First Aid Kit - How to Make a First Aid Kit Having a first aid kit is an important part of emergency preparedness . You should have a first aid kit for both your home food storage and (as a condensed version) 72 hour kits . Directions: Print the notes and list of first aid supplies. Check off each item that has been put into your first aid kit. This checklist (partially compiled from the booklet, Essentials of Home Production & Storage ) gives recommendations for putting together a standard first aid kit. Checklist: First Aid Kit Supplies (pdf) Notes: Update your first aid kit every six months (put a note in your calendar/planner) to replenish and check all supplies.
Herbal First Aide Insect Bites & Stings Essential Oils – Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, Lavender Mix any or all with a little Olive or vegetable oil and apply Cedar Wood Essential oil – kills houseflies, mosquitoes, and cockroaches in a concentration of 1 % Poultice: Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, & Lavender Essential Oil mixed with clay, add a bit of water to make a paste and put on the site. Apple Cider Vinegar – straight on the bite with cotton ball…(wasps) Baking Soda – make a paste with water Put Penny on the bite and hold for a few minutes Herbs: Comfrey, Plantain, chickweed, onion, garlic, marigold – mash or chew and apply Tinctures – Arnica, Lobelia, Echinacea, Marigold, Myrrh, St John’s Wort used externally Echinacea will reduce the allergic reaction Horsefly bites: St John’s Wort Repellent 2 oz vegetable oil or vodka ¼ teaspoon each citronella and eucalyptus oil 1/8 teaspoon peppermint, cedar and geranium oil Take care not to rub near eyes Bleeding Herbs – Cayenne, kelp, plantain, yarrow May be sprinkled or laid on the would Shock
Scientists provide a more accurate age for the El Sidrón cave Neanderthals -- ScienceDaily A study has been able to accurately determine the age of the Neanderthal remains found in the El Sidrón cave (Asturias, Spain) for which previous studies had provided inexact measurements. The application of a pre-treatment to reduce contamination by modern carbon has managed to lower the margin of error from 40,000 to just 3,200 years. El Sidrón cave in Asturias (northern Spain) is one of the westernmost Neanderthal sites on the Iberian Peninsula and contains a large amount of this type of remains in addition to the flint tools they used. Now, thanks to the development of new analytical procedures, a research team co-ordinated by the University of Oviedo (Spain) has managed to provide a more accurate dating for these Neanderthal populations in Asturias. The age of the El Sidrón remains could prove to be an important piece of information in the discussion about when the transition from Neanderthal to Homo sapiens took place in Europe.
The Urgent/Important Matrix - Using time effectively not just efficiently - Time Management Skills from MindTools Using Time Effectively, Not Just Efficiently © iStockphotoblackred Focus on your most important work. Imagine that your boss has asked you to prepare an important presentation for the next board meeting. You only have a few days to put it together, your workload is already high, and you have many other urgent tasks on your To-Do List. Time stressors are some of the most pervasive sources of pressure in the workplace, and they happen as a result of having too much to do, in too little time. Eisenhower's Urgent/Important Principle helps you think about your priorities, and determine which of your activities are important and which are, essentially, distractions. What Are "Urgent" and "Important" Activities? In a 1954 speech to the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches, former U.S. He recognized that great time management means being effective as well as efficient. Important activities have an outcome that leads to us achieving our goals, whether these are professional or personal.
Essential First Aid Item: Activated Carbon Activated carbon, in powdered form, should be in every medicine cabinet and first aid kit. It is also known as activated charcoal. It is used around the world as a universal antidote for hundreds of poisons, including arsenic, mercury, pesticides, strychnine, warfarin, hemlock, E. Coli endotoxin, and gasoline. Over 4,000 chemicals, drugs, plant and microbial toxins, allergens, venoms, and wastes are effectively neutralized by activated charcoal, when it is given in sufficient quantities. Activated charcoal is also an effective detox for practically any drug overdose if administered in time. In 1813, French chemist Michel Bertrand swallowed five grams of arsenic trioxide: 150 times the lethal dose. In 1831, in front of his distinguished colleagues at the French Academy of Medicine, Professor Touery drank a deadly cocktail of strychnine and lived to tell the tale. Manufacture and Storage Risks: Charcoal significantly decreases a body's absorption of all nutrients and medications.
