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l0ve-pand0ra · 4 years

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unpopular my hero opinions!!! waaa if u get offended they arent real ppl. and fyi this is one of my all time favorite animes.

1. todoroki isnt less cool now bc hes not the stoic asshole with no friends. the only reason yall think that is bc he gets so little screen time and time to shine bc when he does hes so much better then deku so they constantly dim his character down

2. todoroki would have made a more compelling and interesting and believable main character rather then deku.

3. deku was Never the underdog, he got all mights (the #1 heros) quirk Given to him for FREE. and all might favors him and gives him special treatment. and he gets away with everything. his family is super supportive. hes deadass not the underdog just bc he breaks his bones for a while. especially after season 2, underdog my ass

4. it makes zero sense that todorokis deep rooted issues and trauma got resolved with some words in a couple of episodes. meanwhile it takes bakugou 4 season to even consider changing his mindset on deku. even though bakugous whole issue is something he MADE UP in his head. again, todoroki getting done dirty

5. deku should not have beaten overhaul. when he went out to fight i literally rolled my eyes. sure the fight was impressive with stunning animation and sure he had eri. but ur telling me a freshman beat a villian with a quirk that allows him disassemble and reassemble matter which if you forgot what matter is it everything around you everything including the air.

6. todoroki and Bakugo werent in season 4 for much of it purely because of how popular they are and how much more people prefer them to Deku

7. sir nighteye rlly died without recognizing deku as being worthy of one for all... welp

8. shinsou got set up to the max going up against deku who for whatever reason on that day decided to tap into some dead mfs living inside him.... COME ON

9. this one isn’t unpopular but HOW DID U.A NOT THINK TO USE SHINSOU DURING THE OVERHAUL CASE???? like i understand hes not in the hero course but dude.......

10. my hero has weak villains, the league is a joke with no clear direction for the whole anime, they start showing promise at the end of the overhaul arc. n i adore the league n its members but in the anime the jus seem lost with no clear direction ... and all for one aint all that. stain on the otherhand is the only good villain with conviction and is super compelling the stain arc was way ahead of its time

11. WHY TF DOES IIDA GET SO MUCH SCREEN TIME,???? FUCKING MOVE LIKE HES NOT EVEN COOL???????

12. tetsutetsu deserved to be in class 1A and has more charisma and likability then most of class 1A.

13. monama has a reason to be peeved, like come on 1B is literally known as lesser 1A... that is annoying

14. present mic is ugly n just bc him and aizawa are friends doesn’t mean you Have to ship them together. aizawa can do so much better.

15.(basically point 2 expanded lol) todoroki should have been the main character. hes way more compelling and has a way clearer goal then deku. now if deku became the worlds first quirkless hero thats one thing. but can you imagine todoroki having to decide if he should accept all mights power and if he does is he doing it for the right reason? or seeing an in-depth look into his family situation. like come on the set up with dabi being his archenemy secret brother, n if u want some bland het romance him and momo. bruh it writes itself.

16. deku having multipal quirks is such Bullshit. like come on giving him more quirks wont make him more of a compelling character.

17. the history of one for all makes no sense. i dont understand sure its buliding of power that gets passed on but,?? why couldn’t all might use all the quirks of the past users, why wasnt he able to see them like deku??? and idk it feels like they are always changing some part of one for all making it inconsistent.

18. bakugou has the best hero custome

19. the show is missing a character in 1A with a healing quirk. i feel like having someone like that would have really added to the show and would have been interesting.

20. tamaki is so much cooler then mirio, his quirk is so much stronger and dont get me wrong I love mirio and his quirk is incredible but tamaki basically as acess to an unlimited amount of quirks. plus its not just food he ate that crystal guys crystal n produced them. its badass

22. todoroki and bakugou not passing the hero exame was bs. todoroki was provoked by the baldheaded kid and he’s the one who started the fight not Todoroki. bakugou is himself and does not do fake comfort hes not all might, whats important is saving people if he gets the job done who cares. them not passing was jus an excuse to push their characters aside for the season.

