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10 Foods You Should Only Buy Organic

Mar14
2012 Leave a Comment Written by semy

Organic produce and meat are treated without chemical fertilizers and pesticides. By eating organic can lower your risk of exposure. The Environmental Working Group has listed the most contaminated fruits and vegetables. It may more expensive but the following fruits and vegetables are worth buying. While organic alternatives may not be available all the time , it’s important to be aware and make substitutions when you can.

Apples

An apple a day may keep the doctor away but it’s still filled with chemicals. According to the Environmental Working Group, apples have the worst pesticides levels. Before you take your first bite of a non-organic apple, thoroughly wash the skin. Peeling the skin strips away most of the nutritional benefits.

Celery

Rich in Vitamins C and potassium celery is one of the healthiest vegetables but rank among the top of the “Dirty” produce list. A piece of celery had 14 types of pesticides on it. Vegetables with edible exteriors like celery are prone to contamination.

Strawberries

Non-organic strawberries have high levels of pesticide residue.  While chemicals are found in most non-organic foods in small amounts, too many can be bad for your health.

Peaches & Nectarines

Peaches were found to have more pesticides than any other fruit. The thin skin on peaches and nectarines makes them easily contaminated.

Spinach

Chock-full of iron and Vitamin C, spinach is a super food that you should have in your diet. Like other leafy greens, spinach is also exposed to a lot of chemicals.

Grapes

Imported grapes that are prevalent in grocery stores out of season are full of pesticides. Chile and Mexico are the top source for grapes imported to the U.S.

Potatoes

A root vegetable, potatoes are heavily exposed to pesticides and fertilizers in the ground. 90% of this all-American staple that was tested had chemicals on them.

Blueberries

Nothing tastes better than fresh, hand- picked blueberries. Try to eat them in season during the summer from organic farms.

Lettuce

Before digging into the salad, keep in mind that your lettuce is likely has chemicals on it. Choose organic lettuce if available.

Greens

Kale and Collard greens may pack the nutritional punch but they hold more pesticides than most vegetables. Go organic to get the healthiest value

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What To Look For In An Electric Bike

Mar13
2012 Leave a Comment Written by semy

The choice of an electric bike is quite personal, depending upon budget and the intended use. In it’s simplest definition an electric bike is a basic traditional bike with 3 things added to it: a motor, a battery, and a controller that administers the power. There are 2 different types of controllers: throttle and pedal-assist. The throttle-based system will give you the option to ride without pedaling. The pedal-assist is activated by pedaling, but you can control the level of assistance you get through a control panel on the handlebar. Some people find the pedal-assist more simple to use and more true to being a bicycle, while others prefer the throttle and like the idea of having moments where you don’t have to pedal. The best advice is to try each one out at your local bike shop to see which type you prefer.

When it comes to price the thing to keep in perspective is what you’ll be using it for. If you’re looking for an efficient commuter, then in comparison to a car, an electric bike is a bargain, not to mention all you’ll save in gas. If you’re looking for something strictly for recreation, then cost may be more of a consideration. It is also suggested that you purchase a high quality lock or three if you’ll be leaving it out and about and if the battery is removable bring it with you though some come with their own battery locks.

we’ve come up with a list of the best electric bikes for 2012.

eZee LiV Electric Bike

option for a lightweight, simple to operate electric bike. It has a range of 15-30 miles and a top speed of 20 mph. With a 200 watt brushed motor, it may not be the most powerful machine on the electric bike block, but it beats the others at a price of $1,199.00. NYCeWheels recommends this bike as best value for commuting or recreational riding if you have moderate hills and don’t plan on pulling anything or carrying a large load. eZee has a full line of throttle activated electric bikes priced under $2,000. The eZee LiV uses more basic components than the other bikes in the eZee line. It features a 3 speed drivetrain, front and rear lights, and mudguards.

