestyle, is Eco friendly and studies the environment” and yet he uses more energy than most people in the country, he rides around in a limo and has a personal jet.

When is it time to admit he is a Hypocrite?
http://www.tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=367 - just so you know I am not makeing up numbers.
My mistake I hit a the 0 makeing it look like 20 times the energy in one month, Sorry.

But if you look at the amount used in natural gas 1800 in one month for a guest house… The hotel I work at has over 200 rooms and we only average 5000 a month in natural gas…
I have no idea who Joh and Ken are… I Just read a lot of news papers and on the web durring my down time.

And yes there are hypocrites an both sides of every argument, without question.
Come on there has to be more than one person who is willing to stand up for Al Gore! come on! I am right here! hit me with your argument, I really do want to hear it!

Does anyone on the left or hell even a eco-concious Repub, have anything to say? Some one please justify Al Gore’s actions for me!

The silence speaks volumes…

PALANI

sealRborders asked:


Mexican theme park turns border crossing into sport

Jeremy Schwartz
Cox News Service
Aug. 23, 2006 12:00 AM

IXMIQUILPAN, Mexico - On a misty, moonless night, the group scurried down the canyon wall, their feet slipping in the ankle-deep mud. The sirens grew louder as their guide, clad in a ski mask and known only as Poncho, urged them to run faster. “Hurry up! The Border Patrol is coming!”

A couple in matching designer tennis outfits loped awkwardly along, the boyfriend clutching a digital video camera and struggling to keep the screen steady.

The 20 or so people fleeing the Border Patrol aren’t undocumented immigrants. They’re tourists about 700 miles from the border. Most are well-heeled professionals more likely to travel to the United States in an airplane than on foot. advertisement

They’ve each paid 150 pesos, or about $15, for what is perhaps Mexico’s strangest tourist attraction: a night as an undocumented immigrant crossing the Rio Grande.

Advertising for the mock journey, which takes place at a nature park in the central state of Hidalgo, tells the pretend immigrants to “Make fun of the Border Patrol!” and to “Cross the border as an extreme sport!”

The organizers say they are trying to build empathy for migrants by putting people in their shoes.

And the organizers, members of a Hnahnu indigenous community, speak from experience. Leaders estimate as many as 90 percent of the 2,500-person community have made the journey to the United States, most ending up in the boomtown of Las Vegas.

“We do this to show the people what it’s like, to make them more conscious,” said Hnahnu elder Luis Santiago Hernandez, who has crossed more than five times. Santiago said that although they try to make the experience authentic, “it’s not even 10 percent of the real thing.”

The trip also seeks to educate participants on Hnahnu culture and represents a source of income for the community, leaders said. The Mexican government helped finance the creation of the Eco Alberto nature park.

Participants said they were lured by the realistic experience promised by the nearly six-hour nocturnal walk.

“It was like being in their flesh and bones,” marveled Oswaldo Martinez, 31, of Cuernavaca.

“It was cool. It was very fun,” gushed his friend Mauricio Palacios, 30. “I never imagined it would be like that.”

Until almost 2 a.m., the group scaled walls, hid in tunnels, jumped on the back of pickup trucks and followed a path through a cornfield. The trip ended with a ride in blindfolds to a Hnahnu holy place where Poncho, whose name is Alfonso Martinez Flores, asked the group to be more honest and sincere in their lives.

Word of the tourist attraction has provoked much head-scratching among immigrant advocates in the United States and real-life immigrants who have made the trek across the border.

Some called the risk-free adrenaline rush insulting. Others said it could improve the often-conflicted attitudes of Mexicans toward their compatriots who migrate.

“Anything that raises awareness in Mexico of the plight of undocumented immigrants is welcome,” said Jorge Bustamante, special Mexican representative to the U.N. for human rights of migrants. “But the indifference is very strong, and it’s greater as you ascend in social class.”

Maria Garcia, a Mexican immigrant who founded the Hispanic Community Support Center in Duluth, Ga., said the mock crossing could be perceived as exploiting the suffering of migrants. “Someone crossing the border knows they could die,” she said. “Someone going on this tour knows they will have fun.”

Immigrant rights advocate Josefina Castillo, director of the Austin American Friends Service Committee office in Texas, said the adventure should include dialogue about the economic reasons immigrants leave home. “If it’s just part of a show, then it would be (insulting),” she said. “It should lead to more education.”

