Water Purification and Management in Small Towns
By Jaceline Peirrera

‘Water has no taste, no color, no odor; it cannot be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself. It fills us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.’

There surely must be something about this clear liquid that inspires men like French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to write such extravagant verses about it. But really you don’t have to be a great writer to know the importance of water, just go out, run a mile in the hot sun, and then you’ll know how precious a chilled glass of water could be.

Water is as we all know is essential for multiple human activities. As time has gone by, the number of activities has increased but the amount of water has steadily reduced. Only a small portion of the earth’s water is freshwater that can be used by humans. It’s not just the amount that has reduced; the quality of water too has fallen to abysmally low and unhealthy levels in the last few decades. By 2020, it is predicted that wars will fought for clean water, not oil, diamonds or gold. This situation really needn’t arise if we can use technology correctly to manage and optimize existing water supplies.

Clean water is a major issue especially in small towns, where due to heavy industrialization or other developmental activity the water sources have become highly contaminated. The contamination of water is with a variety of pollutants, organic and chemical – acid drainage, agricultural runoff, sewage etc. Many of these pollutants are sometimes unavoidable by-products of growth and development. Eighty percent of infectious diseases are waterborne. This explains why often diseases spread like wildfire through smaller towns, leaving many residents especially children sick and quite often even seriously hospitalized.

Thus, it is clear that a good water purification and management system is must for the prosperity and well being of any place. The problem lies in choosing and implementing the right system, with the right capabilities, that is holistic and one that comes at the right price. Because you don’t just want a solution, you want an effective solution.

The problem with conventional methods and strategies is that they often focus on electro-mechanical solutions that require high capital investment and have high maintenance costs. Their purification is often not holistic leaving some amount of impurities in the purified product. Another major drawback is that these conventional systems have a shorter life span compared to many of the new and alternative naturally-based technologies and methods of water purification. Another great advantage new alternative methods have over their conventional counterparts is that they exert lesser pressure on the environment.

Consider for example, DynGlobal’s line of products that can provide self sustaining clean water systems that can work effectively in the any area. With technology that is solar powered and requires no power source. This not only makes it environment friendly but also allows it to work in remote areas with little or no infrastructure. Armed with just a freshwater source it can produce up to 6,500 gallons of pure potable water free from bacteria, virus, cysts, pathogens and chemicals like lead, mercury and arsenic. After all, there’s nothing more important than good ol’ water.

Jaceline Peirrera is an executive for DynGlobal a leading global provider of water purifiers and water treatment plants. DynGlobal is committed to helping provide clean, safe drinking water and renewable energy solutions to those on our planet facing environmental challenges and disaster response.

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23-year old Justin Helton of Summerville was killed around 2 a.m. Thursday after being sucked under the train.

Nisbet says Helton had been drinking at a bar to celebrate his birthday.

At some point, Helton got into a fight and went outside.

Helton boasted that he was going to slap a train that was passing by but instead he was sucked into it.

Helton was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Should You Juice Or Should You Blend? The Case For Whole Fruits and Vegetables
By Kristin S. Alexander

To Juice Or Not To Juice…

I’ve been down the juicing road. Load up the juicer squeeze out what seems like a tiny bit of juice for the amount of fruit I had used. Then one day I was looking at all the pulp that is left behind and it hit me! That pulp is full of vitamins and fiber, and I’m just throwing it away! Well that stopped my juicing days and started my blending days. Fruits are almost entirely sugar (fructose) but a whole fruit also contains plenty of fiber and vitamins that are lost when you just use it for the juice.

Once I stopped juicing and started blending I realized that I could mix and match fruits and vegetables into fantastic smoothies that could satisfy my nutritional needs in one great drink! Spinach is especially well suited to a fruit blender drink. It’s delicate flavor blends right in and you really can’t tell it’s there. Mixed with berries, carrots and banana, spinach adds a good dose of the greens you really need but don’t always take the time to eat. If you buy spinach in large packages, it’s less expensive and can be put directly in the freezer and used as needed in your blender drinks. It freezes perfectly into little spinach chips and is a snap to toss right into your drinks. You can also use broccoli, tomato paste, pumpkin, sweet peppers, parsley, cabbage and beets. Just about any fruit or vegetable is worth a try. Go for a wide variety and get the most nutritional bang for your buck.

Juice is one of those drinks that many people perceive as healthy, especially when it’s labeled natural or organic and it says it’s made from all natural ingredients. Lets be clear about this right now, juice is NOT part of a healthy eating plan. It is a much better idea to use the whole fruit or vegetable. Aren’t we all trying to get enough fiber in our diets? Why throw those vitamins out?

So here’s how you do it. Choose your fruit. Blueberries are fantastic and you won’t have the seeds found in raspberries or blackberries. Bananas give the smoothie a creamy texture. Peaches, strawberries, melons, are all good. The fruit you use is a personal choice. I recommend buying fruit in season and chopping it up and freezing it for your drinks. Start with spinach and then experiment with other greens. Decide what you like, you can add as much or as little as your want. Put it all in the blender and use the liquid of your choice to blend it up. Here is where you might want to indulge in a little grape juice. Some people like it blended with just water. Others enjoy using soy or rice milk and adding cinnamon. Yogurt is also a great addition. Use just enough liquid to blend and enjoy! Using frozen ingredients creates a delicious frozen drink like a fruit milkshake. What a great way to get all the fruits and vegetables you need, and your kids will love it too!

