Protection from Swing Flu Without Hazards of Vaccinations

While you should  check with your doctor on all health care advice  here are some tips  ( passed on to me from Ian Abramson of International Loss Prevention Systems) from Dr. Vinay Goyal (www.livewellamerica.org) that could prove to be invaluable in protecting yourself from this virus.

• Frequent  hand washing

• Keep your hands off your face -- " unless you  you want to eat, bathe, -- or -- slap.

• Gargle twice a day with warm salt water -- or a product called " Listeri".

• Clean nostrils at least twice a day with warm salt water. 

• Eat a lot of citrus fruits. They are rich in Vitamin C.

• Drink as many warm fluids as you can. This forces viruses into your stomach where they can not survive.

A Mind Game That Could Pay Big Dividends

Here is an interesting mind game played by a friend of mine in the security business. It has helped him to be able to create vivid descriptions of suspicious persons he encounters around commercial and industrial sites where he is stationed.

Whenever he gets a chance -- even when he is just walking along the street he tries to recreate the man or woman who just passed or or who he was speaking with. Of course he is careful not to stare at people when he encounters them. He just takes a quick glance and then tries to remember as many of the features of that person as possible and then, when possible, comparing this pictures with the actual person when he meets them again.

This has helped him to create much more vivid and accurate descriptions of suspects and other persons in his reports to clients, supervisors, and the police. He says, "It is just like riding a bike. The more you practice the better you get at it.

Beware of Some Pleasing Odours

Many of the materials you use around your homes and businesses are steadily destroying your health like styrene often woven into the finished carpet as well as some fire retardants. These two are particular bad with styrene a suspected carcinogen while fire retardants cause thyroid problems.

There are, however, a number of ways protect yourself and your family -- at least partially -- from these hazards. One is to buy carpets or rugs made from products like hemp or wool. Another way to buy carpeting that is Green Label Plus Certified according to The Province.com reporter Mike Holmes in his August 2, 2009 feature in The Province. Also check into the material that makes up the carpet underlay. According to Holmes there are some 13 toxic products that manufacturers could have used to make these and the carpets themselves.

And don't think your are safe just because the odor has gone away. The off-gassing or release of toxins into the air can continue long after this has disappeared. When doing your homework when checking into the best carpets and rugs to buy you might also want to plan for a good air purifier -- especially for the rooms of young children; they often suffer the most from the release of industrial toxins.

Can You Read The Signs?

Can you read the signs? The signs that somebody has been around your place of business or residence while you were away.

As any police officer or professional security person can tell you you can easily detect such things by keeping an eye open for things on the ground like cigarette butts or other objects dropped carelessly by people visiting or snooping around your home or business site after or before you left.

Other things that "talk to you" about such visitors might include foot or hand prints left in the soil and carpets etc, or crushed or broken branches in front of windows or around doorways..

More than likely these types of things do not happen often or they are caused by somebody who is no threat to you --but you might be surprised. On more than one occasion we have received a call from neighbors across the the street who say somebody trying to peak in our front windows late at night.

Once you are aware of such signs welcome or unwelcome visitors to your property leave behind you will be more prepared to do whatever is necessary to protect your privacy -- as well as your property and yourself as well as clients to who visit you.

Become A People Watcher

Often the most vauable way you can help fight crime is by being a living camera when you witness suspicious persons or criminal incidents. Yet the accurate description of criminals can be a big problem -- with the description sometimes being the opposite of reality or being very fuzzy.


Yet this can be overcome with a little effort. Instead of walking past people we meet as we walk along the street it is not a bad idea to try and recreate at least some of those persons you pass in your mind if you have the time. You might have a little trouble at first, but it is just like riding that bicycle when you were younger. Practice makes perfect.


Some things you might observe (descretely) as you pass people are things like their eyes. Are they wide apart or close together. What about their shape? Are they round or oval? Do they have a down or up slant?


What is the shape of their eybrows? Are they arched or straight. Do they have a down slant or are they irregular in shape? Are they thick, bushy, or thin?. What of their eye expression? Are they closed lidded with the eyelid covering part of their eye or are their eyes wide open?


Noticing these things, and others we will be mentioning later can help you to create a more accurate picture for the police ( or if you are a budding novelist the beginnings of some interesting characters).

Watch Out For The Silent Killer

As the weather turns colder at this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere millions of furnaces are going to be turned back on, but before you do make sure yours is in proper working condition or you could be sentencing yourself and your family to brain damage or death.


Carbon monixide resuslts from incomplete combustion in the furnace burner and is colorless, ordorless, and tasteless; it is a silent killer.


When exposed to it your blood cells prefer it to oxygen starving your body of oxygen with devastating results: Exposure to low levels of this gas over a period of time can result in permanent brain damage. Coma and respiratory failure resulting in death are certain with a prolonged exposure to higher levels of carbon monixide.


There are a number of things you can do to fight this silent killer:

• Check all interior gas connection
• Check all gas burning furances and other appliances to make sure that the flame is blue --and not red -- which warns of an incomplete combustion problem.
• Install a carbon monoxide alarm. They are not that expenssive
• If someone is overcome remember to get them to oxygen and call the paramedice for respiratory assistance immediately.

H ow Observant Are You?

Just how observant are you? This can be a critical question because those persons who are planning to attack or follow you often spend some time watching -- either as they pass you on sidewalk or roadway or as you leave your home or place of business.

And the thing is that if the people we teach as prospective security guards in the school where I am an instructor is any indication -- most people go about most of their daily like zombies.

In class after class after we reach the half way mark of the week long class I can ask the class to describe the entrance stairway to me and most of the students do not have a clue about what the interior of the building outside the classroom look like.

It can be a source of laughs as student after student fumbles around trying to remember what his or her surroundings like like. But in view of the fact that there seems to he an increasing number of persons disappearing or being attacked in some way it not something to take lightly.

Without becoming paranoid about the matter and thinking that everyone who looks at you out of the corner of their is about to attack or stalk you should become more aware of your location and surroundings so you do not stumble into either man-made or natural hazards. We will be talking more about this later.