Wednesday, January 6, 2010

HIGH SPEED INTER NET EVEN IN REMOTE AREA

Now a days people want fast internet connection when in the city or in remote areas, whether small or big company or any organization high speed internet is the need of the hour. There are many uses of fast connection, whether at home or in business and when we talk about high speed Internet connection, it has to be a broadband service.
Broadband Internet is so popular because it is up to 10 times faster than ordinary connections. You can see your page almost immediately as you click on the particular link. You can also make calls while using broadband because they are not connected to your phone lines. Therefore, you will not be disconnected during working hours or you will not have difficulty logging on to the Internet during peak hours.

With broadband Internet, you can download any number of movies or videos. You can also listen to and download your favorite music from the Internet. A broadband Internet connection is more expensive than a dial-up connection but it’s worth the money. You should make your choice and select the best broadband connection after comparing the various services provided.




Broadband connection:
An Internet connection is described as broadband if it has a download rate of over 256 to 400 kilobytes per second while transferring files and data. It is often referred to as "high-speed" or “premium Internet” connection, because it usually has a high rate of data transmission. With a broadband plan, users can enjoy a faster, better-quality access to the worldwide web as compared to dial-up, its predecessor. There is a vast difference between broadband and dial-up connection in terms of connection speed, rates of data transmission and price. Due to the popularity of broadband internet there are many different companies that offer broadband service ranging from larger national companies to small local ones.

TYPES OF BROAD BAND:

Broadband Internet service can be transmitted in a variety of ways such as through power lines, cable lines, cellular networks and satellite Connections.



 Five major types of broadband connections that are in most common use today are:

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
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It is the most popular broadband connection in the market. Anyone with a normal telephone line can access this type of broadband connection. Speeds of ADSL can range from 128 kilobits per second to more than 5 megabits per second. However, as ADSL is asymmetrical in nature, the upload speed is slower as compared to download speed.

Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL)

 To use this plan, one needs to have an additional phone line. Here the speed of upload and download of data is same.

Cable Broadband

In cable broadband coaxial cables are used for providing high speed broadband connection. As cables come with a higher bandwidth connection as compared to a telephone line, a cable broadband connection is faster. The speed of a cable broadband connection can range from 2 megabits per second to 8 megabits per second.

Satellite broadband -

 In a satellite broadband connection a satellite dish is used to send and receive data. This type of broadband connections is common in rural areas, where other forms of Internet connections are quite rare.

Wireless broadband -

 This is the latest form of broadband technology where a user needs to connect their mobile phone to their computer to transmit data. Speeds of wireless broadband can range from 128 kilobits per second to 3 megabits per second. Each of these broadband plans have their own merits and demerits. In fact, there are many vital aspects to be taken into consideration while deciding upon an appropriate broadband type and a broadband plan for both home and business use. Wireless technology is going to touch every single part of our lives. Wireless is creating new industries and is providing huge process improvements in healthcare, energy, manufacturing, logistics, education, consumer electronics, finance and the list goes on. Android phone was a huge hit with outstanding social networking integration, enhanced screen navigation and free over the air data backup. .
Small and medium businesses are taking to satellite broadband services in a big way. If you are still using dial up Internet connection at your home, its time you experienced the services of a broadband connection. Most people upgrade their home dial-up connection to a broadband Internet connection after experiencing the difference between the two while accessing the Internet from their offices. Once you have realized the difference between a dial-up and broadband Internet, you will never go back to the former.


Whether you’re working remotely from your secluded ranch or village you want to keep up with your friends and family from your mountain cabin, or you simply like to be connected to the net no matter where you are, internet options for people in remote areas abound. Although the scenery is beautiful and the setting is serene, finding an affordable, efficient internet connection in rural areas can be a daunting task. These were many ways to access internet but not all of them are created equal. Above given were some of the options that are available to people in remote areas also.



