Harvey Danger Flagpole Sitta

The dryer vent pipe is an often overlooked fire hazard and energy eater. Moisture and lint can gather in the folds causing a potential fire hazard and restricting air flow making your dryer run longer consuming more natural gas and electricity. I see over 200 houses every year and one of the most common and potentially dangerous problems are incorrect dryer vents.

You need to replace your dryer vent pipe if it

is made of flexible plastic or foil 
has more than two 90 degree elbows 
is more than 12 feet long 
uses metal screws 
the laundry area is moist, humid and covered in lint

Flexible foil or plastic vent pipe looks like the arms on the robot from the TV show Lost In Space. People use these because they are so easy to install. Every turn or elbow will slow the exhaust air. Longer lengths will cause moisture in the air to condense giving lint a chance to catch and build up in the pipe. The longer length will also make your dryer work harder. The sharp point of metal screws in the pipe will catch lint. If there are leaks in the pipe the added humidity will provide a perfect environment for mold and mildew growth and Carbon Monoxide will also be pumped into your house if you have a gas dryer. Asthma and allergy sufferers should pay special attention to the dryer vent pipe.

A proper dryer vent will

be made of solid metal pipe
not have more than two 90 degree elbows
not be more than 12 feet long (check local building codes at your city building inspection department)
use metal tape to seal and secure all joints

All the supplies and tools can be bought at the local hardware store. Aluminum pipe is much easier to work with. It comes flat for cutting and then is rolled so one edge can be inserted into the other crimped edge. Pre-made elbows are used. The pipe and elbows both have one end crimped so you can fit the smaller crimped end into the larger non-crimped end.

The metal tape has a backing that peels off and sticks to the pipe holding it securely. You will need to buy tin snips or aviation side-cutters (this type looks like it has a 45 degree bend and will keep your hands above the material) and a crimping tool to reduce the diameter of cut edges. Remember to fit the small end of the pipe into the large end so the edges do not block air flow and catch lint inside the pipe!

I once saw a condominium with a vent pipe that was over 30 feet in length. You may have to move the dryer across the basement near an outside wall which would mean the gas and electric supplies will have to be altered by a licensed contractor. Homes with first or second floor laundries may need special attention. And never exhaust the dryer into a garage or attic!

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, just for a moment. How many of you have ever read Harvey Penick’s “The Little Red Book” or how many have ever read Ben Hogan’s “Five Lessons The Modern Fundementals of Golf”?

If there ever were golf swing instructions that struck the nail on the head , these two books did the trick. Now, don’t get me wrong here, I am not selling these books, but you can still get them if you want at almost any book store.

But for golf swing instruction these gave some insight as to what actually works.

Here is an example of how to get a visual of the proper club head path and almost automatically get on the correct plane.

In Hogan’s book he talks about swinging under the plane. The Plane is a sheet of glass with a hole cut into it so that your head can go into the hole. The glass then extends down to the target line, the bottom of the glass sits on the target line while the other end sits on your shoulders with you head through the hole.

This visual gives you the exact plane you should have based on how you are set up, that is your spine angle that will ultimately set the swing plane angle.

Now you must swing under the glass so that you don’t break it.

This simple thought and visual coupled with knowing that proper club head path leads to excellent attack angles to the and through the golf ball.

Another excellent thought is the position of the right elbow both on the backswing and on the downswing. On the backswing the right elbow should point exactly down to the ground, this puts the right forearm in a perpendicular position to the ground and at a right angle to your bicep. Your upper arm or bicep should be parallel to the ground.

While this is happening you have to make sure that you are getting a good shoulder turn. It won’t help to have the right arm in a perfect position and not have a good shoulder turn.

Now the downswing – start the downswing be literally slamming your right elbow directly into your right hip. Straight down and do this hard and fast. Push with the right hand or pull with the left hand , either will work. While you are slamming your right elbow into your right hip , you will be bumping forward with your left hip. This is a lateral move and is one of Harvey Penicks ” Magic Moves” He suggests that you actually start the swing with this bump to the left and that this move will help bring your right elbow into it’s proper position.

