When a person tells you to clean your car, what is the very first thing that comes into your mind? For most people, cleaning cars mean getting a bucket, some soap, a hose, and a sponge. And this also means getting all wet. This is mainly because cleaning a car mostly means to a huge portion of people as cleaning only the exterior of a car. Just keep in mind just how many music videos, movies, and documentaries show people cleaning only their car’s exterior. Even if you do try to search images about cleaning a car, you would most likely be given a list of images that show people getting wet and soapy while cleaning the car’s exterior. Now, to clean up your own car’s exterior, you should be very much ready to get wet. It could also get a little physical and would also mean you having to sweat out a little. After all, remember that your car’s exterior is the one that suffers and meets all the dirt, grime, dust, and other elements when driving. So dirt could really accumulate on it making cleaning quite a chore. First, roll up all your windows. Make sure that they are closed tightly. Shut all your doors as well. When you have done so, start by cleaning and rinsing your car using a hose. Rule of the thumb is to start from the roof, making your way down to your car’s tires. After this, take a bucket filled with warm water. You can try putting in car detergent or even mild dishwashing liquid. Some automobile experts even suggest that you use a car soap that has been made specially for vehicles so as to protect the paint. Take your pick. Then, wash your car using a sponge or a rag. Make sure you go through everything. Then, rise off all the soap using the hose. To dry your car, you can use a chamois cloth or a towel but make sure that it is clean when you use it. Or else, you would only be marring the cleaning job that you just finished.
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Safeguard your skin
The harhness of summer and winter can take their toll on our skin's condition. To look after your skin throughout the year in all seasons, use these simple tips to safeguard your skin on the inside and outside of your body. Inside: Drink water steadily throughout the day - at least two litres or 8 glasses. In hot weather you'll probably need more as your body will use additional water to regulate your body temperature. If you find it difficult to drink water throughout the day, increase your 'high water' food intake - salads, fruit and vegetables. Beverages such as alcohol, coffee and traditional tea have a dehydrating effect on the body. Although they are high in water content, the other ingredients within these beverages require the use of water to metabolise. The overall effect is one of dehyrating, rather than hyrdating the body. Outside: Develop a daily skin routine where you cleanse, tone and moisturize your skin both morning and night to keep it in peak condition. Even if you aren't yet into this routine, it is never too late and after a couple of weeks it is likely you will be more than pleased with the results. Don't take chances - burnt skin is damaged skin. During the summer, get into the habit of applying a high SPF suncreen regularly. Reapply sunscreen before and after swimming, and remember that ultraviolent rays can reach you on cloudy days and while you are in the shade. Between 11am and 3pm take extra care and stay inside or within the shade to avoid the strongest sun of the day. Spritz your face regularly throughout the day. Choose loose, cotton, silk or linen clothing which allow perspiration to evaporate naturally. Wear a floppy hat to keep the heath off your head. Finish off the day with a liberal application of aftersun cream - soothing aloe vera is most effective.
