Twilight Game -
Most of the sites I review have to do with making money online. I did have a request from a friend of mine to do a review on NetWinner. I found the site quite interesting and took my friend up on her offer. This site lets you play a casino type game over and over all day long. Here is what I found out about the site:
Requirements
You must be at least 18 years old to play. You can live anywhere in the United States or Canada with the exception of Quebec. Registration is free and is necessary to play the game.
Payment Information
With NetWinner you can win Cash or Points. The points add up and you can then exchange them for prizes. When you win cash you will be notified by email although you can check your winnings at any time by logging in to the site and clicking My Account. All cash prizes are mailed directly to the address you provided in the form of a check. If you win over $600 you must check to see if there are any legal requirements you have to complete (such as submitting your social security number). Winnings under $600 are sent out within 30 days. Winnings over $600 will be sent within 10 business days of you signing and returning an affidavit.
How do the Points Work
You will receive 1,000 points instantly upon signing up. You can then win points when you play the jackpot or you can earn them. Referring friends brings in 100 points each plus 10% of their winnings. Keep in mind that if your friend wins $5000 you will receive $500. If your friend wins 5000 points you will receive 500 points. I think this is a great way to increase your chances of earning money and prizes. You can also complete offers, take surveys, etc. for extra points. You are required to reach 25,000 points before you can begin using them. I found this to be a little high, but I have not spent too much time on the site trying to see how fast or how long it would take to reach that amount.
Contact Information
NetWinner.com
105 E. Morehead Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
My Opinion
I checked with the BBB and there is no information on this company, which isn't necessarily bad. In this case no news is good news. That means no one has reported a complaint about them. The site is free to join so the only thing you really have to lose is your time. I played a few times and didn't win, but it only takes a minute to log in and try a couple of times per day. The site takes a little bit longer to load than I would like, but I would feel comfortable recommending this site to others.
- Twilight Game
Friday 18 March 2011
Monday 14 March 2011
Unlock and Jailbreak iPhone to enhance its efficiency
IPhone is one of the hot favorite gadgets in the market. With days passing, it is making more and more people its fan. In spite of the fact that the device does exhibit certain limitations, it does not seem to budge from its leading position in people’s wish list. The reason behind this is the ability to unlock and jailbreak iPhone. The presence of these two fascinating techniques has changed the usage value of the device to an amazing extent. The manufacturer of the gadget probably did not give value to the need of such techniques thereby leaving the devices functionally incomplete for the user. Those who are already using the device or are familiar with its features are bound to be aware of the need to jailbreak the device.
The phone grants partial access to various features of the installed operating system.
Accordingly, to widen the arena of features it becomes essential to jailbreak and gain entry into the concealed attributes of the operating system. It does not matter which model of the iPhone one owns, admission to the added features and applications is possible. Another factor often believed to be the major downside of the device is the single network it is locked with. To get rid of this barrier, the device needs to be unlocked. After the phone is unlocked and liberated from the single network issue, any SIM of any network can be used in the phone provided it is compatible to GSM device. When you unlock and jailbreak iPhone it simply boosts the device in terms of its functionality. It automatically becomes a device with more functional features.
Not only does the phone gets independence in terms of the connection used but also helps in getting freedom from hefty roaming bills. After all, why should you go on spending unnecessarily on the roaming when you can trim down the cost? The device also becomes more cost-effective after getting unlocked. All those who have the iPhone would definitely want to enhance the device. A very important factor before you should opt to unlock and jailbreak iPhone is to ensure technique used is secure.
Damaging the device in the process of unlocking or jailbreaking is absolutely not worth it. Choosing the ideal method unfastens the path to make to iPhone even more preferred and at the same time it ensures its safety. The apt way is to take the help of the skilled experts in this job.
Sunday 13 March 2011
Igrice Igre - Online Flash Games
Igre -
Making kids games is fun and easy to do. You'll find everything you need at a department or craft store and at home. One quick and easy game to make requires a clean jar. After removing labels and adhesive from a medium size jar drop in items like a paper clip, dice, pen, button, small comb or other things. Put about 20 items in the jar then replace the lid. You can decorate the jar any way you'd like - stickers are an easy way to jazz up the jar. Purchase or make five or six notepads to use with the game.
If you're giving the game as a gift arrange jar with items, notepads, and pencils in a nice box. To play the game, one person dumps the items out on a table for 20 seconds. Then the items are placed back in the jar and the jar put out of sight (unless the jar is painted where players can not see items). Kids have a couple of minutes to write down as many items as they can remember. The child who has written the most items correctly wins.
Another great kids game to make, that's a little more complicated to make, is called "Two by Two". Players go around the board trying to collect two of every animal and take them to the ark. Start with a piece of cardboard, poster board, or plywood. Paint squares onto the board, in any manner you wish. Make the pathway wind around and around until it finally reaches the ark location. For the ark, purchase a wooden craft boat or make an ark from crafting foam, which is very inexpensive.
Purchase small novelty animals, in pairs, to place here and there on the board. Spread the animals around the board, don't place them on the board as a pair. You can make your game as fancy or as plain as you wish. Add silk bushes, at various places on the board, for animals to hide. Place other animals on a square, and when the player lands on that square, he picks up the animal. The play starts by one player throwing the dice and moving that amount of spaces. Write things on the squares like "Go to square 7" or "Lightning - go back to start" and similar instructions. When a player has gathered 2 of the same type of animal he will then drop them into the ark and will move ahead 5 spaces for collecting a pair. The first person to the ark isn't necessarily the winner. The first person to arrive at the ark receives 25 points but every player receives 10 points for each pair of animals he's collected. Add points at the end of the game to determine the winner.