Try it both ways… see what kind of results you get. And use what works for you.

If you do it right your swing plane and path will improve instantly as you will hit the ball crisply and very very solid.

President Obama is continually on TV. He never stops talking. But is he adding anything to the political process? Is anything getting done?

I realize that the Republicans are not going to give him “one inch.” They have only one objective and that is to cripple him and then run him out of town on a rail. They have made no bones about that. If they help him to pass legislation that benefits the American People, he will get credit that they do not want him to have.

As long as we have the two party system, nothing will be done correctly if one party controls both the House and the Senate. I’m for getting rid of the political parties. Let the states elect representatives that represent the people, not a political party. Being a member of a political party turns you in to a puppet.

So much for original thought!

It looks to me that all that President Obama cares about is his ratings. The more they go down, the more he gets on TV and jabbers away. He never, to me, says anything of significance.

No one can say that he is not hard working. He seems to hold meeting after meeting, hoping that someone will say something useful.

(Entitlements are a different thing. Both parties help the other party to get those magical quirks, quirks that should be outlawed. How did they get in there anyway? They pulled a fast one on the American people. Why in the heck can’t we have a line-item veto? That would let the President cut out the crap that cost us tons of money?)

I voted for Obama, It seem I always vote for the loser. In this case, I just thought he was a winner. O.K. I was just voting against Palin. I didn’t want a female George Bush in the White House.

But the majority leadership of the House and Senate is not loved by Republicans. They can not get the two parties working together. It is time to let someone else give the leadership a try. That goes for the minority leaders too.

As long as we have Stop-the-Other Party-politics, nothing will be done. Yet these legislature have managed to do one thing, Break the Bank. We are in debt to our earlobes with no visible attempt to reverse the process.

Fly Old Glory!

“What are the danger of colon cleansers, will they be harmful to us?”

Colon cleansers, as we all know, are becoming one of the most popular “weight loss must have’s” products as of recent years, and there’s no doubt about why people all around the World like them so much – they work! However, recent studies have shown that they are harmful to human, in some ways, here I’m going to crack up the myth about the danger of colon cleansers.

Too much absorption of water

Now, the very first danger of colon cleansers that most perceive is that these stuff actually make you absorb more water thus washing away precious nutrients. I’m not going to go over the ‘biological explanations’ on this but I’ll say that unless you’re experiencing a complete kidney failure, or else, you’re only absorbing as much water as drinking two glasses of water. Is that ‘dangerous’ to you?

Also, consuming more water would definitely wash away some of your nutrients, but take note that if your colon is clogged up, like ragged ropes, do you expect nutrients to be absorbed smoothly? Washing away a few nutrients will not cause any problems because we will be absorbing MORE nutrients afterwards. Now, how about that? Sounds better?

Taking laxatives causes dependency to your colon

Alright, this danger of colon cleanser might sound true, and actually even makes sense, for a moment. But in fact, unless you’re taking excessive laxative pills, or even laxative teas, this is not a problem for your colon at all. People can take them for months and never have to worry about using it to have a bowel movement.

Wireless Bluetooth headsets seem perfect for use while driving because they are a lot less cumbersome than wired headsets. Though you do tend to have them attached to your head for a long time, their real danger is probably not the risk of cancer or brain damage. Hands-free Bluetooth headsets can encourage your use of cell phones while driving because you wrongly believe it is safe. You should worry more about ending up under a bus, or about your company getting sued when an employee has an accident.

Research Says Don’t Talk and Drive

There is much research about the dangers of cell phone use while driving.  Way back in 2002, the UNC Highway Safety Research Center looked at traffic accidents in North Carolina related to cell phone use.  Analyzing police reports, questionnaires and a telephone survey, researchers concluded that cell phone use was involved in about one out of 623 crashes and estimated that 1,475 of the annual crashes in the state were related to cell phone use. The most common cause of accidents was “driver inattention”. This research also found that only a small percentage of people used a hands-free headset while driving.

