Cool Peroxide Tips

I was in the family dollar store yesterday when I ran into a fried who forwarded an email about the benefits of peroxide  VS bleach. Here is some of the highlights from the email:

[This was written by Becky Ransey of Indiana (a doctor's Wife)]

Here are the household tips she gives and says that this is healthier than bleach.

1. Take one capful (the little white cap that comes with the bottle) and hold in your mouth for 10 minutes daily, then spit it out. (I do it when I bathe.) No more canker sores, and your teeth will be whiter without expensive pastes. Use it instead of mouthwash. 

2. Let your toothbrushes soak in a cup of peroxide to keep them free of germs. 

3. Clean your counters and table tops with peroxide to kill germs and leave a fresh smell. Simply put a little on your dishrag when you wipe, or spray it on the counters. 

4. After rinsing off your wooden cutting board, pour peroxide on it to kill salmonella and other bacteria. 

 5.. I had fungus on my feet for years until I sprayed a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and water on them 

(especially the toes) every night and let dry. 

 6. Soak any infections or cuts in 3% peroxide for five to ten minutes several times a day. My husband has seen gangrene that would not heal with any medicine but was healed by soaking in peroxide. 

 7. Fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and Water and keep it in every bathroom to disinfect without Harming your septic system like bleach or most other Disinfectants will. 

 8. Tilt your head back and spray into nostrils with your 50/50 mixture whenever you have a cold, plugged sinus. It will bubble and help to kill the bacteria. Hold for a few minutes, and then blow your nose into a tissue. 

9. If you have a terrible toothache and cannot get to a dentist right away, put a capful of 3% peroxide into your mouth and hold it for ten minutes several times a day. The pain will lessen greatly. 

 10. And of course, if you like a natural look to your hair, spray the 50/50 solution on your wet hair after a shower and comb it through. You will not have the peroxide-burnt blonde hair like the hair dye packages but more natural highlights if your hair is a light brown, reddish, or dirty blonde. It also lightens gradually, so it’s not a drastic change. 

 11. Put half a bottle of peroxide in your bath to help get rid of boils, fungus, or other skin infections. 

 12. You can also add a cup of peroxide instead of bleach to a load of whites in your laundry to whiten them. If there is blood on clothing, pour it directly on the soiled spot. Let it sit for a minute, then rub it and rinse with cold water. Repeat if necessary. 

13. I use peroxide to clean my mirrors. There is no smearing, which is why I love it so much for this. 

14. Another place it’s great is in the bathroom, if someone has been careless & has peed on the floor around the toilet & it’s begun to smell of urine. Just put some peroxide in a spray bottle & spray. In the blink of any eye all the smell will be gone & the bacteria eliminated! 

Lead in Toys

Just wanted to make you aware of the lead that is showing up in the new toys for this Holiday season.  If you have little brothers or sisters make sure you let your parents check out the toys that contain the high amounts of lead in them.  I have some links here that have some interesting reads.

Yahoo article about lead poison

New information

I have been working with technology in the classroom as much as possible. I was just introduced to a new site and think it is going to be the future in education.  It is like  facebook for teachers.   You sign up your students and they can receive their assignments, up load pictures, talk to their classmates all with your supervision.  I think that this  is a great opportunity not only to use technology in my classroom, but it will also get the students talking to each other and reading and writing not only for me but with and for their classmates.  If you are a teacher you need to check this site out.  it is at EdMODO.com Sign up and check it out.  It does so much you will need to give it a couple days to play with it.

My Myspace Ethnography by Barbara Nantz

Barbara Nantz’s Ethnography about Myspace

Tags are under SNS

Myspace is a social network that people can come together and find other people like them.  They can also look for people with the same interest, hobbies, or professions.  If you have moved several times, like I have, you can also find old friends by searching your highschool by graduation year.   The ways to meet or find people are endless if the user registered with some real information.  I found that married females are harder to find, but the search can be done by location and first names.  This social network is a way to share pictures as well as keep in touch with family and friends.  I personally keep in touch with my dad who lives in New York.  I post private things to my myspace account that only people on my friends list can see.  If I don’t know them, then they can’t see any of my private pictures.  This is a safety method for those that are afraid to be too social on the Internet.  I also have pictures that are public which anyone can see and comment on.  I have my page set to public, but you could make it were only the people you choose can see your whole profile by setting your page to private.  

