Do you blindly stumble into the kitchen early in the morning and fumble for your coffee cup as you wait for your first sip of coffee to get you awake and started for the day?  Maybe you’re one of those people who can’t make it through the day without their usual number of cups or they get a headache if they try to do without.

Caffeine is a stimulant that provides energy for many people and it is found in many foods and drinks that are consumed each day.  However, if you truly feel like you need to extra bolt of energy, there are natural alternatives that have fewer long-term effects than caffeine.

Green Tea

One of the most popular alternatives to coffee is green tea.  Besides having a somewhat lower amount of caffeine in it, it has many other benefits.  It contains nutrients to help fight diseases and it can increase a person’s metabolism to help them lose weight.  Many advocates say that it increases a person’s level of energy, but in a quieter way than coffee.  There isn’t that rush and jitteriness and then drained feeling that you often get with too much coffee.

It’s always a challenge to find new records, what with work, social obligations, children, and life in general getting in the way. Thankfully, online music engines abound on the Internet for the super-busy person. Before you get too overwhelmed with today’s gargantuan music selection, explore some of these helpful sites to discover your new favorite artists. 

1 – Tune into Online Radio Stations

Twenty years ago you may have turned on the radio in your car to discover new music. With online radio sites like Pandora and Last.fm, you can tune into a station that plays music according to your tastes. To use these services, all you have to do is type in one artist, for example, “Prince.” The site will then configure a playlist based on the music styling of the artist or song you chose. It’s is a great way to get introduced to artists you may have never heard of, with very little effort or research on your part. 

The gates have opened, but the flood hasn’t started. Bottlenecked foreclosures, locked up in the aftermath of the robo-signing scandal, are slowly trickling down the mainline. The past six months, at least since the release of 2011 numbers of foreclosed home sales, saw a lot of predictions of the housing market becoming paralyzed as foreclosures unfroze. 

According to new data released by LPS Applied Analytics, some of those early predictions were, in fact, incorrect. Foreclosure inventory remains near the historic highs seen at the end of 2010. Also in the report, even though first-time foreclosure starts in March hit a five-month high, newly started foreclosures were still down 31.1 percent from the same time last year—signs of an improving market. Mortgage delinquencies continue to decline, reaching the lowest level since 2008. Another positive turn, the number of homeowners who recently (within the past 6 months) defaulted on mortgage payments is down by 6.7 percent. 

Another analysis by CoreLogic found that foreclosure inventory is at it’s lowest since 2009, and that there were 69,000 completed foreclosures in March 2012, compared to 85,000 last year. Forty-nine percent of foreclosures completed this year occurred across five states: California, Florida, Michigan, Arizona, and Texas. These numbers are promising signs for Arizona and California, states that endured some of the worst market turmoil.

UFC is rapidly evolving into one of the most beloved and exciting sports in the world. Fans love the unpredictability and surprising finishes that are unique to mixed martial arts. Here's a look at the most exciting UFC fights in the short history of the sport.

The First UFC Fight

While it didn’t receive the attention that many other fights have gotten since, the first night of the UFC title fights began a movement.  Royce Gracie fought three fights that evening to take the first ever title and to give credence to an underground movement.  His final fight was against Gerard Gordeau, who had just defeated Teila Tuli earlier in the evening to make it to the last match.  Gracie easily took this fight and became the first UFC champion.

UFC 31

This event had several notable fights, but one of the best remembered was Chuck Liddell against Kevin Randleman.  The bout only lasted 78 seconds and developed Liddell as a favorite with fans of the UFC.  The most shocking event of the night was when Matt Serra was knocked out by Shonie Carter after he had been leading the bout the entire time.

While the iPad does many things that users love, they don’t have windowed apps to make it easy to multitask. Apple has always focused on full screen apps, which makes it difficult to switch from one app to another. Now iPad owners have that option if they have a jailbroken device.

For those who are not familiar with jailbreaking, it is a process where you change the iOS so that it can accept applications that are not from the App Store. This allows users to download apps from third-party providers that improve and enhance their device.

What is Quasar?

Quasar is an app developed by Pedro Franceschi that allows users to work with multiple apps, simultaneously. It lets you resize windows so you can see several at once, and they can all be running at the same time. You can also drag the windows around and place them where they are most convenient. This could be beneficial if you are using one window to accomplish something on another.

Another benefit of Quasar is that it improves iPhone apps on the iPad. Normally these apps do not take advantage of the iPad’s larger screen, but that is not a problem with Quasar. It is easy to switch between full-sized and reduced apps.