23. the gentle arc was lame and made no sense especially bc of the roller coaster that was the overhaul arc. i understand that’s the point of it was so Deku realizes that not all villains are these horrible nasty people that are human too but like the placement was just so weird especially since it was before the endeavor and hawks arc it just made no sense to me at least. it just seem like another way to make the viewers think Deku is super cool main character. and once again he gets to defeat a villain all by himself... le sigh

24. bakugous anger is completely unjustified the entire series. I adore Bakugou and I adore his character and he is one of my favorite anime characters ever but He has no reason to be mad he has an awesome quirk he’s a prodigy at everything he does he has both his parents he’s wealthy he is well liked and popular where is the justification for his anger and I’m not saying that just because you have a nice life doesn’t mean you don’t have the right to be angry but this dude is yelling is mad all the time there’s issue with that. and as I stated previously his issue is something he made up in his head. he construed a narrative in his head who deku is.

25. anyone else feel like U.A is understaffed ?

26. that wood hero is a misogynist and hates women... he was real up in arms about mont lady when she was the one who actually stopped and captured that villain.

28. best jeanist is so cool im so sad where is he please come home. he’s literally the coolest pro hero. i dont like how he tried to change bakugou but he had a point on bakugous attuide being a bit much sometimes.

29. endeavor does not deserve a redemption arc stop normalizing forgiving your abusers people don’t have to forgive their abusers no matter if they’re their parents. and choosing not to forgive them doesn’t mean that you’re holding onto this huge anger and it’s holding you back it just means you choose not to associate with them and to keep them away from you and I totally understand that Todoroki technically needs his father to teach him how to improve them but he doesn’t have to forgive him neither do his siblings they have every right to hold endeavor accountable for everything hes done!

30. MY HERO IS AMAZING AND THESE OPINIONS WERE JUS TO HAVE FUN AND MEAN NO HARM!!!! REMINDER THIS IS ALL FOR JOKES AND FOR FUN AND U DONT HAVE TO AGREE!!!!! my hero is one of the best shonen animes up there with the classics like naruto dbz and one piece, and also am i in no way actually criticizing the author lol Horikoshi has more talent on the tips of his finger nails then my whole bloodline will probably ever have lol !

#my hero academia #unpopular thoughts #boku no hero academia #midoriya izuku #anime #katsuki bakugō

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twasonceahuman · 7 years

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aaaaansweeeeerrrr ttheeeeemmm aaalllll theeeeeennnn 8D

all 100...of course you would xD

Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora?- tried all 3 but Spotify won.

is your room messy or clean?- usually clean but right now it’s a dump, trying to get my life packed up- we’ll ignore that I have not even started

what color are your eyes?- hazel, but they appear brown because they are brown in the middle and green on the outside

do you like your name? why?- yes and no, only because everyone spells it wrong.

what is your relationship status?- errr. complicated xD

describe your personality in 3 words or less- introverted, odd, shy

what color hair do you have?- dark brown

what kind of car do you drive? color?- don’t drive

where do you shop?- Woolworths *the joke is that it’s a grocery store

how would you describe your style?- whatever fits over the tits

favorite social media account- TUMBLLLLLLRR BOIII

what size bed do you have?- king single

any siblings?- 1 older brother, 1 younger brother, 3 older stepbros, 1 younger stepbro, and 1 older stepsister

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why?- probably England because at least shit happens there and it’s not hot.

favorite snapchat filter?- anything to hide my acne

favorite makeup brand(s)- probably maybelline but I don’t wear makeup much anymore, will probably get back into it going to school again

how many times a week do you shower?- 7 days

favorite tv show?- DAAS Kapital, South Park, Red Dwarf, Doctor Who, The Adventures of Lano and Woodley

shoe size?- fucking 11 mate- THAT’S THE BIGGEST SIZE OF WOMEN’S SHOES THEY MAKE!

how tall are you?- 170cm so 5ft 7

sandals or sneakers?- thongs mate

do you go to the gym?- HAAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHA

describe your dream date- doing something fun like going to an arcade or mini golf- as long as theres icecream involved :3

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment?- 40 cents

what color socks are you wearing?- i fucking despise socks

how many pillows do you sleep with?- 3, two for the head and 1 for a cuddle buddy

do you have a job? what do you do?- I did, I was a waitress

how many friends do you have?- maybe 3 or 4 online? irl- none xD

whats the worst thing you have ever done?- I accidently broke a girl’s wrist once by tackling her at touch football practise *fyi: you’re not supposed to tackle in touch football, you tag them xD

whats your favorite candle scent?- I don’t like candles, but anything vanilla would be okay I guess

