Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Product of the Day - Time-Peace

Check out this up and coming company www.time-peace.org We at YUBZ LoVe these watches along with their message.  "The time is now. embrace the present moment. too much of our lives is spent dwelling on the past or worrying about the future." This companies motto should be crossed over into everyone's personal life motto. Slow down, take a breath, and realize what is really important to you in the long run.  Something that is so simple and may seem to be common sense easily gets lost over time.

































The primary function of your Time-Peace is to help free you from the effects of psychological time - the negative energy emitted when you resist or disassociate yourself from the present moment and stress or worry about the past or future.
However, we can still use clock time as a tool to function in society. If you need the clock time, simply touch the face to activate the LED lights. The blinking light indicates the hour, while the minutes stay lit.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Where to go when all you want is to ESCAPE

As the work day drags on here’s to planning your next escape......even if that means leaving your YUBZ Retro Handset behind.

Check out YUBZ TOP 2011 getaways!

1.      Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
2.      Costa Navarino, Greece
3.      Phuket, Thailand
4.      Dubai, United Arab Emirates
5.      New York City, New York
6.      Shanghai, China
7.      Bora, Bora
8.      Buenos Aires, Argentina
9.      Bali
10.  Cape Town, South Africa


Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Stupid Facebookers...


We all have someone (or maybe more than one) that we’ve been meaning to D-friend since we became “friends”. You know the ones…who put everything and anything about their business on facebook. Check out a few of our top faves from some soon-to-be ex-facebook friends….
    
  1.       Akon. Said it right- I just had sex and it felt SOO good…..Happy New Year! Love 2011
  2.       Just attempted to put my seatbelt on immediately after already putting my seatbelt on....     
  3.       Just saw about 30 alligators!    
  4.       ...And I'm back
  5.        Giving Blood…want some?
 

Thursday, December 30, 2010

What To Wear, What To Wear, WHAT TO WEAR???

That is the question, both men and women will be contemplating tonight and tomorrow. New Years Eve is one of the most talked about nights of the year, and is therefore both loved and hated. The constant chatter of where are you going, what are you doing and what are you wearing can be heard in bathrooms, lobby’s, office buildings and restaurants for weeks leading up to December 31st. 

For me, the hardest part is what to wear. Should it be dressy, sexy, casual or simple? The truth is, it really depends on where you’re going, who you’re going with and what you’re doing. If you’re going to a deserted island, the smallest amount of clothing and a date would be ideal, a cabin in the woods, more clothes and plenty of firewood would suffice.  But here in Chicago the possibilities are endless, and the aftermath does not go UNSEEN. It’s true what they say a picture is worth a thousand word, and it doesn’t discriminate the good, the bad or the ugly.  


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Why Your Cell Phone is Like a Cigarette


Direct from Ellie Marks at the Environmental Health Trust

We at the Environmental Health Trust dedicate our expertise and passion to make this a safer world for you and yours. We need your financial support to help us carry on doing so. Our work is far from done. We are now taking the awareness raising San Francisco legislation across the nation. PLEASE make a donation now at the bottom of this email. Considering 6 billion people use cell phones, this is an issue that touches all of us. We are one of the few non-profits working to save the brains of your children and grandchildren. Please help us do so. Thank you.

If you had a chance in the 1960s to prevent a global cancer epidemic arising from tobacco use, would you have done so?
We face a similar situation today, with one important difference. Cell phones are revolutionary devices that can save lives, but we must be smart about how we use them. Unsafe cell phone use has been observed to:
  1. Damage DNA
  2. Weaken the brain’s protective barrier
  3. Lower sperm count
  4. Increase long term risk of cancer
and trigger many other health issues we are continuing to learning about. However, most health professionals are unaware of the robust and growing science on the health consequences of cell phone use. Even worse, few parents appreciate that cell phones are basically two-way microwave radios; and they frequently unwittingly expose their young children and infants to cell phone radiation. We want to change that.

Take a half a minute and watch this video that is already changing the way many are thinking about cell phones today.

With your support we can do more work like this to help protect the world’s brains and bodies. Be sure to share this link with all those you care about.

At Environmental Health Trust we are working with experts, schools and community groups to hold major events in London, Ottawa, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Capetown, South Africa and Washington, DC. We have worked with some of the world’s top scientists and local officials ranging from the mayors of Jackson, Wyoming; Portland, Maine; Philadelphia and San Francisco, to parliamentary leaders and experts in Canada, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Brazil and France.

This is not a theoretical hazard. The governments of Finland, France, China and Israel—nations with a sophisticated appreciation of microwave radiation—are taking steps to encourage safer cell phone habits. Resistance here in the US stems from a lack of conclusive evidence that cell phones harm human health. The tobacco industry said the same thing about tobacco use in the 1960s.

Help us make this a safer world for you.
At EHT, we believe that your ability to influence your own future should not be delayed while government, industry and the medical community wait for evidence of cell phone-related health problems to accumulate. Such evidence-gathering can take decades, and by then it will be too late to preserve the health of today’s cell phone users.

A generous donor is challenging us and will double your gift. We can’t do this without you. So please take a moment and think hard about how EHT has helped you—even with this single email message—and how we are aiming to continue to serve you throughout 2011.

Act now and have your gift doubled.


Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Post Holiday MOOD....

Was SANTA good to you??
With the holidays coming to an end, and decorations slowly coming down, to be put away till next year, I have found myself reflecting on the past year. Wondering at a time when so much has been given if I’m operating with an attitude of gratitude or one of unmet expectations.  Does that sound familiar? 
For many, this season is filled with parties, gift exchanges and celebrations, that it can sometimes become overwhelming. In the midst of celebrating with friends and family this past week, I was struck by the generosity of the season. Friends, family and loved ones spend weeks scouring the stores in search of the “perfect” gift, gadget, decorations, dishes and wrapping, for those they hold dearest to their hearts.  With the expectation that the recipient will be jumping for joy at what’s inside the pretty package, coupled with the slight fear they missed the mark completely. This is where all of us need to step back and check ourselves; do we really deserve any of it? The simple answer is, no.
If we consciously work on coming from a place of gratitude we would all be better off. Maybe that Retro Handset isn’t quite the style or color you would have chosen but lets’ be thankful for the people who gave it to us. We should all be thankful to have people who care enough about us, to think about us. Moving forward into a new year, let’s spend more time being grateful and less time expecting.