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A perennial with separate male and female plants, Nettle (Urtica dioica) grows up to 4 feet tall and has toothed, pointed leaves that sting when touched. This sting causes a burning sensation. This because each hair consists of a sharp, hollow spine that breaks off easily, allowing the liquid inside, formic acid, to be released into the object causing the injury. In spite of its stinging, Nettles are of considerable use in many ways, including culinary; they contain vitamins A and C, iron, and a variety of other minerals. The young shoots can also be boiled as a vegetable. Nettle fibers can be spun into rope and made into cloth. Cosmetically, Nettle is a good cleanser, especially for oily skin. As a tea, Nettle may be taken hot or cold and many prefer it sweetened and flavored with lemon. |
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Nettle Leaf Tea ( 24 Bags )
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Zinc Lozenges ( 60 Tabs )
Zinc Enhances protect against free radicals and is recognized as an important nutritional support during the winter season.Nature’s Way Zinc Lozenges also contains Echinacea and Vitamin C. -
Horse Chestnut Extract ( 400 mg, 120 Caps )
Horse chestnut seed extract was successfully revalidated as a phytomedicine in Germany in early 1994. Clinical trials support the venotonic, vascular protective, and antioxidant effects of horse chestnut seed extract standardized to escin, a saponin. The horse chestnut seed extract in this product is guaranteed to contain a minimum of 18% escin. Solaray Guaranteed Potency Herbs deliver confidence by providing exacting and consistent dosing of thoroughly tested herbs of the highest quality available. -
Hawthorn Extract ( 90 Caps )
Nature’s Way standardized Hawthorn leaf is a scientifically and technically advanced herbal extract standardized to 1.8% to 2.2% vitexin. -
Heart Care (Hawthorn) ( 120 Tabs )
HeartCare contains up to 9 times more flavonoids than competing hawthorn extracts because it is standardized to 19% oligomeric procyanidins from the herb’s leaves and flowers. Most other brands standardize to 2.2% vitexin taken from the berries. -
Arnica (Arnicare) Ointment ( 1 Oz )
Arnica (Arnica Montana) is a homeopathic anti-inflammatory that may be used for traumatic injury, bruises, strained joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons, tensive backache, concussion, stroke, heart strain and for reducing discomfort and bleeding after surgery. -
Ginger Root ( 180 Caps )
Ginger root is guaranteed to contain 1.3% essential oils to ease stomach discomfort associated with travel and stimulate digestion..Nature’s Way Ginger contains the aromatic essential oils gingerol and shogaol. -
Bromelain ( 500 mg, 120 Tabs )
Bromelain is an enzyme from the pineapple plant which accelerates the breakdown of proteins. It is active in a wide pH range and can function in the acidic environment of the stomach. Bromelain may also assist the body in its response to physical stress. -
Gotu Kola ( 200 mg, 90 Caps )
100% freah freeze-dried ingredients
freah freeze- drying maintains the biologically constitutents for highest potency and action -
Holiday Must Have! Fling-ama-String Cat Toy ENTER TO WIN!
This is the ultimate holiday gift for your cat and you know it’s on her wish list! It’s the ingenious Fling-ama-String Cat Toy. This battery operated gadget hangs on a doorknob and, like magic, zips a little string around and around, driving kitty mad for hours at a time. The first time I saw it, I was literally stopped in my tracks. I’ve never seen anything else like it and my cats absolutely love it. Check out the video on the MoodyPet website.
BONUS GIVEAWAY! THREE WINNERS!
In the holiday spirit, the nice folks over at Moody Pet are offering not one but THREE Fling-ama-Strings for this giveaway! To enter, please leave a comment on this post. The winners will be selected in a random drawing on December 18. One entry per person, please. This giveaway is limited to addresses in the US and Canada only.
If you can’t wait, the Fling-ama-String is available directly from Moody Pet or from Amazon.