3 favorite boy names- ain’t telling

3 favorite girl names- still ain’t telling

favorite actor?- Ewan McGregor yasssssssssssssss

favorite actress?- hmmm- this one is harder to figure out. Idk

who is your celebrity crush?- just one? Obvsly the DAAS boys, Matt and Trey, Tom Hiddleston was one for a while back, Danny JJ is still good but I’ve kinda moved on with RD for now. I’m not a normal 20yo cause I can’t think of someone I have ever had a crush on celebrity wise that was anywhere near my age- plus these are more like platonic crushes because of the huge age difference xD

favorite movie?- Ironically I just found out I follow a girl with the same fav movies which is fun- so that’s Moulin Rouge and Anastasia, but recently I’m loving Spin Out (Tim’s movie), Orgazmo, Cannibal the Musical and Baseketball ;D

do you read a lot? whats your favorite book?- I did when I was younger before technology ruled the earth *pffff* but not so much now. Current faves are Housemeeting by Lano and Woodley and Carry A Big Stick by Tim Ferguson.

money or brains?- Brains

do you have a nickname? what is it?- My family call me Beka but I hate it, but the only nickname I have besides that is Plum/Plummy and Kate calls me that :3

how many times have you been to the hospital?- I’m surprised I haven’t been besides when I had ‘digestive problems’ when I was a toddler. I’ll let you think whatever you want with that

top 10 favorite songs- Enjoy the Silence- Depeche Mode, Big Time- Peter Gabriel, My Weakness- Moby, Muchacho- Kings of Leon, Lemon- U2, Here She Come- DAAS, The Only Thing I Know- Gotye, Deep Surprise- Samantha James, Solsbury Hill- Peter Gabriel, and for the shits, Shatterproof- Trey Parker

do you take any medications daily?- the Pill OOOOOOO spoopy

what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc)- combination

what is your biggest fear?- heights, medical stuff and death

how many kids do you want?- maybe 2 or 3, that’s if I feel up to pooping them out.

whats your go to hair style?- straighten my fringe and brush my hair

what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc)- medium, but I’m moving into a share apartment with just a room and bathroom soon

who is your role model?- currently Tim, just a really nice dude and someone to look up too

what was the last compliment you received?- can’t remember

what was the last text you sent?- schit. “this whole scene is full of beautiful tim” I’M MAKING DAAS GIFS OKAY I GET SIDETRACKED XD

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real?- probably about 9? maybe earlier?

what is your dream car?- idk I’ve never really looked at them, something on the smaller side though

opinion on smoking?- fucking disgusting

do you go to college?- nope, TAFE soon, but no uni.

what is your dream job?- concert film director, i’m coming for you Anton

would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs?- suburbs

do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels?- not really, sometimes the moisturizers cause they are good to have when travelling

do you have freckles?- yes, everywhere unfortunately

do you smile for pictures?- depends on how I feel

how many pictures do you have on your phone?- 471

have you ever peed in the woods?- this is Australia, if you don’t live in the city, everywhere is the woods.

do you still watch cartoons?- depends on what qualifies ;D

do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds?- we don’t have wendy’s here, so maccas

Favorite dipping sauce?- sweet and sour

what do you wear to bed?- currently in summer its a shirt or singlet with shorts

have you ever won a spelling bee?- I won my class spelling bee once

what are your hobbies?- singing, dancing, drawing, making gifs (even if they are killing me rn)

can you draw?- not really but I give it a crack

do you play an instrument?- I used to play drums and trumpet for a while in school, but I can only really play notes on pianos now

what was the last concert you saw?- the DAAS Live show is the only thing I’ve come close to a concert- because CERTAIN bands and singers won’t come back to Australia T.T

tea or coffee?- tea but I wouldn’t mind coffee if it didn’t make me ansy anymore

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts?- We don’t have either of these- there’s Starbucks in the cities but no DD.

do you want to get married?- yes but finding someone is the hard part

what is your crush’s first and last initial?- abcdefg...

are you going to change your last name when you get married?-yes

what color looks best on you?- I think maroon.

do you miss anyone right now?- Katerina D:

do you sleep with your door open or closed?- WHO SLEEPS WITH THEIR DOOR OPEN?!

do you believe in ghosts?- not really

what is your biggest pet peeve?- people dirtying places I’ve just cleaned.

last person you called?- my mum when she was babysitting my niece.

favorite ice cream flavor?- Mint Choc Chip :3

regular oreos or golden oreos?- I just had regular, and I haven’t tried golden

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles?- Chocolate

what shirt are you wearing?- a plain greyish blue one

what is your phone background?- Paul sneaking behind Tim

are you outgoing or shy?- super shy

do you like it when people play with your hair?- yassssssssssss

do you like your neighbors?- no they are all old and like to do yard work or home improvements at godless times of day T.T

