Thursday, September 27, 2007

CoQ10



"Nature Made CoQ10 Supplement, 100 mg, Coenzyme Softgels, Value Size, 60 softgels" (Nature Made)





  • Bottle of 60 energizing, preservative-free soft gels, each soft gel containing 100 milligrams of CoQ-10


  • Antioxidant that helps support the heart


  • Works with Vitamin E to fight free radical damage; contains 100 mg of coenzyme Q-10 per softcell serving


  • No artificial flavors; no preservatives


  • Founded in 1971, Northridge, California-based Pharmavite manufactures Nature Made vitamins and Nature's Resource herbal products and was instrumental in developing Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for supplements




Logitech remote

sounds cool.



"Logitech Harmony 1000 Advanced Universal Remote" (Logitech)









"Logitech Harmony 890 Advanced Universal Remote Control" (Logitech)








Our love affair with entertainment gadgets has caused an unfortunate epidemic of remote controls. In my own house, there's a wicker basket on a coffee table with a jumble of remotes for a television set, a high-definition television tuner, a home-theater receiver and a couple of videogame consoles. And when that basket became flooded, I added yet another device to contain the clutter.





There are "universal" remotes that are designed to let you operate multiple electronics devices from a single control. But most universal remotes, if you can figure out how to work them at all, don't help much with the tedious sequence of button pushes often required to do simple tasks, like watch a movie. In my case, just turning on the TV can require up to six punches on two different remotes, depending on what activity I happened to be doing on my home-theater system the last time I shut it off.



Logitech International, the Swiss computer-accessory maker, has come up with an answer to the problems of remote-control clutter and excessive button-pushing with its family of Harmony universal remote controls that are relatively affordable and easy to use. The Harmony 1000 I tested two of the latest models of Logitech remotes, the Harmony 890 and 1000, and found that they greatly simplified using my home-theater system


The two models of remotes offered similar functions but in radically different industrial designs. The Harmony 1000 is a tablet-shape control about the size of a small picture frame, with a large touch-sensitive color screen that displays large buttons for accessing activities and other functions on your devices. The Harmony 890 is a more conventional wand-shape remote with a smaller screen.







I preferred the design of the Harmony 890, finding it easier and more natural to use with one hand, not to mention a better value. I have found the Harmony 1000 selling for as low as $272 and the Harmony 890 for $222 on Amazon.com. The 890 comes with a kit that lets you extend the range of the remote by using radio frequency, instead of infrared, signals.









[From Personal Technology - WSJ.com]



Artemis



"Artemis Fresh Mix Adult Cat Formula (18-lb bag)" (Artemis Company)


The best cat food we've found is Artemis.



Trace minerals





"Liqumins Dietary Supplement, ConcenTrace Trace Mineral Drops, Low Sodium, 8 fl oz" (Trace Minerals Research)

Calcium






"Solaray Cal-Mag Citrate 1:1 0 180 Capsule" (Solaray)



or even better:










"Trace Minerals Research Cal/Mag/Zinc, 90 Tablets (Pack of 2)" (Trace Minerals Research)

or liquid














"Liqumins Dietary Supplement, Cal/Mag/Zinc, Fast-Absorbing Liquid Formula, Natural Pina Colada Flavor, 32 fl oz" (Trace Minerals Research)


Now Looking Green Is Looking Good





Now Looking Green Is Looking Good - New York Times:




The phrase and the concept — there is good money to be made in preserving the environment — is so often repeated that it has become a cliché. So it was probably inevitable that some enterprising advertising agency would figure that there is equally good money to be made from specializing in ads that promote greenness.



And, in fact, agencies with a green specialty are sprouting like alfalfa.



“When I started out in 2003 there were maybe five or six green agencies around,” said John Rooks, president of Dwell Creative, a three-person environmental ad agency in Portland, Me. “There’s got to be at least 50 of us now.”



There are no hard numbers to prove his point. Neither the American Association of Advertising Agencies nor AAR Partners, which helps clients find agencies, have kept count. But anecdotal evidence is mounting. “The nonprofits are realizing that it takes money to create a brand, and the corporations are finally getting that their customers really care about green,” said Hugh C. Hough, who founded the advertising agency Green Team in New York 12 years ago.




Saturday, September 22, 2007

Fishing for Ducks-Selenium

Lincoln Park

Fishing for Ducks-Selenium
Fishing for Ducks-Selenium, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Monday, September 17, 2007

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