OH, Doug, I read it quite well and it does not support or agree with the study you posted. In fact the link I posted states the following, amongst other things about selenium but it doesn't say what you posted. "Goggins says the key to selenium supplementation is not taking too much, though. He recommends women take 50-60 mcg a day to raise levels to the ideal range, and men 100 mcg. However, it is difficult to buy selenium pills at such low levels, so the authors suggest finding a good brand (e.g. Solgar Yeast Bound Selenium, 100 mcg) and breaking the tablet in half, or taking one tablet every other day." Now you said the following "his landmark research effort showed that daily supplementation of diets with 200 micrograms of selenium yeast cut the cancer death rate in half." Now, who didn't read a link? I'm not going to play tit for tat with you. You can post all you want till the cows come home. There is no regulation of any kind in supplements, especially ones that are obtained from out of the country, manufactured out of the country and brought into this country. There is a place for some alternative treatments, but those that you are advocating, well, they are suspect to say the least. No one, especially me ever said that our health care system is the best. As a matter of fact, I support a universal health care system, not what we have now or even the Affordable Health care act, that was passed. but that is far better than what we have had. Nothing is perfect and no matter how hard one tries, there will always be such things as infections in hospitals, deaths from medications and it is an unfortunate fact. There is no possible way to test any medication for 100% safety. That can only come once it has passed the testing that the FDA requires and then the medication is widely used by the general public and done so over quite a number of years. Then and only then, will some possible side effects start to show up that could not be found unless there is mass use of the particular drug. That isn't defense of big pharma, that is a fact. When testing is done on a limited number of people, for example 5000 people, the side effects of that drug can appear to be very safe, or as safe as can be determined. When the same drug is then widely used and more than 150,000 people use that same drug, then various side effects can start to show up that where not seen before. and yes, sometimes, factual information is kept from the FDA until it is too late and people have died that would have not died if big pharma told the truth. There is also something called the "risk benefit ratio" that is used in prescribing medications and how doctors and their patients make decisions on when to use a particular medication and when not to. Unless you are in a position to have to decide something based on that "risk/benefit ratio", you don't know what you might or might not do, decide to use or not use and whether you are willing to take the risk that the medication that might save you life, could give you a life to live and function in could also kill you, that procedure, treatment, test could be that last you ever have or it could give you a new lease on life. Believe me, from personal experience, those are very, very hard decisions to make, scary ones to make, and yet I've made them more than once, and I'm here posting on this thread because of those choices. On the other hand, there are people that made the same choice I did, and they are not alive to talk about it. Your idea of supplements, vitamins, minerals etc, they come from all over, have been found to be contaminated with lead, and various other contaminants that have the potential if not the outright ability to kill those that take that brand; and that is because there is nothing, no regulations, no US agency that is responsible for making sure these imports are safe. They just come into this country and are popped right on the shelf of stores to sell and it's the buyer beware of what you are taking and what is contained or not contained in the bottle. There have been many cases where the dose was way to high or way lower than the bottle claimed. Any why? because no one checks them, no one regulates them, no one is responsible for them. make all the claims you want, it still doesn't change the facts, dosing with vitamins, minerals, various supplements have overall been proven to be a waste of money, not safe and the few that have a benefit or might have a benefit are being sold in way to high doses to be safe.

Thank you, Olychick. That looks right. I bought this ingredient about a year ago when I was thinking about trying my hand at making Chinese alkali noodles. I guess there are a couple of alkali ingredients one can use -- sodium carbonate or _(forgot element)_______ hydroxide. I never did find enough time to experiment. I also bought a small bottle of alkali or lye water. I have never tried the IMAGE Search on Google. So, you just supply an image (from storage or copy/paste) and enter the image for Google to search? Maybe that would work for photos of old gadgets I've come across. I looked, but failed to find any "Translate this" option on any of the pages. I'm using an iPad. Thanks again!

lizzie, rtpaige,,,,,yes! it's so common! it's called the 'heating element' or something. basically extends down into drain pan that keeps the evaporation condensation flowing (the metal element heats up in the drain and keeps the water from freezing solid) Well, for whatever reason, Samsung doesn't make the metal element long enough so the water won't freeze. like this. if you remove the deli trays, you'll see water and ice. this is how you know you have this issue! pay attention Lizzie because this is what you may have to do! Remove the entire back panel see the black line that funnels down into the metal tray and into a hole? Thats where the water freezes and backs into your fridge. fabricate your own metal heating element from copper, so that's it's long enough to reach into this hole!! That's it! the thing it's hanging from is heated, the copper (just a thicker piece of copper wire that you can cut yourself and fit into the hole) conducts the heat into that tube and keeps the evaporation from freezing. so easy, but yet it happens ALL the time w/these things. here's one video showing how to fix it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwSSMF6Sj70 this one is from 2017, and my fridge was from 06 or something! so, apparently, they haven't fixed it! lizzie, yes the fridge is huge. I do miss that since the Cafe is quite a bit smaller. but I have another fridge in the garage so it's not a big deal Hopefully they fixed this problem in the newer models and you won't have to go through it. but if you do, at least you know how to fix it!

I like the contrast, too, from what I can see in this picture. I painted my oak cabinets white last year. But they were late 90s golden oak—not dark like yours. Yours are a much nicer color than mine started off! I lived with it 2 years before I decided and I also made countertop/flooring/backsplash choices before I made final paint choice. My best advise is just wait and see if you want to make any other changes before you paint the cabinets. Walls are much easier to repaint than cabinets 😁