The Fresh

PLANT POLLUTANT REMOVERS

2010-08-26T11:14:00.000+08:00

If you love to collect plants, must have been familiar with the chrysanthemum flower and aloe vera plant (Sansevieria). It's pretty healthy too!

Has a healthy occupancy is not only a creature of the land area of landscaping or the number of openings facing outward. Plants can also. Make a beauty useful addition to the garden, some plants even healthier. Chrysanthemum flower and tongue-in-law (Sansevieria) for example.

Based on the research at a University of Sydney, Australia, chrysanthemum flower is able to reduce 90 percent of pollutants indoors. Similarly with the tongue-in-law plant, a plant that contains a lot of this water effectively absorb formaldehyde, one of the toxins produced by cigarette smoke.

5 THING ABOUT FAN

2010-08-15T02:27:00.000+08:00

The fan in the house better than AC. Here's five tips for using the fan:

1. Improve air circulation. Fan, whether it is placed on the walls, ceiling, table, or floor, causing cold wind effects that make you more comfortable in the house.

2. Healthier. The fan did not function as a coolant, only the cold wind effect.

3. More efficient and environmentally friendly. The fan makes a hot room was colder than it should have.

4. Help with open windows.

5. Place the fan to the outside. If your bedroom has two windows facing each other, put a fan facing out.

SINGAPORE, CHANGI AIRPORT: ELEGANT AND FUN

2010-07-08T00:20:00.000+08:00

Changi International Airport in Singapore remains attractive. Passengers who are in transit for hours, did not feel bored in the airport all day. Moreover, since January 2008 and then, having Changi Terminal 3, a new terminal with a unique architecture.

Built with a 1.75 billion dollar fund of Singapore, Changi Airport Terminal 3 building area of 380 000 square meters is designed by CPG Corporation and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LP. Its location just across from Terminal 2. Passengers from other terminals, can use the Skytrain which comes every five minutes.

The uniqueness of Changi Airport Terminal 3 is seen from the roof of the "butterfly", where soft natural light into the building. Modern design of Changi Airport Terminal 3 this seems to fit in with contemporary architectural design trends.

Another uniqueness of Changi Airport Terminal 3 is the presence of a vertical green wall five stories high as 300 meters. The Green Wall looks at the arrival hall and departure lounge and baggage claim. The Green Wall covered with vines interspersed with four waterfalls.

Transit passengers can enjoy cable TV programs on couches. Passengers also can download a gadget battery charger provided in a special place. Passengers who are tired, can try to massage the feet of reflection from the tools provided Osim. Children are also not lose time to play because it is available where children play.

And that is also fun are all wifi airport area is an area that can be accessed free of charge, after the passenger asked for a username and password by showing your passport and boarding pass.

The layout concept of Terminal 3 of Changi Airport, shopping centers and transit arrival hall designed so as to become a place of comfort. Most of the terminal floor is carpeted so that the impression of a very elegant feel. Parquette partly coated.

The use of transparent glass in the building of Terminal 3 this allows passengers to enjoy views from every angle, including shopping and dining room. Passengers can freely choose which outlets will be visited. More than 100 retail outlets and 40 places to eat and drink is opened in Terminal 3.

Changi Airport Terminal 3 should be proud because a lot of new outlets and the first built at the airport. Guylian Belgian Chocolate From Cafe (the first was opened outside of Belgium), travel retail outlets Ferrari (the first was opened outside the European region) and store the world's first World Cup, and the first Apple and Sony stores are built at the airport, the first Vertu boutique in the airport in Southeast Asia, the cabin the first SK-II beauty at the airport, to the first Hard Rock Cafe outlets to open at the main international airport.

PARK PETITIE IN THE LIMITED LAND

2010-06-28T16:32:00.000+08:00

Despite limited space, you can still plant a dozen trees at low cost. You can also use the "wild plants". In the limited space we can accommodate at least 25 species of plants. That is replaceable every time he was bored. Manure crops are given regularly, and always maintain a strong plant that can not sunburn by moving to a shady area.

Land narrow that there is divided: about 80cm from the wall, used for growing various plants, shrubs. Then, 60cm from the walls of their houses to the wall for climbing plants. In the center, width 60cm, used for street gang.

