How to Meet Men

Men are from Mars and women are from Venus.

This line is most widely used to highlight the differences between the two sexes. However, I would rather use it to reinstate the fact that men and women complement each other and it is only when these two halves of the (human) world meet that they can experience the complete joy of life. So as you sit wondering how to meet men, do not fret or feel embarrassed. There are large number of women on this planet who are on the same boat as you are. In fact, it's not just women who wonder how to meet men, there are a large number of men out there trying to figure out how to meet girls.
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Where to Meet Men?

The question how to meet men is often accompanied by this other question, 'where to meet men?' Well, if you are one such woman asking yourself this question, then you definitely need to know how to meet new people at the earliest. I say so because there are men everywhere. Rather let me put it this way - there is no land on this earth where men are prohibited from treading on. From schools and colleges, from neighborhood to our offices, we work with men. We meet them all the time. But if you are looking for places to meet men, then it obviously means that you have missed all your chances of meeting men that fate had thrown your way. Never mind, where there is a will, there are options as well.

If you are at this stage that you want to know where to meet men, then it means that you want to know about places where men are in the frame of mind to meet women. The first place that springs to your mind must be bars and pubs. Yes, guys here are most open to meet new people but one must also be careful about picking on the right kind of man at these places. Gyms and fitness centers are another popular places to meet new people. However if you ask me, I think that there isn't any better place than a wedding to meet the most eligible bachelors. But these events are not as frequent as you would want them to be. Hence to better your chances, join some class. A dance class like salsa would be your best bet when you are trying to meet men.

Know What Men Want

More than the places what is important for those women who wonder how to meet men is to know what men look for in women. This again depends upon the type of man you are looking for. If it is just an eye candy that you want for a boyfriend, then dressing up well is all you require. But I was just wondering if we women could have better sense and go for those men who would be able to see through how we look and what we wear and appreciate the person we are. For such men, one needs a lot more than just looking cute. In fact, for some men a confident and intelligent woman is more of a turn on than one who is the woman of the evening but can't sustain a short but interesting conversation with him.

Options to Meet Men

All said and done about where to meet men and what attributes are required to get one interested in you. Now comes the part about what steps to take that would increase your chances of meeting men. Here are some options you can consider:

Go Online: Those who are wondering how to meet men, online options for the purpose are galore. You are not the only one suffering from the pangs of loneliness. There are hordes of souls looking for their soul mate and the cyberspace provides respite in the form of dating and matchmaking sites. More on dating tips.

Call on Friends: If you are not too comfortable with the anonymous prospects springing out from the cyberspace, then call your friends and relatives. Tell them that you are ready to meet men. Call friends over the weekends and ask them to bring a friend who is also open for new relationships.

Break the Ice: Be it a party at your home or a night out with friends and friends' friends, remember that gone are the days when the demure girl was the one that took the heart of the most eligible guy. This is the 21st century and men appreciate confident girls who can make the first move.

Give Him the Opportunity: If you have broken the ice with this cute looking guy who makes your heart flutter every time you see him, then give him the chance to exhibit the sure signs that he likes you. If you all are dining together and you have an inkling that he likes you, linger on for a little while, till you are sure that he would be sitting right next to you. Let him pull out the chair if he wants to, give him the chance to ask you out if he intends to. In case he doesn't take the step, you should better know how to ask this guy out.

For all you young girls who want to know how to meet men in college, borrow books and notes from this guy you like. Is he a mathematics geek? Pretend that the numbers and symbols of the subject look Greek to you and ask if he could help you with a particular chapter. For those women who have suffered in abusive relationships and have separated from their husbands, it is all the more important to know how to meet men after a divorce. Not only does it take one's mind off the traumatic episode of divorce, but if one meets the right kind of guy, it also gives everyday a new meaning.

Well, this was pretty much about how to meet men from me, although the area is far wider than the scope of just one article. However, it is important for every woman to understand that more than the place or the tactic, it is the attitude that would help you to meet the right kind of guy.} Read More..

Decorating Small Apartments

There are many things which one needs to take care of while decorating small apartments. The real challenge before the interior designer is to make maximum use of the available space and create a very unique and beautiful look for the home. Given in the next few paragraphs are some tips for decorating small spaces and apartments. Read more on home decorating.

Ways of Decorating Small Apartments

While decorating small apartments, you can come up with some altogether different small apartment designs by conducting a good research and observing the way others have decorated their apartments. Now, let us talk about the curtains of small apartments. The best idea for the curtains is to hang them at the height of the ceiling, so that the ceiling of the room will appear to be higher for a person entering room. More on beaded curtains. You can use curtains of different attractive colors to give a very warm look to your rooms. The curtains with light fabrics and those which provide good ventilation and light to the room should be preferred. More on interior designing.

