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Firefox Address Bar Search Engine
In Firefox you can search the internet by typing keywords into the browser address bar. To change the search engine provider (EG: Bing, Google…) do the following;
- Open a new tab and type about:config into the address bar.
- On the warning that appears, click I’ll be careful, I promise.
- In the search box at the top of the page type keyword.URL.
- Right click on the keyword.URL entry that comes up and choose Modify.
- Enter one of the following depending on your preference;
- Google: http://www.google.com/search?&q=
- Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=
- Ask: http://www.ask.com/web?q=
- Bing: http://www.bing.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
Invictus – William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
The good stars met in your horoscope, Made you of spirit, fire and dew. – Robert Browning (in Evelyn Hope)
Unilever Brands
Unilever is a huge company, comprised of many brand names that you will probably be familiar with, both in the UK and abroad. Unilever is responsible for 20% of all palm oil farmed annually. This is a listing of their brands, provided to help you make environmentally-aware shopping decisions. Continue reading
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Palm Oil
Palm Oil is a vegetable oil derived from the fruit of the African Palm Oil Tree (Elaeis Guineensis), and is found in hundreds of food and body products on the market today. The palm oil tree originated in West Africa, but can be grown in any hot, humid climate. Today almost all of our palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia, where huge swathes of rainforest are cleared for it to be planted.
As a direct result of this clearing, animals’ habitats are destroyed, the animals themselves are killed, and ecosystems are thrown out of balance. The fields of Palm Oil Trees that replace the tropical rainforest don’t allow anywhere near the same levels of biodiversity, and the plants and animals that survive the peat-draining, tree-felling and ground-burning must move or die. This includes endangered species such as the orangutan, the Sumatran rhino, the pygmy elephant of Borneo, and the Sumatran tiger. Continue reading
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Sonnet 116 – William Shakespeare
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Vitamins and Nutrients
Vitamin A / Beta-Carotene
Found in: Liver, egg yolks, whole milk, butter, fortified margarine, and fortified reduced fat and skim milk. Beta-carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the body, is found in dark-green leafy vegetables, deep yellow and orange vegetables, and fruits.
Doses and overdoses: Recommended dose for men is 0.7mg, for women 0.6mg. Do not exceed 1.5mg daily. Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, which will be stored in the liver and fatty tissues for future use.
Uses and warnings: Essential for normal vision, gene expression, bone growth, healthy skin, hair, and nails, and resistance to infection. Large doses of vitamin A are toxic and cause liver damage as well as birth defects if consumed during first months of pregnancy. Over time, an excess of vitamin A may also build up and weaken bones. Large doses of beta-carotene can cause skin to yellow and may increase cancer risk in smokers. Continue reading
There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. - Hindu Proverb