- 2010
- Jul
- 28
Home made wrinkle remover
This is an article from free-beauty-tips.comabout a home made wrinkle remover
Green Thompson seedless grapes! It has one of the ingredients in those big time expensive wrinkle creams.
All you do is cut a grape in half and gently crush it on your face and neck. Make sure that you get the “crows-feet” and the lines around your mouth. Leave it on for twenty minutes or so and rinse with tepid water and pat dry.
Repeat every day and before you know it… those nasty old lines will be hard to find!
Don’t forget to drink at least 8 glasses of water daily. And… eat veggies rich in Vitamin A, such as carrots, celery and spinach. If you can, get 8 hours of sleep every night.
- 2010
- Jun
- 7
I need a CD Stand
I might need a CD stand or counter displays to manage all my CD/DVD collection. There are a lot of CD’s and DVD’s just lying around in my room and my mother is pretty upset about this. We argue over this most of the time. She claims that I make a mess of all the stuff in the house. Well she is mostly correct - I just can’t make my mind to throw away most of the stuff that I have collected over the years. I am very much emotional about them.
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- 2009
- Jan
- 12
Home Theater Seating
Whether you have just installed a fancy new home theater in a box from Denon or Sony, or you are simply excited about a more comfortable and ergonomic TV watching experience, here are some tips for constructing an ideal home theater seating setup. First, bear in mind that there are numerous types of seats, including rockers, loungers, and traditional furniture adapted to theater watching.
Typically, single and dual chairs are often priced higher than rows (three pieces or more interlocked) because it is easier (per unit) to mass-produce theater seating. Legacy theater seats can be bolted to the floor using butterfly screws, such as the Tapcon screw. Loungers and rockers can be moved around for your viewing convenience.
Where should you set up your home theater seating? Experts recommend taking a measurement of the diagonal length of your HDTV or movie screen. Double this length, and then measure from the base of your screen out into the viewing area. Center your seating. Once you have made these measurements, connect your audio system accordingly, so that you do not distort the sound field by putting any one speaker too close to the sitting area.
Once you have decided your sweet spot, it is time to shop fabrics and consider ergonomic choices. Leather, suede, and velour fabric options are all available. Assembling, un-boxing, and installing your own theater seats can take at least half a day, so be prepared to invest the time. Since there are practically no showrooms in the world designed to house theater seats, your best bet is to find well-priced theater furniture on the Internet.
- 2008
- Dec
- 28
Fire Door
A fire door is a type of door, or barrier used as a passive fire protection item within buildings to prevent the spread of fire or smoke which may consist of dangerous chemicals. It is usually the only means of allowing people to pass through a fire-resistance rated wall assembly.
Fire doors are made of a combination of materials, such as:
* timber
* steel
* gypsum (as an endothermic fill)
* vermiculite-boards
Apart from the door leaf (the swinging panel of the door) there is the door frame which also has to meet fire rated regulations, intumescent strips, smoke seals, door hardware and the structure that holds the fire door assembly in place. Together, these components form an assembly, typically called a “doorset” which holds an hourly rating.
All of the components of the fire door assembly must bear a listing agencies label to ensure the components have been tested to meet the fire rating requirements.
Door Hardware
Door hardware includes, but is not limited to:
manual or automatic closing devices
* locks
* latches
* hinges
* door sweeps
* thresholds
Edges of a fire door usually need to have fire rated seals which can be composed of:
* An intumescent strip, which expands when exposed to heat
* Neoprene weatherstripping
* Smoke gasketing to prevent the passage of smoke
Intumescent seals are crucial in the fire performance of a fire resisting door set and as such the correct seal should always be used as these products differ in chemical composition, expansion rate, expansion volume and charring characteristics.
Some fire doors are equipped with internal windows which also have a rating, or have been incorporated at the time of the door test and be subject to the overall door’s product certification. Fire-resistive windows must remain intact under fire conditions and hose stream impact resistance, and can include:
* wire mesh glass
* liquid sodium silicate fills between two window panes
* ceramic glasses
* borosilicate glass
Wired glass typically withstands the fire, whereas the sodium silicate liquid also acts to insulate heat transfer, due to the endothermic action of this chemical.
Combustibility
Fire doors are not necessarily all noncombustible. A fire door is but one of many passive fire protection components used to compartmentalise fire and thus keep it in the compartment of origin, so either it runs out of fuel or it is extinguished, or, at the very least, enough time has been bought to enable evacuation of the building.