The furniture for small apartments should be decorated in such a way that it does not occupy too much of space and make the room congested. Saving the space of the room, wherever possible is very essential while decorating small apartments on a budget. You can consider the idea of buying a sofa, which can be converted into a bed to save the space of keeping both the items. You can opt for furniture of bright colors if the color of the room is bright. Make sure that the furniture which you buy is not very big and bulky as this kind of furniture is very difficult to move and occupies a lot of space in the room. The length of all the walls may not be the same in your room. So, if you have a long sofa, then it should be kept at the exact center along the long wall of the room, for a better visual effect. The furniture should be positioned in such a way that it is not too close to any of the doors in your home. You can consult a reputed interior designer for some exciting small apartment decor ideas to give your home a fresh and cool look. Ideally, you can use good quality wooden furniture which is artistically designed while decorating small apartments.

The room can be brightened by having mirrors at the right places. The use of mirrors in decorating small apartments is recommended to make the room appear larger in size. You can hang the mirrors on the walls of the rooms of your small apartment. The desired effect can be achieved by both big, as well as the small mirrors. By having windows of a large size, you can enhance the look of your home as large windows will allow sufficient light to enter the room. In the case of home lighting, you should use many lamps which will provide soft lighting and make the room look spacious. Now, let us understand how to decorate small apartments by painting the walls in a proper manner. While painting the walls, you should use light shades as they have the capacity to make your room look large and nice. By painting the ceiling of your rooms in a color which is lighter than that applied to the walls, you can make the ceiling height look more than it actually is, thus enhancing the look of your home Read More..

Christmas Ornament Crafts

The best way to decorate the Christmas tree is by making use of the various Christmas ornaments which give an altogether new and fresh look to the tree. The Christmas ornament crafts which are handmade are far more appealing, beautiful and praise-worthy than the decorative items which have been bought in the ready-made form from the market. People from all the age groups can have a lot of fun and entertainment, while making these cool Christmas ornament crafts. Given below are some Christmas ornament crafts ideas, which can make your Christmas celebration a very memorable and exciting one.

Creative Christmas Ornament Crafts

Christmas Ornament Crafts: Christmas Tree Ornaments
If you are interested in the Christmas tree ornaments, you should be well aware of the materials which you will need to make them. For a typical homemade Christmas tree ornament, you will require five craft sticks of normal size, a colorful ribbon, scissors, a big craft stick, a brush for the purpose of painting, a white craft glue, craft paints which are green and brown in color, a gold chenille stem, a silver chenille stem and colored sequins.

The process of making this Christmas craft is quite simple. The first step in the preparation would be to cut the regular craft stick into half and then cutting off the ends of two craft sticks by half inches. Now, the next step is to do the painting work, by painting the trimmed uncut and half craft sticks with green color and the big craft stick in the brown color. The third step is to paste the green craft sticks on the big brown craft stick in a horizontal manner in such a way that the stick which is the most long is placed at the bottom. Now, bend the chenille stem which is silver in color, such that a star is formed and then make four pieces of decreasing size from the gold chenille stems. The gold chenille stems must be curved and glued to the tree by beginning from the longest piece from the bottom of the tree. You can also make use of silver chenille on the tree top and beads for getting the popular beaded Christmas ornaments crafts.

Christmas Ornament Crafts: Countdown Paper Chain

This is another fabulous Christmas ornament crafts to make, especially with your friends. The name of this Christmas craft is countdown paper chain, as we start making it on the last day of the month of November. This craft can provide or generate tremendous excitement and eagerness in the minds of children. What they can do is simply remove a link from the chain formed on every day till the day Christmas arrives. To make the countdown paper chain, you would require glue, a scissor, a pen and a colored paper. The first step in this easy preparation is to make twenty four equal pieces of yellow and blue papers. You can form a ring by simply gluing the first piece together and then put the next piece through the first one and keep repeating the process till the chain consists of twenty four links.

Christmas Ornament Crafts: Making Dough Ornaments
Making dough ornaments is one of the most exciting Christmas ornament crafts. You can easily prepare a bunch of salt dough and get the different ornament shapes by making proper use of the cookie cutters. The ornaments should be hard and for this, you will have to bake the ornaments in an oven for a few hours. By making an effective use of the paints, you can enhance the look of the ornaments. You can read more on:

• Arts and Craft
• Glass and Beaded Christmas Ornaments
• Homemade Christmas Ornaments

The Christmas ornament crafts mentioned in this article will surely entertain you during the Christmas days. Try and get involved completely in making these ornaments and have a lot of fun in this festive season Read More..