Here's a quick card game for kids that you can make just from cardboard: On the cardboard square, write or draw the four aces, one on each corner. So, the corners should be: Ace of spades, Ace of diamonds, Ace of clubs, Ace of hearts. Now draw a huge circle in the center of the board and divide it into 10 sections. Mark the sections as follows: Two of spades, Ace of hearts, King of hearts, Queen of hearts, King & Queen of hearts, Jack of hearts, Ten of hearts, Nine-Ten-Jack of hearts, Three In A Row, and Out First. These will be winning spaces for some players. Draw a smaller circle in the center of the larger circle, for placement of the cards as they're played.
Start by using candy or pennies. Each person should have a supply and before the game starts, every player should put one candy or penny on each of the sections, including the four "Ace" corners. Pass out all the cards, with the dealer dealing himself two hands. The dealer then picks up the hand on his right and leaves the extra hand alone. Everyone looks at their cards and the dealer then lays the extra hand out, in front of him, for everyone to see. The Two of Spades begins the round, and whoever holds this card tosses it in the center of the board and picks up the candies on the Two of Spades section. Remember that the spare hand, or "dead hand" may contain the Two of Spades. If so, the person holding the Two of Clubs will lead out. If that card is also "dead" the person holding the Two of Diamonds will lead. If, again, that card is dead, the Two of Hearts is played. The chances of all four 2's being dead is astronomical but in case that happens begin by throwing out the Three of Spades, Three of Clubs, Three of Diamonds or Three of Hearts, in that order, depending upon if any of those are dead as well.
After the leading card has been thrown everyone will follow suit. For example, if the Two of Spades has been played by one of the players, the person with the Three of Spades will play next. The 4,5,6 of spades will play, and so forth. Eventually you'll arrive at a card that is in the dead hand. When that happens, the person who threw the last card will then throw their lowest card, of the opposite color. So, if the last person who played last threw a red card, he must now throw his lowest black card. As everyone follows suit they collect any candy or money from sections that are displayed upon the board. If a player throws the Jack of hearts, he collects the money or candy laying on that space. If a player throws the Queen of Hearts then the King of Hearts, he will pick up the candy on the King of Hearts space, the Queen of Hearts space, and the King-Queen Hearts space.
When someone runs out of cards the round is over and that player picks up the candy on the Out First space. By the time the game is finished there will be several sections still containing candy or pennies. Leave them lying and begin a new round by everyone placing a candy or penny on each section once again. This game is fun for older kids, teens and even parents. A different way to make this game is to use additional cards along with bowls. Arrange the bowls in a circle and everyone puts the candies or pennies in the bowls. Identify the bowls by placing a card in each bowl to signify which card will collect that bowl of rewards. Don't forget to place a bowl for the corner Aces. Make a piece of paper that says "Out First" for the person who runs out of cards first.
Make a unique memory game for kids by first purchasing a bag of assorted candy. Arrange small bowls, upside down, with a piece of candy under each. Write numbers one through twenty four on the bowls. Children choose one bowl and look under to see the candy. Now they choose a second bowl to see if they can find the match to that piece of candy. If they don't match, both bowls and candies are placed back into their original positions. If they are a match the two bowls are removed and the child receives the candy under each. The child then takes an additional turn. Play until all the candy has been matched. Or, play with coins to teach children to count money. Place two quarters under one bowl and five dimes under another, and so on. The child must count the money to see if it matches. Play until all matching coin sets are gotten.
Want to make the quickest game ever? Place a glass bottle on the floor and pull a chair up to it. Each player gets in the chair, on their knees, and tries to drop 10 clothes pins into the bottle. Rules should be set as to how low the person can place the clothes pin before dropping it, such as "not below the back of the chair" or "keep arm at shoulder length". The person who drops the most clothes pins into the jar wins.
Use a large piece of cardboard or a large cardboard box to make a bean bag tossing game. Draw a clown face, or another face, onto the cardboard. Cut out two eyes and a mouth. The cut-outs should be large enough for bean bags to be easily tossed through them. Place the box across the room or lean the piece of cardboard up against a wall. Make bean bags by using zipper lock bags to hold the beans or rice. Fill the bags only halfway full and let the air out before zipping shut. Decide how many points will be given for a mouth shot or for an eye shot. Each person throws six bags and then scores are tallied.
Use cardboard squares to make another bean bag game. Cut a dozen 12"x12" squares and align them, side by side, on the floor. Place number amounts on each square. Players stand way back and toss three bags then total the number amounts. The person with the highest number wins. Remember that central squares will be easier to land on than corner squares, so allow more points for corner and edge squares. There are many other games you can make for your kids and you'll probably come up with a few ideas on your own after making some of these.
Online Igre
Computer games have increased in popularity in the past couple of years and are likely to only increase more. Online games have also become increasingly popular. In most because there is such a wide variety of genres available and they can be obtained quickly and somewhat cheaply. There are quite a few websites that have started offering online games for purchase and it can be hard to figure out which one of the websites is the cheapest to purchase your online games from. Here are two websites that are strictly for finding online games and they offer two different ways to get online games for cheap.
Big Fish Games
Big Fish Games has everything from hidden objects, racing, fighting, and time management games. Big Fish Games offers a 60 minute trial for almost all of their games. All of the games that they have available for purchase are $19.99. This can get pricey if you like to play a lot of online games or if you tend to beat games pretty quickly. A couple positive things about Big Fish Games is that they have a new game available for download everyday and they have a large library of games to choose from. You can join the Big Fish Games club that allows you to purchase games as low as $6.99 as long as you purchase a certain number of games within a year. This is perfect for the serious online gamer. They also have kid's games to choose from as well.
