FOOD HYGIENE.

Washing goes along way to prevent food borne illness,wash hands,utensils and produce you want to cook.

Food borne illness

Food borne illness occurs mainly because of bacteria contamination during food processing and handling.The basic signs of food borne illness are stomach cramps,with vomiting,followed by diarrhoea which results in severe dehydration. The following will go a long way to prevent food borne illness; Keep hands clean always. Wash cooking utensils before use. Never let raw meat/poultry/fish get in contact with cooked foods. Dont use utensils used on raw foods with cooked foods. Rinse vegetables and fruits with clean water. Dont eat cooked meat/poultry that has been out of refrigerator for 2hours,also foods made with mayonnaise. Pay attention to left overs,dont eat foods that have been stored over time,this is a substrate for bacteria multiplication,which is a major source of food borne illness.

FOOD SAFETY.

FOOD SAFETY. This is the season of enjoyment, fun and lots and lots of party. There will be lots of cooking, shopping, freezing and storage. The process of handling food should be done with care to prevent bacteria growth and contamination to prevent the risk of food borne illness. Food safety refers to practical steps to ensure proper handling, processing, packing and delivery of foods such that only wholesome foods get to consumers. The discussion will be on 3 levels; 1) Purchase. 2) Processing. 3) Storage. Purchase: when you want to buy use smell , color and shape as a guide. If the meat/poultry/ fish is off color don’t buy. If the meat/fish/poultry has an offensive smell don’t buy. If the pack is damaged don’t buy, the product is probably contaminated. If product is thawed instead of frozen don’t buy. When buying canned foods; Don’t buy canned foods that have a leak. Don’t buy canned foods that are bulging on a side. Don’t buy canned foods in rusty containers. Don’t buy cans without proper labels. Processing; Wash your hands always. Wash hands before you touch products you want to cook. Wash all tools, utensils you intend to use. Wash and clean surfaces of table where you want to work. Wash meat/ fish/poultry you want to cook with clean water. Wash fruits and vegetables for salads and stews properly. Storage. Don’t store raw meat/fish /poultry with cooked food. Keep salads fresh and refrigerated. Keep stews ,sauces and gravies very hot, serve immediately after cooking.

THE POWER OF VISION.

Change they say is the only constant thing, without which there is no growth and development.

 Look at the worm in a cocoon turning to a beautiful butterfly, look at the egg turning to a chick, look at the lion cub,that cute cub turning to the king of the jungle and the list is endless.Growth must occur,nothing can stop it.

 Years ago, i watched an episode of SUCCESS POWER, by REV SAM ADEYEMI; he talked about vision. THE POWER OF VISION, and how it has the capacity to change you/ and take you from where you are to where you want to be and what you want to accomplish,it was so mind blowing.

QUAIL TO THE BANK.

QUAIL BUSINESS! QUAIL BUSINESS!! QUAIL BUSINESS!!!. The quail business is a venture with small capital start up, but huge financial return within a short time. The business trend now is short term investment with huge financial return, and quail business offers such opportunity. The business could be done on a plot of land; a new site, or any empty space around your living quarters. The key is that the area should be draught proof, rodent proof, and pilfering proof. The business outline; Raise 100 birds all female@600/ bird =60000 Naira. Cage; a four tier cage , with four compartments and 4 birds per hole. The cage should be placed in well ventilated areas. The floor of the cage is made of cross wire which allows droppings to pass through to the collecting tray under the cage, which are pulled out and cleaned at specific intervals. The droppings are poured in a compost bin to make fertilizer; these are bagged and sold to farmers. Feeders and drinkers are made available to the birds. Vitamins are added to the water @ regular intervals. Cost implications. 100 Birds purchased @ 4 week@600-----------------------------60,000 naira. Cage@ 12,000naira, 2 will be needed-----------------------24,000naira. 1 bird consumes 25g of feed a day, thus 100 birds will consume 2500g / day. 2500gx 30days =75000g. 1000g= 1kg 75000g=75kg A Bag=25kg 75kg=3bags.. A Bag of feed costs 2500 naira. 2500x 3= 7500naira. The birds starts laying @ 6weeks 100 birds will lay 100 eggs a day which will translate to 3 crates a day with extra 10 pieces that will make an additional crate on day 3. THE outline is explicit, with an initial investment of 100,000 naira; you can rake in 2400 naira from sale of 3 crates/day. The investment keeps on increasing, turning around your capital without stress. The next dimension will be to get about 10 males and take 20 females from your farm @ 8WEEKS and start a small hatchery, make your own dayolds ,you need to purchase a small incubator to hatch the eggs. The birds can be processed and packaged for stores; they can be sold raw, smoked or fried. The final aspect will be to sell the processed waste as fertilizer. I believe you agree with me, you have your personal ATM MACHINE IN YOUR BACKYARD.

GEKO POWER.

