How our lifestyle is making us sick

Sidney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer are medical anthropologists who investigate cultural factors in the etiology of common health ailments. They are the co-authors of Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras (Avery, 1995). Their website contains practical advice about modifying your lifestyle to avoid medical conditions such as sleep apnea, bladder infections and prostate enlargement.

http://selfstudycenter.org/

Magic Tricks for everyone

Pubtricks.com is a very entertaining site. I stumbled across a video on YouTube of one of their card tricks called This N That. Watch the tricks for free and buy the solutions if you are interested in learning how to do magic tricks.

The YouTube video of the This and That card trick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tScm-eZInBE

The site with all the tricks: http://pubtricks.com/index.php

How to find out if your cell phone is being bugged

This video by Vortex Technology in Woodland Hills, California, will help you determine if your cell phone has been compromised and is relaying information to a hacker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujosfSkHFrQ

First Nations National Day of Action—Canada: June 29, 2007.

The Assembly of First Nations represents all First Nations citizens in Canada. On June 29, 2007, the organization plans a National Day of Action to wake up Canadians to the plight of First Nation citizens in Canada. There are many issues requiring action in Canada, including aboriginal poverty, and equitable resolution of land claims. First Nations citizens want a share in the “good life” in Canada, and want their fair share of the resource wealth related to land which was once their own.

http://www.afn.ca/

Flying machines in ancient India—myth or reality?

The Vedic literature of India contains many descriptions of flying machines called Vimanas. Scholars have discovered detailed accounts of the construction and operation of several types of civilian and military flying machines. The aircraft used for military purposes employed weapons capable of destroying large concentrations of soldiers on the ground and entire cities, with consequences resembling the use of nuclear weapons. Were these the mere ramblings of imaginative writers, or evidence of ancient advanced technology? Decide for yourself.
http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Vimanas.htm

Here is a related site:
http://www.hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/hinduism/vimana/ancientvimanas.asp

Your cell phone could be spying on you!

Anyone who buys the software sold on the Flexispy website will be able to spy on you with your own cell phone. Parents can spy on babysitters. Spouses can spy on each other. It is possible to track the movements of other people and listen in on their conversations anywhere in the world. Information goes from your cell phone to the spy with no way to trace who’s doing the spying. Say goodbye to privacy.

http://www.flexispy.com/index.html

War with Iran predicted by John Hogue

John Hogue believes that war with Iran could come as early as this summer. He bases his prediction on the prophecies of Nostradamus. This website contains many of John Hogue’s past writings and predictions about world political events. This is scary reading, considering Hogue’s reliance on fact-based material to interpret Nostradamus.

http://www.hogueprophecy.com/

Work at home moms can operate their own website

It’s a mother’s dream to have a job that can be done from home. It means more time with the kids—the freedom to work when you wish, not when the clock dictates.

In this video, one young lady tells in her own words why she’s glad her mom has a home business.

This video says it all: http://wahm.sitesell.com/smallbiz28.html

Power your Ontario or Alberta home with “green” Bullfrog electricity

Customers who sign up with Bullfrog Power pay a few cents more per kilowatt, but know that their electricity comes from “green” generators using “clean, emission-free sources like wind power and low-impact water power” rather than oil or coal. Any home or business may participate in supporting “locally generated renewable power” with no disruption to their regular service.
http://www.bullfrogpower.com/

Eyes on Darfur: a global satellite neighborhood watch

Amnesty International has established the Eyes on Darfur site for the purpose of enabling people around the world to keep an eye on villages “at risk” in Darfur, an area in the western region of Sudan. Satellite images will reveal to the world any atrocities in progress. Examples of “before” and “after” pictures of burned-out villages testify to past genocidal activity. The hope is that “private citizens, policy makers, and international courts” will join with Amnesty International in an effort to secure international monitoring and intervention in the crisis.
http://www.eyesondarfur.org/

The mother of all online how-to manuals for doing all kinds of things

The wikiHow site is billed as a “collaborative writing project to build the largest, highest quality how-to manual”. It promises “solutions to the problems of everyday life” and boasts over 20,000 articles written and edited by volunteers.
http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page This site is fun to browse
Many people embark on a hike in the woods with little knowledge about what to do if they get lost. One page on this site has a practical instruction sheet on survival in the woods. Click on the site below.
http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-in-the-Woods
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Bread Make your own bread.

Watch how fast the population of the world increases every second

The population of the earth is well on its way to 7 billion. Watch the geometric progression happen in real time on this site. Your computer should be able to run the Java applet that the site utilizes for the computation. Will we reach the point where there won’t be space enough for everyone on the planet? With food production increasing arithmetically, will there be mass starvation?
http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop

Getting along with people who are different from us

Wouldn’t the world be a better place if everyone got along better? Let’s learn a lesson from these unusual animal friendships:
http://letsbefriends.blogspot.com/

Are genetically engineered foods safe?