Fire door failure
Fire doors are sometimes rendered unable to provide its listed fire resistance by ignorance of the intended use and associated restrictions and requirements, or by inappropriate use. For example, fire doors are sometimes blocked open, or carpets are run through them, which would allow the fire to travel past the fire barrier in which the door is placed. The door’s certification markings are displayed both on the door leaves and the fire door frames, and should not be removed or painted over. Such neglect is the responsibility of the building owner, who should educate occupants on the safe use of all safety related items, to ensure fire safety and compliance with the fire code.
Sometimes fire doors have apparently very large gaps at the foot of them, an inch or two even, allowing air movement, especially in dormitory facilities. This can lead the occupants of a building to question their status as ‘real’ fire doors. Testing of fire doors include a maximum door undercut of 3/4 inch. Corridors have a fire rating of one hour or less, and the fire doors in them are required by code to have a fire rating of 1/2 or 1/3 hr, the intent of which is mainly to restrict smoke travel.
Normal operation
Most fire doors should be kept closed at all times, however some are designed to stay open under normal circumstances, only to shut automatically or manually in the event of a fire. Whichever method is used, the door’s movement should never be impaired by a doorstop or other obstacle. Proper intumescent and smoke-seal bounding of fire doors should be routinely checked and ensured, as should the action of the door closer and latch.
Some fire doors are held open with an electromagnetic coil, which may be wired to a fire alarm system via relays. If the power fails or the fire alarm is activated, the power to the coil is cut and the door closes on its own.
Rated fire doors are tested to withstand a fire for a specified period. There are 20, 30, 45, 60 and 90-minute-rated fire doors that are certified by an approved laboratory (e.g. Underwriters Laboratories). The certification only applies if all parts of the installation are correctly specified and installed. For example, fitting the wrong kind of glazing may severely reduce the door’s fire resistance period.
Construction and Installation issues
As well as ensuring the door is hung properly and squarely, it is also very important that where a fire door is installed, any gaps left in the opening between the wall and the door frame must be properly filled with fire resisting material.
Architect’s responsibility
In building design drawings with poor identification of which walls do in fact have a fire-resistance rating, it is often necessary to check the door schedule in the specifications to be able to trace what walls are rated and how long they are rated for. This is an indicative sign about the architect and the degree of care taken particularly with items relating to passive fire protection. To avoid confusion about any fire protection measures including fire doors, it is best for the architect to provide a separate set of drawings that clearly outlines which walls and floor have a fire-resistance rating and exactly what that rating is. It is also important to point out especially which walls are firewalls and which walls and/or floors are designated as occupancy separations, as the nature of passive fire protection devices that must be used in those special cases can be substantially different from such devices that are used in ordinary fire separations.
- 2008
- Dec
- 14
Top Fat Burners
The following is an extract from bodybuilding.com written by doggiejoe.
Oh ephedra, ephedra, where is my ephedra? It’s been well over a year since you were able to purchase ephedra legally over the counter. The loss was a huge one and nearly took out the heart of the supplement world. But we got through it. Yes, ladies and gentleman, we got through it. Later on in this article you’ll see the products that helped us get over the loss of ephedra.
Without the benefit of ephedra, supplement companies were left with no option but to create new fat burning products. The initial fat burners that came out after the ban weren’t that great to say the least. The leading brands Xenadrine and Hydroxycut from the ephedra era produced some disappointing post-ephedra supplements. They had everyone believing that their post ephedra products were going to be just as good or better than the original. Boy, were we fooled.
That led everyone to believe that without ephedra there wouldn’t be another best fat burner that actually worked. But with the loss of ephedra, it also brought about new exciting ingredients to light.
Here are some of the ingredients that came to light:
Green Tea Extract
Green tea came from China, and is said to have been used for thousands of years. It was never really regarded as a fat loss agent until ephedra was banned. Green tea is a very versatile ingredient that can be used by the body in many different ways.
It also works as an anti-inflammatory. What has been overlooked is its effectiveness in also reducing fat in your body. It is a great ingredient to cut down on fat and is even better for your overall health. It is also good at giving you energy throughout the day, so you can replace your regular coffee with green tea.
R-ALA
R-ALA is the purest form of ALA (Alpha-Lipoic-Acid). What it does, is that it speeds the removal of sugar from the blood. It’s quickly turning into a widely used fat loss ingredient.
It also works for energy because it helps break down sugar for the production of ATP, which helps your body go. This helps carbs be used as energy and not be stored as fat. It even works as an anti-aging product and it is also proven to expand your total lifespan.
CLA
Basically CLA is a fatty acid that in turn helps you lose fat. It is naturally occurring and can be found in meat and diary products. Not only will CLA help you naturally burn off fat, but it will also build muscle. CLA is also proven to improve your food intake efficiency. Not only can CLA make you lose fat, but also once you dropped the amount of weight you desire it will help you maintain that weight. In some studies it shows to even improve concentration and sleep.