Otto Waterless Urinals- Help Reduce Water Usage

Waterless urinals are coming to town. Arrow home improvements, a leading company for home improvements with its Otto waterless urinals is introducing to the Filipinos a new concept in home bathrooms and toilets.

Waterless urinals concept is something that is new to most parents and homeowners. It   had some bad feedback several years ago when it was introduced in other countries. But the good thing is; the Philippines is being introduced to the WATERLESS concept with a product that has a lot of innovative designs said to have eliminated the past problems of waterless urinals. The stinking smell, the clogging and the hazardous materials are now thing of the past with Otto waterless urinals. But are we ready for this big shift in our toilet and bathroom supplies?

Otto waterless urinals claim to have designs that can match any bathroom interiors. This means the design will not ruin your stylish bathroom accessories and in fact can complement bathroom accessories and bathroom supplies without compromising toilet purpose.  An Otto waterless urinal is also Eco-friendly because it’s   made from non-toxic and non-hazardous materials. It also uses re-usable cartridges thus saving money on its simple maintenance.But this money-saving feature is not enough to convince a homeowner to shift to this waterless urinals. Now, take a look on this. It is also said that a single Otto male urinal when install in your bathroom will reduce water usage from 20% to 30% of total site water consumption. That's what we need; reduced water usage.

According to the Handbook of Water and Conservation, if all Filipinos will install water conservation features in their toilet, water usage would decrease by 30%, saving an estimated 5.4 billion per day.  This will result in dollar volume savings of 11.3 million per day or 4 billion per year. This will not only save our water resources but give new lease of life to our dying water sources. A Filipino household which has  a water usage of 350 gallon per day and  if it uses an Otto waterless urinal, its daily usage will reduced to estimated 240 gallon. If every household will have reduced daily water usage, in a month, an estimated of 450 million gallons of water will be saved.  It is no doubt that Otto waterless urinals can help save our water resources.It is more than money-saving. It is saving our future generation.

Now, if waterless urinals can make water savings of 30%, it is time for us to rethink and reconsider changing our views about these waterless toilets. If water free urinals will be used in many homes and establishments, water conservation will be collective actions among its users. We can all participate in our little own ways in this noble cause of saving our water resources thus letting our children enjoy the benefits of its abundance in the near future.. WE as parents, have this primary role to lead our children in accepting new challenges and innovations for the betterment of our life and community. With waterless urinals, getting ready for them is just a matter of decision. Think. Decide. Help reduce water usage. Have waterless urinals in your homes.

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Social Network crimes

You can read them on newspapers, see and watch on TV and radio, social network crimes are now getting the headlines.

Facebooks, myspace 5, twitter and friendster are only few of the many social networks that offer virtual friendship and let their users connect to different people around the world. With technology, distance is not a problem anymore. Anywhere in the world, one can communicate easily and send thoughts, ideas across , personal , business or official with just some clicks at the computer's mouse. This is the reason why more and more people are getting hooked in these social networks and our children are among these.
There's nothing bad with these social networks since it is part of  progress and developments. Progress and developments have no intentions to destroy but failure to cope positively with them can bring about many disastrous things not only on properties but also in people's live, directly and indirectly.

There are a lot of crimes now involving the use of these socail networks such as facebook, twitter, etc and most of the victims are young girls and boys who are naive and disoriented with the proper guidance of the use of these social networks. It is now the role of the parents to take actions to protect their children with these crimes involving the net. Parents should personally take considerate actions to guide and orient their children with the proper use of these social networks. They can do this if they, themselves are computer literate  and are well-oriented with these social networks.

Unfortunately, most parents themselves fall prey to these net crimes and became victims themselves. It is now the government duty to step in and make laws that will protect and give proper guidance with the use of these social networks. With new laws and implementing these laws will not only save people's lives but also make them, become more responsible cyber community member

The government must act now and fast. Progress and development could not wait long.

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Watch Despicable Me Online Free

Searching the internet for free online streaming of movies can be difficult and tiring since a lot of sites require surveys, tasks, sign ups and other tedious things to be able to watch the movie online. After a long time of searching and frustration, finally a good copy of the film Despicable Me is available to watch online without going through sign ups or surveys etc.

So here's the link to the movie. Enjoy watching it with your kids!

When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better. 

Despicable Me HD Part 1

Despicable Me HD Part 2

Despicable Me HD Part 3

Despicable Me HD Part 4

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Generic drugs

Generic bill of the Philippines hopes to cut down cost on medicines and primarily help Filipino family to save on drugs costs. The Generic Bill imposes medical practitioners to give prescription writing down generic substitution for branded drugs. This has been the most debated issues until now, with different contrasting opinion from different parties involved.

But the decision to switch from branded one to generic is not merely because a law imposes it but because one decides to allow doctors and medical practitioners to use generic drugs unless the doctor says there’s no substitution.

There are some general information about generic drugs that parents like us should know to get the essence of this bill. Read on to get fully informed about this Generic Drugs.

