Warm Up the Night! Patio Heaters and Fire Pits
In some areas right now, the weather is ideal for sitting outside in the evening -- the bugs have gone and the sky is clear -- but the nights are chilly. Don't let the cool evenings send you inside -- extend your outdoor living season by heating your deck or patio. Different heaters are available for different needs and circumstances. A heater will be powered by propane, natural gas, alcohol-gel, electricity, wood, or wood substitutes such as charcoal or artificial logs. Depending on the size and the heat source, they may warm only a small space or heat a party-size yard.
For all heating units to perform optimally, they will need the right location. The ideal site is a combination of walls or fences (to radiate the heat back into your space) and overhead structures that will prevent the wind from blowing directly through your selected area. Here are some tips for effective and safe use:
- Wood-burning fireplaces and fire pits are generally the least expensive to buy and to operate. Check for zoning ordinances to be sure that you can burn wood on your property. Some municipalities allow wood burning in a small chimenea unit, but will not approve a built-in or dug fire pit.
Wood-burning units range from small collapsible units on wheels for easy portability to huge built-in concrete fireplaces. If you are permitted to burn wood, you are sure to find a unit to suit your needs!
- If you have a pottery fireplace, or chimenea, use it cautiously as these units are lightweight and reasonably fragile. To keep the fire from getting hot enough to break the chimenea, it's best to use kindling-size wood.
- Many wood-burning units have optional cooking grills so your fire can do double duty warming your toes and your tummy. Try this yummy "pizza" recipe, cooked up in campfire irons.
- Any open fire is a potential hazard. Keep any overhead sparks from tree branches or patio overheads, and be sure to teach children proper fire safety.
- Natural gas heaters are easy to use but are usually built in and, although bottled gas may be purchased, are best limited to those areas that have natural gas service.
- Propane heaters can be economical to operate.
Depending on the heat output level you set, a standard propane tank can provide 10-12 hours of heat.
- Propane-powered "mushroom" or "umbrella" heaters (so called because of their shape) are the best choice for heating large areas. They radiate warming rays from the top cylinder and provide a comfort zone of 12 - 20 feet in diameter. The propane tank is hidden in the bottom of the unit. It's a good idea to put these units away when not in use as they can be sensitive to the elements.
Smaller tabletop units are also available.
- Although electric heat is usually the most expensive, there are a few electric heaters designed specifically for outdoor use. Be sure that any heater that is left outside is rated as such.
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Guidant Pacemaker Recall
On July 19, 2005 Guidant Corporation have recalled many pacemakers because of a potentially fatal flaw in nine units of their devices. The company says there have been 69 units from these groups that have undergone some sort of failure. Between 1997 and 2000, 78,000 pacemakers were manufactured and all are suspected to have this defect. Over 18,000 of these pacemakers are still in use today in the United States.Guidant Pacemakers are small devices implanted into the patient's chest. There is a wire that connects directly to the heart which regulates the heartbeat by the means of subtle yet continuous electric shocks.
These Guidant pacemakers have a malfunctioning hermetic seal that might cause moisture to seep in and damage the unit. There has been at least one death thought to be related to this feature. The units being recalled are the Pulsar Max, Pulsar, Discovery, Discovery II, Meridian, Virtus Plus II, Intelis II, Contak TR and the Pulsar Max II.Because of this critical failure...
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FastServers.Net to offer HELM Control Panel on Windows Dedicated Servers
FastServers.Net a leading Linux and Windows dedicated server provider, has announced today that it will offer the Helm? Control Panel as part of their managed dedicated server platform.
The Helm? Control Panel offers the ability to distribute service across multiple dedicated servers, increasing performance and reliability.
With this new partnership FastServers.Net will offer Helm Control Panel at a monthly fee to customers who purchase dedicated server hosting or colocation service.???? Using Helm? server administrators will easily be able to provision new services, reduce setup times, and offer full featured Windows based hosting on either a single or multi-server solution.
