Posted on 07/24/2009 3:37:21 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition Category: Roundups | Comments(15)
Did you hear about the guy that lives on nothing? No seriously, he lives on zero dollars a day. Meet Daniel Suelo, who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah. Suelo has no mortgage, no car payment, no debt of any kind. He also has no home, no car, no television, and absolutely no “creature comforts.” But he does have a lot of creatures, as in the mice and bugs that scurry about the cave floor he’s called home for the last three years.
To us, Suelo probably sounds a little extreme. Actually, he probably sounds very extreme. After all, I suspect most of you reading this are doing so under the protection of some sort of man-made shelter, and with some amount of money on your person, and probably a few needs for money, too. And who doesn’t need money unless they have completely unplugged from the grid? Still, it’s an amusing story about a guy who rejects all forms of consumerism as we know it.
The Frugal Roundup
How to Brew Your Own Beer and Maybe Save Some Money. A fantastic introduction to home brewing, something I’ve never done myself, but always been interested in trying. (@Generation X Finance)
Contentment: A Great Financial Principle. If I had to name one required emotion for living a frugal lifestyle it would be contentment. Once you are content with your belongings and your lot in life you can ignore forces attempting to separate you from your money. (@Personal Finance by the Book)
Use Energy Star Appliances to Save On Utility Costs. I enjoyed this post because it included actual numbers, and actual total savings, from someone who upgraded to new, energy star appliances. (@The Digerati Life)
Over-Saving for Retirement? Is it possible to “over-save” for retirement? Yes, I think so. At some point I like the idea of putting some money aside in taxable investments outside of retirement funds, to be accessed prior to traditional retirement age. (@The Simple Dollar)
40 Things to Teach My Kids Before They Leave Home. A great list of both practical and philosophical lessons to teach your kids before they reach the age where they know everything. I think that now happens around 13 years-old. (@My Supercharged Life)
Index Fund Investing Overview. If you are looking for a place to invest with high diversification and relatively low fees (for broader index funds with low turnover), index funds are a great place to start. (@Money Smart Life)
5 Reasons To Line Dry Your Laundry. My wife and I may soon be installing a clothesline in our backyard. In many neighborhoods they are frowned upon - one of the reasons I don’t like living in a neighborhood. I digress. One of our neighbors recently put up a clothesline, and we might just follow his lead. (@Simple Mom)
A Few Others I Enjoyed
* 4 Quick Tips for Getting Out of a Rut * Young and Cash Rich * Embracing Simple Style * First Trading Experience With OptionsHouse * The Exponential Power of Delayed Consumption * How Much Emergency Fund is Enough? * 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind * Save Money On Car Insurance
Thanks for the ping, Yes , still here, both rain gauges topped over the at 5” . connection has been spotty due to moisture in lines from the 50’s.. ha.. but good ole verizon assures will be cleared up by this pm..
gotta go to see the d/panel dr’s again today . ha
got my germex and going in 1st thing so, back later
take care as I saw video of the DW beach erosion .
surf and rain wiped it out!
LOL TAC hangs out in all the greatest places...
Murtha REALLY gets my goat!!! Over and over again!
If you would like to see the ocean lapping up to the highway (tide is going out right now) there is a traffic cam that on normal is even good on dial-up:
http://www.deldot.gov/public.ejs?command=PublicCameraDisplay&county=3&id=126&hb=0&connectType=http
Normally the beach is about 200 yards wide on the ocean side and the road is a 4 lane with a center median - kind of hard to tell where the east (northbound) lane is.
You can see the boardwalk at Rehoboth Beach (there is NO beach showing right now - water up to boardwalk. - usually about 100 yards wide)
http://www.rehobothbeachcam.com/
I bought a bag of frozen cheese tortellini at Aldi’s yesterday and plan on adding it to the Italian soup recipe tonight for dinner. I can’t wait to see how it turns out! It sounded like a good combination to me!
2 quarts milk
8 eggs
1 cup grape nuts (soak for one half hour in 2 cups of the milk)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 tbls vanilla
salt
beat eggs adding sugar gradually-add remaining ingredients
pour into greased dish(I use a large rectangular pyrex cake dish.)
cook 90 min. at 300 degrees in water bath. I use one of those large disposable roasting pans.