The picture policy states in general that you can’t submit any offensive pictures, but I felt that was a judgement call on the viewer.  So, I read more to see what “offensive” was to myspace.  It stated:  ”Any photo containing cartoons, comics, celebrities, nudity, pornography, sexually explicit images or any copyrighted image (unless you own the copyright) is not permitted. Photos of celebrities and cartoon or comic images are generally copyrighted by the owner.” This was a much better explanation, but I’ve seen several pictures that the person was flipping off the camera that I personally find offensive.  I don’t see anything like that in the rules, so I guess it’s allowed.  If you do have a complaint, they provide a link to email customer service the detailed information over the incident.  I thought about emailing them about the people flipping off the camera, but didn’t.  Besides, I don’t have to look or associate with that person if I don’t want to.

 

 Also, copyright issues could get myspace into quite a bit of trouble,  Since they stated not to post copyrighted material they are not responsible for anyone that does.  I don’t think this would be a problem, but you always need to abide by the copyright laws.  The way people are willing to sue, it is better to be safe than sorry. 

While socializing in myspace I looked at several mypace accounts and joined several groups.  I found for the most part, people are here just to socialize and talk with people while showing off pictures and their abilities to create a cool home page.  I noticed that the pages are representative of the personalities of the people they represent.  Whether you keep your page private or public also shows how much each person trust the internet with their information.  During the semester, I heard of several times when a person’s identity was taken and a false account was created for them. This is the things that remind you that you are putting yourself into a world wide web and not just the screen in front of you.  Working with the social network of people you always have to mind your manners and make sure what you are meaning to say comes across in the written word.  I only read one reply on a group discussion that I thought might have been written with the intent to hurt someone’s feelings.  It was quickly commented on by the other group members to help cool any fire that might be started over the remark.  For the most part, it is safe and as long as you are there for the right reasons, should have no problems with the myspace rules.  

Most of the people that I associated with said that they joined myspace to connect with old friends.  Some like to keep up with friends from highschool or college.  The other reason people joined was to find people with like interests or beliefs.  When you are working in a stressful profession or have beliefs that are not readily shared by most, it is nice to have people to talk to that share you stress and beliefs.  That is why most organizations like AA, have support groups to share stories and hardships together.  It makes people feel better to know that they aren’t alone in their battles.  This site provides this opportunity for many who want to remain anonymous will still feeling part of a group.

 

Myspace does reserve the right to pull any posts or blog entries that they think is in violation of their policies.  This is what they claim, but I have not seen it happen.  I think that their monitoring is mostly accomplished through the other users of myspace.  They also have set ways to tell if a photo contains nudity and probably has certain words in a blog that set off red flags for myspace.  This is is what I have herd through others, but have not tested this policy (if you know what I mean).  I am not for sure how the rules are enforced except by being reported by another user.   For the most part, it seems like the users can do what ever they want as long as they don’t offend the other users.  

 

I asked my students at school why they use myspace and they said for “another form or communication”. They want to be able to talk to their friends while they are online so they don’t have to get off and call each other.  I think that is a good reason,  but instant messaging would be a better tool for that. I know that they like to check each others profiles out and see how many friends each one has.  I feel it is a little bit of a competition between them.  

 

For my conclusion, I would like to state that myspace is a social place for people to meet, keep in touch, or get to know each other.  It seems that many know each other from past experiences and just want to have a place to post new information for all to see.  I noticed that, the ones in my teacher group, mostly chat through the groups with people they don’t know.  I could tell from lots of their interactions, that even thought they have never met, they are friends. That is what happens when you bring a group of people together with similar interests.  

saving to finish later

I was wondering who knows how to retrieve a post after you click on the save button?  If I start typing my paper, I will probably not finish it in one day, so how can you retrieve it to finish it later?