MASSIMO

ツ! asked:


it has to be

Weights and Measurements
Dimensions (Approx.) : 13.2″(W) x 0.83-1.51″(H) x 9.8″(D)8

Weight (Approx.) : 5.497 (with standard battery)

Hard Drive
Interface : Serial ATA

Speed : 5400rpm

Capacity : 320GB2

Hardware
Camera : Built-in 1.3 megapixel MOTION EYE® camera andmicrophone

Keyboard : QWERTY, 82 keys with 2mm stroke and 18.05mm pitch

General
Action Buttons : Play/Pause, Stop, FF, and Rewind, AV Mode, Mute, Volume-+, Capture and Display off, WLAN on/off

Computer Type : Notebook

Pointing Device : Electro-Static touch pad

Type of Use : Portable

Power
Battery Type : VGP-BPS9/S

Estimated Battery Life : 2.0-4.5 hours11 Standard Capacity Battery 3.5-7.5 hours11 Large Capacity Battery

Power Requirements : 86W + 10%

Expansion Slots
Multimedia Card Reader : One Memory Stick Duo™ media slot with MagicGate® functionality One ExpressCard® /34 slot One Secure Digital (SD™ memory card) media slot

Service and Warranty Information
Limited Warranty Term : 1 year limited warranty12. See actual warranty for details.

Online and Email Support : Support available from http://www.esupport.sony.com/EN/VAIO

Telephone Support : 1 year toll-free technical telephone assistance, available 24/713

Audio
Sound System : Intel® High Definition Audio

Optical Drive #1
CD Read : 24x max

CD-R Write : 24x max

CD-RW Write : 24x max

DVD Read : 8x max

DVD+R DL Write : 6x max

DVD+R Write : 8x max

DVD+RW Write : 8x max

DVD-R DL Write : 6x max

DVD-R Write : 8x max

DVD-RAM Read : 5x max

DVD-RAM Write : 5x max

DVD-RW Write : 6x max

DVD±RW : Yes (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/RAM)

Graphics
Chipset : Intel® GM965 Express Chipset

Interface : VGA and S-Video Out with Smart Display Sensor

Processor : Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with Intel® Clear Video Technology with Total Available Graphics Memory of 358MB (max.)10

Networking/Modem
Bluetooth® Technology : Integrated Stereo A2DP Bluetooth® Technology16

Ethernet Protocol : Fast Ethernet (RJ-45)

Ethernet Speed : 10Base-T/100Base-TX

Modem Type : Integrated V92/V.90 Modem (RJ-11)

Wireless LAN : Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection (802.11a/b/g/n)3

Processor
Front Side Bus Speed : 800MHz

L2 Cache : 3MB

Speed : 2.40GHz1

Technology : Intel® Centrino® Duo Processor Technology

Type : Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300

Software
Internet Services : AOL® 90-Day Risk Free Trial - New Users Only

Sony® Original Software : Click to Disc™ Editor - DVD Creation VAIO® Movie Story - Movie Creation VAIO® Music Box - Playlist Creation *Please access VAIO® Help and Support from your PC for a complete list of software applications and trials.

Supplied Software : Microsoft® Works SE 9.0 w/ 60-Day Trial Version of Microsoft® Office Home and Student 200714

Operating System : Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium with SP1

Display
Screen Size : 14.1″6

XBRITE-ECO™ Technology : Yes

Technology : WXGA LCD

Resolution : 1280 x 800

Inputs and Outputs
DC-In : 1

Ethernet Connection(s) : 1

Headphone Jack : 1

i.LINK® Connection : 1 (4pin) i.LINK® connector (IEEE 1394)9

Microphone Input : 1

Modem Jack : 1

S-Video Output(s) : 1

USB Port(s) : 3 (2.0 compliant)

VGA Output(s) : 1

Memory
Maximum : 4GB15

Speed : 667MHz

Type : DDR2

Installed : 3GB PC2-5300 (2GBx1 + 1GBx1)15

i like these features but i want a computer that looks like the macbook because it has to look good

ZALMAN

Rick W asked:


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Michael Cabanatuan, Chronicle Staff Writer

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(12-23) 20:33 PST –

Environmentally conscious travelers flying out of San Francisco International Airport will soon be able to assuage their guilt and minimize the impact of their air travel by buying certified carbon offsets at airport kiosks.
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The experimental program, scheduled to start this spring, would make SFO the first airport in the nation - possibly the world - to offer fliers the opportunity to purchase carbon offsets.

“We’d like people to stop and consider the impacts of flying,” said Steve McDougal, executive vice president for 3Degrees, a San Francisco firm that sells renewable-energy and carbon-reduction investments and is teaming up with the airport and the city on the project. “Obviously, people need to fly sometimes. No one expects them to stop, but they should consider taking steps to reduce their impacts.”

ZILLI

I<3Twilight asked:


eco, oeco, oec, oiko, oik

Need some words WITH DEFINITIONS containing the above word parts. If the definitions contains house, home, dwelling, or habitat, that would be GREAT!!!

Thanks

If you know any with oxy, oxia, or oxic, see my other question.

LYSANDER