"Two of the deciding factors for going with Helm? was the increase in customers demand and the need for a multi-server solution, " said Aaron Phillips, vice president of FastServers.Net.
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Save $$$ With Tankless Water Heaters
Hot water heating accounts for about 20% (or more) of the average North American household's annual energy costs. With energy prices rising day by day it is becoming important to take a closer look at where the money is going.
The average yearly cost for a conventional gas or electric storage hot water heater is approximately $500 for a 1300sq.ft. 4 member family
home. It lowers or increases depending on how many people live in the house and on their particular water usage habits.
Conventional hot water heaters store water and maintain the water temperature to the temperature setting on the tank - usually between 120? and 140? F.
That means keeping water hot even when you do not need it - while you are at work; while you are sleeping;
while you are away on holidays.
These "standby" losses represent 15% to 25% of a household's annual water heating costs.
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(ContentDesk) December 30, 2005 -- The benefits of XML based RSS feeds have been reported as providing a readily accessible gateway to content located in even the deepest levels of a website and allowing others to syndicate content whilst in return providing links back to the source website.These benefits have the knock-on effect of making content more easily accessible by search engine spiders whilst the additional back links provide increased link popularity in the eyes and algorithms of the likes of Google, Yahoo and MSN search engines.
All other factors being equal, increased link popularity has been shown to improve search engine rankings. In light of these benefits and the growing trend of syndicated content such as blogging, more and more website software features RSS or XML feed functionality.
For dynamically generated websites, XML based feeds can often be created automatically.
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Successful people have always had clear, focused goals that guided them to greatness. Thomas Edison was determined to create the electric light bulb. "Lucky" Lindbergh was determined to reach Paris, and bet his life on it. Michelle Kwan had a goal to be the best skater in the world. Oprah Winfrey was an abused child who determined to make life better.Successful people always have clear goals.
Great musicians, great athletes, successful salespeople and inspiring leaders know what they want in life, and they go after it. Great parents work at it. No one becomes an astronaut by accident!And yet the great bulk of people continue to drift through life with no goals at all, or with only vague dreams, hopes and wishes. No wonder we achieve so much less than we could! For those who don't know how to set and achieve goals, here is a powerful set of principles that have worked for thousands of my clients. They will work for you, too.
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KUA Employee Honored For 40 Years of Service
????KISSIMMEE, Fla., April 23, 6:30 pm - An employee of Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) was honored Wednesday evening for 40 years of service to the utility.????Journey back to April 1963. John F. Kennedy was President, the Beatles were taking Britain by storm, "Lawrence of Arabia" had just received the Academy Award for Best Picture, the Dodgers would defeat the Yankees in the World Series, and a first class postage stamp was 5 cents. And 19-year-old William N. "Bill" Groover went to work as a groundman at Kissimmee's electric utility making $1.30 an hour.
????Back then, the utility had two line crews and one bucket truck which were dispatched out of a makeshift garage located at the back end of the utility's lakefront power plant. The crews literally knew every customer on the system by name. "If you told us an address, we didn't know where it was," explained Groover. "There was a better chance of us finding it if we knew your name."????Over the next four decades, Groover...
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Secured Loans Tips
Here are some useful secured loans tips. Secured loans enable most homeowners to borrow capital against the value of their property. A secured loan is where the amount you borrow is secured against the value of your home. This is a loan that's secured on your property, which, if you already have a mortgage is also known as a second charge. So, providing you have equity in your home and can afford the repayments, the chances are you will be able to borrow against it.
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Bunk Bed Basics
Bunk beds are a great way to fit two beds into a smaller space, or to maximize the floor space of a shared room. There are now bunk beds available with storage drawers, roll out mattresses and even some that double as desks and workstations. All the additional amenities that bunk beds now offer are certainly something to be considered, but nothing is more important when purchasing a bunk bed than safety. Know what to look for and you will get a great looking bunk bed that serves its purpose. There...
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