GREEN TEA AND ITS BENEFIT


Now a days people have become health conscious, because there are more cases of heart disease and obesity and Green Tea helps us in preventing or curing or controlling these diseases. GREEN TEA - is a type of tea made solely with the leaves of Camellia sinensis that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea originates from China and has become associated with many cultures in Asia from Japan to the Middle East. Recently, it has become more widespread in the West, where black tea is traditionally consumed. Many varieties of green tea have been created in countries where it is grown. These varieties can differ substantially due to variable growing conditions, processing and harvesting time. Chinese, Japanese, Srilankan,Indian green tea varieties are famous.

Tea consumption had its origin in China more than 4000 years ago. Green tea has been used as both a beverage and a method of traditional medicine in most of Asia, including China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, India and Thailand, to help everything from controlling bleeding and helping heal wounds to regulating body temperature, blood sugar and promoting digestion’s.
The Kissa Yojoki (Book of Tea), written by Zen priest Eisai in 1191, describes how drinking green tea can have a positive effect on the five vital organs, especially the heart. The book discusses tea's medicinal qualities, which include easing the effects of alcohol, acting as a stimulant, curing blotchiness, quenching thirst, eliminating indigestion, curing beriberi disease, preventing fatigue, and improving urinary and brain function. Part One also explains the shapes of tea plants, tea flowers, and tea leaves, and covers how to grow tea plants and process tea leaves. In Part Two, the book discusses the specific dosage and method required for individual physical ailments.

Over the last few decades green tea has been subjected to many scientific and medical studies to determine the extent of its long-purported health benefits, with some evidence suggesting regular green tea drinkers may have lower chances of heart disease and developing certain types of cancer. Green tea has also been claimed as useful for "weight loss management" — a claim with no scientific support according to medical databases such as PubMed.
A 2006 study published in the September 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded "Green tea consumption is associated with reduced mortality due to all causes and due to cardiovascular disease but not with reduced mortality due to cancer."

The study, conducted by the Tohoku University School of Public Policy in Japan, followed 40,530 Japanese adults, ages 40–79, with no history ofstroke, coronary heart disease, or cancer at baseline beginning in 1994. The study followed all participants for up to 11 years for death from all causes and for up to 7 years for death from a specific cause. Participants who consumed 5 or more cups of tea per day had a 16 percent lower risk of all-cause mortality and a 26 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease "CVD" than participants who consumed less than one cup of tea per day. The study also states, "If green tea does protect humans against CVD or cancer, it is expected that consumption of this beverage would substantially contribute to the prolonging of life expectancy, given that CVD and cancer are the two leading causes of death worldwide."
A study in the February 2006 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded "A higher consumption of green tea is associated with a lower prevalence of cognitive impairment in humans." Studies in this field are going on, researchers agree that green tea helps in cardio vascular disease, it is a good anti oxidant.
Green Tea also collaborates to maintain your beauty. With the help of green tea, you can freshen up your face and apply around your tired eyes to get soothing feeling. If you have freckles or blemishes on your


face, you can apply the green tea to become free from the spots. The green tea also has advantages for antiseptic purposes. It can used to treat minor cuts, rashes as well as can treat to heal sunburn. There are social aspect in drinking and preparing tea in china different methods and time of brewing is used. Japan and Korea have different tea cultures. So you have seen that green tea drinking is beneficial to us, start drinking tea for your health.


 

BLACK TEA


There are several varieties of tea, here is some information for tea lovers -- green white and oolong Black tea is a variety of tea that is more oxidized than other varieties. All the are made from leaves of Camellia sinensis. Black tea is generally stronger in flavor and contains more caffeine than the less oxidized teas. Two principal varieties of the species are used, the small-leaved Chinese variety plant also used for green and white teas, and the large-leaved Assamese plant, which was traditionally only used for black tea, although in recent years some green has been produced. It is said that china is the country from where tea drinking and tea culture originated and spread.

While green tea usually loses its flavor within a year, black tea retains its flavor for several years. For this reason, it has long been an article of trade, and compressed bricks of black tea even served as a form of de factocurrency in Mongolia, Tibet, and Siberia into the 19th century. The tea originally imported to Europe was either green or semi-oxidized. Only in the 19th century did black tea surpass green in popularity. Although green tea has recently seen a revival due to its purported health benefits, black tea still accounts for over ninety percent of all tea sold in the West.
The expression "black tea" is also used to describe a cup of tea without milk ("served black"), similar to coffee served without milk or cream.