Shockwave
Shockwave also has a large library of games to choose from with many different genres represented, including kids. Shockwave also offers 60 minute free trials. Shockwave only adds new games once a week and it is only about 3-5 games that are added. This can be a little frustrating for the online gamer that wants to look for the new games and has already played the majority of older games. However, they do have the extremely affordable Shockwave Unlimited. Shockwave Unlimited charges a small monthly fee that allows you to download any number of games and play them for unlimited amounts of time. The only thing you have to do is be connected to the Internet during startup and sign in with your username and password. Shockwave Unlimited allows you to leave the program whenever you choose so you do not have a long term commitment like you do with Big Fish Games.
These are my two favorite sites for downloading game. I use them all the time and they are great to use in a pinch when you find yourself bored and with some extra time. Time management and hidden object games are the ones that I find the most entertaining. Check these out today and you are bound to find an online game that will entertain you.
Making kids games is fun and easy to do. You'll find everything you need at a department or craft store and at home. One quick and easy game to make requires a clean jar. After removing labels and adhesive from a medium size jar drop in items like a paper clip, dice, pen, button, small comb or other things. Put about 20 items in the jar then replace the lid. You can decorate the jar any way you'd like - stickers are an easy way to jazz up the jar. Purchase or make five or six notepads to use with the game.
If you're giving the game as a gift arrange jar with items, notepads, and pencils in a nice box. To play the game, one person dumps the items out on a table for 20 seconds. Then the items are placed back in the jar and the jar put out of sight (unless the jar is painted where players can not see items). Kids have a couple of minutes to write down as many items as they can remember. The child who has written the most items correctly wins.
Another great kids game to make, that's a little more complicated to make, is called "Two by Two". Players go around the board trying to collect two of every animal and take them to the ark. Start with a piece of cardboard, poster board, or plywood. Paint squares onto the board, in any manner you wish. Make the pathway wind around and around until it finally reaches the ark location. For the ark, purchase a wooden craft boat or make an ark from crafting foam, which is very inexpensive.
Purchase small novelty animals, in pairs, to place here and there on the board. Spread the animals around the board, don't place them on the board as a pair. You can make your game as fancy or as plain as you wish. Add silk bushes, at various places on the board, for animals to hide. Place other animals on a square, and when the player lands on that square, he picks up the animal. The play starts by one player throwing the dice and moving that amount of spaces. Write things on the squares like "Go to square 7" or "Lightning - go back to start" and similar instructions. When a player has gathered 2 of the same type of animal he will then drop them into the ark and will move ahead 5 spaces for collecting a pair. The first person to the ark isn't necessarily the winner. The first person to arrive at the ark receives 25 points but every player receives 10 points for each pair of animals he's collected. Add points at the end of the game to determine the winner.
Here's a quick card game for kids that you can make just from cardboard: On the cardboard square, write or draw the four aces, one on each corner. So, the corners should be: Ace of spades, Ace of diamonds, Ace of clubs, Ace of hearts. Now draw a huge circle in the center of the board and divide it into 10 sections. Mark the sections as follows: Two of spades, Ace of hearts, King of hearts, Queen of hearts, King & Queen of hearts, Jack of hearts, Ten of hearts, Nine-Ten-Jack of hearts, Three In A Row, and Out First. These will be winning spaces for some players. Draw a smaller circle in the center of the larger circle, for placement of the cards as they're played.
Start by using candy or pennies. Each person should have a supply and before the game starts, every player should put one candy or penny on each of the sections, including the four "Ace" corners. Pass out all the cards, with the dealer dealing himself two hands. The dealer then picks up the hand on his right and leaves the extra hand alone. Everyone looks at their cards and the dealer then lays the extra hand out, in front of him, for everyone to see. The Two of Spades begins the round, and whoever holds this card tosses it in the center of the board and picks up the candies on the Two of Spades section. Remember that the spare hand, or "dead hand" may contain the Two of Spades. If so, the person holding the Two of Clubs will lead out. If that card is also "dead" the person holding the Two of Diamonds will lead. If, again, that card is dead, the Two of Hearts is played. The chances of all four 2's being dead is astronomical but in case that happens begin by throwing out the Three of Spades, Three of Clubs, Three of Diamonds or Three of Hearts, in that order, depending upon if any of those are dead as well.
After the leading card has been thrown everyone will follow suit. For example, if the Two of Spades has been played by one of the players, the person with the Three of Spades will play next. The 4,5,6 of spades will play, and so forth. Eventually you'll arrive at a card that is in the dead hand. When that happens, the person who threw the last card will then throw their lowest card, of the opposite color. So, if the last person who played last threw a red card, he must now throw his lowest black card. As everyone follows suit they collect any candy or money from sections that are displayed upon the board. If a player throws the Jack of hearts, he collects the money or candy laying on that space. If a player throws the Queen of Hearts then the King of Hearts, he will pick up the candy on the King of Hearts space, the Queen of Hearts space, and the King-Queen Hearts space.
When someone runs out of cards the round is over and that player picks up the candy on the Out First space. By the time the game is finished there will be several sections still containing candy or pennies. Leave them lying and begin a new round by everyone placing a candy or penny on each section once again. This game is fun for older kids, teens and even parents. A different way to make this game is to use additional cards along with bowls. Arrange the bowls in a circle and everyone puts the candies or pennies in the bowls. Identify the bowls by placing a card in each bowl to signify which card will collect that bowl of rewards. Don't forget to place a bowl for the corner Aces. Make a piece of paper that says "Out First" for the person who runs out of cards first.
