About low-cost, foreign-made pharmaceuticals
Alisande
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Comments (12)One may ask, what causes root rot? Also one may ask, how do plants with roots completly submerged in water survive and prosper in hydroponic systems? Oxygen, or. the lack of oxygen in standing water will sufficate the roots. Also. the fabric was designed for what purpose?, to block plant growth, including roots for landscaping purposes. The fact is, that some roots, but very few make their way through the landscape fabric. Next. consider the various ways that ponds are aireated. The way I fill the lower resivoire is with a hose with water under pressure through a nozzle. I eliminated the fill pipe that runs down to the bottom of the tank after the first three units were built and now use a 1 3/4 inch hole to function as both the fill hole and the overflow hole. The bag is not flat on the bottom. In the construction details, I tried to describe the shape as a VEE shape where the portion in the water is only a small fraction of the overall volume. The action of the water rising up through the fabric will also pull some air (oxygen) up with it as it rises. I must confess here that I have been growing for the past 8 years using mostly hydroponic methodes, so my fear, or reluctance to allow roots to be in contact with water is perhaps less restrained than most. If in fact a few small roots manage to squeeze through the landscape fabric, they are only a very tiny percentage of the main root structure that fills the rest of the bag. I have taken some pictures today of the progress of the plants growing in these cheap grow boxes. They are intended to only last a few seasons. When I posted the details of this expirement on the EARTH BOX website, it was as though I was the AXE murderer from hell. People were absolutly furious with me. Oh well, this idea is for people like me who after buying gas don't have much money left for fresh veges, much less $50 dollar growers. Finally, I would just say that the ratio of the bag that is in contact with the water to the rest of the bag is probably less than 10%, and that I never go more than 2 days without refilling, making sure that I create plenty of turbulance to charge the water as much as possible with air (oxygen). I hope that you will continue to investigate new (different) ways to grow. I have several more easy to make systems for those with an urge to expirence unique cost saving growing activities. I would request that you email me direct because for the most part, people are not too intrested in emergency food growing until they are a part of the emergency them selves, and I don't want to waste their time here. chuck Here is a link that might be useful: new pictures as of may 22, 2008...See MoreDoctors & pharmaceutical companies
Comments (71)Here's the definition of kickback: a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical. In other words, if a doctor managed to prescribe a drug enough so that a pharmaceutical company made $100,000 profit, the company would then give the doctor some of the $100,000 as a "reward" for making them so much money. Trust me, there really isn't a way for pharma companies to track that information. I think what people here are referring to is pharma companies *bribing* doctors to prescribe drugs. The definition of a bribe: money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust. Those pens and pads of paper and the odd lunch aren't bribes--it just isn't worth that much. Those pens and pads of paper are promotional materials--my bank hands out pens, my hair salon hands out pens. Are you taking a bribe when you receive or use a pen with your bank's name stamped on it? My sister-in-law is a doctor. She's in family practice. She spends at least one week every year taking continuing education courses in order to stay current in her field. She spends more time at home, reading medical journals and doing other research to help her patients. Her first child was born with multiple birth defects--dislocated joints, really messed up vertebra that caused a spinal cord injury which resulted in quadriplegia, floppy trachea requiring a trach and a ventilator. At birth, they gave him less than 24 hours to live, based on everything that was wrong. My nephew spent his first six months in NICU at the area's best hospital. His doctors, and my SIL knew who the best doctors were, could not figure out what the problem was. They treated the symptoms because that was all they could do. They were calling colleagues all over the country, trying to figure out what was wrong. A new doctor was recommended to them. When he saw the MRIs and CT scans and X-rays, he had the courage to tell them he couldn't help my nephew. But he referred them to yet another doctor, 500 miles away, at a major Children's Hospital in another state. Just before his second birthday, they got a diagnosis of the syndrome that Nephew was, and a plan of attack on how to treat the 13 different birth defects that he was born with. It's a rare disorder. And Nephew has some of the more rare symptoms and is missing one of the most common. There are many, many rare disorders and it is not possible for doctors to know them all. But it is possible for them to seek out help in finding out what a patient has. It can take a long time, though, until you find a doctor who can lead you to another doctor who has the knowledge you are seeking....See MoreLow cost wall storage ideas for around flat screen TV
Comments (56)Oh what a cutie! I agree that you have a good reason to not have a lot of time. I've been reminding of that time in my life the last two years that I've been babysitting our grandson. Who cares about decorating when you have a precious little one to love. And I can understand more about why hubby doesn't like changing things or doing more than "has" to be done. He's more worried about being a good daddy and supporting his family than having a "pretty" updated home. Our home was rather sparse with mostly hand me down or used furniture when our first born was a baby. Heck it wasn't much difference by the time our second baby was born. Not saying it wasn't warm and welcoming. It was, but not everything was perfect. I've learned with age, that it's not so important. Perfection, that is. I went through a period where things had to be just so. Maybe it's more living in a unfinished home with a hubby that works a full time job year round and umpires most of the rest evenings and weekends to keep in shape and it pays nice too. We'll be in good shape for retirement and that's a good thing. I'm glad you like the corner door shelf. It's really easy to do. The hardest part was cutting the door in half. It's heavy so it took three of us to do. But if you used two doors you wouldn't have to worry about that. I bought the door through Craigslist since I was going to distress it, it didn't have to be perfect to start with. Habitat Restores are a good source for used doors too. As for the lighting in the entry I was wondering if you'd be able to use a decorative type track lighting in there. They have some really nice looking ones that the "track" curves and all you need is the one box for the fixture....See MoreHelp - new low r windows or glazier made low e windows
Comments (6)Thanks so much for getting back to me and thank you for the kind words. The question was not about the big aluminum unit (which is a whole separate thing) but rather the windows on the octagons on all three levels. All those windows are the 200 series Anderson double hung set mostly in pairs. We moved in a year ago. In the winter, 30 degrees out the main level and upper levels reach 90-95 degrees. I can only imagine summer (we renovated last summer so didn’t live on the main and upper floor). We never open them, they block the view and they are failing (strings breaking, feel wind coming through, condensation on inside, FLIR I bought shows massive temperate differences between center and edge). The glazier said he could create a window there buying glass (low iron w. SHGC of .3) and building the window with double owned thick glass that doesn’t shatter. The window company said they could replace with Andersen A series picture windows. I haven’t seen much anywhere about glaziers building windows as opposed to buying Anderson , Marvin , etc. which is all over houzz. Is the glazier solution considered equivalent, better or not advisable? Other downside with glazier is upper rooms need two windows that open so those would need to be casements that wouldn’t perfectly match. the big aluminum unit, which is old and inefficient (no thermal breaks) so feel temperature transmission, my choice there is to replace the upper glass temporarily or put in new system (glazier suggested aluprof). Other considerations are that basement level as flood zone considerations so would need to build 2 foot wall on bottom. So second question would be is Aluprof a respected name - I know this or another glazier would need to provide glass. finally All this is so expensive so trying to figure out cost effective approach but avoiding being penny wise pound foolish....See MoreUser
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