So, it was a house in hoek as if under siege of various crops. Great, such as a banana fan, taro big, beautiful homeland, hibiscus, frangipani yellow shade small plants. The trees were allowed to protrude into the streets or hanging into the house. You want to also have a small park like this?

APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE WORLD WILL BE HIGHEST BUILT IN MUMBAI-INDIA

2010-06-14T03:22:00.001+08:00

World's tallest residential tower will be built in Mumbai, India. Lodha Group is headquartered in Mumbai will build 117-story skyscrapers in the area of 17 acres (68 796 square meters) in Lower Parel in the heart of the city. Height reaches 442 meters so that it will beat the highest in the Australian residential building (323 meters). In this tower will be built also 276 luxury apartments.

This building will become an icon and a symbol for Mumbai Indians in the stage of global economy and culture, said in a statement issued by Lodha Group.

Lodha Group appointed architects Pei Cobb Freed and Partners with offices in New York, United States, to design the world's tallest residential tower was. Architect's office was already designing the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, and the John Hancock Tower in Boston, United States.

TRADITIONAL HOME DESIGN TREND

2010-06-02T12:55:00.000+08:00

Constantly changing interior design trends. Several years ago, for example, appears contextual styles, classical, or Cosmo, and also followed with a minimalist modern design rampant in recent years. All of which appear with distinct and unique characteristics of each that made him liked by the community, both domestically and internationally.

Traditional local designs is no less interesting with popular design style. Even in some respects, much more has the elements of esthetics. The problem is, now designers from top companies in the country, many dominated by foreign players. Traditional design in each country, such as Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and so, election of local elements is still an option. Houses although it has also shifted to the tropical style of naturalists, but in some important parts of a building or home, the local elements are displayed.

REVIEWS OF BOOKS "HOME APPLIANCES"

2010-05-20T11:01:00.000+08:00

What are the features that make home appliances we shall think about the selection, placement, and maintenance? because either consciously or unconsciously, society - especially urban residents who sued the more clever the more difficult to get around the time away from him.

Opened with a brief history of various home appliances such as washing machines, television, CD / DVD player, this book also explains how to align the device with the design of the house, knowing his classification, manage electricity networks and perkabelannya, and sontekan price. There was also discussion about the security element to use, especially for those who live with parents and young children. Find out also what is meant by "green home appliances" that are very easy to apply in your everyday life

HONDA MOTOR PLANNING UPDATED LATEST PRODUCTS

2010-02-14T04:03:00.000+08:00

The results of the battle during the motorcycle market in Indonesia in January 2010 has been won by Yamaha with record sales of 239,340 units. While its main rival, Honda get 216,041 units. Although displaced, Honda still can enjoy the increase in sales during January 2010 reached 20.2 percent. Namely from 179,685 units to 216,041 units.

Obtained the largest increase BEAT skutik duo and Vario, reaching 69 percent, to 90,461 units compared with January 2009, only 53,548 units. In duck segment, Honda sold 111,032 units or grew 3 percent from the previous 107,719 units. Duck segment supported such a superior product, Absolut Revo 110cc, Supra X 125 series and Blade 110. While the sports segment, which relies Honda Tiger, Mega Pro and CS1, the total sales of 14,548 units.

MAKE YOUR BED ROOM LOOK LIKE A GALLERY

2009-04-30T10:00:00.002+08:00

How much to decorate the walls plain. Not always with paintings or photos. Use a plain wall area into the area "exhibition." You can showed various collections of artwork or accessories you there.

Accessories, in this artwork, you can make room not only beautiful, but also unique. Might become a kind of mini-gallery in the house. Indeed, because the allotment is a room as a place of rest, then the concept of the gallery are not allowed to dominate the entire room.

For that, a few cerukan (niche) enough on the wall. Cerukan in this photo measuring 90cmx30cm. To determine the size, you certainly need to consider broad wall and how much you want to cerukan made.

Block so that the view is more tidy, complete with a wood frame. Golden color can be selected, if you want the impression lux (luxury). Put a few accessories or artwork in your collection is block.

So that the artwork can be seen more beautiful, add some light Spotlight. Lighting for the artwork usually use halogen lamps. Light colors from the halogen lamp can show the color and detail of the artwork, so it looks more interesting.