Make a unique memory game for kids by first purchasing a bag of assorted candy. Arrange small bowls, upside down, with a piece of candy under each. Write numbers one through twenty four on the bowls. Children choose one bowl and look under to see the candy. Now they choose a second bowl to see if they can find the match to that piece of candy. If they don't match, both bowls and candies are placed back into their original positions. If they are a match the two bowls are removed and the child receives the candy under each. The child then takes an additional turn. Play until all the candy has been matched. Or, play with coins to teach children to count money. Place two quarters under one bowl and five dimes under another, and so on. The child must count the money to see if it matches. Play until all matching coin sets are gotten.
Want to make the quickest game ever? Place a glass bottle on the floor and pull a chair up to it. Each player gets in the chair, on their knees, and tries to drop 10 clothes pins into the bottle. Rules should be set as to how low the person can place the clothes pin before dropping it, such as "not below the back of the chair" or "keep arm at shoulder length". The person who drops the most clothes pins into the jar wins.
Use a large piece of cardboard or a large cardboard box to make a bean bag tossing game. Draw a clown face, or another face, onto the cardboard. Cut out two eyes and a mouth. The cut-outs should be large enough for bean bags to be easily tossed through them. Place the box across the room or lean the piece of cardboard up against a wall. Make bean bags by using zipper lock bags to hold the beans or rice. Fill the bags only halfway full and let the air out before zipping shut. Decide how many points will be given for a mouth shot or for an eye shot. Each person throws six bags and then scores are tallied.
Use cardboard squares to make another bean bag game. Cut a dozen 12"x12" squares and align them, side by side, on the floor. Place number amounts on each square. Players stand way back and toss three bags then total the number amounts. The person with the highest number wins. Remember that central squares will be easier to land on than corner squares, so allow more points for corner and edge squares. There are many other games you can make for your kids and you'll probably come up with a few ideas on your own after making some of these.
Online Igre
Computer games have increased in popularity in the past couple of years and are likely to only increase more. Online games have also become increasingly popular. In most because there is such a wide variety of genres available and they can be obtained quickly and somewhat cheaply. There are quite a few websites that have started offering online games for purchase and it can be hard to figure out which one of the websites is the cheapest to purchase your online games from. Here are two websites that are strictly for finding online games and they offer two different ways to get online games for cheap.
Big Fish Games
Big Fish Games has everything from hidden objects, racing, fighting, and time management games. Big Fish Games offers a 60 minute trial for almost all of their games. All of the games that they have available for purchase are $19.99. This can get pricey if you like to play a lot of online games or if you tend to beat games pretty quickly. A couple positive things about Big Fish Games is that they have a new game available for download everyday and they have a large library of games to choose from. You can join the Big Fish Games club that allows you to purchase games as low as $6.99 as long as you purchase a certain number of games within a year. This is perfect for the serious online gamer. They also have kid's games to choose from as well.
Shockwave
Shockwave also has a large library of games to choose from with many different genres represented, including kids. Shockwave also offers 60 minute free trials. Shockwave only adds new games once a week and it is only about 3-5 games that are added. This can be a little frustrating for the online gamer that wants to look for the new games and has already played the majority of older games. However, they do have the extremely affordable Shockwave Unlimited. Shockwave Unlimited charges a small monthly fee that allows you to download any number of games and play them for unlimited amounts of time. The only thing you have to do is be connected to the Internet during startup and sign in with your username and password. Shockwave Unlimited allows you to leave the program whenever you choose so you do not have a long term commitment like you do with Big Fish Games.
These are my two favorite sites for downloading game. I use them all the time and they are great to use in a pinch when you find yourself bored and with some extra time. Time management and hidden object games are the ones that I find the most entertaining. Check these out today and you are bound to find an online game that will entertain you.
Monday 7 March 2011
Green Living With Ample Green
Green Living
These green living tips will make your home an eco home in no time flat.
No. 1 Must-Do for the Eco Home and Overall Green Living
Change your light bulbs to Compact Florescent Light bulbs. For real green home improvement, you've got to do this in your eco home. No, they don't look as nice - but they are getting better.
According to CoolSavings.com, you'll save $80 a year in energy costs if you replace five most used light bulbs. It's like taking 1.2 million cars off the road for a year. That's 1.2 million cars, folks. So even if florescent lights wash out your complexion, do this green home improvement for the environment AND your checkbook.
No. 2 The Green Living Tip That You Never Think About
Put your television and accessories on one power strip. Do the same for the small appliances in the kitchen (coffee maker, microwave, toaster oven, etc). Do the same thing for your computer and printer. Now flip that power strip switch to the OFF position when you go to bed or will be out of your home for several hours.
Okay, okay, if you're one of those people who actually notices the blinking time light on your video player or actually tapes shows in the middle of the night, or if you must wake up to fresh coffee, then YOU are excused from adding those appliances. Just turn off the rest for a green home improvement.
According to Yahoo, appliances in the stand-by mode account for 10% of your energy usage. Not acceptable for an eco home or practicing green living.
No. 3 Don't Forget to Dial Up This Green Living Tip
Don't leave cell phone chargers plugged in. For the same reasons as tip No. 2, this is a green living no-no in your eco home.
