When Learning Language and Social Networking Meet in One Site

Do you want to speak other languages? Have you attended some courses to be a master in other languages? Whether you have attended some courses or not, you should join this online language learning program.

This program named Livemocha. Sounds tasty when you hear mocha word. Yup, as good as mocha taste, this program will help you who want to learn in natural way through native speakers. The New York Times said that this program is "A powerful opportunity for people around the world to connect with language partners"

So if The New York Times recommended this program, why don't you give it a try? It's free to join Livemocha. All you have to do is fill a simple registration form contains username, email address, password, where you are from, what you speak and what you are learning.

After joining Livemocha, you can start your learning right away. Livemocha provided some features that make you enjoy your learning such as audio submissions that can be commented by other member of Livemocha. Furthermore, you can earn mocha points and medals. They represent your achievements during learning process. Beside that, you also can be a teacher for the languages you master in. You can share your knowledge about the language to other member that need an assistant learning your language.

After all, to be comfortable while you are learning, I suggest you to have a good and stable internet connection, cause there will be many multimedia files that help you understand the learning better. Happy learning and networking.

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How To Remove Bad Odor in Your car

When the rainy season come, it's time for you to give extra care on your car. Your car cabin is one part you have to take notice on because this part may produce bad odor. To anticipate this problem, here are some things you can do.

First, find out where the location of the odor came. You can start by checking the area which is exposed to wet, such as seat car or carpet. In addition, also check the cabin ceiling and AC.

Second, clean the place. Once you find a wet area on the seat cars and carpets, wash it immediately with clean water and dry thoroughly. If necessary, you can use hair dryer.

After that, dry the carpet up to eliminate the odor as well as prevent the occurrence of fungi in this section.

Third, use water wisely. Besides saving water, when cleaning the car, the water should not be used too much. This aim is to accelerate the drying process. Moreover, too much water that not perfectly dried can cause the car to be in the humid arise so that musty smell.

Fourth, try to keep the AC hygiene. Given that this section shall not escape from interference mushroom, you should periodically clean it. To clean the holes, you can use a wet cotton to clean the dust attached.

Fifth, give your car a good air circulation by opening windows and doors when the sun shines brightly. This aims to remove the remains of musty odor in the cabin.

Sixth, use the coffee powder. Sprinkle coffee powder on the top layer of newspaper and put it in your car cabin during the night can be full of musty smell suck in the car.

Seventh, car freshener is the final touch. Pick your favorite aroma. In addition, choose the car freshener that does not sting too much.

Cooking Vegetables and Losing Some Nutrients

Vegetables are an important source of vitamins. For example, carrots contain vitamin A and tomatoes contain plenty of vitamin C. In addition, vegetables are also source for vitamin B1 (thiamin) and some of Calcium (Ca) and Iron (Fe).

Unfortunately, vitamins in general do not have a stable nature. Vitamin C, for instance, oxydized and damaged by light and high temperature easily. So, to minimize the loss of vitamins in cooking processes, wash vegetables first before cutting them into small pieces. Don't reverse this process. 

Comparison between vegetables and water is important too. Good comparison between the vegetables and water for cooking is 1: 3, with the nutrients that are on vegetables do not lose much because the dissolve in the water solvent. Meanwhile, the processing time will be vary depend on what kind of vegetables that are processed.

Decaffeinated Is Not The Same As Caffeine-free

Coffee is one of the most consumed beverage in the world. It is not only the taste of coffee that makes people get more and more coffee, but culture and lifestyle play the role as well. Coffee has become a kind of drug to many people today. Thus some problems are arousing with such kind of life style. Coffe brings some health effects such as increasing in heart beat and blood pressure.

How can coffee impact our health? The answer is the caffeine contained in coffee and other beverages. Some people avoid consuming a lot of caffeine for health reasons. They take decaffeinated coffee instead. Unfortunately decaffeinated coffee is not the same as caffeine-free coffe. The coffee still contains caffeine in lower dose. Eight ounce instant decaffeinated coffee contains 2-3 miligrams of caffeine while brewed one contains 3-4 miligrams. So be careful when you decide to have some cup of decaffeinated coffee. Bear in mind that decaffeinated coffee is not the same as caffeine-free coffee.

Possibilities and Problems

“To be miserable, focus on your problems. To be positively motivated, focus on your possibilities. The things you experience, and the things you think about, are your reality. To change your reality, simply change what you experience, and what you think about” (Ralph Marstone) 

A Four-point Plan for Improving the Environment

Assess the consequences

Most everyday activities have some effect on the environment: they either improve or make it deteriorate. A few leave it unchanged. Deciding which category any action falls into is an essential part of conserving the environment.

Encourage positive changes

If something enhances the environment, it should be recommended to others wherever possible. Individual action is only successful if enough individuals pursue it.

Avoid causing damage

Many actions, like throwing away excessive amount of rubbish, wasting water or using pesticides, fall into the category of avoidable damage to the environment. In nearly all cases, this kind of damage can be prevented without any noticeable change in the quality of life.

Cut down what cannot be cut

Some actions, like driving a car, are almost impossible to avoid. In these cases, the best approach is to take steps to reduce the damage.