Since then, the use of cell phones in cars has increased, but so has the awareness of its dangers.

Instead We Buy Hands-free Headsets

People are using hands-free devices more and more because they think this is how to talk and drive safely. Now that Bluetooth phones and headsets are now common, you no longer have to deal with all those wires. At the same time, legislatures have encouraged this perception by outlawing handheld cell phone use.

A California law that took effect in 2008 has led to a surge in headset sales. You may have bought a Bluetooth headset yourself, so you can say . . .

Look Ma, No Hands!

You are safer in some ways with a hands-free headset, but not for the reason you think. The most dangerous moments while driving are when you are from reaching for something you have dropped such as a coffee mug, music CD, or cell phone. If you aren’t holding your phone you can’t drop it.

Why isn’t it enough that with Bluetooth headsets, you can now, as the Motorola tag line says, “Keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road”? Hands and eyes, hmm . . . , one thing is missing.

Where’s Your Head?

In his book, Emotional Design, Donald Norman, a usability and design expert, briefly considered the use of cell phones and driving. Having seen preliminary research which showed no difference in accident rates between handheld cell phone use and hands-free cell phone use, he guessed it was because a phone conversation puts us in an emotional space outside the immediate environment.

You are in two places at once – the physical space you are in and the mental and emotional space in which your conversation is taking place. Though you can perform the mechanics of driving, your “inattention” or, rather, “divided attention” means you are less able to plan, to anticipate the actions of other drivers, and to react to any unexpected conditions. As you get drawn into the conversation, you are less able to reflect on what you are doing, which is operating a two-ton machine.

What are the consequences?

The Insurance Industry Reviews the Data

The Insurance Industry Institute has reviewed the latest research. Seventy-three percent of drivers now report using a cell phone while driving. They found that talking on a cell phone while driving increases your chances of an accident by 1.3 times even when using a hands-free headset. This is about the same as when driving while drunk (at the legal intoxication limit). While this increased risk is much less than when reaching for a falling item, it leads to many more accidents because of the amount of time spent using cell phones while driving.

And Tells You To . . .

Even if you wear a hands-free Bluetooth headset in the car, there’s one thing, as countless bumper stickers say, you should still do.

Hang Up and Drive!

You should hang up drive or pull off the road. For businesses, the California Association of Employers recommends requiring employees to pull off the road before conducting business using a cell phone. Exxon and Shell already ban employees’ cell phone use of any kind during work hours while driving.  Maybe you should, too.

As my readers know, I was against the invasion of Iraq. I knew we would not be greeted as heros and that we would probably not find WMDs. Also we were diluting our attack on Osama bin Laden.

When we invaded Iraq we were not able to secure the borders because of troop limitations, nor were we able to disarm the populace and destroy weapons and munitions. After that, things have not gone well.

The war has been a dangerous and costly one. Now President Bush has asked that more troops be sent to Iraq. I agree with this even though I was against the war. I look at it from the view of the infantrymen (soldiers and marines) that are serving there. I can see from the news the conditions they are working under.

I was an infantryman in Korea. It is hell to fight without both adequate manpower and munitions. I don’t suppose you know that our munitions were continually rationed in Korea. At times our unit ran out of ammunition and had to borrow from adjacent units who were not under attack.

Units from my regiment are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. One man from our town who was fighting with my unit died in Iraq. The people here in Idaho attended the funeral in droves to show their support to the family and to honor the memory of the man. I simply want our fighting men to have what they need to fight.

I said in recent article that I supported President Bush this one time. We need to get control of the capital before we can think of any troop withdrawals. It is obvious to me that can not be done without more troops. I know the retired generals have given up along with the politicians and the American People. I can not give up. A catastrophic loss would cost even more American and Iraqi lives.