No. 4 Ceiling Fans are a Fashionable Green Home Improvement
I don't care what those designers on HGTV and Trading Spaces tell you, ceiling fans are a must for the trendy eco home and for green living. In the summer set your air condition temperature up in the upper 70's and turn your ceiling fan on (counter-clockwise) to circulate the air. Now, for a year round green home improvement, reverse everything for the winter months (including the blade rotation).
Note: Ceiling fans make your skin feel cooler but they don't cool down a room. If you aren't chillin' out your green living self under the ceiling fan, turn it off when you leave the room.
No. 5 Green Living It Up with Dinner
Declaring your kitchen the featured room in your eco home for a couple of days a week is a real green home improvement. Cook your dinner in the toaster oven or eat a couple of meals of non-cooked food per week. This is much easier and tastier than it sounds. In the heat of the summer what is better than a nice cold salad topped with leftover chicken breast or steak from a previous meal. Finish off the meal with watermelon or cantaloupe. Or make a refrigerator pie. For an added treat, chill your plates. You're not just green living in your eco home, you are fine living.
No. 6 Cloth Napkins are a Green Home Improvement for Your Eco Home
Complete your eco home dinner with cloth napkins. If you've never indulged in cloth napkins, you've missed a treat. Besides being a green home improvement, they make any dinner more special. While you're at it, use cloth towels for spills and clean ups. Yes, it might make the people selling Bounty very sad but dirty towels can just go in the eco home laundry with your cloth napkins and you'll be one more step on the path to green living.
No. 7 Green Living Goes Aqua Part 1
If you have a few dishes you need to wash in the sink from your green living dinner, pour the remaining soapy dishwater on your plants. Soapy water kills plant pests and it waters your plants.
No. 8 Green Living Goes Aqua Part 2
Turn off the water while brushing your teeth and shaving. According to Domino Magazine, the average spigot can put out three gallons of water per minute. If you brush for two minutes, that's six gallons of water saved. You'll probably save even more while shaving.
No. 9 Searching for More Green Home Improvements
Take your green living ideas out into the world and include your vehicle with this green home improvement idea. Try to combine errands whenever possible. Then use your car's GPS to plot the shortest route.
No. 10 Green Living is BYOB
BYOB - that's bring your own green living bag AND bottle. Splurge on one of those safe plastic water bottles. Purchase or make some cloth bags. And remember, your bags aren't just for groceries. Use your bag in every store. If you use your cloth bags everywhere, not just the grocery store, using them will become second nature to you.
The same goes for your water bottle. Rinse and refill it and place it in the fridge as soon as you bring it home each day. Use it around your eco home.
Practicing these green living tips will make help make your home an eco home and the savings will have your checkbook thanking you for the green home improvements.
Sources:
Green Living = Green Savings, CoolSavings.com
Top Ten Energy Saving Tips, Domino Magazine
Is It True You Can Save $ by Unplugging Appliances, Yahoo.com
Green Living
These green living tips will make your home an eco home in no time flat.
No. 1 Must-Do for the Eco Home and Overall Green Living
Change your light bulbs to Compact Florescent Light bulbs. For real green home improvement, you've got to do this in your eco home. No, they don't look as nice - but they are getting better.
According to CoolSavings.com, you'll save $80 a year in energy costs if you replace five most used light bulbs. It's like taking 1.2 million cars off the road for a year. That's 1.2 million cars, folks. So even if florescent lights wash out your complexion, do this green home improvement for the environment AND your checkbook.
No. 2 The Green Living Tip That You Never Think About
Put your television and accessories on one power strip. Do the same for the small appliances in the kitchen (coffee maker, microwave, toaster oven, etc). Do the same thing for your computer and printer. Now flip that power strip switch to the OFF position when you go to bed or will be out of your home for several hours.
Okay, okay, if you're one of those people who actually notices the blinking time light on your video player or actually tapes shows in the middle of the night, or if you must wake up to fresh coffee, then YOU are excused from adding those appliances. Just turn off the rest for a green home improvement.
According to Yahoo, appliances in the stand-by mode account for 10% of your energy usage. Not acceptable for an eco home or practicing green living.
No. 3 Don't Forget to Dial Up This Green Living Tip
Don't leave cell phone chargers plugged in. For the same reasons as tip No. 2, this is a green living no-no in your eco home.
No. 4 Ceiling Fans are a Fashionable Green Home Improvement
I don't care what those designers on HGTV and Trading Spaces tell you, ceiling fans are a must for the trendy eco home and for green living. In the summer set your air condition temperature up in the upper 70's and turn your ceiling fan on (counter-clockwise) to circulate the air. Now, for a year round green home improvement, reverse everything for the winter months (including the blade rotation).
Note: Ceiling fans make your skin feel cooler but they don't cool down a room. If you aren't chillin' out your green living self under the ceiling fan, turn it off when you leave the room.
No. 5 Green Living It Up with Dinner
Declaring your kitchen the featured room in your eco home for a couple of days a week is a real green home improvement. Cook your dinner in the toaster oven or eat a couple of meals of non-cooked food per week. This is much easier and tastier than it sounds. In the heat of the summer what is better than a nice cold salad topped with leftover chicken breast or steak from a previous meal. Finish off the meal with watermelon or cantaloupe. Or make a refrigerator pie. For an added treat, chill your plates. You're not just green living in your eco home, you are fine living.
No. 6 Cloth Napkins are a Green Home Improvement for Your Eco Home
Complete your eco home dinner with cloth napkins. If you've never indulged in cloth napkins, you've missed a treat. Besides being a green home improvement, they make any dinner more special. While you're at it, use cloth towels for spills and clean ups. Yes, it might make the people selling Bounty very sad but dirty towels can just go in the eco home laundry with your cloth napkins and you'll be one more step on the path to green living.
