Tap water or bottled water?

We're often in dilmma to chose whether to consume tap water or bottled water, and we usually opt for the second one. However, the tap water after passing through some filters may actually be more contaminant-free than the bottled water. They're inexpensive for sure. For details, it's featured in today's yahoo health.

The truth about bottled water

Best filter for the tap water

It has also the links to other websites that I need to read in leisure time:

Eatthis.com

Belly off

Plagiarism

Some of the posts I found about plagiarism.

TSU prof. Rambis Chu was caught copying the proposal from his own previous postdoc advisor John Miller, UH, that is just few blocks away from TSU. The genius Chu instead sued TSU after getting fired according to the following news.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6085039.html

Some links to follow about copyright issues and plagiarism that I got on web today:

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/

The following website lists the universities that served as "diploma mill":

http://diplomamillnews.blogspot.com/

Quotes by Immanuel Kant

• He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
• Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
• Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
• I have no knowledge of myself as I am, but merely as I appear to myself.

Quotes by Nietzsche

• At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.
• All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
• All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
• All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.
• To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
• To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.
• Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.
• Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
• Fear is the mother of morality.
• Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.
• Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.
• One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.
• Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
• Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day
• Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.
• When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.
• You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

Products to avoid

A safe Shampoo:

Avoid using the shampoo containing parabens (suspected hormone disruptor); methyl-, propyl-, butyl-, ethyl-, or isobutylparaben. Use Avalon Organics' line or Jason Lavender Shampoo Hair Strengthening formula.

A safe water bottle:

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a suspected environmental estrogen, one of the possible contents in water bottle may be leached out due to heat, wear and tear. Look for BPA-free models by Klean Kanteen or CamelBak, or stainless steel or glass containers.

A safe soap:

Avoid using liquid soap that contains triclosan (an antimicrobial agent).

A safe lotion:

Look for phthales free lotions, creams and shampoos.

A safe laundry detergent:

Look for biodegradable detergents that use plant- or vegetable-based surfactants, such as coconut surfactant (instead of nonyphenol ethoxylates, NPEs). Use ECOS liquid laundry detergent or Seventh Generation's Natural 2X concentrate Laundry liquid.

A safe sunscreen:

Avoid sunscreen and products containing benzophenone-1, -2, -3, -4; homosalate; octyl methoxycinnamate; and 4-methylbenzylidene camphor. Look from companies: Kiss My Face (paraben-free series) and California baby.

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