This has been a traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas pudding for over a 100 years as my grandmother made it long before I was born, hence the relatives in nursing homes who look forward to this. The secret for a good custard-like consistency seems to be cooking in a pan of water and the long cooking time at a low temp. I usually stir the pudding every 10 mins for the first 30 mins to keep the grape nuts evenly distributed. Like any custard, it is important not to overcook as that makes it watery. So easy to make. I can whip it up in 15 min. It's the cooking that takes so long. Have to plan my oven useage to allow for this time on a holiday.
ROFLOL - Mankind is on a huge treadmill - same thing over and over...
>>>Urinate on the compost heap to save the planet says the National Trust<<<
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385533/posts
Then they turn around with garbage like:
>>>Robert Goodland, formerly of the World Bank and co-author of a report which last month caused a stir by estimating that farm livestock account for 51 percent of all global greenhouse gases.<<<
I am sure that Mr. Goodland probably drove through the countryside at least once - otherwise he wouldn’t have know about all that clandestine co2 was being produced there. I’m sure he probably rushed back to his penthouse and threw away his clothes and decontaminated himself in the shower after such a ‘dirty’ experience. Then immediately started building a spreadsheet from his ‘experience’ to justify destroying that nasty country that was contaminating everything, then had his chauffeured towncar take him out for dinner where he could tell all his liberal friends about his horrible encounter.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385543/posts
Geesh! They have no clue what they want - just keep walking on that treadmill... same scenery over and over.
Munroe Street Farm in Lynn, Massachusetts
“The Food Project has started up a new plot of land in Lynn. It’s on Munroe Street,
right by our North Shore office and directly across from the Lynn commuter rail
station.
“If I’m looking at the farm data correctly, we’ve harvested almost 3,000 pounds
of herbs and vegetables from the Munroe land this season.
That’s in addition to
the bounty of the 15 raised beds being used by community gardeners. This food stays
in Lynn; some is sold at our Central Square farmers’ market just a few blocks away,
and the rest is distributed to local hunger relief organizations.
Will Allen’s talk at PopTech 2009
Watch Will Allen’s 24 minute talk.
In 1995, former Proctor & Gamble marketing executive Will Allen was helping neighborhood
kids with a gardening project when he decided that introducing farming to America’s
inner cities could reap real public health benefits. The farming methods and educational
programs he subsequently developed are now the hallmark of Growing Power, the nonprofit
organization Allen co-founded and directs.
Aquinas University spearheads urban agriculture in Legazpi, Philippines
The Aquinas University of Legazpi (AUL) has implemented a project dubbed “Urban
Agriculture through the High-Value Commercial Crops Techno-Demo Farm” within its
expansive campus here.
The project features 60-square-meter greenhouse where vegetables highly sensitive
to rain and changes in temperature like broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower and honeydew
melon are being propagated.
Columbia (Missouri) Center for Urban Agriculture
On a Monday evening, the scent of warm tomatoes permeates the kitchen of the Road
House, a green-and-red building on St. Joseph Street. Bobby Johnson, Daniel Soetaert
and Billy Polansky, half of the six housemates, are making and canning tomato paste
with tomatoes they bought from Amish farmers. Johnson pushes one sliced tomato after
another through a juicer. Polansky oversees two vats cooking the juice on a stove.
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
Welcome to the thread.
Your planned meal sounds good to me.
but governments face aggressive lobbies and gaps in the science proving the extent of agricultural emissions.<<<
It amazes me that so many ignore this little fact.
The rather unusual practice is already actively encouraged at stately homes around the country where “pee bales” have been deposited in secluded areas of National Trust gardens to allow male members of staff to relieve themselves.<<<
Here we arrest them and call it indecent exposure.
the burqa will work for the ladies, to do their share, or is it only the males urine that works???
There they go again discriminating against the women, again.
or is it only the males urine that works???<<<
LOL, reread your link, says women are too acid.
>>>LOL, reread your link, says women are too acid.<<<
LOL a bit of lime would cure that...
But then there are all the birth control pill hormones, plus all the estrogen excreted in the urine - all making men less manly... Oh well, nothing is perfect.... I’d better duck after saying all that... LOL
That is really interesting, do be sure to let us all know how it turns out, it sounds just scrumptious — and having it come from ALDI means it’s probably very high quality, but quite affordable. A nice Friday night meal!!