We are simply careless
It must be my love and passion (and lots of 'sensitivity') for 'relationship'. I always enjoy seeing how people deal with 'relationship' – any kind of relationship. Very often I will learn some lessons and wisdom from them. Just last month I was at my niece's church wedding. As usual, I became uneasy when the pastor was giving his 'speech'. I just didn't want to hear any message on why we should not be taking the other half for granted. I have heard too many times on this. But his message hit me hard this time. The pastor didn't use that 'for granted' statement throughout his speech. Instead... "Don't be careless!" was the one. Yes. Yes. Yes. I was careless towards my wife's feeling just... - when we were leaving for the church, - when I was driving, - when I was parking my car, - when we were crossing the road, - when my youngest daughter making so much requests, - when... oh no, I am too ashamed to go on. Were you careless? There was once my wife and I were finishing a drama series on TV. This is something we enjoy doing together. The husband in the story was dying of brain tumor. He could not see. He could not hear. Well, you know, this is too common in drama. But what he said to his wife 'woke me up' (Did it wake my wife up? I was not sure)... "Darling, I thought it was enough just to listen to your voice when you were talking. Now I really miss looking at you. I was so careless. I should be looking at you more often." Were you careless? I was. Are you careless? I am. But I am going to be more careful from now on. Teecee Go AboutRelationship
Smoking during pregnancy. let your child have the choice
The word 'Mother' is synonymous with care, love and all good things on the earth. However, smoking mothers can be inadvertently killing and maiming their children – born and unborn. Shocked? It's true. Smoking mothers are potentially gifting their children with lung cancer and many other similarly devastating diseases through second hand smoke. Pregnant women harm their unborn babies directly in the womb. Besides the above horrifying facts, here are more unsettling reasons to bear in mind when smoking. It will not only interfere with your health, it will also interfere with the health of your unborn child: 1. First of all, smoking makes it hard to conceive. Reports show that fertility in both men and women are heavily affected by smoking. In women, smoking interferes with the egg movement toward the fallopian tubes as well as the hormones that are produced during pregnancy; while in men, it lowers the semen count, and the motility of the sperm. In many cases smoking also affects the shape of the sperm making it incapable of penetrating the egg. 2. Children born of smoking parents potentially inherit a low fertility syndrome and suffer from a great number of infertility problems. 3. Smoking in many cases is the main cause for impotency in men as it interferes with the blood supply to the penis. 4. The baby in the womb of a pregnant smoking woman gets its nicotine addiction right from pre-birth as its blood imbibes the nicotine that the mother’s blood shares with it; hence it is more likely that when born they would become a smoker – and also contract all smoking related diseases. 5. In rare cases the placenta is directly affected by smoking causing a miscarriage of the foetus, or death in the womb. 6. Babies of smoking mothers will be most likely to be born premature and under weight. 7. Babies are also likely to have less developed vital organs than their counterparts (babies of non-smoking mothers) – there is a great likelihood that these babies have an undeveloped liver which will affect them throughout their lives. 8. The babies of pregnant smoking women have poor lung functions right from birth. 9. These babies are twice as prone to die from sudden-infant-death (SID) syndrome than the babies of non-smoking women. 10. The babies of those women who smoked 15-20 cigarettes a day are more likely to be sickly. Any one of the above causes should be sufficient enough to make you quit smoking – if not for yourself, for your little miracle that is being formed in your womb. Read the above lines again, and then once more – is that what you want to give to your most precious creation? Would you really be comfortable thinking that you are voluntarily and consistently harming your child even before their born? These are some questions that you should to ponder seriously. Get in touch with your doctor today and enlist his/her help to quitting smoking. You owe it to your child to be healthy and give them a healthy beginning to the start of their life. As a mother, you are the nurturing contact of the child – do not become the poison in your own child’s life.
A brief history of the tower of london