Memory Improvement Exercises

What did you have for breakfast last Thursday?

Yesterday, who was your fellow passenger on the bus, on the way back from work?
What were the names of all your subject teachers in the final year of school?
What was the front page headline in last Sunday's newspaper?
What are the cell phone numbers of your three best friends?

Chances are, you would have had difficulty (or even complete failure) in recollecting or remembering the answers to some (if not all) of the above-mentioned questions. If that is indeed the case, then do not worry. There is no reason to panic or to get alarmed. Yours is just one among many other similar cases that exist all over the big wide world. We go through life learning about millions (possibly even billions) of bits and pieces of information, facts, figures, statistics, names, trivia, knowledge, etc. Of course, it is completely impossible for our brain to remember or keep track of each and every single thing or incident (especially the miniscule ones). However, a strong memory is something that everyone likes (and more importantly, needs). So how do you improve your memory? How do you stay away from memory loss? How do you get rid of the title of 'Mr. Forgetful' or 'Ms. Forgetful' that has been bestowed upon you by friends and family? Well, for starters, you could try out some of the memory improvement exercises mentioned hereafter.

Effective Memory Improvement Exercises
You would in all probability, be aware of the concept of memory improvement exercises, brain exercises, memory enhancement techniques, etc. So what exactly are these exercises to improve memory? How do they work?

Basically, the fundamental principle of most memory improvement techniques and exercises is to efficiently and effectively stimulate your right brain, left brain, brain cells, neurons, etc. so as to make them perform in an optimum manner (with respect to data acquisition, storage, and retention). Our brain has the capacity to store and recollect lots and lots of information. However, a common area where we are found wanting, is in the process of information acquisition and information storage. Once you are able to improve (or optimize) the process of information acquisition i.e. learning new information, and storing it intelligently, then recollecting that piece of information in the future becomes much easier. Based on this principle, here are some tips and exercises to improve memory.

Recite Loudly
When you a learn a new piece of information and you need to store it in your brain, try reciting it aloud. Repeat this 3-4 times or maybe even more. It can help in remembering things better. This is a method that is commonly followed (with a partial degree of success) by kids, children, etc. Read more on brain games for kids and memory games for children.

Associate
Association is a powerful memory improvement tip, and one that works in many situations; for example, when you want to remember a new face, computer code, piece of trivia, historical fact, etc. You can associate a new piece of information (say 'X') with anything that you feel is relevant or suitable. Many a time, relevancy is not the sole criteria for association. What matters is the outcome, i.e. timely and accurate recollection. Find out what method of association works for you, and use it to your benefit.

Acronym
This is a method that is commonly used by students for remembering and recollecting lengthy and complicated definitions, formulas, or something similar. Shortening a lengthy sentence into a much easy-to-remember acronym can often make that sentence (or piece of information) simpler, from the perspective of remembering and recollecting the original sentence (or piece of information). Similarly, a variety of other mnemonics are used all around us, and with a fair degree of success (as far as remembering things is concerned). You can come up with different combinations or 'keywords' using mnemonic methods based on rhyme, alliteration, sound, song, etc.

In addition to the aforementioned methods, here are a few more memory improvement exercises and tips:

• Concentrate. Or to be more precise, concentrate more while acquiring any new piece of information. How well you learn something will inevitably have an impact on how well you recollect it.
• Follow a healthy diet. Exercise regularly. Get enough sleep. Stay away from alcohol and smoking. Keep your mind free of stress. All these things have an impact on your memory as well as your brain power.
• Put your memory to test on a daily basis. Keep your brain active. Try your hand at solving sudoku puzzles or any other 'intelligent' puzzles or games which require strategic and logical thinking.
• Understand your individual memorization process. Are you a person who remembers things by blindly mugging them up? Or does association or relation work better for you? Do you make use of visuals or graphical association when storing (or recollecting) a piece of information from your brain? Rather than trying out hundred different techniques and getting confused, simply find out what works for you, focus on that, and improve upon it.

Well, this was a brief introduction to memory improvement exercises. As I sign off, I leave you with a few memory games for adults, in addition to some memory games for seniors. All the best! Read More..

Life Balance

5 Tips for Better Work-Life Balance

Guides you through 5 practical steps toward better work-life balance.

1. Figure Out What Really Matters to You in Life

Personal coach Laura Berman Fortgang, author of NOW WHAT? 90 Days to a New Life Direction, says getting your priorities clear is the first and most essential step toward achieving a well-balanced life. The important point here is to figure out what you want your priorities to be, not what you think they should be.