2011 Kona Electric Ute Cargo Bike

Kona has added a 250 watt Pedelec motor with a 24 volt Samsung Lihium-Ion battery to it’s popular Ute cargo bike offering up one of the first electric-assisted bikes for utilitarian use. This would make a great bike for long distance touring, those who want to ditch the car to run errands, or family bike rides. In full power mode the Kona Electric Ute supplies an 18 mile range, 35 miles in normal mode, and 62 miles in economy mode.  It offers quality Shimano components, an acacia wood deck, Kona pannier bag, fenders, and a lifetime warranty on the aluminum butted frame. For a detailed review see MyCargoBike.net where criticisms include the use of a front v-brake as opposed to a disc brake and a small, but continuous electric whine of the motor. Pros included a well-proportioned, lightweight design and a conveniently integrated battery that can be removed for charging. At $2599.00, the Kona Electric Ute is considered to be competitively priced for an electric cargo bike.

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The New Apple iPad—4 reasons to buy it

Mar12
2012 Leave a Comment Written by semy

So Apple held this quiet, off-the-radar shindig yesterday where they invited a few people to a tiny little iPad-related event in San Francisco, maybe you heard about it… Oh who am I kidding, you’ve probably already placed your preorder for “The new iPad” (lowercas‘n’), as Apple officially touted it during their latest event-that-nearly-crashed-the-Internet. The new iPad is “resolutionary,” boasts the company’s website, and according to Apple executives, it has a “magical pane of glass.” If you didn’t know better, you’d think Cupertino just launched a new Harry Potter book.

But do you really need one of these “new” iPads? Maybe. They’re certainly attractive with the screen resolution doubled, all the lovely new high-res games and apps, and of course, 4G LTE support. Let me tell you the reasons why you should buy the new iPad:

1. The display: If you’re really into photos or video, then the screen is probably the single-most compelling reason to upgrade. Apple says that the iPad screen has more pixels than an HDTV.

2. Dictation: There hasn’t been much attention paid to this little feature, probably because everyone was bummed that Siri wasn’t in the new iPad. But dictation will go far on the iPad, as many people find typing on the tablet a total pain.

3. LTE: Faster Internet access means faster video streaming — which will be a joy to watch on the iPad’s new screen. It will also likely increase productivity on the iPad, because users will almost always be connected to a very fast network.

4. App store: This is really more a reason to buy Apple than specifically to buy this new tablet, but the fact of the matter is that the App Store has some of the best tablet apps out there — more than any other tablet app store.

5. Video/photo editing: This iPad might not be enough to finally persuade you to get rid of your computer, but this version of the iPad is creeping up. Before, it was kind of pain to edit photos and video that you took on your tablet and then share them from the tablet. Now, with an upgraded version of iMovie and a new iPhoto app, it’s much easier to do some quick work. Although the apps won’t be able to handle really complex editing, it’s welcome news for more the more serious amateurs who just want their stuff to look good.

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How many hours of sleep do you need?

Mar08
2012 Leave a Comment Written by semy

When you’re scrambling to meet the demands of modern life, cutting back on sleep can seem like the only answer. How else are you going to get through your never-ending to-do list or make time for a little fun? Sure, a solid eight hours sounds great, but who can afford to spend so much time sleeping? The truth is you can’t afford not to.

According to the National Institutes of Health, the average adult sleeps less than 7 hours per night. In today’s fast-paced society, 6 or 7 hours of sleep may sound pretty good. In reality, it’s a recipe for chronic sleep deprivation.

While sleep requirements vary slightly from person to person, most healthy adults need between 7.5 to 9 hours of sleep per night to function at their best. Children and teens need even more (see box at right). And despite the notion that our sleep needs decrease with age, older people still need at least 7.5 to 8 hours of sleep. Since older adults often have trouble sleeping this long at night, daytime naps can help fill in the gap.

There is a big difference between the amount of sleep you can get by on and the amount you need to function optimally. Just because you’re able to operate on 7 hours of sleep doesn’t mean you wouldn’t feel a lot better and get more done if you spent an extra hour or two in bed. The best way to figure out if you’re meeting your sleep needs is to evaluate how you feel as you go about your day. If you’re logging enough hours, you’ll feel energetic and alert all day long, from the moment you wake up until your regular bedtime.