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning?- whenever I shower, but I tone it every morning and night

have you ever been high?- definitely not

have you ever been drunk?- still dont drink so no

last thing you ate?- oreos xD

favorite lyrics right now- “You don’t turn me off, I will never fail. Things I loved before are not for sale. Keep yourself away, far away from me. I will forever stay your Perfect Enemy.”

summer or winter?- winterrrrrrrrr

day or night?- nighttttttttttttttttt

dark, milk, or white chocolate?- milkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

favorite month?- july

what is your zodiac sign- scorpio

who was the last person you cried in front of?- my dad

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lauramalchowblog · 4 years

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How to Choose the Best Water Filter

Water, water everywhere… and so many ways to mess with it!

You’ve got your bottled water, alkaline water, structured water, deuterium-depleted water. It turns out the water can be pretty darn complicated—and contentious. People have strong opinions about what makes the healthiest, most hydrating water. I’m glad to see folks care so much about what they put in their body, but it can be overwhelming.

Today I’m starting with the basics: filtering your water, why you might want to, and how to choose the best water filter for your household. Let me know in the comments if there are other water-related topics you’d like me to cover in the future.

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Why Should You Filter Your Water?

The most basic reason to get a filter is that you don’t enjoy the taste or odor of your tap water. You don’t have to live with whatever funky water comes out of the tap. An inexpensive filter can completely change how your water tastes and smells.

Second, of course, is if you believe your tap water is contaminated. In the U.S., all municipal water is tested annually. Testing doesn’t necessarily guarantee safe water, though. Municipal testing won’t catch all impurities, nor contamination that occurs within your own home (leaching from lead pipes, for example).

The Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for setting water safety standards. Currently the EPA has legal limits on more than 90 potential water contaminants.1 Some areas of the country log more violations than others. 2 3

In an interview last year, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler bragged that 92 percent of Americans drink have access to drinking water that meets all EPA standards.4 What about those other 8 percent?

Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough

Even if you’re in that lucky 92 percent, a bigger point for some folks—and for many of my readers, I know—is that they aren’t content with “acceptable” levels of certain chemicals in their water.

“Safe” drinking water can still contain compounds that you don’t want to voluntarily put in your body. These include chemical contaminants like lead and arsenic, and microbes that can cause water-borne illness.

Many people are also concerned about the chemicals added to water in the name of public health. Your tap water almost certainly contains chlorine or chloramine—a chlorine-ammonia compound—which is added in order to sanitize drinking water.5 6 Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. Chemical disinfectants are the reason so many of us now enjoy tap water that doesn’t make us acutely ill. I get why you’d want to remove them before drinking, though, especially folks who are sensitive to chlorine.

Another source of contention is the fluoride that some water districts add to drinking water, purportedly to increase dental health. This is a huge hornet nest I’m not going to step in today. Suffice it to say that lots of people don’t want to ingest fluoridated water.

FYI, the Environmental Working Group offers more stringent drinking water standards you can reference if EPA standards are laxer than you’d like.7

How to Choose a Water Filter: Test Before You Invest

Different water filters offer different benefits. Before handing over your money, do a little bit of research into the water coming out of your tap. This will help you decide which filter technology you need.

First, go online and search for “[my water district] water quality report,” or contact your water provider and ask for a copy of recent consumer confidence reports.8 This will tell you what type of disinfectant your water district adds, as well as if they are in violation of any EPA regulations. You might want to email your local water quality division to ask if they rotate disinfectants throughout the year. The CDC also keeps a database of which water systems add fluoride.9

If you have a private well or cistern, you already know (hopefully!) that the onus is on you to have your water tested annually by a state-certified lab. The CDC recommends testing for pH levels, total coliform bacteria, nitrates, total dissolved solids, as well as any known contaminants in your area.10 11 Your local health department can help determine what tests are advisable. If you collect rainwater, check out the CDC’s safety recommendations.12

Whether or not you have a well, it is wise to have your water tested if you are concerned about the pipes in your home, or if the taste or smell of your water noticeably changes. Make sure you use a certified lab.13

Once you have determined what, specifically, you want to remove from your water, you can select the proper filtration system.

The Differences Between Water Filtration Systems

As I said, all water filters are not created equal. Each technology has pros and cons. I’m going to cover the three most common.