"I use an exercise for figuring out what matters most," Fortgang tells WebMD. She has her clients take a couple days off from work to contemplate the following series of questions:

1. If my life could focus on one thing and one thing only, what would that be?
2. If I could add a second thing, what would that be?
3. A third?
4. A fourth?
5. A fifth?

If you answer thoughtfully and honestly, the result will be a list of your top five priorities. Fortgang says a typical top-five list might include some of the following:

• Children
• Spouse
• Satisfying career
• Community service
• Religion/spirituality
• Health
• Sports
• Art
• Hobbies, such as gardening
• Adventure/travel

Ismael Al-Ramahi, a graduate student at Baylor College of Medicine, says his current priorities are his wife, his 4-month-old son, and his research. He tells WebMD the key is not only knowing your priorities, but devoting your full attention to just one priority at a time. "Split your time and your mind so that you're thinking about work when you're at work and you're paying attention to the baby when you're with him."

2. Drop Unnecessary Activities

By making a concrete list of what really matters to you, you may discover you're devoting too much time to activities that aren't a priority, and you can adjust your schedule accordingly. Since having a baby, Al-Ramahi says he and his wife have become much more efficient in managing their time -- cutting back on television, for example.

If at all possible, Fortgang recommends dropping any commitments and pursuits that don't make your top-five list, because "unnecessary activities keep you away from the things that matter to you."

3. Protect Your Private Time

You would probably think twice before skipping out on work, a parent-teacher conference, or a doctor's appointment. Your private time deserves the same respect. "Carve out hours that contribute to yourself and your relationship," says Stevan Hobfoll, PhD, distinguished professor of psychology at Kent State University, and co-author of Work Won't Love You Back: The Dual Career Couple's Survival Guide. Guard this personal time fervently and don't let work or other distractions intrude. "Stop checking email and cell phones so often," Hobfoll advises. "Few people are so important that they need their phones on at all times."

If work consistently interferes with your personal time, Hobfoll recommends discussing some adjustments with your boss. "There's a mythology in the workplace that more hours means more," he tells WebMD. Demonstrate that you can deliver the same or better results in fewer hours. Your job performance "should never be judged in terms of hours of input," Hobfoll says. Protecting your private time often leads to "greater satisfaction in both work life and personal life, greater productivity, and more creativity." If you're your own boss, it's up to you to create boundaries that keep work from intruding on family time. Lachlan Brown is president of Tech for People, a small business consulting firm specializing in Internet marketing. "I make it very clear at the beginning of any new business relationship that if I work nights and/or weekends then this is purely by choice," he tells WebMD. "I've told clients more than once that if they call me at night or on the weekend that they shouldn't expect me to a) answer the phone and b) reply until the next business day."

Brown, who has a 9-month-old daughter, doesn't see his reluctance to work after hours as compromising his career but quite the opposite. "I believe that if I truly honor the different aspects of my life, such as work, play, and family, I will be more successful and fulfilled in each area. If I skimp on family time or 'me' time, then my success in my career will suffer as a result. I look to my daughter to remind me of how to be open-minded and excited and curious about life ... key ingredients for innovative, breakthrough thinking. If I don't spend time with her now, this opportunity will be lost forever."

4. Accept Help to Balance Your Life

Allow yourself to rely on your partner, family members, or friends -- anyone who can watch the kids or run an errand while you focus on other top priorities. "Try tag-teaming," Hobfoll suggests. "One spouse works out before dinner, one after dinner, while the other watches the kids."

To get more alone-time with your partner, accept babysitting offers from friends and family, or try arranging a regular trade-off with another couple. "'I'll watch your kids this Saturday if you watch mine next Saturday.' Tag-teaming is a great way to create extra free time," Hobfoll says.

5. Plan Fun and Relaxation

Fun and relaxation are an essential part of living a well-balanced life. That's why Brown makes time for weekly guitar lessons, a yoga class, a date night with his wife, and a guys' night out a couple times a month. In addition, he exercises on a trampoline in his backyard most days of the week. How does he squeeze in all this playtime while running his business and sharing the responsibilities of raising a daughter? "If you believe that the most important thing is to be happy in life (not when I'm a millionaire or when I retire but right now) then you can always make time."

Until you get into the habit of taking time for yourself, set aside space in your planner for relaxation and fun. Plan what you're going to do and make any necessary arrangements, such as childcare, to ensure you'll be able to keep your commitment. "Remember, you make time for what you want to make time for," Fortgang says. If something is important to you, don't brush it aside with a dismissive "I don't have time for that." You are in charge of your own schedule -- it's up to you to make time.