No. 7 Green Living Goes Aqua Part 1
If you have a few dishes you need to wash in the sink from your green living dinner, pour the remaining soapy dishwater on your plants. Soapy water kills plant pests and it waters your plants.
No. 8 Green Living Goes Aqua Part 2
Turn off the water while brushing your teeth and shaving. According to Domino Magazine, the average spigot can put out three gallons of water per minute. If you brush for two minutes, that's six gallons of water saved. You'll probably save even more while shaving.
No. 9 Searching for More Green Home Improvements
Take your green living ideas out into the world and include your vehicle with this green home improvement idea. Try to combine errands whenever possible. Then use your car's GPS to plot the shortest route.
No. 10 Green Living is BYOB
BYOB - that's bring your own green living bag AND bottle. Splurge on one of those safe plastic water bottles. Purchase or make some cloth bags. And remember, your bags aren't just for groceries. Use your bag in every store. If you use your cloth bags everywhere, not just the grocery store, using them will become second nature to you.
The same goes for your water bottle. Rinse and refill it and place it in the fridge as soon as you bring it home each day. Use it around your eco home.
Practicing these green living tips will make help make your home an eco home and the savings will have your checkbook thanking you for the green home improvements.
Sources:
Green Living = Green Savings, CoolSavings.com
Top Ten Energy Saving Tips, Domino Magazine
Is It True You Can Save $ by Unplugging Appliances, Yahoo.com
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Saturday 5 March 2011
Double Jogging Strollers Reviews
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Sometimes walking down the street is too far for some pets. Or maybe you have a pet that doesn't quite fit the typical pet that you would walk, like a: cat, turtle, bird, rabbit, reptile, fish, hamster, you get the idea. The pet stroller maybe the answer for animal lovers who like to take their pets everywhere with them but can't find a carry bag that quite fits their style.
My teacup Chihuahua is a stubborn little thing. But then again I need to put my feet in her "paws" so to speak. Nala is barely 4 pounds. We have one large Golden Retriever Cali, one slightly larger than average Chihuahua Makana (about 12 lbs), and Nala who is always straggling behind. If you watch closely she must need to take five more steps then Makana and 50 more steps than Cali's one step stride.
If I walk the three dogs up and down our street, Cali pulls out in the front on her own leash. I have two leashes connected together so Makana and Nala can adjust to their own pace, usually behind me. One guy saw me walking the Chihuahuas and said, "Looks like they're walking you." My thought, well I am the alpha dog. Don't know what that says for Cali who I usually let off her leash because I'm walking too slowly for her and to keep pace with all three sets of paws at times is comical.
Here Are the Top Five Reasons I Would Use a Pet Stroller
1. Go on longer walks with Cali for exercise and be able to bring the two smaller ones. Then if Makana gets tired, she too can hop in the stroller with Nala and be outdoors enjoying the scenery without rebelling and plopping her little butt down and pulling at her leash, indicating to me that she's not going any further, thank you.
2. Little Girls Love to Push Strollers
Our eight year old wants to push the stroller. Better yet dressing up her dogs and putting them in a stroller.
3. It's Too Hot Outside
We live in Orlando Florida where the heat index this past summer was as high as 107 degrees. We couldn't go out in the day because of the heat and the dogs would have burned the pads of their paws. Even as the sun was setting, the heat was still with us. Having a stroller would allow me to take the dogs for a walk and if they were overcome by the heat, which I wouldn't allow to go that far, as Nala could just walk down the drive way and pull at her leash saying to me, "I'm not going."
4. Protection From Other Aanimals
Often times people don't have control of their own dogs and/or have them off leash and their dog runs over to my dogs and freak them out causing chaos. If I had them in a pet stroller, other dogs are less likely to run over to see what's in the stroller and try to sniff them.
5. Pets are People Too
The number five reason I would use a stroller, and possibly why the women down the street pushes her baby dog in one, because they are our children. Yes pet owners across the country love their pets and would do anything to keep them near to them. So if anything else, it would be a great way to take them into the parks and shopping and just walking further than our little pet paws will take them.
Side Note
I'd like to say that my husband and I had commented about the woman in our neighborhood who pushes her pet in the stroller. I can see her side, but a man most likely wouldn't be caught pushing a real dog in a pet stroller.
Double Jogging Stroller Reviews
It is believed that the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid was actually a native from the East Coast. A popular theory is that Billy the Kid was born Henry McCarty in New York City in 1859. However, no real solid facts are known about Billy the Kid's early life, including his parents, family, birthdate, or birth place. Other than Billy the Kid, he was also known as William H. Bonney. The first mention of Billy the Kid's nickname was by a reporter for the Las Vegas Gazette in 1880.
In his early teens, Billy the Kid's family settled in Silver City, New Mexico. After Billy's mother died, he soon became involved in all sorts of illegal activities. He was a cattle rustler and horse thief. Billy the Kid was involved in more than a few gunfights. Billy was known for his quick temper and expert ability with a gun. Billy the Kid is rumored to have killed 21 men, but there is no proof of this.
By the 1870s, Billy the Kid was hanging around New Mexico. There were several land disputes going on in the United States territory at the time. Billy the Kid became involved in a dispute over land as well. Billy teamed up with John Tunstall in what would become known as the Lincoln County War. This war was a struggle for power between cattle ranchers and landowners.