Southern Cornbread Stuffing
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
Prep Time:
30 min
Inactive Prep Time:
—
Cook Time:
1 hr 20 min
Level:
Easy
Serves:
6 to 8 servings
Ingredients
· Cornbread, recipe follows
· 7 slices oven-dried white bread
· 1 sleeve saltine crackers
· 8 tablespoons butter
· 2 cups celery, chopped
· 1 large onion, chopped
· 7 cups chicken stock
· 1 teaspoon salt
· Freshly ground black pepper
· 1 teaspoon sage (optional)
· 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning (optional)
· 5 eggs, beaten
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, combine crumbled cornbread, dried white bread slices, and saltines; set aside.
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the celery and onion and cook until transparent, approximately 5 to 10 minutes. Pour the vegetable mixture over cornbread mixture. Add the stock, mix well, taste, and add salt, pepper to taste, sage, and poultry seasoning. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Reserve 2 heaping tablespoons of this mixture for the giblet gravy. Pour mixture into a greased pan and bake until dressing is cooked through, about 45 minutes. Serve with turkey as a side dish.
Cornbread:
· 1 cup self-rising cornmeal
· 1/2 cup self-rising flour
· 3/4 cup buttermilk
· 2 eggs
· 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour batter into a greased shallow baking dish. Bake for approximately 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
To serve, cut into desired squares and serve with butter.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Local Anesthetics, Continuously Infused (marketed as bupivacaine, chlorprocaine, lidocaine, mepivacaine, procaine, ropivacaine) - Chondrolysis
Audience: Orthopedic and Anesthesia healthcare professionals, hospital risk managers
FDA notified healthcare professionals of 35 reports of chondrolysis (necrosis and destruction of cartilage) in patients given continuous intra-articular infusions of local anesthetics with elastomeric infusion devices to control post-surgical pain. The local anesthetics (with and without epinephrine) were infused for extended periods of time (48 to 72 hours) directly into the intra-articular space using an elastomeric pump. Joint pain, stiffness, and loss of motion were reported as early as the second month after receiving the infusion. In more than half of these reports, the patients required additional surgery, including arthroscopy or arthroplasty (joint replacement).
Local anesthetics are approved as injections for the production of local or regional anesthesia or analgesia. The approved drug labels for local anesthetics do not include an indication for continuous intra-articular postoperative infusions or use of infusion devices, such as elastomeric pumps. The FDA has not cleared any infusion devices with an indication for use in intra-articular infusion of local anesthetics. Health care professionals are encouraged to follow the instructions for use of elastomeric infusion devices, and to not use these devices for continuous intra-articular infusion of local anesthetics after orthopedic surgery.
This notice provides further management considerations for healthcare professionals, information for patients, a data summary of the 35 reports, and references.
Read the complete MedWatch 2009 Safety summary, including a link to the Information for Healthcare Professionals sheet, at:
Pai You Guo, Marketed as Dietary Supplement - Recall
Audience: Consumers
GMP Herbal Products and FDA notified consumers and healthcare professionals of a recall of Pai You Guo, a weight loss dietary supplement, due to the presence of undeclared drug ingredients. FDA lab analyses of dietary supplements were found to contain undeclared sibutramine, an FDA-approved drug used as an appetite suppressant for weight loss; and phenolphthalein, a solution used in chemical experiments and a suspected cancer-causing agent that is not approved for marketing in the United States. The FDA has not approved the Pai You Guo products as a drug; therefore the safety and effectiveness of this product is unknown. The product is sold either in a box of 30 capsules or a bag of 10 g powder. The affected products were sold and distributed nationwide via the internet.
FDA advises that these products pose a threat to consumers because sibutramine is known to substantially increase blood pressure and/or pulse rate in some patients and may present a significant risk for patients with a history of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias or stroke.
Consumers are advised to destroy the affected products or return them to the company’s address in Westminster, CA.
Read the complete MedWatch 2009 Safety summary, including a link to the firm press release at:
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm190507.htm
Conagra Foods Issues Nationwide Allergy Alert on a Limited Number of 15 oz. Tubs of Blue Bonnet Light Spread
Contact:
Susan Christensen
Sr. Director Corporate Communication
402-240-5203
susan.christensen@conagrafoods.com
www.conagrafoods.com
www.bluebonnet.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OMAHA, NEBRASKA - November 13, 2009 - Today, ConAgra Foods, in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is voluntarily recalling a limited number of 15 oz. tubs of Blue Bonnet Spread that were inadvertently mispackaged—the lid is for regular Blue Bonnet Spread and the tub portion describes the product as Blue Bonnet Light Spread. The product inside of the tub is regular Blue Bonnet Spread. As a result, the product tubs do not declare the allergen whey (milk), as an ingredient.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product. No allergic reactions have been reported.