The Tower of London has a fascinating history spanning nearly 1,000 years. It has served various purposes over the centuries – fortress, prison, royal palace, jewel house, mint, arsenal and place of execution. When work was begun by William the Conqueror in 1078, Londoners had never seen anything of the like before. He had stone specially imported from France to build the White Tower and its unique Norman style was quite outlandish to the locals. William saw the need to build a fortress in this powerful and prosperous city not to defend it from foreign invasion, but to protect the conquering Normans from the city’s own inhabitants. For centuries afterwards, the Tower served the same purpose, providing safety and security for various monarchs from their own subjects in turbulent times. As time passed and needs changed, the Tower was adapted and extended until it became an extensive complex of fortifications. The 13th century saw the establishment of a Royal Mint on the premises, as well as a menagerie. This private collection of exotic beasts is thought to have begun when Henry III received three big cats (leopards or possibly lions) as a wedding present in 1235. The Lion Tower was built to house the collection, which had become a public attraction by the late 18th century. However, with the opening of London Zoo in the early 19th century, the animals were transferred and the menagerie closed down. The Lion Gate is all that remains of the area where it was housed. The Tower of London is probably most well known today for its notorious history of gunpowder, treason, imprisonment and murder. From the early days it was used as a prison and place of execution, often for very high profile or illustrious captives. Henry VIII had two of his wives beheaded on Tower Green – Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. The Reformation was a particularly gruesome time, when hoards of political and religious prisoners were incarcerated and executed. Probably the most famous is Lady Jane Grey, whom Edward VI declared his successor just before his death in 1553, fearing that his own daughter Mary would restore Catholicism. She was only a few days into her reign when Mary took the throne from her cousin and had her imprisoned and eventually executed on Tower Green in 1554. Mary also famously had her half-sister Elizabeth (later to become Queen Elizabeth I) imprisoned there for three months under suspicion of plots against her. Elizabeth herself had various notables incarcerated in the Tower upon her succession to the throne after Mary’s death – from aristocrats and dukes to clergymen and bishops. Another event for which the Tower is infamously known is the mystery of the two boy princes in the 1480s. The two sons of Edward IV, Edward V and his younger brother Richard, were housed in the Tower by their Uncle (Richard, Duke of Gloucester) for ‘protection’ after the death of their father in 1483. Edward V was to be crowned King. However, the Duke took the throne himself and after remaining in the Tower for a short while afterwards, the boys vanished. Their fate is still a mystery today, although it is commonly believed that their uncle had them murdered. In the 17th century, the Crown Jewels were first put on public display, and they can still be seen there today. It was also during this period that the Tower started to be used as an arsenal and armoury. During the 19th century, however, the Tower gradually lost many of its functions. As explained above, the menagerie was moved to London Zoo. The Royal Mint was moved to new buildings elsewhere in the city (although it’s now based in Cardiff) and the War Office moved the weaponry elsewhere. This wasn’t the beginning of the end for the Tower, though. In fact, it heralded a new and exciting period for the fortress. Medieval romanticism had started to become fashionable in Victorian times and architectural and historical interest in the Tower started to increase. The Victorians undertook an enormous programme of restoration and reconstruction, paving the way for it to become one of Britain’s most popular tourist attractions. Indeed, by the mid 19th century visitors were coming in droves and a ticket office had to built at the main entrance to cope with the crowds. The Tower was very much still in use as an official public building though. Even in the 20th century, it was used as a prison during World War Two. The last execution took place here in 1941 – a German army sergeant was shot in the grounds by firing squad for spying. To this day, it still retains its function as a royal residence and home of the Crown Jewels. As a result, it’s still guarded by its own ancient regiment of Yeomen Warders (more commonly known as Beefeaters) whose role is to guide and entertain tourists as much as it is to defend the Tower. Although no royals have lived at the Tower for a long time, it still has one very important set of residents – the famous ravens. These black, long-beaked birds have been here for centuries. An old legend states that Britain will never be invaded as longs as ravens remain there, so they can still be seen wandering around the grounds today and even have their own guards to look after them. No-one’s taking any risks though – their wings are clipped to ensure they’ll never leave!