1. Not every medication is available in Generic Form.

 While it is true that doctors should write down generic prescription, not all drugs have generic substitute. When a new drug comes out, the manufacturer hold a patent for five to ten years thus preventing competitors in marketing generic form. Some newer drugs do not have generic form available at this time. Antibiotic like amoxicillin is a generic form and has no more brand names produced.

2. All generic forms are cheaper

   In general, a generic is cheaper than a brand –name medication but how much cheaper depends on the great extend of how many companies are making it. If the original manufacturing is the only one making a generic form, the cost may only be minimal. But if many companies are making the generic versions, then there’s a big difference in price range.

3. All generic are money-savers

    Paying less for a foul-tasting generic drug is more likely to spending more because your child won’t take it. In the end, you may end up buying better-tasting brand-name that your child will easily take. Some generic drugs have awful taste while brand-name has better taste which is more likely for a child to take than of the generic form.

In overview, generic can cut down cost on medicine expenses but it is still a matter of making the right decision. As parents, we don’t rely on the price alone but more on the welfare and wellness of our children. Our first priority is our family’s health, whatever the cost may be.

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Tips for Family Communication

Miscommunication often happens in the family and this often results to unhealthy relationship within family members. Here are some helpful tips that can help in bridging the cap between family members.

Listen
 Just learn how to listen. Sometimes advises and criticism are not wanted at all but most of the time someone who would listen is what  really matters. By learning how to listen, even just plain listening is enough to reach out to  you family members.

Don't criticize or judge
   To encourage your family member to talk, check out first your negative reactions. Rather than slamming it shut, put aside any criticism and judgement. Making them feel you are at their sides makes it a big difference and may opens the door for communications

Talk from the heart
 Share your family's happiness from making use of "heart-talk" rather than "head talk". Talking from emotions and not intellectually bridged the gap between family members and the ease of talking with one another can be attained.

Don't assume 
People always have this preconceived notions about family members. Don't make the mistake of assuming of knowing family member's emotions and thoughts. This can easily hampers communications.



Show love
Actions speak louder than words. Doing somethings for family members can signal starts of communication and sharing love with actions elicits more appreciation.

As the family communicates more and more, the gap between family members will be slowly sinking away.

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Genetic Counseling- A new trend in becoming a Parent

If a couple wants to have children,  before the pregnancy , it is best for them to have genetic counseling. What is Genetic Counseling and why it is needed to have a normal and healthy children?

Genetic counseling is done by genetic counselors who take the genetic history of the family. Questions are ask for history of retardation, history of miscarriages, a child with birth defects, other diseases or problems or anyone with severe learning problems. A family tree will be drawn ,starting with the couples, their parents,brothers. sisters,nieces,nephews,aunts,uncles, first cousins and if possible, the grandparents. This is to draw out possibiities of any suspected genetic problem. When the woman is suspected pregnant, a prenatal test of the fetus is recommended. If all test results are nergative,it can alliviates anxiety and when  a serious defect is found, arrangement for delivery and treatment by appropriate trained specialist can benifits the child.

Hundreds of genetic diseases can now be detected prenatally but in some cases,genetic counseling can have limitations as some genetic diseases can not be diagnosed prenatally unless there is a reason to look for them. Genetic counseling mainly lies on the premise of knowing what to look for.

 Who can benefit from genetic counseling?

• Parents who can have a child with a defect
• Couples who have three or more miscarriages
• Parents with a genetic disease or a history of a genetic disease
• Parents from an ethnic group with high risk for certain genetic disease
• a pregnant woman whose sonogram shows a possibility of fetal abnormality

Genetic counseling is better done before pregnancy and the earlier the couple decides about this is best.  DNA test for genetic diseases requires blood sampling taken from parents and siblings. It is best to be cleared and throw anxiety out.

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Advises for Parents

We are parents and most of the time has confusions on how to really become a good parent to our kids. I would like to share this great advises I have learned from the old and wiser parents I have encounter during my course of travel. I  am  breaking down these advises into parts and hope many would find insights in these wise advises from ‘real parents”

Love your kid unconditionally. This is the first “commandment I received from an old but wise parent. Loving our children without laying any conditions is the basic principle a parent must have to become a good parent. No conditions, no if‘s just plain love and everything will follow.

Discipline your kid. If you must punish them for instilling discipline, then do it but do not use your hands. Use other thing like a belt, slipper or folder newspapers and a few slaps on the buttock will not hurt them much but sure to instill discipline and to show you mean what you say. Use your hands not for beating but for touching them with caress as you explain why they have to be punished for a wrong done.

Do the punishing in private and don’t let your child suffer in public or with other people around. Respect their privacy and they will respect your for respecting their privacy, too.

Do not let your kids do thing they do not like at all. Many parents make their children do things for their own pleasure even if their kids don’t really want to do them. Kids would do things as they are told but they will have quilt feelings when they do not deliver what is expected from them. This would give them silent trauma and worse may result to emotional or psychological problems.

Do not make comparison. Do not make the mistakes of comparing your kids with other people. Remember they have their own identity and make them feel they are loved for what and who they are.

More in next post.

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