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Worst Allergy Cities

Spring break has ended yesterday. That means spring allergies have begun!! I have been experience spring allergies every year except the first couple years when I moved to Mobile, AL. It could get worse than you can imagine. I sneezed like hundreds times per day. My eyes was red and itchy all the time. I felt exhausted. Sometimes the allergy medicine couldn’t help.

 

Spring allergy affects different part of the US. It depends on many factors, such as location, types of grasses, plants and flowers in that city, and also the nature of geography. I found an interesting article about the top 100 worst allergy cities for spring allergies. And.. guess what… Mobile, AL is in the list!! It’s on #12!! You can read how this list is computed by visit this article.

 

Complete List of 2008 Spring Allergy Capitals

1. Lexington, Ky.

2. Greensboro, N.C.

3. Johnson City, Tenn.

4. Augusta, Ga.

5. Jackson, Miss.

6. Knoxville, Tenn.

7. Birmingham, Ala.

8. New Orleans

9. Little Rock, Ark.

10. San Diego

11. Oklahoma City

12. Mobile, Ala.

13. South Bend, Ind.

14. Omaha, Neb.

15. Stockton, Calif.

16. McAllen, Texas

17. Greenville, S.C.

18. Nashville, Tenn.

19. Tulsa, Okla.

20. Harrisburg, Pa.

21. Louisville, Ky.

22. Dallas-Fort Worth

23. Charlotte, N.C.

24. Tampa, Fla.

25. Philadelphia

26. St. Louis

27. Scranton, Pa.

28. Lansing, Mich.

29. Madison, Wis.

30. Rochester, N.Y.

31. Daytona Beach, Fla.

32. Memphis

33. 34Milwaukee, Wis.

34. Norfolk, Va.

35. Pensacola, Fla.

36. Charleston, S.C.

37. Cleveland

38. Indianapolis

39. Houston

40. Lakeland, Fla.

41. Baltimore

42. Sacramento, Calif.

43. Columbia, S.C.

44. Kansas City, Mo.

45. New York

46. San Antonio

47. Allentown, Pa.

48. Wichita, Kan.

49. Albuquerque, N.M.

50. Baton Rouge, La.

51. Washington, D.C.

52. Providence, R.I.

53. Fort Wayne, Ind.

54. Austin, Texas

55. Canton, Ohio

56.Atlanta

57. Kalamazoo, Mich.

58. Chattanooga, Tenn.

59. Boston

60. Detroit

61. Grand Rapids, Mich.

62. Hartford, Conn.

63. Denver

64. Dayton, Ohio

65. Tucson, Ariz.

66. Buffalo, N.Y.

67. Des Moines, Iowa

68. Syracuse, N.Y.

69. Salt Lake City

70. Minneapolis-St. Paul

71. Cincinnati

72. Columbus, Ohio

73. Chicago

74. Boise City, Idaho

75. Albany, N.Y.

76. El Paso, Texas

77. Richmond, Va.

78. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.

79. Las Vegas

80. Jacksonville, Fla.

81. Melbourne, Fla.

82. Pittsburgh

83. Miami

84. Toledo, Ohio

85. Modesto, Calif.

86. Los Angeles

87. Springfield, Mass.

88. Youngstown, Ohio

89. Colorado Springs, Colo.

90. Seattle

91. Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.

92. Fresno, Calif.

93. Portland, Ore.

94. Fort Myers, Fla.

95. Orlando, Fla.

96. Lancaster, Pa.

97. Sarasota, Fla.

98. Bakersfield, Calif.

99. San Francisco

100. Spokane, Wash.

Samsung Netbook and Notebook

If you live in the US, you would rarely or never see a Samsung notebook or netbook. I, too, never see one or heard of it. So, when I read news about Samsung’s new netbooks, I was like… wait a minute…I have no clue that Samsung produces a laptop. Apparently, yes, Samsung does and Samsung has been in the laptop market for years.

 

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But, why don’t we see any Samsung laptop at Bestbuy, Circuitcity (it has already been shutdown), and other major stores in the US? I’ve just learned that Samsung has been supplying parts and some laptops to other brand names (i.e., Dell), so Samsung has not been allowed to sell any laptop under its name.

 

 

Samsung laptop has been selling in UK, Europe, and Asia. If you want one, you have to buy outside the US. Nevertheless, things start to change. I saw Samsung netbook and notebook sold in NewEgg.com. I also read the news that Samsung is coming to the US. After Samsung released NC10, a 10-inch netbook, last year to the market, it got a very good reviews. It’s become a very strong competitor in netbook market. Samsung’ s also just released a new model NC20, 12-inch netbook in Korea. It looks so nice and also receives good feedback. The news said it would come the the US in March or April with the price tag under $500.

 

You can read review of NC10 and N20.

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