Grocery shoppers are finding it more and more difficult to avoid food that has been genetically modified. Many processed foods contain quantities of GM foods buried in the list of ingredients. Should people be worried about GM food, or is the media making a fuss about nothing?
Here is a site which contains general, balanced information on the topic:
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml
Genetic Roulette, by Jeffrey M. Smith, an investigative reporter, is an exceedingly scary book on the genetic modification of food. After briefly skimming through this book at my local book store, I’ve drawn up a list of foods to avoid. Margarine is at the top of my list. I’ll substitute olive oil for GM oils like canola and corn. More information about the book may be found here:
http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/GeneticRoulette/index.cfm

Guidance for students and teachers planning a science fair project

The Kenneth Lafferty Hess Family Charitable Foundation operates its Science Buddies program with one goal in mind: to help students and teachers everywhere in their efforts to undertake an effective science research project.
Resources on the site include a Topic Selection Wizard, an interactive tool designed to enable students to choose a science research topic appropriate to their needs and interests. The Project Ideas section of the site serves as a “starter kit”, which describes the subject matter, provides bibliographic material and Internet-based sources of scientific data, as well as suggestions for experiments. The online student guide gives step-by-step instructions, beginning with scientific research methodology, typical research proposals, photos of actual science fair projects and checklists to ensure success.
What sets this site apart from other science fair information sites is the mentoring component, which enables students to interact with volunteer science and technology students and professionals. The Ask an Expert staff-monitored online forum allows students to ask questions about their projects, particularly helpful when students have trouble accessing teacher or parental assistance. The result is a higher-quality project produced by students who enjoy what they’re doing and develop a keen interest in science.
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

A new site to keep track of global financial markets

Whether you invest in stocks, mutual funds, futures, or Forex, you’ll like this free financial website. There is no registration requirement and no pop-ups or big ads so common on other sites.
The site features a portfolio manager and optional email alerts, useful charts and tools, as well as news stories about global market events.
http://new.quote.com/

The history and the future of technology from a scientific point of view

Scientist J. Newcombe Hodges discusses coming developments in technology in his new book entitled A Primer for Tomorrow. The book begins with a history of technological development, moves into an introduction to quantum physics, gravity, electromagnetism, bio computers, and a commentary on our progress toward teleportation, anti-gravity, time travel, and the replication of the human body. He writes in an engaging manner, with the aim of igniting passion for science in the mind of the reader. He suggests some of the economic factors which tend to put the brakes on rapid technological change.
The author is offering this first book in a series as a free download, in Adobe Acrobat format, at his website. If you don’t have it on your computer, you may download the Adobe Acrobat Reader for free on this site as well.

http://www.tamashii.com/ When you reach the site, go to “Enter and Welcome to Tomorrow”. Next, click on “The Book”. There are full instructions about downloading the book to your computer.

Explore your family tree with ancestry.com

If you go to this free site, simply enter factual details about you and your immediate family and you’re on your way to delving deeply into the history of your family. You’ll need to know basic information about your parents, e.g. birth date, place of birth to begin the search engine. Any information you supply is treated confidentially, and only the details you specify are entered into the public tree. Of course, the more information people in your family enter into the public sector of the site, the more complete the family tree will be.
This site prides itself as being “the world’s largest online collection of historical records and family trees”, with over 257 million people, over 144,000 family stories, and 1,000,000 photos in the data base. The site includes links to other data bases, including U.S. birth and death records, census and immigration information, and U.S. military records.

http://ancestry.com/

Free office suite program looks a lot like Microsoft Office

Open Office is a free program that has many of the features of Microsoft Office. The average computer user, or even small business owner, may not want to invest hundreds of dollars in Microsoft Office. Open Office is a full-featured office suite which includes a word processor, presentation program (resembling Powerpoint), a spreadsheet program, a vector drawing tool, and a data base program. The program is available in many languages, including Irish Gaelic , Scotch Gaelic, Hindi, and Esperanto, Japanese, and German. Updates are free.

Open Office is a multi-platform program, meaning that it is compatible with Linus and Mac. It works with many other office suite products. I've used it to open Wordperfect documents received in an e-mail attachment. Users who are computer-savvy may participate in the development of the program.

http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/new.html

Gardening experts answer your gardening questions

According to their website, Toronto Botanical Garden is a volunteer-based, charitable organization whose purpose is to inspire passion, respect and understanding of gardening, horticulture, the natural landscape and a healthy environment.

The site offers fact sheets on a multitude of gardening topics, a forum which enables readers to ask questions and receive answers about gardening. There is also a telephone information line for those who prefer to speak with gardening experts. Ontario, Canada residents may access a toll-free gardening hotline at 1-888-777-7048 from 11:00 am-4 pm, Monday to Friday. Anyone outside Ontario may reach a special info line by calling (416)-397-1345 Mon.-Fri., 10:00 am-1:00 pm (EST) and Sat., Sun. and Holidays from noon to 3 pm.

http://www.questions.torontomastergardeners.ca/

Sites for helping your child with elementary and junior high school math

Both of these sites are colorful and instructive, providing a good review of some basic math concepts. Browsing through them will help you choose appropriate sections for your child/children.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ Elementary and junior high topics
http://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/english/kidz/order.shtml Review of basics and some math games.

