Kite Patch: The Nontoxic Mosquito Repellant
Posted by Michelle Moquin on August 10th, 2013
Good morning!
This is awesome. I dislike mosquitos – who doesn’t? And although the little critters don’t affect my personal life in a big way, for many it does – every minute a child dies of malaria. Now there is a solution. It is a nontoxic little patch call “Kite” and when it is applied to your clothing, it makes the wearer invisible to mosquitos and will repel mosquitos for up to 48 hours.
Here’s something from the latest media coverage:
August 6th, 2013
By Robin Wilkey, Huffington Post
When it comes to dealing with mosquitos, one generally has two options: drench yourself in potentially harmful(and often ineffective) repellant or suck it up.
But California-based start-up Olfactor Laboratories has developed a sticker that the company claims can make wearers virtually invisible to mosquitos.
Dubbed the Kite Patch, the sticker reportedly uses nontoxic materials to block mosquitos from detecting the carbon dioxide omitted in our breath –- the means by which the bugs usually track us.
I can only imagine how many lives this little patch is going to save. Kudos to the Kite team who have put so much time, effort, and dedication into this life saving product.
Check this out:
Readers: To date, Kite has raised 100% of their first goal in 4 days. If you want to learn more about how you can support Kite or learn the facts, click here. I also perused the “Frequently Asked Questions” page (Under the heading “Supporters”), where if you have any questions about this product, it will be answered there.
Pretty cool huh? Thoughts? Blog me.
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August 10th, 2013 at 9:42 am
Now that is an Idea whose time has come.
August 10th, 2013 at 9:43 am
I am as patient as the next person, but Howie, what’s up, my man, on all things Alien?
August 10th, 2013 at 9:44 am
Michelle, are you going to let the rest of the Summer go by without treating us to some more of Zen Lill?
August 10th, 2013 at 9:45 am
Viv, are you an Alien? If so from where and why are you here?
August 10th, 2013 at 9:47 am
I’m with you Steve. Michelle, it is bad enough here in Greece with our financial crisis causing wide spread unemployment, ease a gents mind a little.
SHOW US SOME ZEN LILL.
August 10th, 2013 at 10:06 am
How Dr. Bernstein Whipped His Diabetes…and You Can, Too
5 guerrilla tactics that really work.
If you have diabetes, you may think that you are taking all the right steps with your diet, medication and exercise habits.
But the truth is, virtually all people with this common disease make mistakes in managing their condition—and unknowingly increase their risk for diabetes complications, such as heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and blindness.
Small changes can give big results:
Fortunately, you can correct these missteps if you understand some of the subtle aspects of diabetes that can easily derail one’s care. To learn more, Bottom Line/Health spoke to Richard K. Bernstein, MD, an outspoken diabetes specialist who gives his patients no-holds-barred advice on controlling their disease.
Guerrilla tactics that really work:
Dr. Bernstein, who was diagnosed himself with type 1 diabetes at age 12, is vigorous and healthy at almost 80. He swears by the sometimes unconventional but highly effective approach that he has developed and adopted for himself and the thousands of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes he has treated.
Here’s where Dr. Bernstein thinks people with diabetes—and many mainstream medical authorities—have got it all wrong…
MISTAKE #1: Settling for blood sugar levels that are too high. Everyone agrees that elevated blood sugar is at the root of all long–term diabetic complications.
But the blood sugar goals established by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) are much too high. The ADA has set a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) of 6.5% or above as the level that indicates diabetes. Most doctors accept these levels.
To virtually eliminate risk for complications: I advise that nearly all people with diabetes strive for an HbA1c of 4.5%—an average blood sugar level of 83 mg/dL.
In fact, I often advise people with diabetes to ask their own doctors why their blood sugar shouldn’t be as low as that of someone without diabetes.
Also important:
Your blood sugar shouldn’t vary by more than 10 mg/dL before and after meals.
Many doctors are unconcerned if blood sugar spikes as high as 200 mg/dL after a meal, as long as it returns to an acceptable average level.
But people with such blood sugar spikes tend to develop the same cardiovascular complications as those whose blood sugar levels are always high.
MISTAKE #2:
Not recognizing hidden causes of elevated blood sugar. Acute stress—such as a fight with your boss or anxiety about a key presentation—can raise it.
If your glucose reading is higher than expected when you’re stressed, an injection of rapid-acting insulin will bring it down if you have type 1 diabetes. If you have type 2, your own insulin secretions will likely lower blood sugar within 24 hours.
Infection raises blood sugar levels—and high blood sugar increases infection risk. Suspect infection if your glucose level is up and insulin isn’t working as well as usual.