The media and the administration says that the Democrats do not have a plan. Well they do. It is the same as that of some Republicans, the retired generals and the public. The plan is simply to get our troops out of Iraq as quickly as possible.

As long as fraction fighting is allowed in Iraq, our plan will fail. Many have said that the factions should be separated. That would be nice but it is not too practical. Therefore we need to work with the factions. We have to talk to them in a forum that allows views to be heard and acted upon.

One thing that concerns me is the vicious attacks on Administration official by the media. Jon Stewart’s and Donald Trump’s recent attacks on Condoleezza Rice were vicious on Stewart’s part and juvenile on Trump’s part. When we lose respect for each other, we lose respect for the nation and we are walking down the path of anarchy. They can criticize all they want but they should stick to the facts and what is really important to the nation.

President Bush is in the role he always has loved to play, Commander in Chief. He has to decide what is right for our troops and the country. He has shown that he likes to go his own way. The Supreme Court put him in office first and then the American People. He was reelected because American’s don’t like to change horses midstream (Lincoln’s slogan). We have to live with that.

Will President Bush yield to congressional resolutions on the war? No. He is trying to finish what he started out to do and that includes more troops.

As I said in a recent article, the strategy could work. War is strange and things can change for the good or the worse very rapidly.

Let’s hope they change for the better.

The End

copyright©2007 John Taylor Jones, Ph.D.

Internet marketers use SEO, article marketing, pay-per-click, linking, advertising and other ways to send traffic to their website. Organic keywords are keywords or keyword phrases that bring traffic to your website when an Internet search is made. They are free keywords, words you are not paying Google, MSN or Yahoo to deliver seekers to your paid ad.

When you make a search on the Internet, your search results will often be topped with two or three paid ads. There will be ads along the side of your search listings too, perhaps below your listings.

There is a trend for searchers to ignore free ads. Those sites optimizing an organic keyword or phrase are just as likely to get clicked as a paid ad. This was not true not too long ago but it is now as searchers become more persnickety.

To find organic keywords you should use a keyword tool. The Google AdWords keyword tool external is used by about every person I know who promotes on the Internet. Just make a search for keyword tool external and it will pop up. When you are there, enter the requested code, and then put a keyword in the search box. Leave the site URL box empty unless you want to search a particular website for the keyword.

Now go to the right top of the listing page and click on About this data?” Now click on the headings and read the descriptions of the information given. That is all there is to it. And, like organic keywords, there is no charge for this wonderful program.

There are many keyword tools. Many just tie into the Google external tool. Wordtracker.com has a excellent tool. You can take a free trial if you desire. Also, there are many helps at Wordtracker valuable to Internet marketers.

In using organic keywords or keyword phrases in your articles, either articles like this one or in the articles on your web pages, use the keyword or keyword phrase in the title, the first and last paragraph, and very moderately in between. Once in a hundred words is about right.

Using relevant keywords to the content in your web pages and in your articles will bring them to the top in the search engine ratings. But content is everything. When a searchers is looking for “how to grow flowers in a window flower box,” your article or site must tell him or her “how to grow flowers in a window flower box.” If it does not, the search engine will put you on page 17 and you will get corresponding traffic which is none at all!

Fly Old Glory!

Is there any danger to astral projection? That is questions many people ask when they first found out about the phenomenon that more and more people are experiencing. Astral projection danger is normally based around whether you can ‘return’ from your astral projection experience and whether it is possible to actually get stuck on another plane. The answer is that it is no problem at all to return to your physical body after you experience an astral projection.

The most common fears about astral projection can be quickly quashed once you know the true facts. Here are some of the most common myths:

1. That you can’t return to your physical body

2. That your physical body can be hurt whilst you are away

3. That evil spirits could enter you on the astral plane

4. That you can die whilst astral projecting

The above 4 common myths are completely false. No one has ever died whilst projecting and no one has not ever had evil spirits enter them, nor has their body been harmed in any way. Of course, sleeping in a public place or on the edge of a building is not something you would do so neither should you astral project in these unsafe locations – that would be the only time that astral projection danger could set in but in those cases it would have nothing to do with the astral projection but more so with your bad choice of location, and putting your physical body at risk.