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Health Tips

10 Essential Health Tips
(The Basics to Practice Every Day)

"He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything." -Arabian Proverb

1. Move More
Make it a daily challenge to find ways to move your body. Climb stairs if given a choice between that and escalators or elevators. Walk your dog; chase your kids; toss balls with friends, mow the lawn. Anything that moves your limbs is not only a fitness tool, it's a stress buster. Think 'move' in small increments of time. It doesn't have to be an hour in the gym or a 45-minute aerobic dance class or tai chi or kickboxing. But that's great when you're up to it. Meanwhile, move more. Thought for the day: Cha, Cha, Cha…. Then do it!

2. Cut Fat
Avoid the obvious such as fried foods, burgers and other fatty meats (i.e. pork, bacon, ham, salami, ribs and sausage). Dairy products such as cheese, cottage cheese, milk and cream should be eaten in low fat versions. Nuts and sandwich meats, mayonnaise, margarine, butter and sauces should be eaten in limited amounts. Most are available in lower fat versions such as substitute butter, fat free cheeses and mayonnaise. Thought for the day: Lean, mean, fat-burning machine…. Then be one!

3. Quit Smoking
The jury is definitely in on this verdict. Ever since 1960 when the Surgeon General announced that smoking was harmful to your health, Americans have been reducing their use of tobacco products that kill. Just recently, we've seen a surge in smoking in adolescents and teens. Could it be the Hollywood influence? It seems the stars in every movie of late smoke cigarettes. Beware. Warn your children of the false romance or 'tough guy' stance of Hollywood smokers. Thought for the day: Give up just one cigarette…. the next one.

4. Reduce Stress
Easier said than done, stress busters come in many forms. Some techniques recommended by experts are to think positive thoughts. Spend 30 minutes a day doing something you like. (i.e.,Soak in a hot tub; walk on the beach or in a park; read a good book; visit a friend; play with your dog; listen to soothing music; watch a funny movie. Get a massage, a facial or a haircut. Meditate. Count to ten before losing your temper or getting aggravated. Avoid difficult people when possible. Thought for the day: When seeing red, think pink clouds….then float on them.

5. Protect Yourself from Pollution
If you can't live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid smoke-filled rooms, high traffic areas, breathing in highway fumes and exercising near busy thoroughfares. Exercise outside when the smog rating is low. Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air quality is good. Plant lots of shrubbery in your yard. It's a good pollution and dirt from the street deterrent. Thought for the day: 'Smoke gets in your eyes'…and your mouth, and your nose and your lungs as do pollutants….hum the tune daily.

6. Wear Your Seat Belt
Statistics show that seat belts add to longevity and help alleviate potential injuries in car crashes. Thought for the day: Buckle down and buckle up.

7. Floss Your Teeth
Recent studies make a direct connection between longevity and teeth flossing. Nobody knows exactly why. Perhaps it's because people who floss tend to be more health conscious than people who don't? Thought for the day: Floss and be your body's boss.

8. Avoid Excessive Drinking
While recent studies show a glass of wine or one drink a day (two for men) can help protect against heart disease, more than that can cause other health problems such as liver and kidney disease and cancer. Thought for the day: A jug of wine should last a long time.

9. Keep a Positive Mental Outlook
There's a definitive connection between living well and healthfully and having a cheerful outlook on life. Thought for the day: You can't be unhappy when you're smiling or singing.

10. Choose Your Parents Well
The link between genetics and health is a powerful one. But just because one or both of your parents died young in ill health doesn't mean you cannot counteract the genetic pool handed you. Thought for the day: Follow these basic tips for healthy living and you can better control your own destiny. Read More..

Go To Natural

10 Lifestyle Tips

Over the years I have become convinced that the vast majority of people are well intentioned about being eco-friendly, natural consumers, both for the sake of their families and the environment.

The obstacles keeping them from making eco-friendly consumer choices are usually lack of time to do the research, not knowing where to find the research to begin with, and the lack of convenient access to the products.

In response to this awareness I thought it might be helpful to tell you how I manage to live this lifestyle in my everyday life. Here are my tips about how I buy clothes, food, personal care products and furnishings; manage cleaning and pest control; and take care of my pets.

1. Natural Clothing
Fibers made from animals and insects include wool, silk, mohair, cashmere, camel hair and angora. Animal fibers usually have attributes not found in manmade or plant fibers. For example, a sheep’s wool fleece is designed to wick perspiration from the animal, thereby helping to regulate its body temperature, and wool provides the same benefit as human clothing or bedding.