Get prompt treatment so that your blood sugar will go down and the infection will heal. Beware of dental infections and gum disease. What I do: I brush twice daily, floss after meals and get tartar and plaque scrapings from a periodontist every three months.
MISTAKE #3: Using the wrong glucose meter. Whether you inject insulin for type 1 diabetes or take oral drugs for type 2, or control your disease with diet and exercise alone, you must accurately track your blood sugar with home testing.
My advice:
Test a meter you are considering buying in the store—take 10 readings in succession using the manufacturer’s “normal” control solution. A pharmacy with glucose meters on display will usually let you test them—ask the pharmacist. Readings should be within 6 mg/dL of the midpoint of that normal range.
Important:
Make sure that you can return the device if you find it to be inaccurate later. If your insurance company won’t cover a meter you like, file an appeal.
My favorite glucose meter:
Of the many glucose meters for home use that I have tried, the FreeStyle Freedom Lite by Abbott, available at most drugstores or on Amazon.com for about $13, has been the most accurate.
MISTAKE #4:
Pricking your finger the wrong way. If you use a glucose meter, your doctor will probably tell you to wipe the site with alcohol before pricking it. I disagree.
First, it isn’t necessary to wipe your finger with alcohol—this dries out the skin and can lead to calluses, which makes it difficult to get a blood sample. Neither my patients nor I have ever developed an infection from not using alcohol.
However, you should wash your hands before drawing blood. This is especially true if you’ve been handling food or glucose tablets or applied hand cream—all of which can cause false high readings.
Helpful:
Rinse your finger with warm water to get the blood flowing, and prick the back of your finger between the joints—this area may produce more blood and cause less pain.
MISTAKE #5:
Overdoing vitamin C. In excess, vitamin C raises blood sugar and inactivates the glucose-processing enzyme in the test strip, resulting in deceptively low glucose readings.
You’ll probably get all the vitamin C you need from vegetables (you shouldn’t rely on fruit—it has too much natural sugar). If you must take supplements, 250 mg daily in a sustained-release form is tops. These formulations are less likely to cause blood sugar spikes.
HOW TO USE INSULIN THE RIGHT WAY
Insulin injections are crucial for type 1 diabetes and often needed for type 2 diabetes. To use effectively…
Change with the seasons. Most people need less insulin in summer than winter (or during a warm spell in colder months). Capillaries dilate when warm, and more blood containing insulin is delivered to peripheral tissues. Adjust your dose accordingly.
Prevent blood sugar spikes by correctly gauging how much insulin you need to cover each meal and when to inject it.
With Regular (a type of short-acting insulin), that’s usually 30 to 45 minutes before the meal.
To determine your best timing:
Inject an insulin dose, and check blood sugar after 25 minutes, then at five-minute intervals. When it has dropped by 5 mg/dL, it’s time to eat. This may not work for people who have diabetic gastroparesis, which causes unpredictable stomach emptying.
Source: Richard K. Bernstein, MD, a diabetes specialist in private practice in Mamaroneck, New York.
He is a fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, the American College of Nutrition and the American College of Certified Wound Specialists.
Dr. Bernstein is also the author of nine books on diabetes, most recently Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution: A Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars (Little, Brown), http://www.Diabetes-Book.com. His free monthly teleseminars are available at http://www.AskDrBernstein.net.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:41 am
Hafa adai,
Congratulations Trae Santos, you made it into professional Baseball. You are not just living your dream, You are representing Guam and its people in professional baseball.
You are doing us proud to see a Chamorro succeed in the big time. You are also every Chamorro boy and girl who ever swung a bat in his or her backyard, or on the Little League field. You are every Chamorro kid who pretended to stand at the plate, calling his shot.
We all wish Trae Santos the best of luck in fulfilling his, and our, dreams.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:50 am
Tell me what you need to fall in love with me. I’m already in love with you. I know about your reputation, but to me it is just jealous women and guys who would rather tear down what they can’t get than compete for it like a man.
August 10th, 2013 at 12:15 pm
I feel you Louis. Before I met Yw I never had a hunger for a woman like I have for her.
August 10th, 2013 at 10:29 pm
Paul Gunter, director of the reactor oversight project at Beyond Nuclear: We’re seeing a full range of radioactive contaminants now moving, which indicate that the damaged cores of these reactors — the meltdowns themselves — are now contributing to the contamination in the Pacific Ocean and groundwater. [...]
Right now we’re seeing the Japanese government is in chaos.
The fact that the revelation of this extensive contamination is coming now — more than two years after the accident occurred — indicates that it’s completely out of control. [...]