This issue affects only 1,120 cases of a single lot code of the product. The product UPC on the tub is 27000-00930. The product lid will not have the blue ribbon graphic bearing the word “Light” that is found on the tub portion of the package. The rim of the lid will feature the batch code “2247923200” and a Sell By date of March 18, 2010.
ConAgra Foods became aware of the issue after receiving a report from a store where the tub did not match the lid or the case.
The company is issuing a news release and an alert through the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) (www.foodallergy.org), in an effort to notify any potentially affected consumers.
ConAgra Foods will work with retail customers to ensure that the recalled products are removed from store shelves. In the event that consumers believe they have purchased products affected by this voluntary recall, they should return the product to the store where it was purchased for a full refund. Consumers with questions may call 866-518-4177 (9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. CST daily) or visit www.bluebonnet.com for more information.
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IDS Sports Conducts a Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Bromodrol, Dual Action Grow Tabs, Grow Tabs, Mass Tabs, and Ripped Tabs TR
Contact:
Dave Dixon
888-795-0444
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Oviedo, FL – November 12, 2009 -IDS Sports announced today that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of five of the company’s dietary supplement products sold under the following names: Bromodrol, Dual Action Grow Tabs, Grow Tabs, Mass Tabs, and Ripped Tabs TR.
The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) has notified IDS Sports that the recalled products contain the following undeclared substances, which FDA considers to be steroids: “Madol,” “Turinabol,” “Superdrol,” and/or “Androstenedione.”
Acute liver injury is known to be a possible harmful effect of using steroid-containing products. In addition, steroids may cause other serious long-term adverse health consequences in men, women, and children. These include shrinkage of the testes and male infertility, masculinization of women, breast enlargement in males, short stature in children, a higher predilection to misuse other drugs and alcohol, adverse effects on blood lipid levels, and increased risk of heart attack, stroke, and death.
The recalled products listed below were distributed in either black boxes containing blister packs of 60 capsules or white bottles with black labels containing 30 or 60 capsules.
Brand Name Size UPC Lots
Bromodrol 1 box 6 75941 00250 7 All lots
Dual Action Grow Tabs 1 box 6 75941 00252 1 All lots
Grow Tabs 1 bottle 60 capsules 6 75941 00252 1 All lots
Mass Tabs 1 bottle 30 capsules 6 75941 00149 4 Purchased during or after 4/09
Mass Tabs 1 bottle 60 capsules 6 75941 00149 4 Purchased during or after 8/09
Ripped Tabs TR 1 box 6 75941 00162 3 Purchased during or after 12/08
Ripped Tabs TR 1 bottle 60 capsules 6 75941 00162 3 Purchased during or after 12/08
Although no illnesses or adverse events have been reported to the company to date in connection with the products listed above, customers who have these products in their possession should stop using them immediately and contact their physician if they have experienced any problems that may be related to using one or more of the products. Any adverse events that may be related to the use of these products should be reported to the FDA’s MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online [at www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm] or by returning the postage-paid FDA form 3500 [which may be downloaded from www.fda.gov/MedWatch/getforms.htm] by mail [to MedWatch, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852-9787] or fax [1-800-FDA-0178].
The FDA has been apprised of this recall and IDS Sports is cooperating with the FDA in this recall process.
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Genzyme Products, Marketed as Cerezyme, Fabrayzme, Myozyme, Aldurazyme, and Thyrogen
Audience: Endocrinological and Genetics Medicine healthcare professionals
FDA and Genzyme notified healthcare professionals about the potential for foreign particle contamination of several products that are used to treat rare, serious, and life-threatening diseases. The foreign particles include stainless steel fragments, non-latex rubber from the vial stopper, and fiber-like material from the manufacturing process and could potentially cause serious adverse events in patients. Cerezyme, Fabrazyme, Myozyme, and Thyrogen are supplied as lyophilized powders requiring reconstitution before administration; Aldurazyme is supplied as a liquid solution.
Potential adverse events from IM administration of a contaminated product could include local pain, swelling and inflammation. Potential adverse reactions from IV administration of a product contaminated with foreign particles could be more serious, including damage to blood vessels or embolic events, and anaphylactic, allergic and immune-mediated reactions. It is also possible that the foreign particles could affect how well these products work.