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Buffet Spread – Make Your Right Decision
By Kirthy Shetty

Looking out for food outlets which are popularly known for their buffet spread? You must be a food lover who likes to try out new delicacies and new restaurants in Bangalore. Bangalore is a hub of restaurants which offer all kinds of delicacies. You get to choose from North Indian, South Indian, multicuisine, Chinese, Rajasthani, Punjabi, Italian, continental, pan asian, Andhra Style, Awadhi, Italian, Bengali, international cuisine and many more. You are free to book your tables and allay any hassles of waiting for long. Isn’t it easier to book for your table online and reach your favourite restaurant comfortably?

Take your loved ones for a good spread of her choice, you will surely win her heart. You will see the sparkling light in her eyes and the glowing smile on her face. There are plenty of food outlets to choose from right from Aromas of China, Angeethi of Church Street, The village of Indiranagar, The Princess, Gazebo and Isys of Jayanagar in Bangalore. If you are a foodie looking out for a platter with a good spread, then you must try out the buffet options available in the popular food outlets.

You may check for your options online. This is the ideal way to book as you get to see the price and the menu before you visit the place. Isn’t it less time consuming? It will also prevent any mistakes of making a wrong choice. Choose the food outlet based on your food choice, price and ambience. If you do it online, you can’t be wrong in making your choice.

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Sustainable Living – What is it and How Can You Live It?
By James H Hunt

Simple Living:

Living sustainably relies on living more simply but does not mean you have to pack up your possessions and go live a nomadic life out in the natural world. It doesn’t mean stop eating meat and become a vegan and doesn’t mean you have to give up life’s luxuries. In order to increase the sustainability of your lifestyle, you need to simply cut down on the clutter around you and think before you buy and use things. Ask yourself what things do you really need and what is important to you?

Make Environmentally Friendly Choices:

Just try to stick to a greener lifestyle! Don’t quit driving but when you do drive, be aware of your fuel consumption, take it easy on the accelerator and try not to make unnecessary trips. When cooking try and make sure there is no waste, eat as much as you want but try to throw away as little as possible. Instead of buying your food, why not try and grow it! If you have the space, why not start growing your own vegetables and herbs. Sustainable living is all about weighing up your options before buying a product, limiting yourself and generally doing what’s best for the environment.

Conserve Natural Resources:

Natural resources are anything that isn’t man made, everything from the air and water to fossil fuels. Be aware how much water you’re using, try to conserve petrol, manage your heating and energy usage. You won’t only help save the environment but you’ll save money as well. Try and buy local produce as well if you can as it doesn’t have to be transported long distance meaning it has a much smaller carbon footprint. You could also think about the packaging of products, fresh products often have less as well as taste better!

Change Your Mindset:

To live sustainably you need to change your ways of old and begin to think about what you are going to do in the future. You need to change the way you think about many aspects of your life: start saving energy and water, try not to pollute as much and reduce your usage of fossil fuels and make sure you recycle.

Take it one step at a time and over time you’ll save both money and the environment.

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The kittens, some believe, were destined to be used as fish bait.

Rescuers said the kittens front paws were tied together with fishing line so tightly they swelled to three times the normal size.

The kittens were near death.

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Think About This – Stupidity
By Diogenes Vindex

There is no other single propensity of Mankind that has caused more misery, malcontentment, and mayhem. The very first record of Mankind could easily be construed as a textbook example of stupidity. Although this affliction has caused most, if not all of the problems throughout recorded history, there have been a scant few books or papers regarding it. Moreover, the subject is hardly ever seriously addressed. I for one, consider this fact impressive and exceptionally curious given the residue of its wake, which spans the millennia.

With the coming of the modern age along with a civilized {so-called} and highly populated World, it follows that the number of stupid people would increase. However, it seems the number has been steadily climbing at an alarming rate. What effect will this have on us? Is this salutatory progression a direct result of Modern Civilization? Could it be a portent of catastrophe? These facts and questions have compelled me to put my pen to paper, or in this case, finger to keyboard.

What is stupidity?

Prior to a precise defining, there must first be a standard established for its antonym, intelligence; a foundation from which to depart from.

When intelligence is present, is there a fundamental quality that invariably shows itself? If yes, is the reverse true when this quality is absent? Is the earmark of stupidity repetitious failure or inevitable disapproval?

In the event that the answer to each of these questions is yes, we would have a theoretical indicator as well as a working hypothesis for definition, for both intelligence and stupidity. Unfortunately, in this imperfect World, these appellations are more difficult to define than to discern.

Actually, there are certain indicators that consistently (barring the ever occurring exception to the rule) pinpoint stupidity in Human Beings.