Activated Carbon Filters

Activated carbon filters work by attracting and absorbing particles from water. There are two types of activated carbon filters: activated carbon blocks and granular activated carbon (GAC). They have similar pros and cons, but carbon blocks are generally more effective at removing impurities.

The most important thing to know about carbon filters is that they can vary considerably in terms of what they do and do not filter out of your water. When selecting a specific product, you must verify that it removes the specific contaminants you want.

Pros

Good for removing large particles like silt and for improving the taste and odor of water

Probably effective for removing chlorine and lead (check product claims)

Tend to be affordable

Don’t require power or heat

Does not filter out essential minerals

Cons

Does not filter viruses, minerals, or inorganic pollutants like arsenic and fluoride

Filters may need frequent replacing

Reverse Osmosis

Water is forced through a semi-permeable membrane, which traps contaminants. In home reverse osmosis units, water is generally passed through a carbon filter first to remove large particulate that could clog the membrane.

Pros

Generally considered the best all-around system for removing the greatest number/amount of contaminants

Can remove fluoride, arsenic, and other compounds that activated carbon cannot

Effective for certain pathogens14

Membranes do not require frequent replacement

Cons

Cannot remove chlorine, chloramine, or most volatile organic compounds

Removes most minerals from water

Water storage tanks can grow bacteria if not properly maintained

Produces a lot of wastewater

More expensive up front than carbon filtration systems

That looks like a lot of cons, but the superior filtration ability of reverse osmosis systems will outweigh all those cons for many people. Proponents of reverse osmosis will point out that you can collect wastewater, which is sanitary, and feed it into a graywater system or use it to wash your car. Most reverse osmosis systems simply drain it, though.

Distillers

Work by boiling water, then collecting and condensing the steam. When the water vaporizes, impurities are left behind. The condensed water is largely free from contaminants.

Pros

Effective at removing most impurities and killing bacteria and viruses

Does not require replacement filters

Cons

Cannot remove all pesticides or organic compounds

Very slow compared to other systems (One popular model I looked at took 5.5 hours to make 1 gallon of distilled water!)

Requires electricity (usually)

Removes essential minerals

Many people dislike the taste of distilled water

“Add-Ons”

Depending on your needs, you might include additional steps that aren’t filtration per se, but they do purify your water:

Ultraviolet lamps emit UV rays that kill pathogens in the water.

Activated alumina filters can remove lead and arsenic.

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) can neutralize chloramine.15 You can install vitamin C filters for showerheads, and you can also add 1000 mg of vitamin C (as in, the supplements you’d buy at any health food store) to your bath.16

How to Choose a Water Filter for Your Home

Certification

Water filters may be certified by NSF or the Water Quality Association (WQA).

Filters that have the WQA Gold Seal have been tested for quality assurance and to make sure the claims listed on the packaging are accurate.17 NSF has an extremely rigorous testing process that guarantees the ability of a product to remove specific contaminants.18

Before choosing a specific water filter, you can search the NSF website to see what certifications, if any, it has. If you have a specific contaminant concern, refer to the NSF Contaminant Reduction Claims Guide for compliant products.19

You don’t have to buy a certified product, of course, but do your due diligence. Ask the manufacturer for reports that verify the have conducted certified laboratory testing. Consider having your water tested before and after using the filter to verify that it’s working as intended.

Factors to Take Into Consideration

Your purpose: Are you just trying to improve taste and odor, or are you trying to remove specific substances?

Size: How many people are in your household? How much space do you have available in your kitchen?

Budget: How much can you afford to spend up front?

Types of Systems

Water pitchers are convenient. You can store them on the counter or in the fridge and choose the size you need. Pitchers will naturally have limited capacity but are easily refilled. Most pitchers will use some type of carbon filtration. Before purchasing a pitcher, check the product claims to see what it will remove.

Counter filters may have any of type of filtration. They usually take up considerable space, but ones with large tanks might be ideal for big families.

Under-the-sink filters are great because they don’t take up any room in your fridge or on the counter. These units generally have two or more steps in the filtration process. This lets you select a system that includes the combination of technologies you want. They do require installation.

Faucet filters attach directly to your kitchen faucet and filter the water as it flows through.

Whole-house filters are, as you’d expect, the most expensive option. If you have lead pipes or bacteria in your plumbing, your water can become re-contaminated between the filter and your drinking glass. There’s also the concern that by removing the chlorine as the water enters your home, you increase the chance that bacteria will grow in your home’s pipes.