Iam one those people who dont like wall geckos,they give me the creeps,haaaaaaaaaaaaaagh. The gekos are useful as far as im concerned to control insects,but who will prefer gekos as natural insecticides instead of chemicals?hmmm ,i thought so.I believe everything was made for a purpose,and that" all things bright and beautiful,all creatures great and small,all things bright and wonderful, the LORD made them all." so i always look out for the good and usefulness in every creature. This has opened me up to a lot inventions/interventions in the animal world that are of value to the world, did you know that there is power in the gecko feet ,strong enough to hold a weight of 900 pounds without sliding? did you know that adhesive tapes are made from gecko feet that ca be used and re used without any residue? did you know that bonds made from the gecko feet can attach a flat screen on the wall? whaooo,the geko power is fantastic,imagine the possibilities of this type of bond in surgery? my guess is it will replace dermabond soon THE GEKO POWER; For years, biologists have been amazed by the power of gecko feet, which let these 5-ounce lizards produce an adhesive force roughly equivalent to carrying nine pounds up a wall without slipping. Now, a team of polymer scientists and a biologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered exactly how the gecko does it, leading them to invent "Geckskin," a device that can hold 700 pounds on a smooth wall. Doctoral candidate Michael Bartlett in Alfred Crosby's polymer science and engineering lab at UMass Amherst is the lead author of their article describing the discovery in the current online issue of Advanced Materials. The group includes biologist Duncan Irschick, a functional morphologist who has studied the gecko's climbing and clinging abilities for over 20 years. Geckos are equally at home on vertical, slanted, even backward-tilting surfaces. "Amazingly, gecko feet can be applied and disengaged with ease, and with no sticky residue remaining on the surface," Irschick says. These properties, high-capacity, reversibility and dry adhesion offer a tantalizing possibility for synthetic materials that can easily attach and detach heavy everyday objects such as televisions or computers to walls, as well as medical and industrial applications, among others, he and Crosby say. This combination of properties at these scales has never been achieved before, the authors point out. Crosby says, "Our Geckskin device is about 16 inches square [16 square inches] about the size of an index card, and can hold a maximum force of about 700 pounds while adhering to a smooth surface such as glass." Beyond its impressive sticking ability, the device can be released with negligible effort and reused many times with no loss of effectiveness. For example, it can be used to stick a 42-inch television to a wall, released with a gentle tug and restuck to another surface as many times as needed, leaving no residue. Previous efforts to synthesize the tremendous adhesive power of gecko feet and pads were based on the qualities of microscopic hairs on their toes called setae, but efforts to translate them to larger scales were unsuccessful, in part because the complexity of the entire gecko foot was not taken into account. As Irschick explains, a gecko's foot has several interacting elements, including tendons, bones and skin, that work together to produce easily reversible adhesion. Now he, Bartlett, Crosby and the rest of the UMass Amherst team have unlocked the simple yet elegant secret of how it's done, to create a device that can handle excessively large weights. Geckskin and its supporting theory demonstrate that setae are not required for gecko-like performance, Crosby points out. "It's a concept that has not been considered in other design strategies and one that may open up new research avenues in gecko-like adhesion in the future." The key innovation by Bartlett and colleagues was to create an integrated adhesive with a soft pad woven into a stiff fabric, which allows the pad to "drape" over a surface to maximize contact. Further, as in natural gecko feet, the skin is woven into a synthetic "tendon," yielding a design that plays a key role in maintaining stiffness and rotational freedom, the researchers explain. Importantly, the Geckskin's adhesive pad uses simple everyday materials such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), which holds promise for developing an inexpensive, strong and durable dry adhesive. The UMass Amherst researchers are continuing to improve their Geckskin design by drawing on lessons from the evolution of gecko feet, which show remarkable variation in anatomy. "Our design for Geckskin shows the true integrative power of evolution for inspiring synthetic design that can ultimately aid humans in many ways," says Irschick. The work was supported by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) through a subcontract to Draper Laboratories, plus UMass Amherst research funds. ________________________________________ Story Source: The above story is based on materials provided by University of Massachusetts Amherst. ________________________________________ Journal Reference: 1. Michael D. Bartlett, Andrew B. Croll, Daniel R. King, Beth M. Paret, Duncan J. Irschick, Alfred J. Crosby. Biomimetics: Looking Beyond Fibrillar Features to Scale Gecko-Like Adhesion (Adv. Mater. 8/2012). Advanced Materials, 2012; 24 (8): 994 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201290037

Quails and incubators.

Raising quails can be fun and financially rewarding,irrespective of the aspect you decide to focus on. The production of fertile eggs hence day old chicks,production of table eggs,sale of mature quail birds ,processing for sale in markets and superstores and sale of their waste as fertilizer. There are various types of incubators in the market to fit every need,and are very affordable,check out these ones; come on board,join the quail multimillionaires.