The Lincoln County War was the result of several feuds amongst many different parties. But the most violent and famous feud was between Englishman John Tunstall and Irishman James Dolan. Both men wanted power and political control of Lincoln County. Dolan had the backing of the local sheriff and Billy the Kid's gang, which was led by Jesse Evans.
Billy the Kid started not getting along with members of his own gang, especially the leader Jesse Evans. Billy eventually switched sides after being offered a job by Tunstall. Billy the Kid was on good terms with members of the community and friends with Tunstall's employees. Billy the Kid started using the new name, William H. Bonney, and hoped for a new beginning as well.
The Lincoln County War hit the boiling point when deputies were sent to Tunstall's ranch to collect cattle as a result of embezzlement charges being made against Tunstall's business partner, Alex McSween. To avoid the capture of his horses, Tunstall herded the horses to nearby Lincoln, New Mexico. When the deputies arrrived at Tunstall's ranch, they sent a posse after Tunstall and his men. Most of the posse were members of Billy the Kid's former gang.
The posse caught up with the Tunstall group in a canyon. Tunstall was shot down in cold blood. The rest of the group found cover behind some large boulders. Warrants were issued for the killers. Billy the Kid was deputized by the constable to help serve the warrant.
However, Sheriff Brady refused to allow the men to be arrested. Instead, the sheriff arrested the constable and his deputies. They were all three jailed. The constable was released in a few hours, but Billy the Kid and the other deputy were held in jail for two days.
Soon after, a gang called the "Regulators" was formed. Billy the Kid was one of its first members. Their goal was to go after Dolan's men. The first members of Dolan's gang that were killed were Bill Morton and Frank Baker. They had surrendered to the Regulators, but were killed anyway. The Regulators believed that if they turned the two over to the sheriff, that there would be no punishment for their crimes. The next man that was killed was thought to be a spy. Then members of the Regulators, including Billy the Kid, set up an ambush. They killed Sheriff Brady and deputy George Hindmann. The last one of Dolan's boys to be shot and killed was Buckshot Roberts.
Dolan then enlisted the aid of the Fort Stanton army. The army surrounded Alex McSween's house. Several of the Regulators, including Billy the Kid, were there. The men were trapped. After a stand-off that lasted five days, the house was torched. The men started to panic, and Billy the Kid took control of the situation. Part of the men were to create a diversion by running toward Tunstall's store while the rest of the men escaped toward the river.
When nighttime came, the men attempted escape. Billy the Kid led his gang toward the store, while McSween and the rest of the group went toward the river. Gun shots started erupting from the store, so Billy the Kid and his men headed for the river as well. This would be the final battle in the Lincoln County War. When all was said and done,one member of the Dolan gang was killed. Four Regulators and Alex McSween were shot and killed.
Billy the Kid went on the run. A year later, Billy agreed to surrender and testify against the other parties involved in exchange for a pardon. When the pardon was slow in coming, Billy the Kid was on the run again.
Billy the Kid was captured and arrested in 1881. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to hanging in Lincoln, New Mexico. Out of all of the participants who participated in the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid was the only one tried or convicted of any crimes.
Billy the Kid escaped by killing two deputies, Bob Olinger and James Bell. Months later, Billy the Kid was found, shot, and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett. The western outlaw was just 21 years old. Billy the Kid was buried at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. A tombstone was placed there in the 1940s. It had been stolen three times before the gravesite was secured with a metal cage.
Sheriff Pat Garrett later wrote a book about the exploits of Billy the Kid, called The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid. It tells of Billy the Kid's exploits, including his part in the Lincoln County War. This book, as well as many movies, have helped immortalize Billy the Kid.
Information from the following Web site was used in compiling this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_kid.
Sometimes walking down the street is too far for some pets. Or maybe you have a pet that doesn't quite fit the typical pet that you would walk, like a: cat, turtle, bird, rabbit, reptile, fish, hamster, you get the idea. The pet stroller maybe the answer for animal lovers who like to take their pets everywhere with them but can't find a carry bag that quite fits their style.
My teacup Chihuahua is a stubborn little thing. But then again I need to put my feet in her "paws" so to speak. Nala is barely 4 pounds. We have one large Golden Retriever Cali, one slightly larger than average Chihuahua Makana (about 12 lbs), and Nala who is always straggling behind. If you watch closely she must need to take five more steps then Makana and 50 more steps than Cali's one step stride.
If I walk the three dogs up and down our street, Cali pulls out in the front on her own leash. I have two leashes connected together so Makana and Nala can adjust to their own pace, usually behind me. One guy saw me walking the Chihuahuas and said, "Looks like they're walking you." My thought, well I am the alpha dog. Don't know what that says for Cali who I usually let off her leash because I'm walking too slowly for her and to keep pace with all three sets of paws at times is comical.
Here Are the Top Five Reasons I Would Use a Pet Stroller
1. Go on longer walks with Cali for exercise and be able to bring the two smaller ones. Then if Makana gets tired, she too can hop in the stroller with Nala and be outdoors enjoying the scenery without rebelling and plopping her little butt down and pulling at her leash, indicating to me that she's not going any further, thank you.
2. Little Girls Love to Push Strollers
Our eight year old wants to push the stroller. Better yet dressing up her dogs and putting them in a stroller.
3. It's Too Hot Outside
We live in Orlando Florida where the heat index this past summer was as high as 107 degrees. We couldn't go out in the day because of the heat and the dogs would have burned the pads of their paws. Even as the sun was setting, the heat was still with us. Having a stroller would allow me to take the dogs for a walk and if they were overcome by the heat, which I wouldn't allow to go that far, as Nala could just walk down the drive way and pull at her leash saying to me, "I'm not going."
