be aware this month

BE AWARE THIS MONTH

this month november is purple month
its alzheimers awareness month

unless you have had your head in the sand the
last few years
you have been hearing and reading a lot about
alzheimers disease

read this blog and you will read a lot about it
for sure
especially on fridays

the article that was in the statesman this last weekend
updating my story with possible alzheimers disease
came out at a good time to start the month off

here is my alzheimers awareness month schedule

today my wife she and i travel to dallas to ut southwestern
where i will have my annual mri of the brain for the
adni study that i am in
they put me in the mri scanner and put a marker on my
temple
they take extra closeups of the hypothalamus area
since thats where alzheimers starts
they then run it through a computer program that analyzes
the size of the hypothalamus comparing it to the previous
ones that i have had five i think
so subtle changes can be detected if the area has shrunken
as thats what happens with alzheimers disease the brain
shrinks like a grape turning into a raisin

now as i enter that mri all confined in that cylinder i
will be reminded of an article posted on the internet
about the lady who has some problems being confined
in that mri machine
warning there is bathroom humor in the article
if that offends you then
dont click here


then this weekend we will be doing the
walk to end alzheimers walk in little rock arkansas
walking with my family and friends on my brothers team
#joe nash
in honor of him and his familys fight with his long
journey with alzheimers
may he rip now


i will do five walks this year
3 i am on the organizing committees
but this one is the one
that bothers me the most when i do the walk


tomorrow sometime while im there
i will pause
and
have a moment of silence
thinking of him


then next monday i will be doing an hour and half
question and answer session on alzheimers to
a group in texas from 10-1130am at the cowan
auditorium in sun city georgetown texas
these i like to do as i let the audience decide what
questions and what direction the session goes

this month at www.austinregionalclinic.com
thats the clinic i use to work for
they will be doing an article for alzheimers awareness month
about me and with quotes from me on alzheimers disease
its not there now but it will be maybe next week

then later this month the texas capital chapter of the
alzheimers association will be posting at their website
and in the media and on social media
a video of myself and three other people affected by
alzheimers disease
when it appears i will post it here and on social media

so lets make this november
a good alzheimers disease awareness month
since
we are all affected in some way

the organicgreen doctor

almost off the grid stadiuim

ALMOST OFF THE GRID STADIUM

i have always been interested in solar power and how 

we need to harvest it more often for electricity 

if new houses had solar panels added over the life

of the house and in certain cities and states with the 

incentives and rebates the solar panels would easily 

pay for themselves 

at the country n where we live we have solar panels

sixteen total

that produce anywhere from 25%-75% of our electricity use

(no thats not a brazilian planking on that roof)

now the electric coop we use has installed digital meters

so that we can see how much of our electricity is being

rebated back to us on our electric bill

what it doesnt show though is how much of our electricity 

that we produce is used directly by us before it goes to the

meter for measurement

eg if we produce 15 kw of electricity and use only 10 kw that

day then the meter will show we sent 5 kw up into the grid

and that will show up on our monthly bill but not the

10 kw we used directly from the solar panels

so recently i was intrigued about an article about 

a new stadium for the 2014 world cup and later the 2016 olympics

in brazil 

that is completely a net zero energy stadium

the stadium which is a refurbished old stadium will have a ring of

solar panels around the roof 

because of net metering the stadium

will be able to trade power with the grid when needed

(we in texas and many other states have net metering laws that allow

you to send excess power to the grid when you are not using it 

then later when its needed you can pull from the grid

thats how my system works also)

the solar panels on the stadium will pay for themselves in 10-12 years

and will still be working well beyond 25 years

they also have a photocatalytic membrane over the roof that will

breakdown pollution from the air

50% of co2 production related to sporting events come from the 

transportation to and from the stadium

(for those who dont believe in the co2 pollution climate changing 

theories you might want to go ahead and invest in respirators for

yourself your kids your grandkids as they will need them if we 

dont change things)

they have 3500 bicycle parking spots

that would work well in austin

the part im excited about is they collect rainwater off the roof

wow im impressed

they use it in the landscape and with their low flow water fixtures

they use the plentiful natural light and also shade the hot brazil sun

why are other countries ahead of us in all this green energy stuff

and why are we about to lose our lead in wind production as 

congress considers withdrawing wind exemptions

they did this to the solar a few years ago and we lost out to 

the europeans especially the germans

why couldnt jerry have done all this in his billion dollar mansion

of  a football stadium

the montly electric bill for this place is $200,000

thats 2,000,000 kws a month

it uses the same amount of energy as santa monica california

does in a year

thats the american way i guess

the organicgreen doctor