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Universal Search Results Now Show Up in Google Suggest
Google, from its founders right down to most of its software engineers, looks to be obsessed with speed. This has always been the case but recently, things are getting even worse, or better depending on how you look at it, and the company has gotten to the point where it’s introducing a couple of new features at the same time, with the same goal in mind, faster results and faster browsing. The first new feature is an improved Google Suggest, itself a time saving feature, with Universal search results incorporated in the box. The second one is the Quick Scroll Google Chrome extension, which enables users to quickly skip to the section of a page that interests them based on their initial query on Google. “[S]peed isn’t just about the time it takes the results to load, or even the time it takes us to index new information — it’s about the time it takes to get you the information you’re looking for,” Ruth Dhanaraj and Matias Pelenur, Google Software Engineers, wrote. “That’s why this week we’re making two more improvements to satisfy your information needs more quickly: we’re adding universal search features to Google Suggest, and we’ve released a powerful new extension for Google Chrome called Google Quick Scroll. Both features are examples of ways we want to extend the power of Google se… (read more)
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Mike Gannotti’s Top 10 10th best app – Office Communicator Mobile
Mobile Communicator from Michael Gannotti on Vimeo.
Mike Gannotti, social media evangelist for Microsoft has been publishing his top 10 applications for Windows Mobile on the Windows Mobile blog.
10th in his top 10 is Office Communicator Mobile, an enterprise application:
From the Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 web page:
“The 2007 R2 version of Microsoft® Office Communicator Mobile is an enterprise application for mobile devices that helps you quickly find and communicate with your colleagues. The application is designed to make communication easier and more accessible and includes real-time presence information, single number reach support and rich instant messaging (IM) capability all with a familiar look and feel similar to the desktop version of Microsoft Office Communicator.”
Read more at the Windows blog here.
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I’m back
It’s good to be home. I got back from the UK on Thursday night. I had Friday off and was planning to use that to catch up at home and recover from the jet lag. However, I spent all day at the hospital with my 88 year old father. He has a history of heart disease and a checkup earlier in the week revealed a problem. It turns out that two of his old bypasses were blocked so he got three more stents to add to his collection.He seems to be doing fine. I’m exhausted. I seem to be the only one in my family who understands that we have to stay with our family members when they are ill like this. I’ve a brother who lives here and he did come down for a while when I called but he didn’t stay.
Dad’s wife is too old to stay around as well.
Sorry for the rant – I’m just tired and I need some time to get it back together after almost 2 weeks overseas.
It is good to be back though…
Mark
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Moderncat Etsy Finds: Handmade Holiday Cards
If you’re like me, and mail your holiday cards at the very last minute, you’re in luck! There are still some really wonderful handmade cards available from several Etsy sellers. Check out this collection of Moderncat-worthy holiday greetings!
Above, clockwise from top left:
- Special edition holiday cat card from Citrus Tree. Message inside reads “Merry Everything”
- Noel cat cards from Bridie McKelvey
- Holiday kitten cards from Beside Herself
- Merry Christmas Catryoshka from Kittyanddots
More! Above, clockwise from top left:
- Santa cat cards by Jamie Shelman
- Cat and holiday lights letterpress card from Twin Raven’s Press
- Slightly gory snowcat cards from Gemma Bear
- Peace kitty cards from CBC Designs
- Animal Christmas cards from Pocket Studio
- Merry cat notes from Zoetropa
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HTC HD2 Camera Fix
The recent hot fix for the HTC HD2s camera does work to some extent, though not in all situations.
After
Before
These are taken on my HTC HD2 running the 1.48 WWE Test ROM.
In some shots, there is a clear reduction in redness, but in others it seems to make no difference!
Apologies for the lack of decent pictures, I’m not great with cameras, and the sun decided to hide whilst I did this!
Is this a good enough fix, or would you prefer something better?
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Holiday Decor Johathan Adler Style
I have–and absolutely love–one of the full-size Jonathan Adler cat statues, but this little guy is on my holiday wish list. It’s a miniature version of his medium cat statue, complete with ribbon and ready for hanging on your tree.
$24 USÂ |Â Available from orange and pear
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EV mass market: BAIC builds electric car manufacture base in Beijing TNR.v, CZX.v, RM.v, LI.v, WLC.v, CLQ.v, SQM, FMC, ROC, AVL.to, CCE.v, RES.v, F
Race in electric space is on, China moves fast and West is not even close to the winners: China is a leader by declared range for Electric cars BYD, cost and controls crucial Rare Earth Elements market, Japan is very aggressive with Nissan and battery makers, France is a leader in Electric cars infrastructure.We will refer you to our post Electric Cars: Why, When? and How? to get a full picture why Chinese companies are so active in electric cars space, here we will give just a few bullet points:1. Chinese auto market surpassed U.S. auto market in size this year.
