Natural Toothbrush From Japan

This manual toothbrush was invented in Japan and is now available worldwide. It uses special metal inserts in the head to provide extra ionic cleaning power not found in normal toothbrushes and not possible with toothpaste alone. These two dissimilar pieces of metal, copper and magnesium, create a small electrical thermocouple. The saliva in the mouth electrically connects the two metals, completing the connection between the two.

The Proton Toothbrush™ Helps Reduce Dental Plaque

The ion toothbrush’s unique ability to gently remove dental plaque electrically helps reduce this cause of tooth decay, gum disease and bad breath. Recent statistics suggest that over 90% of the population is plagued with bad breath due to dental plaque. When dental plaque is reduced, dental decay is curbed.

The Proton Toothbrush™ Helps Brighten Your Teeth

By using the Proton Toothbrush™ everyday, dental plaque is removed and the teeth become cleaner and whiter. Staining materials from food, beverages and smoking are more efficiently removed.

The Proton Toothbrush™ Helps Reduce Gum Disease

With improved blood flow, teeth and gums will be strengthened to prevent gum disease.

The Nitty Gritty Stuff

In 1822, an Estonian physician named Thomas Seebeck inadvertently discovered that the junction between two dissimilar metals will generate a voltage between the metals which depends on the temperature. The Seebeck Effect, which it came to be called, is widely used all over the world because it creates a very small, reliable thermometer.

In remote areas, radio receivers are sometimes powered by semiconductor thermocouples. This is common in Russia and other republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The electric potential created by combining precious and base metals in this unique Proton Toothbrush™ helps provide better plaque removal than conventional toothbrushes. The magnesium copper metal combination generates a voltage of 0.8 – 1.8 and an electric current of 2 – 1200 mA in water, in addition to H 3 O 2 – negative ions. Bacteria in the mouth may be sterilized by voltage over 1.3, which creates an electric sterilization effect. This electron activity helps remove dental plaque from areas where conventional toothbrushes cannot reach.

Stains and discoloring can be reduced by the Hydroxyl (H 3 O 2 ) negative ion’s surface-active effect. – protontoothbrush

Fooled job seekers stuck with face tattoos

Two Indonesian job seekers have been fooled into having their faces tattooed in order to receive non-existent government jobs. The pair had their faces permanently inked after village chief Sawiyono told them he had received a text message from a government official offering them work as Jakarta intelligence officers.

The official, who said it was a job requirement to have their faces tattooed with dragons, was later discovered to be a hoaxer — but not before Nanang, 30, and Bambang, 40, had already undergone the painful and disfiguring procedure. The three men believe the anonymous trickster was a kind of “mystic”, as they didn’t feel in control of their actions when following his strange instructions. “I was half conscious when the shop owner tattooed my face, and didn’t think it was a con,” victim Bambang said.

“I just realized it was a con on Friday night. I was shocked and I cried.” A horrified Sawiyono realised he had been tricked when double-checking the bizarre request with a legitimate government representative. “I am fully responsible for the mistake and I will do my best to help the men remove their tattoos,” Sawiyono was quoted as saying. “I don’t know why I believe that person. “I feel half conscious when I follow the man’s instructions.” Indonesian police say that the tattoo incident was the third hoax of its kind to have been pulled recently. The men have filed a police report and are being treated in a local hospital.- msn, newsau

This is sad, but intelligence officers do need to be at a certain level of intelligence.  They have learned a valuable life lesson: Always carefully verify unusual information before acting on it. Some school systems  do not promote independent critical rational thinking skills. Analytical and skeptical thinking should be a mandatory Jr. High School course like civics. Call it “Defense Against the Dark Arts (of Deception)”. I had a class in subliminal advertising in Jr. High School. Now I always look at the amazing warped sex and death scenes painted into the ice cubes in magazine alcohol ads. My point is that good teachers make a huge difference and Jr. High School classes can stick with you for life.

(The story itself could turn out to be a hoax. No source other than “correspondents in Jakarta” is given and the photo says “AFP / No Source”.)

Car started Napa Valley fire

A wildfire that tore through 300 acres of Napa Valley and destroyed a home was caused by the simple act of a car turning onto the shoulder of a road, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Sunday.

On the shoulder, the car’s undercarriage struck rocks, making sparks which ignited a fire just off Deer Park Road, said Cal Fire spokeswoman Suzie Blankenship. The driver, who was not publicly identified, tried to put out the fire, but the dry brush made it impossible.

“It got very big very quickly,” Blankenship said of the incident, which began at around 4:45 p.m. Friday. Blankenship said the fire’s origin was just west of a portion of Deer Park Road dubbed “the Devil’s Elbow” because of its hairpin turn.

“It must have earned its name,” she said.

The fire was contained at 12:01 a.m. Sunday and is expected to be under control with no hotspots by this morning. – sfgate

Always keep a good fire extinguisher in your car. Two if possible.

Mint Widens Freeze on Gold Coin Sales

Citing extraordinary demand, the U.S. Mint has broadened its freeze on sales of gold bullion coins, as individual investors who are priced out of the futures markets have been piling up their holdings of the metal as a hedge against market uncertainty.

“Due to the extreme fluctuating market conditions for 2008, as well as current market conditions, gold and silver demand is unprecedented and the demand for platinum is unusually high,” the Mint said in a memorandum late Monday, released to its authorized purchasers.

The Mint added in the memo that it’s halting the production and sales of several gold and platinum coins while putting a few other coins under allocation sales. The move came after the Mint halted sales of two other coins in September and August.

While the bulk of the 160,000-ton above-ground gold stock (about 5.1 billion ounces) is used in jewelry and the electronics industry, about 16% is held by investors for pure investment purposes, according to the World Gold Council. The gold investment market is dominated by big institutions, which trade with one another directly in large orders through over-the-counter markets. – wsj