The advantage of a whole-house system is that it also cleans the water you use to wash and bathe. A more cost-effective option is using both a kitchen water filter and a showerhead water filter. This won’t hit every water source in your house, but it will cover your main exposure. There are also filters you can hang from your bathtub water faucet if you are a bubble bath enthusiast.

The Bottom Line

All these systems “work.” Choosing a water filter comes down to what you need it to do.

The best all-around option is a multi-stage filter that includes an activated carbon filter and reverse osmosis. Some units also have one or more of the add-ons I listed above built in.

The major concern with reverse osmosis, as well as distillation, is that it removes desirable calcium, magnesium, and trace minerals from drinking water. For that reason, some people choose to remineralize their water after filtering. (The WHO wants you to, too.20) Some multi-stage filters include this step at the end. You can also run the filtered water through an alkalizing pitcher. This is too many steps for me. I’d rather just add a few drops of a trace mineral solution to my water.

Whatever system you choose, you must maintain it according to the manufacturer’s specifications. That means changing filters on schedule and disinfecting the system as indicated. Dirty filters and water tanks aren’t effective and can even be a source of contamination. Take care of it.

What about Berkeys?

I know if I don’t mention them, I’ll get a bunch of questions about Berkey water filters. They seem to be the darlings of the ancestral health community. Berkey uses a proprietary filtration system, which makes it hard to compare their systems to other products. They do provide their own laboratory testing results on their website, but they are not NSF certified. This isn’t a dealbreaker; it’s an expensive, arduous process. Still, other companies have opted for it. Furthermore, it’s not hard to find naysayers who raise questions about whether Berkey’s products live up to their claims. I’ll leave it up to you to do your own research here. At this point, I can’t unequivocally recommend them without seeing more data.

What about you? Are you passionate about your water filtration device? Are you perfectly happy to drink water right out of the tap? Let me know.

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How to Choose the Best Water Filter

Water, water everywhere… and so many ways to mess with it!

Instantly access our FREE download: Guide to a Healthy Gut

Why Should You Filter Your Water?

Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough

FYI, the Environmental Working Group offers more stringent drinking water standards you can reference if EPA standards are laxer than you’d like.7

How to Choose a Water Filter: Test Before You Invest

Once you have determined what, specifically, you want to remove from your water, you can select the proper filtration system.

The Differences Between Water Filtration Systems

As I said, all water filters are not created equal. Each technology has pros and cons. I’m going to cover the three most common.

Activated Carbon Filters

Pros

Good for removing large particles like silt and for improving the taste and odor of water

Probably effective for removing chlorine and lead (check product claims)

Tend to be affordable

Don’t require power or heat

Does not filter out essential minerals

Cons

Does not filter viruses, minerals, or inorganic pollutants like arsenic and fluoride

Filters may need frequent replacing

Reverse Osmosis

Pros

Generally considered the best all-around system for removing the greatest number/amount of contaminants

Can remove fluoride, arsenic, and other compounds that activated carbon cannot

Effective for certain pathogens14

Membranes do not require frequent replacement

Cons

Cannot remove chlorine, chloramine, or most volatile organic compounds

Removes most minerals from water

Water storage tanks can grow bacteria if not properly maintained

Produces a lot of wastewater

More expensive up front than carbon filtration systems

Distillers

Work by boiling water, then collecting and condensing the steam. When the water vaporizes, impurities are left behind. The condensed water is largely free from contaminants.

Pros

Effective at removing most impurities and killing bacteria and viruses

Does not require replacement filters

Cons

Cannot remove all pesticides or organic compounds

Very slow compared to other systems (One popular model I looked at took 5.5 hours to make 1 gallon of distilled water!)

Requires electricity (usually)

Removes essential minerals

Many people dislike the taste of distilled water

“Add-Ons”

Depending on your needs, you might include additional steps that aren’t filtration per se, but they do purify your water:

Ultraviolet lamps emit UV rays that kill pathogens in the water.

Activated alumina filters can remove lead and arsenic.

How to Choose a Water Filter for Your Home

Certification

Water filters may be certified by NSF or the Water Quality Association (WQA).

Factors to Take Into Consideration

Your purpose: Are you just trying to improve taste and odor, or are you trying to remove specific substances?

Size: How many people are in your household? How much space do you have available in your kitchen?

Budget: How much can you afford to spend up front?

Types of Systems

Counter filters may have any of type of filtration. They usually take up considerable space, but ones with large tanks might be ideal for big families.

Faucet filters attach directly to your kitchen faucet and filter the water as it flows through.