4. Protection From Other Aanimals
Often times people don't have control of their own dogs and/or have them off leash and their dog runs over to my dogs and freak them out causing chaos. If I had them in a pet stroller, other dogs are less likely to run over to see what's in the stroller and try to sniff them.
5. Pets are People Too
The number five reason I would use a stroller, and possibly why the women down the street pushes her baby dog in one, because they are our children. Yes pet owners across the country love their pets and would do anything to keep them near to them. So if anything else, it would be a great way to take them into the parks and shopping and just walking further than our little pet paws will take them.
Side Note
I'd like to say that my husband and I had commented about the woman in our neighborhood who pushes her pet in the stroller. I can see her side, but a man most likely wouldn't be caught pushing a real dog in a pet stroller.
Double Jogging Strollers
Double Jogging Stroller Reviews
It is believed that the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid was actually a native from the East Coast. A popular theory is that Billy the Kid was born Henry McCarty in New York City in 1859. However, no real solid facts are known about Billy the Kid's early life, including his parents, family, birthdate, or birth place. Other than Billy the Kid, he was also known as William H. Bonney. The first mention of Billy the Kid's nickname was by a reporter for the Las Vegas Gazette in 1880.
In his early teens, Billy the Kid's family settled in Silver City, New Mexico. After Billy's mother died, he soon became involved in all sorts of illegal activities. He was a cattle rustler and horse thief. Billy the Kid was involved in more than a few gunfights. Billy was known for his quick temper and expert ability with a gun. Billy the Kid is rumored to have killed 21 men, but there is no proof of this.
By the 1870s, Billy the Kid was hanging around New Mexico. There were several land disputes going on in the United States territory at the time. Billy the Kid became involved in a dispute over land as well. Billy teamed up with John Tunstall in what would become known as the Lincoln County War. This war was a struggle for power between cattle ranchers and landowners.
The Lincoln County War was the result of several feuds amongst many different parties. But the most violent and famous feud was between Englishman John Tunstall and Irishman James Dolan. Both men wanted power and political control of Lincoln County. Dolan had the backing of the local sheriff and Billy the Kid's gang, which was led by Jesse Evans.
Billy the Kid started not getting along with members of his own gang, especially the leader Jesse Evans. Billy eventually switched sides after being offered a job by Tunstall. Billy the Kid was on good terms with members of the community and friends with Tunstall's employees. Billy the Kid started using the new name, William H. Bonney, and hoped for a new beginning as well.
The Lincoln County War hit the boiling point when deputies were sent to Tunstall's ranch to collect cattle as a result of embezzlement charges being made against Tunstall's business partner, Alex McSween. To avoid the capture of his horses, Tunstall herded the horses to nearby Lincoln, New Mexico. When the deputies arrrived at Tunstall's ranch, they sent a posse after Tunstall and his men. Most of the posse were members of Billy the Kid's former gang.
The posse caught up with the Tunstall group in a canyon. Tunstall was shot down in cold blood. The rest of the group found cover behind some large boulders. Warrants were issued for the killers. Billy the Kid was deputized by the constable to help serve the warrant.
However, Sheriff Brady refused to allow the men to be arrested. Instead, the sheriff arrested the constable and his deputies. They were all three jailed. The constable was released in a few hours, but Billy the Kid and the other deputy were held in jail for two days.
Soon after, a gang called the "Regulators" was formed. Billy the Kid was one of its first members. Their goal was to go after Dolan's men. The first members of Dolan's gang that were killed were Bill Morton and Frank Baker. They had surrendered to the Regulators, but were killed anyway. The Regulators believed that if they turned the two over to the sheriff, that there would be no punishment for their crimes. The next man that was killed was thought to be a spy. Then members of the Regulators, including Billy the Kid, set up an ambush. They killed Sheriff Brady and deputy George Hindmann. The last one of Dolan's boys to be shot and killed was Buckshot Roberts.
Dolan then enlisted the aid of the Fort Stanton army. The army surrounded Alex McSween's house. Several of the Regulators, including Billy the Kid, were there. The men were trapped. After a stand-off that lasted five days, the house was torched. The men started to panic, and Billy the Kid took control of the situation. Part of the men were to create a diversion by running toward Tunstall's store while the rest of the men escaped toward the river.
When nighttime came, the men attempted escape. Billy the Kid led his gang toward the store, while McSween and the rest of the group went toward the river. Gun shots started erupting from the store, so Billy the Kid and his men headed for the river as well. This would be the final battle in the Lincoln County War. When all was said and done,one member of the Dolan gang was killed. Four Regulators and Alex McSween were shot and killed.
Billy the Kid went on the run. A year later, Billy agreed to surrender and testify against the other parties involved in exchange for a pardon. When the pardon was slow in coming, Billy the Kid was on the run again.
Billy the Kid was captured and arrested in 1881. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to hanging in Lincoln, New Mexico. Out of all of the participants who participated in the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid was the only one tried or convicted of any crimes.
Billy the Kid escaped by killing two deputies, Bob Olinger and James Bell. Months later, Billy the Kid was found, shot, and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett. The western outlaw was just 21 years old. Billy the Kid was buried at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. A tombstone was placed there in the 1940s. It had been stolen three times before the gravesite was secured with a metal cage.
Sheriff Pat Garrett later wrote a book about the exploits of Billy the Kid, called The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid. It tells of Billy the Kid's exploits, including his part in the Lincoln County War. This book, as well as many movies, have helped immortalize Billy the Kid.
Information from the following Web site was used in compiling this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_kid.
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