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Woman’s Day: Some Good Gifts For You

Mar05
2012 Leave a Comment Written by semy

No matter what your another female half is: your wife, your mother, your girlfriend, your daughter, or your female friends, you owe them a festival greeting today and probably a gift as well: Happy Women’ s Day!

What is Woman’s Day?

The day recognizes women’s contributions, especially in the undervalued roles of keeping a home and raising children. Women must play the leadership role in building and sustaining families both in the social and economic chaos of the developed world and in the life-threatening turbulence and poverty in Africa and Asia. Women’s Day has now become global and has been designated as a national holiday in countries which recognize that in so many ways, the real heroes of our time are not the newsmakers, but the half of humanity that carries half the weight of our future with so little daily recognition.

To show your respect and gratitude to the most important women in your entire life in Women’s Day 2012 , a delicate Women’s Day Gift is a must. Here are some clues that may make the gift selection a little bit easier.

Low cost Woman’s Day Gifts

Here are a few lower cost gifts for companies who are sending our bulk promotional gifts for woman’s day. However there are large amount of gifts on our on-line catalogue. Click here to view alternative gifts.

 

 

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Chinese Traditional Festival

Jan10
2012 Leave a Comment Written by semy

The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people, it just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back get together.

    The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month. Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first five days.

Near The Spring Festival, people are always busy going out to purchase necessities for the New Year from both entity store and online store.   Materials include chicken, duck, fish, meat, fruit, candies, nuts, sugars and so on. What’s more, various decorations, new clothes and shoes for the children as well as gifts for the elderly, friends and relatives, are all on the list of purchasing.

Before the New Year comes, the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils. Then people begin decorating their clean rooms featuring an atmosphere of rejoicing and festivity. All the door panels will be pasted with Spring Festival couplets.

Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper. The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely. Burning fireworks was once the most typical custom on the Spring Festival. People thought the spluttering sound could help drive away evil spirits.

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How to get up early in the cold winter

Jan04
2012 20 Comments Written by semy

Who don’t feel angry or bad when he have to wake up early especially at winter when you don’t want to leave your blanket and it’s freezing out side. I used to hate getting up early in the morning. Waking up early is something that I’m struggling to master.These are the techniques that I used to make a new habit of getting up early every day:

    Set yourself a goal. Initially, I aimed to get up early every weekday for a month. I read somewhere that if you can make a new routine stick for a month, it becomes a self-sustaining habit. It proved true in this case.

    Promised yourself a reward. I always wanted to buy new clothes so I promised myself I would buy one new clothes if I got up early for a month.

    Cool off. Your body wakes up easier if it’s cool. I always open some windows in the morning. If you stay in a heated house with the blankets on, you’re not going to want to wake up.

    Develop a routine. I get up at about the same time every day no matter what my schedule is. You should also develop a morning routine that you always follow. You’ll get used to just getting up and doing this and you’ll be able to wake up and get going more easily.

    Give yourself a reason to get up. I find that it helps to create a To Do list for the morning, something that I need to get up and be ready to do. Of course, it has to be something that you’re not dreading so you won’t want to avoid it.

    Make sure you had enough sleep. Make sure you go to bed early when you have to get up early so that you’ve gotten enough sleep and you can wake up.

I think I am more naturally someone who goes to bed late and gets up late. However, over the years it has been necessary for me to get up early. So I believe anyone can train themselves to get up early if they really need to.

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Bring Home IPEGA Charger Docking Station + Stereo Speaker for IPad 2

Dec30
2011 78 Comments Written by semy

If you own an Ipad 2 and use it to listen to music or watch video then you might be after a decent speaker docking station to accompany it. I highly recommend you an ipad2 docking station

This product is a multi-functional charger with speaker, with multiple charging port for iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3G 4G. This device serves three main purposes: iPad stand, charging dock, and stereo speakers, and does all of them well.