The Bottom Line

All these systems “work.” Choosing a water filter comes down to what you need it to do.

The best all-around option is a multi-stage filter that includes an activated carbon filter and reverse osmosis. Some units also have one or more of the add-ons I listed above built in.

What about Berkeys?

What about you? Are you passionate about your water filtration device? Are you perfectly happy to drink water right out of the tap? Let me know.

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Many hopeful creators put in a really long time, alone behind their PCs

Many hopeful creators put in a really long time, alone behind their PCs tap, tap, tapping without end. At that point those hours transform into months, and obviously, the months slip into years.

This is splendid. In case I’m sure of anything, it’s that to be a writer you must will consume hours of your time on earth identical to whole years out of your life slaving endlessly composing. I’m only without a doubt that you have to peruse in any event the same amount of.

One thing that gets tragically neglected by many is that you additionally must will leave your books and your PC behind now and then. To draw in others.

Not that you can’t be a self observer. A great many broadly respected effective creators were self observers. That is on the grounds that here and there or another they could survive, but in some cases just quickly, their limitations and venture outside of their customary ranges of familiarity.

That is on the grounds that while composing can take numerous structures; journaling, pastimes composing, individual letter composing. Initiation is a calling, and that implies that it falls inside a business structure. Regardless of how truly you trust that Jack Kerouac went from nothing to a fabulous book inside about fourteen days of drinking (which FYI, actually, he didn’t). On the off chance that you need to move books from racks, you should approach the errand truly. With a modest disposition that is available to working with others.

The matter of composing, planning, altering, distributing, advertising, and moving your books requires a large number of outsiders. Notwithstanding whether you have a little spending plan, or you’re JK Rowling.

Indeed, the little your financial plan, the methodology is more qualified to including an expansive number of individuals each with little, conceivably volunteer style undertaking. For example, having companions finish a story alter before offering it to an expert editorial manager, to lessen the measure of paid time the supervisor needs to spend on the original copy.

For your first book, I exceptionally propose having a solid gathering of individuals who can offer different items, administrations, and experiences to enable you to remain engaged, roused, and up-to-speed on the consistently evolving independently publishing scene.

Being an effective writer requires much something other than composing an extraordinary book. You need to get into the weeds, change out of your author’s top and into an assortment of different caps relying upon where you are simultaneously.

You might not have what it takes or eagerness to handle everything with your own two hands, and that is the reason it’s so imperative to build up your own document of go-to assets en route.

Here are 30 additional assets to take advantage of en route!

While this rundown is generally independently publishing centered, in case you’re going the customary distributing course, you should even now have a thorough move through them to ensure you know about what is out there.

Helpful Blogs and Sites

1. The Write Life

This workhorse blog is a one-stop-shop offering all you have to make sense of how to function with customers, explore the changing scene of distributing, take in the intricate details of online networking, grow a following for your blog and discover a network that will bolster you en route. You’ll generally discover something valuable for your book business here. Do whatever it takes not to become mixed up in the rabbit opening however. There is so much accommodating data here I endeavor to time my visits to ensure I’m not eating into my composition time!

2. Kindlepreneur

On the off chance that you need to delve profound into the goulash of promoting your books, Dave Chesson of Kindlepreneur is your man. His techniques are pivotal. Each fruitful writer needs to wear numerous caps, and Dave shares his long stretches of advertising knowledge and accomplishment to demonstrate to you generally accepted methods to advance the hell out of your books.

3. The Book Designer

Joel Friedlander, the maker of The Book Designer, says “Authors change the world one peruser at once. Yet, you can’t change the world with a book that is still on your hard drive or in a crate under your bed.” This epitomizes the Community Writer attitude. Joel gives you all that you have to get your book out of the crate with an assortment of independently publishing aides, guidance, formats, and toolboxs. With his involvement in book structure and publicizing, Joel has the creds to enable you to deliver and move an extraordinary looking book.

4. The Creative Penn

The Creative Penn is controlled by Joanna Penn, who has been fiercely effective with fiction and true to life. In her blog and digital broadcast, she covers each part of what it takes to begin and maintain a fruitful creator business. She likewise has a get pack of books on different independently publishing subjects on the off chance that you can’t get enough on her blog.

5. Jane Friedman’s site

Jane has over 20 years of involvement in the book and magazine distributing industry, with mastery in advanced media and the fate of creation. Her site is brimming with significant substance and nitty gritty techniques for the hopeful creator from somebody who’s been there and done that multiple occasions over.