Put the mirror on the back of the block. Mirror work to create more visible in blok. In addition, can also reflect light the lamp light Spotlight.

Although the idea to make the area "exhibition" is a unique and interesting, but you still need to adjust them to the interior room regulation. You also enough to make two or three block. If you make too much, can-bedroom, you can actually turn into art galleries. So that you can even change the atmosphere to be comfortable not to break.

HDR FEATURE FROM RICOH

2009-03-20T00:50:00.002+08:00

Know the high dynamic range (HDR)? This is used in the game to make the graphics-graphics that captivate. Create stunning images from the digital image is made possible through. But usually the photographer to take some of the bidkan Exposure different, then use a program to integrate everything with the HDR. Although the photographer has used for many years, this feature is also not available in the camera.

Therefore Ricoh blow through CX1 its fun. Yes, a digital camera is equipped with a viewfinder moda dynamic range of a double shot. Two shot will be taken in sequence with a different Exposure, and the camera automatically combines image for presenting the best of both. Moda double shot dynamic range is expanded dynamic range of the camera until the maximum ekivalen with 12EV.

Specification of Ricoh CX1 includes 9 megapixel CMOS sensor with the lens wide angle optical zoom x 7.1 (ekivalen 28-200 mm) and LCD VGA 3 "920,000-dot. The camera can record 120 frames per second at VGA resolution. Processing system combined with the new Smooth Imaging Engine III and high-speed CMOS sensor that is also new, CX1 promised to give the image quality is better with a dynamic range wider.

Other innovative feature is the multi-pattern auto white balance and multi-target AF. Multi-pattern auto white balance the camera set the white balance based on the light source from a separate area from the image. While the multi-target AF can zero in on the 7 series image distance fokal pre-set. After a zero, you can select the image with a focus on the desired image Image-sequential next shot will be recorded as one file.

In the UK, this camera is estimated to slide mid-March with a price range of U.S. $ 430.

MAKE MORE FRESH FROM FURNITURE

2009-02-20T09:53:00.001+08:00

The majority of box-shaped room furniture and cornered? Therefore the form of furniture, to give an impression on the rigid space. Effect will not be so sure it is comfortable. Moreover, in the living room or family room, which needs warmth and intimacy.

If the room is filled furniture terlanjur so, immediately atasi. How, Pair furniture with many of the earlier cornered, not cornered furniture. Choose the form of curved or rounded to withdraw "kink" design of the box completely.

For example, place a coffee table shaped bulbous in the middle of the room is dominated furniture berdesain box. Actually no need furniture. To withdraw rigid atmosphere, can also with the accessories. Principle remain with the angle and curve.

Select accessories, such as a pillow or photo frame, curved or rounded shape. Atmosphere with a more liquid, the room will feel more comfortable and friendly. Gather with friends and beloved people in it certainly more fun. Welcome to try!

H0me Appliance : Refrigerator Buying Guide

2009-01-24T14:16:00.003+08:00

1. What types of refrigerators are available?

Refrigerators evolved long ago beyond the icebox your grandparents scrimped and saved to buy--and today they also go beyond the basic "white ware" you had in your first apartment. No longer is the refrigerator just a giant cargo container that dominates the kitchen. Many models are now disguised as cabinetry or drawers that are built in to blend in. Others double as digital entertainment centers

2. Top freezer

You know this type of fridge well--it's been the most popular model for years. The freezer compartment takes up about a third of the unit, and sits above the fresh food compartment. With top freezers, it can be hard to reach items way in the back for the shorter adults or kids in the family. There is a wide range of top freezer units on the market, and they usually cost less than other more feature-rich models.

3. Bottom freezer

Bottom freezer models are designed similarly to top freezer models except that that food you grab most often--the items in the fresh food compartment--are at eye level and easier to reach. Some bottom freezer models have a freezer drawer (see French Door). Compared to top freezer models, bottom-mount fridges come in fewer styles. The freezer is either a drawer or a swinging-door compartment.

4. Side-by-side

With this type of fridge, the freezer and the fresh food compartment get equal real estate. And traditional side-by-side models don't need as much clearance for the doors, so they can be a good fit in galley-style kitchens. They can come with in-door water and ice systems or other gadgets such as TV screens.