Varieties of black tea

Generally, unblended black teas are named after the region in which they are produced. Often, different regions are known for producing teas with characteristic flavors. Chinese black teas
  1. Lapsang Souchong originally from Mount Wuyi, Fujian Province, China. It is a black tea which is dried over burning pine, thereby developing a strong smoky flavor.Keemun from Qimen, Anhui Province, China, a Chinese Famous Tea. Thearoma of tea is fruity, with hints of pine, dried plum and floweriness.
Dian Hong from Yunnan Province, China. Well known for dark malty teas and golden bud teas.
Ying De Hong from Guangdong Province, China. The tea has a cocoa-like aroma and a sweet after taste, one can find a peppery note.
Jiu Qu Hong Mei : "Nine Winding Red Plum" from Hu Fou district, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. This tea is characterized by tight fishhook-like leaves with a lustrous black color. The infusion is brightly reddish and has a long smooth aftertaste.
Tibeti originally from , Sichuan Province, China. A unique tea that can also be called brick tea; it is well known as "Tibetan tea" for centuries.

Indian and Sri Lankan black teas:
1.Assam:
from the state of Assam, India. Full bodied, strong and distinctively malty tea from the lowlands of Assam.
2.Darjeeling: 
from the state of West Bengal, India. Thin bodied, floral and fruity tea from Darjeeling with defining muscatel tones. Today often processed as a mixture of black, green and oolong elements, though still classed as black.
3.Munnar: 
from the state of Kerala, India.
4.Kangra: 
from the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.
5.Nilgiri:
from the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Intensely aromatic, strong, and fragrant tea from the Nilgiri Hills of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
6Ceylon: 
from Sri Lanka. Strong yet light with tones of crisp citrus.

Other black tea varieties

1 .Kenyan: 
from Africa, similar to Assam.
Vietnamese: from Vietnam, similar to some cheaper Yunnan teas, with a pleasant and sweet aroma but a more bodied and darker brew; unlike teas from Nepal or Darjeeling.
2. Nepalese:


from uplands of Nepal. Somewhat similar to higher grades of Darjeeling.








3. Turkish: 
from Rize Province on the eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey, that is crystal clear and mahogany in colour. Prepared in a samovar or a çaydanlık, it can be served strong dark or weak in small glasses with cubed sugar.
4. Thai tea: 
from Thailand
5 .Azerbaijani tea: 

from Caucasus in Azerbaijan
6 .Georgian tea: 
from Caucasus in Georgia
7. Krasnodar tea: 
from Caucasus in Russia
8. Java tea: 
from Indonesia, has a nutty aroma, very different from both Chinese and Indian teas.
9. Sumatra tea: 
from Indonesia, similar to Java tea.
10.Cameron tea: 
from the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia;
11.Guatemalan tea: 
from Chirrepec, Coban, Alta Verapaz, a blend of Assam and China Type.



Black tea is often blended and mixed with various other plants in order to obtain a beverage. After the harvest, the leaves are withered by blowing on then processed by two methods orthodox and CTC(curl, tear and crush. Orthodox method is used for top quality and CTC for other qualities, later it is oxidized under controlled temperature and humidity no actual fermentation takes place. Finally tea is sorted out in grades as per quality in – WHOLE, BROKEN, FANNING and DUST.
Lower quality is used in tea bags. One tea spoon full is enough for 150mi. boiled water you can brew it for 2 to 4 minutes as per your taste strong or light add milk and sugar or honey as you like or boil in milk and water mixture where quantity of milk depends on taste. In India we generally like the later type, some people add ginger or masala specially in winters when tea becomes a major social drink. Some of us like our morning tea very much and start our day after a cup of tea. It is habit firming also.

Plain tea without sugar and milk gives medicinal results and antioxidant properties but is not as good as green tea as per information in Wikipedia.