1. The inability (not unwillingness) to accept reality.

2. When one consistently attempts something, and makes the same mistake over and over again.

3. When one submits to another or a group that they view as intelligent, with the express purpose and desire for instruction on how to think, what to think, and even when.

This third indicator vivifies my previous question: What is intelligence? And so, what is intelligence?

Is it the thought processing of any person who is able to occasionally recognize truth? Is it a commodity that may be learned at any reputable learning institute? If so, can a person be taught by another to recognize truth? At this point, I have the distinct feeling I am digressing from the meat of this article, and venturing into philosophical waters.

If I were to ask twelve separate people the definition of intelligence, I might end up with a dozen various responses. Then again, there is the frightening prospect that they would all answer the same or similarly.

The astute German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, observed, “Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.” I cannot in all good conscience concur with Schopenhauer. Although I will offer up the incontrovertible fact that before a person may dismiss another as stupid (devoid of intelligence), that person must first know intelligence. In any other circumstance, the accuser would be placing themselves soundly into the murky waters of their own accusation.

We should not overlook the significant difference between a person acting stupidly and a stupid person. Therefore, we must be cognizant to the fact that everyone is stupid sometimes and some of us are occasionally intelligent. Unfortunately, there are many people who are always stupid; chronically stupid.

And so, we are left with two seemingly inseparable halves of an indeterminate whole; Intelligence and Stupidity. Neither may exist without the other. However, stupidity requires its counterpart to display its own lack of luminosity; whereas intelligence asserts the presence of its glowing coruscae without any assistance from its deficient kin.

Intelligence, genuine intelligence may be considered the ability to recognize truth. Stupidity would then be the inability to recognize or the result of misrecognition.

When this line of reasoning is applied to people of both persuasions on a broad scale, we find the following consistencies: Stupid people require someone to lean on, to follow or be led by. They need someone that will tell them how to utilize their mind, what to incorporate and when. The sole consolation for such people is that they are never alone. Since they never make decisions or proceed on their own volition, there is always someone from whom the idea or decision came from, hence, there is always someone else to blame for their own deficiencies.

Intelligent people are capable of self-reliance, they are therefore self-confident. Never requiring anyone as a crutch or guide; and so, are adept at mental processing and in turn chose the necessary pools of collected knowledge to assist them in their endeavor. Although not infallible, intelligent people make decisions on their own, and accept the results, good or bad, on their own.

Albert Einstein once said, “three great forces rule the World: stupidity, fear and greed.” Could he have precisely described Mankind in a mere ten words? Are stupidity, fear and greed fundamentally the same beast? Could they be inimical cousins to innocence and ingenuousness? Or are they evolutionary anomalies of them?

I believe this perplexing, and I might add enduring conundrum will plague deep thinkers, till the crack of doom. Furthermore, as adventurous minds will always offer their two cents’ on this matter, so shall I.

I do not consider the question such a difficult one; although it may tend to be paradoxical.

Genuine intelligence plainly defined is a singularly specific knowledge of truth, or the capability to recognize truth. Stupidity plainly defined is being incapable of recognizing a singularly specific truth. As none of us can recognize truth in every circumstance, there is a distinct difference (and at the same time, undeniable correlation) between ignorance and stupidity; the ignorant have the capability to learn recognition, the stupid invariably are incapable. Perhaps Schopenhauer is correct, after all! Perhaps Mankind is not plagued by stupidity, but by an erroneous definition of intelligence.

At this point, I must rein in my postulatory eagerness or this brief article will evolve into a lengthy monograph.

Since we are not all labeled at birth as stupid or intelligent; if a person is able to raise themselves from the fog of ignorance, they have proved themselves genuinely intelligent, or at least with the capacity for it. If not, if they continue to make the same mistakes over and again, never gaining any ground. They are stupid.

I do not view the affliction of stupidity to be hopeless or permanent; I see it more as a precipice. Maybe stupidity is a form of pernicious ignorance, which must be dealt with on an individual basis if it is to be corrected. Or maybe I’m just an eternal optimist.

If there is a remedy or preventative, then it is education. Furthermore, the ultimate attainment of such an education must be Truth, as it is the sole determinant of genuine intelligence. Lamentably, ironically, there is also nothing more elusive or apparently enshrouded.

Perhaps if we all stop seeking others to show us truth, and how to recognize it; if we stop looking to someone else to think for us, act for us, decide for us, we will cast off the bondage of stupidity. More than this, if we all concentrate on what is real around us, we may begin to at least recognize what is unreal, untruth; in which case even the chronically stupid may have a chance to individually change their circumstance.

The essence of this article may appear to be nothing more than a series of questions, one after the other. Or, on the other hand, it may be accomplishing the goal of its title. In any event, my intention is not to point fingers, but to enkindle minds.

I will close with a continued, though partially satisfied curiosity.

What would the World be like, if we were all genuinely intelligent?

Since we know the answer to the natural companion question to this one, I see no reason to pose it.

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Diogenes Vindex, a self-proclaimed objective historian. His currently available works may be found at Amazon.com, The Umbrage Press – http://theumbrage.com/DerivationIncognitaHome.html and other book sellers across the country. Please visit to give your opinion, as well as your critique.

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