As an stand, the iPad fits securely and snugly into the unit. Other stands for the iPad generally hold the unit in place via gravity or a few clips. Since this is an actual dock, the dock connector holds it in place and the top of the unit has a firm clip that ensure the iPad isn’t going anywhere when the unit rotates.

As a charging dock, the unit allows you to expand the type of cables used to charge your iPad. The PadDock comes with a USB to USB Mini cable creating a more standardized solution. To charge, you can use a variety of USB chargers including the stub charger that came with your iPad.

As stereo speakers, the dock’s sound was outstanding for its size. Compared with other bedside and table solutions that sound tinny, the PadDock had substantial bass and was able to achieve fairly high volume that let you listen to music and watch videos while working out on a treadmill at your home gym.

If you’ve upgraded to an iPad 2, the PadDock is a perfect way to extend the function and flexibility of your original iPad as an entertainment station.

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Chinese girls in foreigners’eyes

Dec28
2011 9 Comments Written by semy

Recently, I chat with some of my foreign friends, they all ask me a same question:”what’re the Chinese girls like?” I asked myself: what are the most widespread adjectives used by foreigners to tag Chinese girls? After some research I had a list of words most often used to describe Chinese girls.

1.Chinese girls are beautiful. It’s not a surprise to see this description at the top of the list. People prefer to talk of the things that they are passionate about. Naturally some men are crazy about Chinese girls and think that they are beautiful. Definitely there are many men whose hearts begin to beat faster when they look into black, almond shaped eyes

2.Chinese girls are traditional. It is really true. China is a traditional country, so the Chinese girls are traditional. Being an antithesis to the previous statement it is often voiced by men who want to have serious relationships with Chinese ladies.

3.Chinese girls are loyal. It combines such virtues as filial piety to parents and faithfulness in relationships with partner. Generally being a desirable quality – it can pose certain difficulties when woman is the only daughter of her parents. In this case she might be very dependent on parents’ opinion making the romantic relationships susceptible to different tensions and conflicts.

4.Chinese girls are insecure. Indeed, we often lack confidence regarding our appearance. A typical Chinese girl is not satisfied with her yellow skin, little breasts, she is too short, not slim enough and so on. It takes a lot of time and patience from a man to reassure the girl that she is beautiful in his eyes

Now I invite you to say your word. Let’s finish the list here although it could be extended further to include such adjectives as: friendly, submissive, always complaining, hard-working etc. What do you think a Chinese girl in your mind?

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Eco Friendly Christmas Tips

Dec23
2011 10 Comments Written by semy

Green is definitely in even during Christmas. Each person should be responsible for the environment every time even during the holidays. Thanks to all these earth-friendly tips because you can make your holidays more fun, rewarding and meaningful. By following these tips, you are giving Mother Earth the best Christmas gift ever.

Limit shopping for your food

Too much food waste is registered during Christmas. Do not contribute anymore to this wastage by trimming 20% off your list. Besides, your guests will not notice. It helps to have a shopping list so that you will not buy foods on impulse. You will resort to buying stuffs from outside of your list either.

Say goodbye to wrapping paper

What to use to wrap gifts? Instead of wasting all of that wrapping paper, try making homemade gifts which are often too big or bulky to be wrapped traditionally anyway. Instead, use gift bags that you have collected throughout the year.

Make use of your old decorations

Re-using old decorations should be encouraged because you can save money as well as help restore the environment. When decorations wear out, recycle them instead of tossing them into the trash, or use them to make new decorations. If you will be buying new ones, make sure that they are of excellent quality.

Set your lighting schedule

Christmas lights must be turned off after five hours from the time they were put on. You can purchase LED Christmas lights instead of traditional lights that are actually a fire hazard, because they heat up when they are on for too long. LED Lights use less electricity so you’ll be saving money too. They also come in different designs and colors.

Recycle

Sort out things that you can still make use of for next year. Take time to do this in spite of your busy schedule. In so doing, you will be making a lot of difference.

There are lots of simple things you can do to have a fun and a green festive season. By going green this Christmas, you will not only help save the environment but you can also save a lot of money and time.

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