Medical Health

Dangerous Household Ozone Generators

dvdmaxwell — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:53:40 +0000

Last month I looked up information about in-home ozone generators. A friend of mine was thinking of buying a house in Arizona (she bought it), and the sellers were using indoor ozone generators. The ozone gave my friend a severe headache and caused her blood pressure to rise to dangerous levels. (She takes blood-pressure medication [...]

Don’t Let the Scammers Wreck Your Health

dvdmaxwell — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:38:28 +0000

There are lots of complaints on the Internet about the www.000webhost.com affiliate program (see, for example, http://drupal.org/node/211166 and www.promojunkie.com/forum/affiliate-networks/21711-www-000webhost-com.html). Affiliate marketers and webmasters keep on saying that www.000webhost.com does not pay them the hundreds of dollars it owes them and does not answer their emails. They say that some time later they find their affiliate [...]

Blogging With Windows Live

dvdmaxwell — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:59:03 +0000

I just bought a new Toshiba laptop containing the Windows 7 operating system and the Intel i7 Quad processor, plus 4GB of memory and a 500GB hard disk. . . . Wow! Since this machine comes with Windows Live Writer already installed, I am using Live Writer to write this blog post from my “desktop.” We will [...]

Petition to Save Arizona’s State Parks

dvdmaxwell — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:21:13 +0000

Arizona’s politicians are set to close thirteen state parks. Here is a link to a petition to save Arizona’s state parks. You may sign this petition. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-arizona-state-parks The organizers will send the petition to Governor Brewer and the state legislators on February 1st, 2010. You will find a slide show of Arizona hiking destinations on our Flash [...]

The Grand Canyon State: Arizona Set to Close and Sell State Parks?

dvdmaxwell — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:05:12 +0000

The world flies in and takes a long look at Arizona, the Grand Canyon State (see our Photo Gallery). And soon after arriving in Phoenix, they fall in love with all the other gems Arizona has to offer: preserved yet accessible desert wilderness areas and wildlife refuges, such as the Lost Dutchman State Park in [...]

BPA-free Biodegradable Plastic Bottles

dvdmaxwell — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:20:31 +0000

We hear about how plastic bottles are filling our landfills and oceans, but bottled water manufacturers and consumers can solve this problem. We do have biodegradable choices, and biodegradable plastic may cost us a little more in the short term, but I’m sure the costs will fall in the future, as our health and our [...]

Hiking in Ice and Snow in the Grand Canyon

dvdmaxwell — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:17:28 +0000

On Friday December 11, 2009, I phoned the equipment rentals desk in the Grand Canyon’s South Rim General Store (Canyon Village Marketplace), which is located in the Market Plaza, Grand Canyon Village. Arizona’s north country had a huge snowfall last week, and I was wondering about trail conditions. The employee at the equipment rental desk [...]

40% Off Coupon for Ultralite Golite Gear and Apparel

dvdmaxwell — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:03:20 +0000

Prices reduced by forty percent for ultralite camping, hiking, and running gear and clothing. The GoLite coupon code is . . .

Avoiding BPA in Plastic

dvdmaxwell — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:07:20 +0000

For a good article on plastics and BPA (Bisphenol A), see this National Wildlife Federation Article. The authors identify the plastic products that contain BPA and they tell you how avoid them.

Healthy Dating?

dvdmaxwell — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:37 +0000

Here is what I posted on a dating site: I’m not looking for makeup and hairdos. Personally I think you’re foolish to post your photo on a free, open-access dating site that most likely attracts not only legitimate daters but also men and women from the slinky side of shady (if you know what I mean). [...]

Hiking Etiquette

dvdmaxwell — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:53:25 +0000

If you join a hiking group you will, of course, meet people from a variety of places and backgrounds. And you will usually meet them early in the morning and then carpool to the trailhead, which is fine when your fellow passengers are courteous enough to refrain from riding along when they have bad colds [...]

H1N1 Swine Flu News

dvdmaxwell — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:17:37 +0000

If your local news stations announce that H1N1 vaccinations are available at special clinics in your area, make sure you double check the facts. This last weekend in the Phoenix, Arizona, area one news station stated that H1N1 vaccinations were available for children and pregnant women at about 15 clinics. Another evening news program provided the [...]

Top Brands: Hiking Boots

dvdmaxwell — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:04:26 +0000

A hiking acquaintance asked me, “A friend of mine just emailed and asked who else, other than Merrell, makes a sturdy hiking boot. Since you seemed to know all the brands, what would be your advice?” I emailed her my answer: Boots: I like Merrell, Danner, Vasque, and Columbia brands (and maybe Lowa). I have found that [...]

Beware of Advice from Meetup.com Members

dvdmaxwell — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:47:52 +0000

If you join a Meetup.com activity, let’s say a hiking group, and you hear the members giving out impromptu advice regarding survival, health, injury, etc., make sure you consult a professional, too, or at least do some reading. You might find that at a monthly hikers’ meeting, an attractive know-it-all is showing you a stretching [...]

Desert Cotton

dvdmaxwell — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:30:34 +0000

In a previous post I talked about wearing cotton in hot deserts (see Cotton for the Grand Canyon). Now I would like to point out that in the Arizona desert beginning in September, you should carry a survival blanket and a lightweight polyester fleece shirt or jacket (and maybe even some silk-weight long underwear) if [...]

Rupert Sheldrake and the Presence of the Past

dvdmaxwell — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:57:46 +0000

In his book, The Presence of the Past. Morphic Resonance & the Habits of Nature, Rupert Sheldrake presents a valuable review of the science, religion, and philosophy of origins and change, and he gives us a promising twist on the theory of evolution. He makes field theory and the all-pervading power of habit come alive [...]

Tart Cherries May Help Sleep

dvdmaxwell — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:54:36 +0000

AOL Travel has an interesting short article about how tart cherries may help fight jet lag. The cherries contain small amounts of melatonin, a hormone that co-regulates sleep patterns. AOL: Tart Cherries

Quit Sit-on-your-bottom Activities

dvdmaxwell — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:55:44 +0000

Quit spending money sitting down. Everybody wants your dollars and cents, and they want you to spend it in a chair–at concerts, movies, restaurants, ballets, musicals, coffee shops, meditation groups . . . Stay on your feet. Go for a walk or a hike. Lift weights while you watch the news. Find a good deal [...]

Technorati Claim

dvdmaxwell — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:45:17 +0000

69z7qvxgud In order to get indexed by the Technorati web site and search engine, I must place the code shown above in a post on the front page of this blog. Once they have properly indexed my blog, I can remove this post. However, their spider/software seems slow to respond in a correct and productive manner.

Shoshone Point, Grand Canyon

dvdmaxwell — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:10:07 +0000

Shoshone Point is a great spot for watching clouds and the way their shadows move across the canyon like wild beasts of prey. For more photos, see our Gallery Talked to a ranger in the Shoshone Point parking lot. He said that he had met his wife at Indian Gardens (she was hiking through), that Indian [...]