August 11th, 2013 at 12:50 am
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Once again the sleazy right take advantage of an opportunity to slam the dark one. The FBI has under the previous 43 white presidents enjoyed the privilege of being able to murder american citizens with impunity, spy on them at the whim of their directors, frame them without the slightest question, and show no record of accountability to the american people but that which they decide to give.
Yes, I agree we as Americans need to demand that Obama set up an independent oversight agency to police the top police in America. I also suspect that any back checking will uncover a long list of criminal activity by this agency with the sole power of self inspection.
The axiom that “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is never more true than in this instance. The FBI is as corrupt as any group that has enjoyed decades of the luxury of being immune from outside accountability.
August 11th, 2013 at 8:17 am
LeTAO
Obama won’t do shit. He’s failed us as president. Look what happened with the idea of the 900. He’s disappointed everybody. It’s pretty pathetic since he’s the best we’ve got.
August 11th, 2013 at 12:23 pm
Flora, you need to take a civics lesson or two before you begin to criticize Obama. He is the head of the Executive Branch of government. It is the Branch that enforces the laws enacted by the Legislative Branch.
Civics 101 – There are three branches of government.
1. The Legislative Branch – it writes the laws and authorizes the money necessary for the other two branches to operate. The Legislative Branch is made up of two parts;(1) the House of Representatives and (2) the Senate.
2. The Judicial Branch – it rules on whether the laws passed by the Legislative branch meet the requirements of the Constitution.
3. The Executive Branch – it enforces the laws enacted by the Legislative Branch, but has the power to independently do things not specifically given to the Legislative Branch by the Constitution, and those that have been specifically given to it by the Constitution and prior enactments by the Legislative Branch. But all its power is subject to the power of the Legislative Branch to defund that activity.
That means that what Obama can do is subject to the cooperation of the House of Representatives and the Senate. If one of those branches refuses to cooperate then he is severely limited in what he can do as the President of the nation.
He is limited by the Constitution as to what he can declare law by executive action and even then if he declares something that his branch is legally entitled to enact as a law, the House of Representatives can vote to defund the money necessary to pay the salaries of the people Obama appoints to enforce that law.
Hence, if Obama sets up an independent agency to check on the killings by FBI agents, the Legislative branch can decline to fund that office or its agents and all Obama will be left with is a toothless tiger.
Therefore to avoid the embarrassment of forming a safeguard with no ability to do its job, he has to get the agreement of the House first. Since that House has a majority of republicans that are dedicated to obstructing anything Obama is for, he would be unwise at this time to make such a proposal.
It is better that he waits until the 2014 elections to see if he can get a Democratic majority or a more cooperative House of republicans to work with. This is true on a whole host of issues.
August 11th, 2013 at 12:26 pm
Flora#12 what is pathetic is the fact that the dems stayed home during the 2010 and 2012 elections and allowed the republicans to gain control of the House.
Don’t sit on your ass and expect Obama to work miracles. Get out their and support candidates that will work with him in Congress.
August 11th, 2013 at 12:27 pm
Flora, I am not disappointed. I know that Obama can’t fight the republicans who are working to prevent him from accomplishing anything good for this nation.
August 11th, 2013 at 12:34 pm
My suggestion to you Flora is for you to imagine what this country or the word would be like if Obama hadn’t gotten elected. We would still be under the thumbs of the Insurance industry and being kicked off policies we had been paying on for years because of payment limits or not being able to even get insurance because of “pre-existing conditions.”
Gays woulds still be under “don’t ask and don’t tell.” Marriage equality would be a dream without a possibility of reality.
Many kids that came to this country to no fault of their own who have been forced to return to a country whose language and customs they know nothing about.
There are literally thousands of other things that are radically different because of this man.
Get a fucking clue before you go declaring the majority of us disappointed with Obama.
August 11th, 2013 at 12:36 pm
I am a mother who has three children that can now remain on my insurance policy because of Obama. So please don’t include me in your “majority.”
August 11th, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Sorry, Flora, I under stand what Obama has to deal with in order to basically make ends meet as President of our country. I support him and I believe in him.
The world would be bankrupt if not for this man. Give it a rest or get back in the game with support in 2014. Give this man a House to work with and watch the miracles he will accomplish.
August 11th, 2013 at 12:43 pm
Flora, what could you accomplish with a body of white men who had met and planned to sabotage anything you propose?
What could you do with a SCOTUS whose majority had agreed to work with the other party to make this country tow the line on their moral views?
Walk in Obama shoes before you make such flip comments.
August 11th, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Flora, I bet you are just another republican coming on this blog pretending to be a dissatisfied democrat.
August 11th, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Nicely put Leta0.
August 11th, 2013 at 12:45 pm
I think Obama is doing the best he can with what he has to work with.