Digital recordings Worth Your Time

6. Digital recording – Neuralle (Uncommon)

If you don’t mind excuse the bold self-advancement here, yet beside the way that I will be probably showing up on this digital broadcast sooner or later, Neuralle is a fabulous self-improvement webcast and as I would like to think an unquestionable requirement for any hopeful creator or business person.

Past visitors have included Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs, Chefs, Restaurant Owners, Body Builders, Strength Coaches, Activists, Winemakers, Filmmakers and many, some more.

7. Tim Ferris Podcast

This show is the primary distributing related web recording that I pursued, it’s as yet an unequaled top pick. It’s facilitated by Tim Ferris an American top of the line creator, business visionary, self-broadcasted “human guinea pig”, and open speaker.

8. Sentence structure Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Each green author should bookmark this digital broadcast. With accommodating and canny tips on sentence structure and narrating, Mignon Fogarty’s web recording is certain to enable you to enhance your story and specialized composition aptitudes.

9. The Writer Files

Facilitated by Kelton Reid, The Writer Files is a long-running digital broadcast that digs profound into propensities and environments of acclaimed essayists. Reid interviews essayists from an expansive range, allowing every audience to see into the brain of a cultivated scholar inside their type or intrigue.

Gatherings

10. Neil Gaiman Board

Neil Gaiman’s Official Message Board. End of conversation.

11. Goodreads Groups

Goodreads is the uber site (with more than 20 million individuals) for writers and perusers. They have more explicit gatherings than you can tally, and in the event that you can’t discover an answer or motivation here, it doesn’t exist. You may feel a bit overpowered, yet here’s a savvy article on utilizing Goodreads to help your writer business.

12. Scribophile

There are huge amounts of composing gatherings out there to look over, so I propose you have a play with a couple of them. This one works a bit distinctively which is the reason I like it however. Scribophile gives definite and accommodating evaluates from a part trade. The examinations you’ll get are far beyond only a gesture of congratulations – you’ll inspire significant approaches to enhance your composition.

Composing Tools

13. Scrivener

Scrivener is an amazing composition device for creators that enables you to focus on forming and organizing your archives. Get a free 30-day preliminary and watch some concise YouTube instructional exercises to get to know the framework rapidly.

14. Grammarly

This editing application is an enhanced rendition of your standard spellchecking program. Simply reorder squares of content into Grammarly, and it will check your composition for basic oversights. The reason it’s superior to anything most spellcheckers is that it gives helpful criticism that will enhance the general nature of your book. You will take in a ton rapidly by noticing the side bar proposals and clarifications.

15. Hemingway Editor

Incredible composing is regularly clear composition, and Hemingway was the ace at that. Regardless of whether you’re composing fiction or true to life, your story ought to come to the heart of the matter with basic dialect. With the Hemingway programming, you will figure out how to improve your composition.

Book Publishing and Freelance Help

16. Chief heavenly messenger Ink

Chief heavenly messenger Ink is a one-stop answer for preparing your book to distribute. Lead celestial host offers a scope of administrations to assist you with cover plan, altering, arranging, book recording creation and substantially more. I feel that in the event that you haven’t distributed before you take in a great deal by physically experiencing the way toward finishing your original copy by means of Scrivner, discovering editors/cover makers through say Reedsy/Freelancer and afterward transferring it to KDP/Createspace. Anyway it very well may baffle, so I totally comprehend tossing down some money and giving of a few or the majority of this to another person. I’m right now considering utilizing Archangel Ink to create and book recording for me.

17. 99 Designs

This is where you post a plan venture, similar to your book cover, and many specialists submit deride up precedents. You at that point select finalists dependent on the entries and pick the victor to work with you to make a concluded variant. 99Designs can be expensive, yet it’s an incredible alternative in the event that you need an expert cover plan for your book.

18. Grammarly

I won’t tirade on this a lot as of now do that every now and again enough on the off chance that you don’t have the free form of this you have to get it now. What some of you probably won’t know, is that by means of the paid form they have an alternative to interface you with an expert editor. I haven’t utilized this previously however considering the bore of everything else they do I believe it merits researching.

19. Consultant

One the most huge sites for procuring independent ability. In the event that you need to locate the biggest pool of individuals, this is an extraordinary place to look. The application makes talking with forthcoming specialists consistent so you can deal with your undertaking and determination of the ideal hopeful in a hurry.

20. Reedsy

Reedsy offers a boutique involvement in altering and cover structure. Generally f

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