To Be Continued...

Hunter 90021 Century 12-Inch Performance Oscillating Fan

2009-01-21T07:57:00.000+08:00

Out of the box, this fan is simply gorgeous - lovely brushed nickel finish,smoothly working controls. The fan blades at rest are flatter than I am used to seeing, but the performance is great.

It does make some noise, but no more than would be expected for an appliance that is pushing air around. The motor is pretty silent, so all you really hear is the white noise of the air being moved. The sweep of the oscillator is close to a full 180 degrees, and in a smaller room the low setting is all that you need to keep the whole room cool.

Out of the box, this fan is simply gorgeous - lovely brushed nickel finish,smoothly working controls. The fan blades at rest are flatter than I am used to seeing, but the performance is great. It does make some noise, but no more than would be expected for an appliance that is pushing air around. The motor is pretty silent, so all you really hear is the white noise of the air being moved. The sweep of the oscillator is close to a full 180 degrees, and in a smaller room the low setting is all that you need to keep the whole room cool.

Asus Eee PC 900

2009-01-19T22:30:00.001+08:00

Few could argue that Asus created something special when it launched the Eee PC last year. The idea of making a truly mobile, yet very affordable mobile computer was welcomed by the Press and consumers in equal measure. Although the Eee PC 4G 701 that Andy reviewed back in October 2007 was a great machine, there were a couple of issues that took away some of the shine. Now however, I have the Eee PC 900 to play with, and it looks as though Asus may have got everything just about perfect this time.

Anyone who's got a few years under their belt, like myself, will be well aware that the concept of a basic, portable computer with solid state storage and no moving parts is nothing new. About ten years ago I did a significant amount of my writing on a Psion Series 5, which was laughably referred to as a PDA. In the Series 5, Psion created a device so usable, that I was able to write entire features on it while sitting on the train. The company then pushed the boundaries even further when it launched the Series 7 and eventually the NetBook.

What Psion got right with its machines was a balance of essential functionality, small form factor and great battery life. As time moved on, though, fully fledged notebooks became smaller and lighter and end users wanted to run feature rich (read bloated) operating systems on their mobile computers. All this spelled the end for Psion hardware (although it did spin off its EPOC OS as Symbian), and for a long time we simply didn't see machines like the Series 7 and NetBook. Thankfully Asus realised that there was room in the market for a basic, affordable machine that didn't need to run the latest version of Windows - thus the Eee PC was born.

For anyone who hasn't heard of the Eee PC before (where have you been hiding?), let me give you the low down. The Eee PC is a very small machine measuring 225 x 165 x 35mm (WxDxH) and weighing around 1kg. that puts it well and truly into the ultra-portable sector, being lighter than even a Sony TZ31MN, and smaller too. This is a machine built to be used on the move, without the need to make much space for it in your bag. The Eee PC comes in two colours, pearlescent white, like the one I'm reviewing here and black - yes, that does sound very similar to Apple's MacBook range, but that's most definitely where the similarities end.

Asus Eee PC 900

2009-01-19T22:30:00.000+08:00

Sony XDR-F1HD

2009-01-08T10:00:00.000+08:00

Budget-priced AM/FM HD Radio component delivers extraordinary sound quality and low-noise reception; small size; remote control; bright backlit LCD screen.

No digital output; weak HD signals cause the XDR-F1HD to switch back and forth between analog and HD; the memory doesn't retain station presets if the radio is unplugged from AC power.

Hailed by audiophiles as one of the greatest tuners ever, the Sony XDR-F1HD is arguably the best--and most affordable--way to add HD radio to any stereo system.

LG 47LGX

2009-01-08T09:43:00.000+08:00

The LG 47LGX is a winter 2008 TV model. The LCD has some of the "scarlet" design accents – red trim visible on sides, top and around the stand of the TV. It has the exceptionally deep bottom portion cabinet where many of the electronic components must be stored to enable its stunning 1.8" in depth. The other big upgrade over the LG60 series is the 120Hz processing capability. The LG 47LGX has 1080p resolution and all of the new LG technologies including processing enhancements. It contains 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and 4 HDMI inputs (3 in back, 1 on side).