Separation between Neanderthal and Homo sapiens might have occurred 500,000 years earlier, DNA from teeth suggests The separation of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens might have occurred at least one million years ago, more than 500.000 years earlier than previously believed, according to new DNA-based analyses. A doctoral thesis conducted at the National Center for Research on Human Evolution (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana), associated with the University of Granada, analyzed the teeth of almost all species of hominids that have existed during the past 4 million years. Quantitative methods were employed, and they managed to identify Neanderthal features in ancient European populations. The main purpose of this research, whose author is Aida Gómez Robles, was to reconstruct the history of evolution of the human species using the information provided by the teeth, which are the most numerous and best preserved remains of the fossil record. To this purpose, a large sample of dental fossils from different sites in Africa, Asia and Europe was analyzed. Computer Simulation
Search: solutions for prosperous world Click on Image to Enlarge Updated 29 October 2012 to include frequent search request “readings about solutions for a prosperous world” also added skype and email contact info New integrated search term: readings about solutions for a prosperous world The proven process of intelligence is not secret, not federal, and not expensive. Thinking is free. Master Lists: Worth a Look: Book Review Lists (Positive) Worth a Look: Book Review Lists (Negative) Books on The Threats and Challenges: Rischard, Jean-Francois, HIGH NOON: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them (Basic Books, 2003) High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change, A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility (United Nations, 2004) Books on Public Intelligence and Reflexive Analytic Processes: Myers, Kent C., Reflexive Practice: Professional Thinking for a Turbulent World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) Books on Open Space & Ideas with Integrity: Owen, Harrison, Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008)
Discovery Reveals That Neanderthals Were the First in Europe to Make Specialized Bone Tools Four views of the most complete lissoir found during excavations at the Neanderthal site of Abri Peyrony. Credit: Abri Peyrony & Pech-de-l’Azé I Projects A new discovery in southwest France reveals that Neanderthals were the first in Europe to make standardized and specialized bone tools. Two research teams from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and the University of Leiden in the Netherlands have jointly reported the discovery of Neanderthal bone tools coming from their excavations at two neighboring Paleolithic sites in southwest France. The tools are unlike any others previously found in Neanderthal sites, but they are similar to a tool type well known from later modern human sites and still in use today by high-end leather workers. This tool, called a lissoir or smoother, is shaped from deer ribs and has a polished tip that, when pushed against a hide, creates softer, burnished and more water resistant leather. Shannon P.
6 Habits of True Strategic Thinkers In the beginning, there was just you and your partners. You did every job. You coded, you met with investors, you emptied the trash and phoned in the midnight pizza. Whatever that means. If you find yourself resisting "being strategic," because it sounds like a fast track to irrelevance, or vaguely like an excuse to slack off, you're not alone. This is a tough job, make no mistake. After two decades of advising organizations large and small, my colleagues and I have formed a clear idea of what's required of you in this role. Anticipate Most of the focus at most companies is on what’s directly ahead. Look for game-changing information at the periphery of your industrySearch beyond the current boundaries of your businessBuild wide external networks to help you scan the horizon better Think Critically “Conventional wisdom” opens you to fewer raised eyebrows and second guessing. Interpret Ambiguity is unsettling. Decide Many leaders fall prey to “analysis paralysis.” Align Learn
No known hominin is common ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans, study suggests -- ScienceDaily The search for a common ancestor linking modern humans with the Neanderthals who lived in Europe thousands of years ago has been a compelling subject for research. But a new study suggests the quest isn't nearly complete. The researchers, using quantitative methods focused on the shape of dental fossils, find that none of the usual suspects fits the expected profile of an ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans. They also present evidence that the lines that led to Neanderthals and modern humans diverged nearly 1 million years ago, much earlier than studies based on molecular evidence have suggested. The study, which will be published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was carried out by an international team of scholars from The George Washington University, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Austria, Indiana University and Atapuerca Research Team in Spain. P. What comes next?
4 Tools for Building Academic Vocabulary “4 Tools for Building Academic Vocabulary” by Susan Oxnevad was originally published on gettingsmart.com There is a wealth of research to suggest that vocabulary knowledge is the single best predictor of student academic achievement across all curriculum areas. Experts agree, if given the opportunity to receive effective vocabulary instruction, most students can acquire vocabulary at rates that will improve their comprehension and also their chances for success in school. Even the Common Core identifies Academic Vocabulary as one of the six big shifts. It’s clear that educators need to spend some time teaching. Why Vocabulary and Tech? Technology is an effective and engaging tool that can be used to improve vocabulary acquisition for all learners and engage them in the learning process. 1. Wallwisher is a free and user friendly digital tool that allows users to create a digital wall of multimedia sticky notes which can include text, images, links and videos. 2. 3. 4.
Gene breakthrough shows Neanderthals in new light - opinion - 18 July 2013 WHEN Neanderthal bones were discovered in the 19th century, their robust build and heavy brows led palaeontologists to characterise them as brutish, and their name is still pejorative today. Since then, we have found ample circumstantial evidence to suggest this stereotype is far from fair. Tools, jewellery and even cosmetics discovered among Neanderthal bones suggest that they were uncannily like us – a view strengthened when their genome was sequenced, showing a remarkable genetic overlap. Now the Neanderthal epigenome – the system of on/off switches that modify gene activity – has been deciphered (see "First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain"), allowing us to directly assess the mental life of our extinct cousins for the first time. This work is just beginning. This article appeared in print under the headline "Extinct cousins out of rehab" New Scientist Not just a website! More From New Scientist Obesity linked to our ability to digest carbohydrates (New Scientist)