Best way to keep and enjoy coffee

How to store coffee:
Simply put, keep away from moisture, air, light, and heat.
No need to Keep in refrigerator/freezer.

Best way to enjoy a cup of coffee:
Buy whole beans directly from a coffee roaster.
Store your coffee beans in a airtight container (avoid plastic) in a dark place.
Grind your beans just before brewing.

Since most of us would get ground coffee from supermarkets,
just transfer your coffee to an airtight container and keep in a dark place.

Pat Lobb Toyota of McKinney

We received a letter saying that we've won one of the 4 prices (Corolla, $10,000, 3 days 2 nights vacation package and 4 golden coins).
First thought come to mind, we'll check out the new cars and get the 4 golden coins for my kids to play with since I thought they can't be giving out more than 1 for each of the top 3 prizes.

To my surprise, they gave out the 3days 2 nights package.
When we got home, we called the number on the booklet and the person told me that it is actually a timeshare promotion deal. Meaning you have to spend half a day attending a presentation from the resort to get the 2 hotel night free. In other words, they're trying to sell you the timeshare. This should NOT be given out as a prize. Everyone can get this from the timeshare resorts. I believe Pat Lobb Toyota of McKinney will get paid if people attend the presentation and buy the timeshare. Now I'm wondering if the Corolla and $10,000 prizes are real.

Shame on Pat Lobb Toyota of McKinney. They should have known better.

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Fort Worth Botanical Gardens (Fort Worth, TX)

Fort Worth Botanical Garden - Japanese

This is a must see in the Dallas Fort Worth area, especially the Japanese Garden. Their 'Garden Center' is totally free. Nice rose garden, Cactus garden, four season garden water fountains,  pond filled with many Koi fish and turtles and more. All for free.

For $4-$4.50/adult and $3/Children (4-12 yrs., under 4 free), you have a beautiful Japanese Garden. This is probably one of the best ones that I have been to in the US. Everything is well maintained and taken care of. My 4 yr old boy loved feeding the Koi fish (a lot of them and they're all giants :-) ) and had great time taking pictures of the place.  He keeps reminding us how much he loves Japanese Garden and want us to bring him back to feed the fish.

Website:

http://fwbg.org/

Fort Worth Botanical Garden - Japanese 

Address:
3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107

Phone:
(817) 871-7686

VL Rating: Excellence

Fort Worth Botanical Garden - Japanese

If you want to go to the Japanese Garden (other gardens are just a few minute walking distance nearby), when going north on University Dr. from 30, turn left on the first Fort Worth Botanical Garden entrance (Rock Spring rd). They just put up the gate so the street sign is not very clear. Keep going until you see a Japanese Garden Ln on your right.

Fort Worth Botanical Garden - Japanese

Fort Worth Botanical Garden - Japanese

Fort Worth Botanical Garden - Japanese - Koi Fish

Fort Worth Botanical Garden

Fort Worth Botanical Garden

Fort Worth Botanical Garden

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Tablets and iPad Specification Comparison

Tablets shipping with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) are officially here. MOTOROLA XOOM was the first tablet to use Android 3.0. ASUS has just follow suite with the Eee Pad Transformer TF101. See how they stack up to the iPad 2 in the specification comparison table below.

Specifications:
	ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101	MOTOROLA XOOM	iPad 2
Display	10.1" IPS Panel with LED Backlighting, 1280x800 resolution, 10 finger multi-touch support, scratch resistant glass	10.1-in.; WXGA (1280x 800 pixels; 150 pixels / inch), HD 720	9.7" LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology 1024-by-768-pixel; 132 pixels/inch (ppi), Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
Operating system	Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)	Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)	iOS 4
Platform	NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 (1GHz Dual Core)	NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 (1GHz Dual Core)	1GHz dual-core Apple A5 custom-designed
Memory	1 GB	1GB	512MB
Storage	16GB /32GB + Unlimited ASUS WebStorage	32GB	16GB/32GB/64GB
Wireless	802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR	802.11 a/b/g/n, Stereo Bluetooth® technology 2.1+EDR+H	802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Network	3G (Optional in Certain Locales)	3G, 4G LTE upgradeable, 802.11n w/Personal Hotspot	3G
Camera	1.2MP (front), 5MP Auto focus (rear)	Autofocus 2MP (front) and 5MP (rear)	front and back
Audio Jack/Microphone	2-in-1 3.5 mm Audio Jack (Head Phone / Mic-in)	3.5 mm Headset jack, Built-in microphone,	3.5 mm Headset jack, Built-in microphone
Speaker	Yes	Yes	Yes
SD Card Reader	1x Micro SD Card Reader	1xmicroSDHC card (support after software update)	NO
USB Port	NO	Micro USB	NO
HDMI	1x mini HDMI 1.3a	HDMI out	required Apple Digital AV Adapter
Sensor	G-Sensor, Light Sensor, Gyroscope, E-compass, GPS	eCompass, aGPS (assisted) with Google Maps™, Google Latitude™, Google Maps Street View, Proximity, ambient light, barometer, gyroscope	Digital Compass, aGPS, Three-axis gyro, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
Flash support	Yes (required upgrade)	Yes (required upgrade)	NO
Multi-tasking	Yes	Yes	NO
Battery	9.5 hours; 24.4Wh Li-polymer Battery 16 hours with dock	10 hours; 24Wh Li-polymer Battery	10 hours; 25Wh Li-polymer Battery
Size	10.6x6.9x0.51”	9.8x6.6x0.5	9.5x7.31x0.34
Weight	1.49lbs (w/ battery)	1.5lbs (WiFi) 1.6lbs (3G)	1.33lbs (Wi-Fi) 1.35 pounds (Wi-Fi + 3G model) 1.34 pounds (Wi-Fi + 3G for Verizon model)
Materials and Finish		Anodized aluminum and soft touch	aluminum and glass enclosure
MSRP (Wi-Fi only)	$399 (16GB), $499 (32GB)	$599 (32GB)	$499 (16GB), $599 (32GB), $699 (64GB)
MSRP (Wi-Fi + 3G)		$799.99 (32GB)	$629 (16GB), $729 (32GB), $829 (64GB)

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