A 1996 study conducted by researchers at the USDA and the University of Connecticut at Storrs shows that the antioxidant activity of both green and black tea was higher than many common fruits and vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower, strawberries and garlic. What accounts for tea’s ability to fight free radicals? Researchers from Horticulture Research International say it’s polyphenols, a type of phytochemical. Within the polyphenol group are catechins (which act as antioxidants), from which theaflavins and thearubigins are produced during the manufacture of black tea. Theaflavins and thearubigins contribute to

If you aren’t confident in yourself or if you are completely aware that this is something over your head, you’ll need to look into a company that you can count on in your time of need. If you don’t have a tech support person you can rely on to do this research, these are some qualities you’ll want to look out for when you’re choosing a repair company:

1. Skills and Experience.
2. Security Measures
3. Facilities
4. Help and Support

Let’s break it down even further. When using your RAID in business you probably can’t go without the data it holds for a very long time. You want to ensure that when you are sending it in for repair that you are choosing a company that actually has experience repairing RAID setups. Almost any recovery company can boast about how many hard drives they’ve recovered. But we know that RAID can be extremely specific and therefore it’s not simple work. Retrieving important data and repairing the controller software, if necessary, is extremely vital in ensuring that the technician knows what they’re doing if you ever hope to use it in the same capacity again.

As far as security measures go, even the most basic repair companies will use encryption. You want to make sure that the service you decide to go with has at least SSAE 16 certification. This is a third-party standard that measures a company’s privacy and security. Not only are you ensuring that your files won’t be hacked or damaged, you also want to make sure no one walks off with your data.

This brings us to facilities. This section goes hand-in-hand with security. You want to make sure that the service you are using has proper security monitoring. Maybe they have cameras and keypads at every door. Maybe the employees have all been background tested. Maybe both. You also want to ensure that the clean room where the repair will be taking place is locked and has been evaluated. Make sure they’ve brought in a third-party to review their services and recognise them.

Lastly, you want to make sure their help and support is actually helpful and supportive. Many recovery services provide 24/7 support which is going to be really important for you. You want to make sure that you can get updated as the processes goes so that the moment there is an issue you are notified and can work on getting it fixed. These places will be very transparent with what they are doing with your data and they aren’t likely to suddenly tack extra bits to your bill.

Something new is percolating in the offices of today’s workers. No longer are employees satisfied with the same old pot of office coffee. Having been exposed to coffeehouse fever – sometimes referred to as Starbucks syndrome – today’s workers are banging their cups in demand for designer coffees, exotic teas, and brand-name beverages. Getting better beverages may be one of the hottest issues in the workplace today. Most companies concerned about productivity and morale are inclined to agree. After all, why put the kibosh on an employee benefit that costs

Celestial Seasonings is rolling out a full line of single-ingredient and blended herbal supplements. There are currently 17 items in the line, eight in the single-ingredient segment and nine blends, and Ryan promises that the company will be introducing additional products shortly. According to Ryan, who also runs Slow Food Triangle, a local food website, this is a big deal.

This backup will serve as your safety net to fall back on. But in the event that the hard drive crashed before you were able to save your files to another media, the assistance of a data recovery firm would be necessary. There are still chances that all data can be retrieved after a hard drive crash. But this can be difficult …

EVERYBODY LOVES BLUE. Blue skies, blue eyes (at least in Nordic and Anglo-Saxon countries), candor, innocence, all such connotations. Blue flowers are in such demand, are such certain sellers, that the nurserypeople have to stretch the meaning of the word to its snapping point. More than half the flowers described in seed lists and plant catalogs as blue are some shade of mauve or purple. Truly blue flowers are few.

A widespread bias against orange prompts writers to resort to such euphemisms as flame, tangerine, and apricot. Yet there’s an inconsistency here. Marigolds are popular annuals, and marigolds serve up great gobs of orange. Sophisticates prefer Zinnia angustifolia, which is dainty of flower and leaf but still unabashedly orange. And which of us hasn’t admired butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) in a green meadow, or California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) on a grassy hillside? It isn’t the color itself that offends but the way in which it is used.

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