How to prepare green tea?

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• 1 Jamil Ji // Apr, 2008

  here u r

  http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Chinese-Green-Tea

  good luck

• 2 LoooooooL // Apr, 2008

  Buy Lipton

• 3 lalalalalalalala // Apr, 2008

  Cultural attitudes

  Today, in many countries, especially in much of the Western world, it is more common for women than men to shave off their underarm hair regularly for aesthetic reasons, a practice that may be connected to the overall body hair distribution of sexes. Prevalence of this practice varies widely, though. Some Western women sport a stubble as a mark of defiance against imposed cultural mores. In some East European countries as well as China, underarm shaving is less common and is not considered aesthetically necessary.

  Religious reasons and personal cleanliness requirements are sometimes cited; in Islamic culture, both men and women practice the removal of underarm hair for reasons of cleanliness. Underarm hair does provide increased surface area on which the bacteria can thrive, although deodorants and antiperspirants have come to counterbalance these issues to a great extent.

  Competitive swimmers remove all body hair, including underarms, to make their bodies more streamlined before taking part in races. It is also common amongst bodybuilders and in erotica for aesthetic reasons.

  [edit] History of underarm hair removal
  First advertisement for depilatory powder in "Harper's Bazar" from 1915.
  First advertisement for depilatory powder in "Harper's Bazar" from 1915.

  In the West, the practice began around 1915 in the US and UK, when one or more magazines showed a woman in a dress with shaved underarms. Regular shaving became feasible with the introduction of the safety razor at the beginning of the 20th century. While underarm shaving was quickly adopted in English speaking countries, especially in the US and Canada, it did not become widespread on the Continent of Europe until well after WWII.[1]

  [edit] Effects of shaving

  It is a commonly believed myth that shaving hair will cause it to grow thicker over time.[2] There is nothing about the practice of shaving that produces new follicles for hair to grow out of; this myth most likely persists because stubble does not taper like hair that is allowed to grow long and because short hairs feel coarser than longer hairs of the same thickness. Armpit hair removal must be performed more frequently than leg shaving, as underarm hair grows faster than leg hair. The armpit area can darken over a period of time and even with a close shave, an "evening shadow" may be visible. Because hair under the skin can contribute to a dark appearance of the underarm, waxing, by removing the hair from the root, can effectively reduce this darkness.[3]

  [edit] Appearance of underarm hair in puberty

  A 2006 study of 15,000 Americans aged 11-18 gave the following results:[citation needed]
  Age % with some growth % with full growth
  11 3 <1
  12 13 <1
  13 42 8
  14 77 21
  15 96 48
  16 99 81
  17 >99 90
  18 >99 95
  Gustave Courbet: The Bather (1868)
  Gustave Courbet: The Bather (1868)

  The survey concluded that nearly all 15-year-olds have underarm hair, and 4 of 5 Americans begin to grow hair under their arms at 13 or 14. Most have underarm hair that is adult in quantity at age 16, but 20% do not until 17 or 18.

  [edit] Axillary hair in art

  The axillary hair in art is usually removed; not doing so was a mark of modernism. This is in contrast to the depiction of pubic hair in art. Rarely, pubic hair was portrayed in art created in the Middle Ages. Depiction of pubic hair gradually became more common in the Renaissance, and quite frequent in modern times.[4]

• 4 canoesnip1 // Apr, 2008

  My husband loves when I make him a pitcher of iced green tea. It keeps him going throughout the day. I boil water in a sauce pan and add about 10 green tea tea bags. I let it boil for about 5-10 minutes (the longer you let it boil, the stronger the flavor). In the meantime, I add about 3 T sugar (he doesn't like it too sweet, but you can surely add more), over a tray of ice cubes in a pitcher. Strain the tea bags and pour the tea into your pitcher. I usually squirt in some lemon and lime juice. I fill the rest of the pitcher with some sort of citrus juice (usually orange). He loves it.

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