SNS and when is the ethnography due.

I just checked my SNS and there are no more posts on the question I asked about why you use a social networking system.  I have found that the rules are given to you at the beginning, but  you are reminded of them whenever you go to add anything to your my page like video or pictures.  It won’t let you post nude pictures or copy-written things, but I have seen some pictures that I would say are almost nude.  I guess almost doesn’t count here.   You also have to be 13 or older to sign up for an account, but there are several occasion were I have read posts that I could tell or they hinted that they weren’t 13.  I think  I should have reported them, but how do you prove someone isn’t a certain age?  I have seen lots of foul language, but have not seen a rule against that yet anyways.  

The social aspect of the experience for me personally has been to chat with fellow class members about assignments, blogs, and how myspace works.  I have also found many friends that I haven’t spoken with for 10-15 years.  I have enjoyed seeing how they are and what they are up to now.  It is weird to see your friends growing up and being successful.  I was amazed at some of my friends professions like one is a golf trainer and one became a beautician.  I think it is great to contact and stay in touch with pictures to old friends.

From the standpoint of how the others use this social network it seems to be a stomping ground to communicate with people that you don’t see daily or are a long distance from you.  Some seem to work daily on groups and discussing different topics that interest them depending on how their day’s went.  Others seem to be more into just constant contact exchanging junk mail and pictures.  Almost like emailing where everyone else can see it.  I also noticed that most profiles are private and don’t want friends that they don’t know.  Most of my groups usually have about 10 people constantly making comments, while the others don’t make comments (at least while I have been commenting).  It seems that only a handful are really active in the groups while there may be thousands that are members.  

 

Ok, this is my summary of what I have experienced.  Now I have to write and post the paper.  Is it due on the 9th?  I looked and didn’t see the date on blackboard.  

New things on wordpress

ok, I have been working with this upgraded version of wordpress.  I assume that has changed for everyone close to the beginning of the semester.   So my question is for the people that have checked out everything:  What is the difference between a page, link and post.  You can write anyone of these, but I don’t know what the page and link one do, so I have just been doing the post on. 

Stoll

I have officially read the shortest chapter I have ever read.  Just thought I would point out that the 2nd rule for chess is probably the best advice to give to anyone that is making a hard decision to ”make the best possible move you can.”  Some times there isn’t any right move, just the best move.  Loved it and also love playing chess.

My space results

Well, in order to find out more about why people use myspace, I just posted the question to the Teacher Group I’m a member of.  I asked them to reply to why they used myspace and what they wanted to get from it.   More of my comments were exactly like I thought, to keep up with friends.  They didn’t seem to mind answering my questions and seemed to be very honest.  I even had one say they joined an atheist group to share her opinions without being judged and criticized for it.  

 

Since I have been a member of two groups for several weeks now, I have noticed that mostly the teacher want to talk to each other.  They want to make sure that what they are doing in their classroom is the same as everyone else and for the most part, they are the same.  Some comes from schools that handle situations better than others, but all of them seem to agree with each most of the time.  They also seem to just want a sympathetic audience to vent to or to see what others would do in certain citation.  

I haven’t checked today to see if anymore comments were made, but I will check and post more if it is different from above.  I will point out that the ones that are regular users are just social people that are looking to be social.  

Junk food and the Internet, Now I understand McDonald’s

I really agree with Stoll, that restaurants can only provide two of the three things that we want in food: good, cheap, and fast.  If you get good food quick, you have to pay more for it.  If you want good food cheap, you have to make it yourself.  Now I understand why I don’t like McDonald’s food that much anymore.  I have gotten used to the good food of cooking at home and eating out at nice restaurants on the weekends that I don’t like the fast food anymore.