Plant fibers include cotton, hemp, linen, jute, kenaf, and ramie. Plant fibers breathe, enabling the release of perspiration through natural fiber clothing. Plant fibers also usually are very good at absorbing moisture. Linen tea towels are excellent for drying dishes for this reason, for example.

Read labels to find clothing made of 100 percent natural fibers such as from those mentioned above. Common names of synthetic fabrics are polyester, acetate and nylon. Rayon is a manmade fabric made of natural materials, but the widespread practice in gathering the fiber is to use virgin tree pulp, which is not sustainable.

2. Natural Food
Read labels. Look for food words you recognize, and always opt for the product that that has the fewest unrecognizable words. This rule of thumb may seem simplistic, but it works, since food manufacturers do not translate commonly known food names into a chemical name on packages. The spice turmeric is called turmeric and is a welcome natural yellow dye substitute to find on a label instead of an FD&C dye.

3. Natural Personal Care
Just because a personal care product is sold in a natural foods store doesn’t mean that it is a product made of natural materials. (This scenario doesn’t apply to cleaning products as those found in natural food stores are usually genuinely green products.) The rule of thumb for finding natural personal care products is the same as for food: Read the labels for ingredients you recognize as being real, and buy those. Aubrey Organics and Weleda are two brands that are genuinely natural.

4. Natural Cleaning
Health food stores are also very good sources of green cleaning products. Get to know some of the brands found there (Seventh Generation, Ecover) and then search them out in bigger supermarkets, or ask your supermarkets to begin to carry the brands. Mix and match green cleaning products with simple do-it-yourself formulas using kitchen cupboard ingredients.
Click here for a collection of my favorite formulas.

5. Natural Pest Control and Repellents
Most people don’t realize that if a pesticide is registered by the Environmental Protection Agency, it means that it has been approved by the EPA to be effective. The registration does not mean that the product has been approved to be safe. Many pesticides are highly neurotoxic, and all are designed to kill. Choose natural and preventative alternatives instead. Here are some excellent resources for alternatives to pesticides:

• The Bio Integral Resource Center
• Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
• Beyond Pesticides
• National Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides

6. Natural Bedding
You can readily buy sheets, mattresses, comforters, and blankets made of natural materials. Organic wool and cotton mattresses are highly recommended to avoid sleeping on mattresses made of synthetic ingredients including formaldehyde, biocides, stain protectants, fire retardants, and materials containing neurotoxins. In general, my experience is that it is hard to find a wide range of organic natural fiber bedding locally, so instead I tend to buy these products online or through catalogs. A good resource for finding current natural bedding companies is Natural Home and Organic Style magazines.

7. Natural Furnishings
All the same suggestions apply to natural furnishings as they did to bedding in regards to cushions and fiber-based furnishings. Additionally, look to natural carpets and carpet backing, wood furniture that has been finished with natural sealants, and avoid pressed wood furniture because it contains formaldehyde. My experience is that online and catalog shopping provides the widest selection. A good resource for recommended products is The Green Guide.

8. Natural Renovating and Building Supplies
Every time you renovate, paint, or build, choose the least toxic, most natural, inert materials. One online store that is an excellent resorce is The Environmental Home Center. Another is NEEDS. A good resource for finding recommended brands is The Green Guide.

9. Natural Pet Care
My rules of thumb for pet care is to never use synthetic pesticides of any kind, give them food that doesn’t contain animal byproducts, and to use natural shampoos.

10. Natural Consumer Choices —General
Always choose the most natural, inert ingredients, and read labels. I’ve found that even products for teens, such as cosmetics, usually have at least one more natural version.
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Bugatti Veyron

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4

is the most recent version of a mid-engined full-sized grand tourer developed by the German car-manufacturer Volkswagen and produced by the Volkswagen-brand Bugatti Automobiles SAS at their headquarters in Château St. Jean in Molsheim (Alsace, France), and whose production and development is often credited to Ferdinand Karl Piech. It is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti company.

Two hundred Veyrons are known to have been built and delivered since production began in 2005 and ended in late 2008. Veyron editions include the Veyron, Veyron 16.4, Pur Sang, Hermes Edition, Sang Noir, Targa, Vincero, and the Bleu Centenaire. It will be replaced with the Grand Sport, which is essentially a Veyron convertible.

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BlackBerry

BlackBerry

is a line of wireless mobile device that was introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager. In 2002, the more commonly known smartphone BlackBerry was released, which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information services. It is an example of a convergent device. Developed by the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM), it delivers information over the wireless data networks of mobile phone service companies. BlackBerry first made headway in the marketplace by concentrating on e-mail. RIM currently offers BlackBerry e-mail service to non-BlackBerry devices, such as the Palm Treo, through the BlackBerry Connect software. The original BlackBerry device had a monochrome display, but all current models have color displays, and are market leaders in innovation, specifically surrounding multi-tasking operating systems and integration with backend messaging and collaboration and customised application systems.