Flickr-- a place to store, organize and share your photos for free

This site allows you to upload your photos, organize them into thematic sets, and share them with friends and relatives. You decide on the privacy level for your photo archive, allowing the world to view your photos, or limiting them to people who know your password. This is a handy site for people who travel a lot and wish to share their photos without having to process them through an email account. Drag-and-drop your photos onto a world map to identify locations where photos have been taken. Explore the world through the public photo archive. Do fun things with your photos, like creating calendars, photo books, and postage stamps. Basic accounts are free, and will enable you to see how the site works. Upgrading to a “pro” account for US$24.95 annually gives you unlimited uploading of photos among other benefits. Flickr is now a Yahoo company, which gives it a measure of stability.

Well worth exploring: http://www.flickr.com/

Open Medicine: an independent, international general medical journal

A number of former editors of the Canadian Medical Association Journal have established an open-source, peer-reviewed medical journal, completely separate from the Canadian Medical Association. This site, called Open Medicine, aims to promote academic freedom and integrity by eliminating the possibility of editorial bias related to association with research material funded by drug and medical appliance companies. No advertising material will be accepted from such pharmaceutical and medical corporate sources. There is no subscription fee and no print edition.

A revolutionary site: http://www.openmedicine.ca/

Try this online dictionary/thesaurus with built-in word pronunciation

This useful site enables you not only to find the meanings, synonyms and antonyms for words, but to hear how the words are pronounced. Anyone learning English would appreciate the latter feature.
The site includes specialized dictionaries in the fields of computing, law, medicine, and finance. You can also look up the meanings of common acronyms (like URL) and idioms in the English language. Writers will find this site invaluable.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dictionary.htm

Teachnology.com: for teachers who want to incorporate technology into their classroom

Teachnology is the site for teachers who wish to utilize technology in the classroom.
The site also contains a vast collection of online resources and support tools, and free classroom materials designed by practicing teachers. For small annual fee, educators may purchase a membership which allows access to an extensive archive of reproducible lesson and evaluation materials.

A popular site with teachers: http://www.teachnology.com/

Can you solve these Canadian historical mysteries?

Who actually started the fire that burned Montreal in 1734? Marie Angelique, a black slave was accused of the crime, tortured, hanged and burned in a bonfire. Was she really guilty?
One day in 1880, several members of the “Black” Donnellys were killed when their farm in rural Ontario was set afire. Later that night someone murdered another member of the Donnelly family. Who was responsible for this crime and why was no one ever found guilty of the crime?
If you’re a history buff, you’ll enjoy trying to solve these mysteries by researching the events.
Home page: http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/mysteriesen.html

Let the online games begin!

This is the best collection of free flash and java games I’ve ever found. I got started on Helicopter, and then went on to Desert Storm, and finally 50 States. Almost three hours disappeared into thin air! These games are truly addicting. You can do most of them quite well without a joystick.

Give it a try: http://www.addictingames.info/

Will this diet help reverse the rising tide of autism?

Donna Gates is a nutritional consultant, author and lecturer who has developed a program to help people overcome candidiasis and other immune system disorders. After many years of research in search of a cure for her own candida-related health problems, Donna wrote the book, The Body Ecology Diet. It combines the best of the concepts involved in Chinese medicine, macrobiotics, natural hygiene, raw foods and mega-supplement therapy.

Donna has conducted research with autistic children, placing them on a supervised diet containing fermented or cultured foods. With the establishment of a healthy ecosystem in the intestinal tract, the children begin to digest the high quality fats which enable their immune and digestive systems to gain the strength required to overcome infections.

Home page: http://bodyecology.com/index.php

Article about autism: http://bodyecology.com/autism.php

HowStuffWorks: a practical online encylopedia

HowStuffWorks is a fun site to explore and a great source of practical information.
Learn how to build your own computer by watching seven videos featuring step-by-step instructions. Find out how to do minor electrical repairs around the house. Get your stalled lawnmower running again using the tutorial on small engine repairs and maintenance.

There is a huge library of science and engineering topics. If you want to discover how autofocus cameras work, how GPS receivers work, or how diesel locomotives work, it’s all here on this site, in both print and video formats.

Home page: http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Direct links to some interesting articles:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/build-a-computer1.htm
http://home.howstuffworks.com/how-to-do-home-electrical-repairs.htm
http://home.howstuffworks.com/how-to-repair-small-engines.htm
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/buying-selling-channel.htm
http://travel.howstuffworks.com/timeshare.htm

Medical doctor investigates Phoenix, Arizona UFO reports

Lynne D. Kitei M.D. is well known as a physician and public health educator. She has held the position of Chief Clinical Consultant at the Arizona Heart Institute’s Imaging/Prevention/Wellness Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

On March 13, 1997 she, along with thousands of people, witnessed a phenomenon in the sky above Phoenix, Arizona which has been dubbed the “Phoenix Lights”. Eyewitnesses reported a silent, mile-long, v-shaped formation of lights. After seven years of researching the topic and gathering photographic evidence, Lynne has gone public on her website.

Very strange: http://www.thephoenixlights.net/