The Agency is acutely aware of the critical need for patients to have continued access to these important products. In reaching its decision to allow these products to continue to be marketed, FDA has carefully considered the potential for serious adverse events, the likelihood that the recommendations in this notice will significantly reduce the risk of administration of contaminated products, and the lack of FDA-approved therapeutic alternatives for these products. The FDA is actively investigating the nature of the contamination and seeking immediate implementation of corrective actions to mitigate the situation.
Read the complete MedWatch 2009 Safety summary, including a link to the Information for Healthcare Professionals sheet, at:
A source for World Flu News:
http://www.bigmedicine.ca/europe.htm#1113_More_than_1.2_million_cases_of_AR
1113 More than 1.2 million cases of ARI and 239 deaths in the Ukraine [Europe update]—All 27 EU and 4 EFTA countries are reporting cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza. Since April 2009, a total 474 deaths have been reported and the number of deaths by week has being clearly increasing over the last 3 weeks.
Situation in Ukraine
From 18 October to 12 November, the Ministry of Health has reported a total of 1,253,558 cases of acute respiratory illness and 239 deaths. The majority of cases is concentrated in the Western oblasts in Ukraine, but spreads to Kyiv and other parts of the country. Influenza A(H1N1) has been identified in a number of samples in national laboratories and confirmed by the WHO’s reference laboratory in London. The last official number of laboratory confirmed A(H1N1) cases in Ukraine was 32 (data from 06/11/09).
CDC estimates number of cases infected with H1N1
CDC estimated that between 14 million and 34 million cases of influenza A(H1N1)v occurred between April and October 2009. The methods are described in detail in the attached documents and are based on laboratory surveillance, published hospitalization estimates and multipliers derived from previously published prevalence estimates.
Mexican study shows protective effect of seasonal influenza vaccine
A study published in the Lancet describes the first 63 479 notified pandemic influenza cases in Mexico up to 31st July, 2009 and analyzes risk and protective factors for infection, hospitalisation and fatal outcome. According to this study the risk of infection with influenza A(H1N1), verified mainly by rapid tests, was lower among people vaccinated for seasonal influenza.
A CDC study finds no protective effect of seasonal influenza vaccine
The CDC Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (MMWR) published an analysis on the effectiveness of the 2008-09 trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine against pandemic influenza H1N1. This case-cohort analysis was based on notifications data and did not show any vaccine effectiveness.
Eurosurveillance update
In their paper H Nishiura et al. present a study comparing the risk of clinical attack rates between one- and two-dose vaccination schemes. They demonstrate that if the efficacies do not greatly vary between one- and two -dose schemes, a one-dose vaccination scheme may well be supported. Nevertheless, two-dose vaccination is shown to result in less morbidity if the vaccine efficacies are greatly diminished by reducing the dose. From the results the authors conclude that as long as the detailed efficacy estimates rest on theoretical assumptions, single-dose vaccination may only be sufficiently justified in a specific setting where the number of vaccines is extremely limited.
A second paper in yesterday’s Eurosurveillance issue reports about an ongoing outbreak in pigs of infections with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v virus in Norway. According to M Hofshagen et al. the first herd was confirmed positive on 10 October 2009 and as of 26 October, a total of 23 herds have been diagnosed as positive. The majority of the herds seem to have been infected by humans. Sequence analysis of pig viruses from the index farm shows that they are identical or virtually identical to human viruses from the same geographical region. Currently further investigations are being carried out to clarify the extent of the outbreaks in the rest of Norway and studies are underway to evaluate risk factors for the infection at farm level.
A third paper by Columbier et al. reports on a notable surge in messages communicated through the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) for the prevention and control of communicable diseases in the European Union recorded since the start of 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. In order to measure the impact of this increase on the reporting of other events, the authors compared the messages posted in the EWRS since April 2009 with those posted in the previous years (2004-2008). The analysis revealed that a ten-fold increase in messages was recorded during the pandemic period, from April to September 2009, and that the reporting of other threats dropped to a significantly low rate. They authors conclude that their results suggest an important impact on the notification process of events in case of a situation requiring extensive mobilisation of public health resources and emphasise the importance of keeping an appropriate balancing of resources during sustained emergencies, in particular in view of a possible second wave of pandemic influenza cases, to ensure prompt detection and reporting of potential concomitant emerging threats.
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