RIM settled on the name with Lexicon Branding Inc., a branding firm out of California. Lexicon was also responsible for naming Apple's Powerbook. One of the executives thought the buttons on the device looked like tiny seeds in a strawberry. A linguist at the firm thought "strawberry" sounded too slow. "Blackberry" was suggested instead and chosen.

While including personal digital assistant (PDA) applications (address book, calendar, to-do lists, etc.) as well as telephone capabilities on newer models, the BlackBerry is primarily known for its ability to send and receive e-mail wherever it can access a wireless network of certain cellular phone carriers. Most current BlackBerry models have a built-in QWERTY keyboard, optimized for "thumbing", the use of only the thumbs to type, and there are also several models that include a standard cell phone keypad for typing, and two models that are full touch-screen devices with no physical keyboard. System navigation is primarily accomplished by a scroll ball, or "trackball" in the middle of the device, older devices used a track wheel on the side and newer devices like the Blackberry Bold 9700 or Curve 8520/8530 use a small pad for navigation "trackpad" instead of a trackballlink title. Some models (currently, those manufactured for use with iDEN networks such as Nextel and Mike) also incorporate a Push-to-Talk (PTT) feature, similar to a two-way radio.

Modern GSM-based BlackBerry handhelds incorporate an ARM 7 or 9 processor, while older BlackBerry 950 and 957 handhelds used Intel 80386 processors. The latest GSM BlackBerry models (8100, 8300 and 8700 series) have an Intel PXA901 312 MHz processor, 64 MB flash memory and 16 MB SDRAM. CDMA BlackBerry smartphones are based on Qualcomm MSM6x00 chipsets which also include the ARM 9-based processor and GSM 900/1800 roaming (as the case with the 8830 and 9500) and include up to 256MB flash memory.

The devices are very popular with some businesses, where they are primarily used to provide e-mail access to roaming employees. To fully integrate the BlackBerry into a company's systems, the installation of BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is required, along with either Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes or Novell Groupwise email server applications.

BlackBerry is the world's second most popular smartphone platform, capturing 21% of worldwide smartphone sales in Q2, 2009. On 30 May 2009, RIM announced the number of BlackBerry subscribers has reached approximately 28.5 million. Read More..

Camera Digital

Camera Digital Digital camera is a tool to create images of objects for further refracted through the lens of the CCD sensor (there is also the use sensor CMOS) is the result then recorded in digital format to save digital media.

Because the results stored digitally record the results of this image should be processed using digital processing is also a kind of computer or printer that daat read the digital media store.

The ease of digital cameras is the image that was quickly known for instant results, ease of transfer results (transfer), and editing the color, sharpness, brightness and size are possible with the relatively easier than the camera manual.
Camera sensor

Camera sensor is the image pickup sensor known as CCD (charged Coupled Device) and CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) which consists of millions of pixels more.

Chip-shaped sensor that is located directly behind the lens. The more pixels captured, the more detailed the resulting picture.

LCD Screen

LCD screen (LCD display) is a small screen on digital camera useful to see what kind of shots captured by the CCD sensor. Results are shown on the LCD screen is more accurate than the results expected in a conventional camera is often different.

LCD screen can also help to see the images instantly after the picture is taken, it is easier to correct the image directly to get the best results.

Media storage

One component is a very important role is the storage media. This media can be a compact flash, memory stick, and so on. In general, the storage media has a storage capacity of a large number of images in accordance with the memory capacity owned.

Capacity picture on every media capacity is also determined by resolution of each image produced. The higher-resolution CCD, the greater the size of space to store files that are required in the storage media.

Types of digital cameras

Basically a digital camera can be categorized in 2 types.

1. Digital compact cameras (digital pocket camera)
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Laptop

LAPTOP

A laptop is a personal computer designed for mobile use and small and light enough to sit on a person's lap while in use.^[1] A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device (a touchpad, also known as a trackpad, and/or a pointing stick), speakers, and often including a battery, into a single small and light unit. The rechargeable battery (if present) is charged from an AC adapter and typically stores enough energy to run the laptop for two to three hours in its initial state, depending on the configuration and power management of the computer.