Prior to viewing we performed some fine calibration on this the LG 47LGX. See calibration settings at the bottom of the review to calibrate your TV if you own one.
One feature we found to increase depth in HD film content is the Fresh Contrast function. Turning on this feature takes out the distracting hazy appearance from the anti glare screen and improves contrast considerably. A further piece of advice to follow prior to DVD and film content viewing is to turn off the True Motion 120Hz processing. This will help give the user a much more realistic picture without so much focus on the background picture set information. See "Remote/Menu Functionality" section below for instructions on turning this feature on and off. It seems difficult to produce a bright enough picture sometimes with the Blu Ray version of Master and Commander. However, the LG 47LGX did so while fighting any incoming glare effectively as well. The anti glare screen is amazing. Ambient light just gets lost in the screen. Overall, the picture with HD content was slightly hazy, crisp, clean, with some motion lag and side to side jerkiness. Color information displayed admirably once the TV was calibrated (click here for calibrations).

Up conversion from 480i and 480p: Processing hardware contained in the LGX did a magnificent job up converting from 480i to native resolution. Images from Braveheart and Tomorrow Never Dies were crisp and background noise is nearly eliminated. Indeed the LGX's upconversion processing prowess is so good that a consumer doesnt even need an upconverting DVD player. Let the TV do the work. I would even be hesitant about purchasing a Blu Ray player. There was, however motion lag present throughout the test material, more notably with the True Motion 120Hz turned off, however we felt it a necessary trade off to keep this feature off and preserve the realism of the films.
The 47LGX passed our HQV testing with most results excellent. The processor got a little confused at intervals during the Film Resolution Loss Test, but corrected itself quickly. There was little to no moire' pattern during the stadium seating section of the FRLT. There was also some flicking background noise appearing in our HD Noise Test. Overall the TV's processing chip sets passed our tests easily.
Black Level: Black levels were sufficient despite being highly constrained by the anti glare screen. At times, the top and bottom bars looked a little washed out and I would not describe the blacks as deep. This was also proved out in our contrast ratio measurement checkerboard testing with the 47LGX rendering less than stellar results. Much of this results from the anti glare screen.
Dark Shadow Detail: During scenes from Master and Commander there was decent detail in the inner cabin scenes. Clothing wrinkles showed up but again were hurt by the anti glare screen. Dark material sometimes becomes lumped together and produces losses in depth perception.
Color information appears slightly muted due to the anti glare screen. Post calibration flesh tones during Braveheart were not rich appearing slightly green.
Off angle viewing was adversely affected by the anti glare screen on the LCD. Contrast and black levels start to degrade at just 35 degrees off center. There is also a significant amount of light bleed present at angles in dark material.
Motion Lag: There was certainly motion lag occurring with this LCD, much the same as other high end (or low end) LCDs. While it is evident with all programming, turning On the True Motion 120Hz processing reduces motion lag considerably. Images moving horizontally across the screen, were especially vulnerable.
False Contouring/ Mapping: There was no false contouring or mapping noted. The LCD processing in this area was excellent.
Exceptions: The anti glare screen plays a significant role with this LCD in reducing contrast and black level as well as decreasing dark matter detailing. The anti glare function itself works flawlessly as we did not note any background light disturbance.
This TV will be excellent for high ambient light rooms.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS RATING for LG 47LGX: 88/100

Video Aspect Ratio Sizing: Again, processing was spot on – sizing looks natural and undistorted on any viewed source. During scenes from Master and Commander Captain Aubrey and Dr. Maturin's features look as normal as if they were sitting in the room with you. There was no side to side "stretch".
Inputs: 4 HDMI Inputs, USB port (side entry), 2 Component, RGB 15 pin computer input.
Appearance: Well, there is a lot to say here! The 47LGX has a gloss black cabinet with a large bottom portion at 6.75" from the bottom of the TV to the bottom of the picture element. A large pendant sized LG light centers this base which presumably houses the video boards and chip set engines of the TV. The LCD is only 1.8" in depth which is awesome! with red accents around the top, sides, and around the chrome colored base. The piece is distinctively art deco and will look great in a modern environment. One strange contradiction is the