The right tanning lotion can help you achieve your goals
When it comes to tanning lotion, there truly is something for everyone. Whether you're a sun worshipper, a tanning bed aficionado, or an advocate of sunless tans, you can find products that will give you that healthy, year-round glow. For days spent poolside or at the beach, or even for sessions at your local tanning salon, you'll want tanning lotions or tanning bed lotions that both speed up the tanning process and protect your skin. In effect, you want a lotion that enhances the UVA rays while shielding you from the effects of UVB rays. To this end, find a lotion that contains tyrosine, since it sends melatonin production into overdrive and allows you to accelerate the tanning process. Then, make sure your tanning bed lotion contains Vitamin E, an anti-oxidant that will prevent damage from free radicals, as well as nutrients like aloe vera or hempseed oil that will moisturize and rejuvenate your skin. Many people find that, when it comes to achieving a quick and even tan, legs can be problematic. Most people's legs simply don't tan as quickly as other parts of the body, since there is less blood flow (and, hence, less oxygen) to that area. If this is a challenge in your tanning process, try a tingle tanning lotion. This special formulation increases the blood flow to the capillaries closest to your skin, increasing the oxygen to your legs and helping the tanning process along. Some people become frustrated that they're not achieving the results they desire within the time frame that they had hoped. If this is a challenge you face, it could be because you're either not choosing the right tanning lotion or not properly applying your tanning lotion. First, you need to buy a high quality lotion. When you do, you'll achieve your desired results in a fraction of the time. The extra money you spend on tanning bed lotion, for example, will be more than offset by less money spent at the tanning salon. Next, exfoliate before you apply your tanning lotion. It doesn't make sense to tan skin cells that your body is about to slough off. Then, apply the lotion about an hour before you hit the sun or the salon. Be sure to wear loose-fitting clothing so the lotion doesn't rub off. If you're going to the pool or the beach, make sure to select tanning lotions that are waterproof or water-resistant, and then reapply it throughout the day. Finally, complete coverage is a must. If you don't have a friend handy to get to those hard-to-reach areas, invest in a lotion applicator so that you can reach all areas of your back. For those who long for the healthy glow of a tan, but don't want to expose their skin to UVA or UVB rays, an indoor tanning lotion is the answer. A variety of excellent sunless tanning products are available that will give you the color you seek. Alternately, bronzers will give you a temporary tan that will easily wash off with soap and water. When applied correctly, a great tanning lotion will help you achieve your tanning goals and look your absolute best!
4 Great visa rewards cards
Reward cards are a way for credit card companies to give a little back to their customers. You can take advantage of this by selecting a rewards card that gives you rewards for doing what you do anyway, be it paying for your pet, shopping online, or going out for a night on the town. With that in mind, let’s take a look at four of the best Visa rewards cards available: Pet Rewards Visa This card can be personalized to display a photo of your pet, or the card holder can choose from three stock designs. It’s a good choice for pet owners with feed and veterinary bills. Card holders receive 500 bonus points after their first purchase, plus one point for every dollar spent on everyday purchases. Two points are earned for each dollar spent on purchases from participating vet clinics, feed stores, pet stores, and animal food retailers. Customers can start earning rewards with just 750 points accumulated, and those points can be put toward veterinary services, discount certificates for pet food, and donations to animal shelters. Chase Amazon Platinum Visa Card If you do a lot of shopping online at the retail giant Amazon, this is the card for you. When shopping with this card, you will earn 1,500 bonus points after your first Amazon purchase. After that, you will earn 3 points for every dollar spent on Amazon, and 1 point for each dollar spent on purchases elsewhere. For every 2,500 rewards points you earn, you will get a $25 Amazon rewards gift certificate. If you add authorized users to your account, they will earn points for you with their purchases, too. Additionally, the card comes with a zero-interest introductory period of six months, and no annual fee. They even offer online management reports to help you track your spending. This sounds like a pretty sweet deal for frequent Amazon customers. Chase Freedom Points Visa This card was designed with everyday living in mind. Just about anyone could take advantage of the rewards it offers, because reward points are earned through common purchases – groceries, gas, and fast food. Eligible purchases, which include just about anything you can buy at a grocery store, gas and service station (including repairs and car washes), or quick service restaurant (including coffee houses), will earn you three points to the dollar. Card holders earn one point for each dollar spent everywhere else. Rewards can be claimed starting at 1,000 points. Also, there is no annual fee, and no interest for up to six months. Bank of America Visa Signature with WorldPoints If you like the finer things in life, and you frequently go out for entertainment, this card can help you get good seats, last-minute reservations, and hard-to-find gifts for someone special. How? The Visa Signature with WorldPoints features a personal concierge service. Card holders earn one point for every dollar they spend, and can redeem the points for preferred seating at sports, entertainment, and other events. Travel upgrades are also available, and at a discount. No annual fee, no interest on balance transfers or cash advance checks for one year, and absolute fraud protection make this card a tempting option. By using a rewards card, you are earning points and discounts to put toward purchases you would frequently make anyway. This makes life a little easier, which is a reward in itself.