Laptops are usually shaped like a large notebook with thicknesses between 0.7–1.5 inches (18–38 mm) and dimensions ranging from 10x8 inches (27x22cm, 13" display) to 15x11 inches (39x28cm, 17" display) and up. Modern laptops weigh 3 to 12 pounds (1.4 to 5.4 kg); older laptops were usually heavier. Most laptops are designed in the flip form factor to protect the screen and the keyboard when closed. Modern tablet laptops have a complex joint between the keyboard housing and the display, permitting the display panel to swivel and then lie flat on the keyboard housing. They usually have a touchscreen display and some include handwriting recognition or graphics drawing capability.

Laptops were originally considered to be "a small niche market" and were thought suitable mostly for "specialized field applications" such as "the military, the Internal Revenue Service, accountants and sales representatives". But today, there are already more laptops than desktops in businesses, and laptops are becoming obligatory for student use and more popular for general use. In 2008 more laptops than desktops were sold in the US and it has been predicted^[who?] that the same milestone will be reached in the worldwide market as soon as late 2009 Read More..

Home Theater

Home Theater

A home theater or home theatre is a theater built in a home, designed to mimic (or exceed) commercial theater performance and feeling, more commonly known as a home cinema. Today, home cinema implies a real "cinema experience" at a private home.

• Home cinema, commonly referred to as home theater or home theatre, are home entertainment set-ups that seek to reproduce movie theater video and audio feeling in a private home.
• Backyard theater, home theater in the backyard. Depending on the space available, it may simply be a temporary version with foldable screen, a projector and couple of speakers, or a permanent fixture with huge screens and dedicated audio set up poolside. Due to the outdoor nature, it is quite popular with BBQ parties and pool parties.
• Home theater in a box, HTIB is an integrated home theater package which "bundles" together a combination DVD-Video or Blu-ray Disc player and multi-channel amplifier (which includes a surround sound decoder, a radio tuner, and other features), speaker wires, connection cables, a remote control, a set of five or more surround sound speakers (or more rarely, just left and right speakers) and a low-frequency subwoofer.
• AV receiver, often referred to as home theater systems or home entertainment system.
• Front video projector and projector screen, often refered to as a home theatre or Home cinema.
• Home theater PC, HTPC or media PC is a convergence device that combines the functions of a personal computer and a media center software which feature video and music playback.
• Media center, refers either to a dedicated computer appliance (like a Home theater PC) or to a specialized personal computer software, both of which are adapted for playing various kinds of media (music, movies, photos etc.), and it usually has a 10-foot user interface design to be used in living-room TV with a remote control.

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Computer

Computer

Computers are tools used to process the data according to the procedures that have been formulated. Computer word originally used to describe the work people do arithmetic calculations, with or without tools, but the meaning of this word and then transferred to the machine itself. Their origins, processing information almost exclusively related to arithmetical problems, but modern computers are used for many tasks unrelated to mathematics.

In such a definition is a tool like a slide rule, mechanical calculator types ranging from abacus, and so on, until all contemporary electronic computers. Better terms suitable for a broad sense such as "computer" is "that process information" or "information-processing system."

Over the years there have been several different meanings to the word "computer", and several different words are now referred to simply referred to as a computer.

The word computer is generally never used To define people who do arithmetic calculations, with or without a donkey engine. According to the Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology, the word is used in English in 1646 as the word for "people who count" and then before 1897 is also used as a "mechanical calculators. During World War II, the word refers to female workers of the United States and England whose work calculating artillery war path with the cash register.

Charles Babbage designed one of the first calculating machine called the analytical engine. In addition, a variety of simple machine tools such as slide rule will be considered as well as a computer. Read More..

IPOD

IPOD

iPod is a brand range of digital media player devices that are designed and sold by Apple Computer (Hewlett-Packard also had a chance to sell these products with the name Apple iPod + HP). The name "iPod" is also used to be a variant of one digital media player in the circuit (this variant is now called the "iPod classic"). Most of the variants of the iPod provides a user interface (user interface) is simple to use design in the form of wheel (scroll wheel). iPod classic storing data on a hard drive, while other models use flash memory. Like most other music player device, the iPod can be used as an external hard drive when connected to a computer.

Tony Fadell was first inspired to make the iPod out of Apple Computer: when he had difficulty finding funding to pay for the music player device he created. [Citation needed] At the time he showed it to Apple Computer, the company hired him as an independent contractor for resulted from this project. He was given the responsibility to raise the team will develop the first two generations of this device. After the development of the next iPod conducted under the auspices of Jonathan Ive who is the head of industrial design group at Apple Computer.

Until October 2004, the iPod dominates the music player device sales in the United States, to reach 92% of the market the device's hard drive and more than 65% of the market other types. iPod has successfully sold rapidly, exceeding ten million units in the last three years. The device has a cultural impact on society is very large when compared with the tool was first launched. Read More..