2. There is an estimation from UN that number of cars will increase from 600 million to 2.4 billion in coming years.
3. With a very efficient CE (Combustion Engine) mile cost you 12 cents and with EV 2.5 cents.Question now is not whether it is worth to do it, but how to make it happen fast in US, otherwise country will lose the last competitive advantage to China – already lowest cost base producer of almost all manufactured good.
China Daily“BAIC builds electric car manufacture base in Beijing
(chinadaily.com.cn)Updated: 2009-12-12 10:50
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co (BAIC) is building an electric car manufacture base in Beijing, in a bid for reinforcing its competitive edge in the promising green energy vehicle segment.
“We have just established a new company focusing on the new energy vehicles in suburb Beijing, including the whole industry chain, from research and development to the final production,” said BAIC President Wang Dazong at the Eighth China Entrepreneur Summit, which was held by China Entrepreneur Magazine and China Entrepreneur Club last weekend in Beijing.
“It will be a new challenge for our group, not only in the technology, but also from huge investment and the uncertain market response,” said Wang.
Many Chinese automakers are interested in developing eco-friendly, fuel-efficient vehicles.
Warrant Buffet-backed BYD Co, launched its F3DM, an electric plug-in model, last December. It plans to take its electric car to the US market late next year.
Chery Auto is set to unveil its electric vehicle QQEV at the end of this month, priced at between 40,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan.
Geely Automobile Holdings said this week that it has teamed up with Taiwan’s Yulon Motor Co to produce and sell electric cars in Taiwan.
Moreover, to support clean energy vehicles, the Chinese government will provide subsidies to green vehicles in five cities selected for a pilot program.
The pilot program will then be expanded to subsidize the purchase of clean-energy vehicles for public transportation fleets in 13 to 20 cities.” -
Top 10 Google Chrome Extensions – Part 1
The Google Chrome Extensions Gallery was launched less than a week ago and it’s starting to look like things are going smoothly. It had 300 extensions when it debuted and now has more than 600 extensions. What’s more, the most popular extension, Google Mail Checker, is now closing in on 200,000 downloads and has more than 1,000 reviews, not too bad for just a few days. So, without further ado, here are the top ten most popular extensions so far.
10. AdBlock. Unsurprisingly, a couple of the most popular extensions are ad blockers, by far one of the most appreciated type of add-ons for Firefox. AdBlock, despite sharing the name with a great Firefox add-on, doesn’t seem to have any connection to it. It does what it’s supposed to do, blocks ads, and the developers say it handles Facebook ads, as well as Flash animations. It has a “blacklist” and a “whitelist” feature, both of which are still in beta and allow users to select the blocked items with a couple of keyboard shortcuts.
9. Cooliris. (screenshot below) This is the Google Chrome version of the popular desktop application with the same name. It offers an interesting alternative to viewing photos by using a gorgeous 3D interface, which the developers claim is the fastest way to browse through photos on Facebook, Picasa or even on your desktop but also through image search results on G… (read more)
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Eco Gadgets: Lucet Lamp sticks to your window to harvest clean energy
Eco Factor: Concept lamp designed to run on solar energy.
With the world looking for possible ways to fuel our future generations with clean energy, industrial designers are leaving no stone unturned to show us a glimpse of a green world where everyday gadgets will make be powered by renewable electricity.
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First hydrogen refueling station in Czech Republic
The first hydrogen pumping station in the Czech Republic was launched into operation in Neratovice, central Bohemia, on November 5, after three years of preparations by the Nuclear Research Institute (ÚJV) in co-operation with Linde Gas. It has taken almost three years and three million Euro dollars to complete the station. Three quarters of the costs have been by state and EU subsidies. The station will use gaseous hydrogen pressures of 300 bars and a typical filling of a bus will takes about ten minutes. The project has an annual capacity of 72 thousand meters cubic (about six tons) of hydrogen.
“It’s not just one hydrogen station in the Czech Republic but throughout Central and Eastern Europe,” said Chief Marketing Officer of Linde Pavel Jirsa.
The prototype hydrogen bus in the Czech Republic is called the TriHyBus which was developed by Škoda Plzeň Electric. The bus will be a hybrid and have three complementary power sources – fuel cells, capacitors and batteries.