If something abnormal did happen to occur whilst you were on the astral plane then your physical body would bring back your astral body. This could be anything as simple as a loud noise or change in temperature. Your body can also not be possessed whilst you are away as this is not possible. It is also easy to avoid evil spirits and beings as these will be dark aura. Some people think that the cord linking your physical body can break but this is not possible.

Irrational fears should not stop you from experiencing this amazing phenomena so now that you know the truth you are free to astral project as often as you like without fear of any danger occurring.

One of the most useful commands you can teach your puppy, is how to sit. When sitting, a dog will give you their full attention, which makes it a great command to use before moving to another command. It’s also great for safety- if your dog is about to cross the road unattended, then the sit command could even be a life saver! There are also some other commands (such as “stay”, and “lie down”), which actually begin from the sitting position, and you won’t be able to move onto them until your dog is sitting when you want.

Luckily, teaching a puppy to sit is quite simple. Dogs can’t flex their spine, so if you tip their heads high enough, they will just sit naturally. All puppies know how to sit already- you just have to teach them to sit, when YOU want! You can start teaching a puppy to sit from the age of about 8 weeks and above.

There are 2 easy steps to teach your puppy to sit…

1. Call you dogs name, and make sure it is standing in front of you, and looking you in the eye. This will ensure you have the dogs complete attention.

2. Command you puppy to sit. Make sure you use the same command each time (Usually just “sit“), and in the same tone of voice. At the same time as giving the command, push down on the back legs, forcing the puppy into the sit position. Make sure you push down gently, but firmly.

You can also use food- just hold the food above the puppies nose, and move it back behind the dog’s head. The puppy will follow the food, and sit down.

3. Congratulate your puppy for entering the sit position. Use praise even when you had to force the dog to sit, but give extra praise when the puppy sits on its own. You can use treats, but make sure not to use them every single time!

Repeat this training regularly, and be sure to phase out the use of treats, and you’ll have your puppy sitting on command in no time!

Some lasers are not the average laser pointers that can be found at any regular electronics store. They can burn dark roles, dark objects, melt plastics, pop balloons, light matches, open bar fragile materials and some can even light cigarettes. Some laser pointers offer power up to 700mW. These lasers are the most powerful in the world and so close to a real life thing to know that there laser.

Pointers with high power laser

In recent years, high power lasers have emerged in the consumer market from the military and specialty applications investigating a series of specialized suppliers. These pointers high power laser can easily exceed several hundred milliseconds-watt output power. They are generally classified as Class IIIb lasers. Although laser enthusiasts still take them as “pointers”, true high-power portable lasers – far more capable than the average laser pen key chains (under 5mW) that can be found anywhere.

Green laser pointers

The green lasers are renowned for their small beam diameter and high output power. With the inherent human sensitivity to green, the green laser pointers laser beams creates more powerful and brighter than can be seen anywhere. These beams carry the destructive power so great that almost any object passing through fusible and flammable. They also travel tens and hundreds of miles in the dark. Exceptional power, energy beam of high intensity and super long distance, all these create a pheromone seen only in science fiction movies. Because of these characteristics, these lasers are commonly used by astronomers to study the stars because they usually can visually see the stars coming from the perspective here. It is often also seen in U.S. military operations to disorient and intimidate the enemy, due to its unique beam qualities and highly durable construction.

Because of these features, these lasers are best used by astronomers to study stars for they can often be seen visually reaching the stars from the prospective of a behold. They are often seen in U.S. military operations to disorient and intimidate the enemy as well due to their exceptional qualities and highly durable beam constructions.

Red laser pointers

The red laser pens drive higher output power on red laser pointers. They are exceptionally suitable for burning and offer prices. These red pointer pens can point to a point a hundred miles away and burn, cut and sweep the plastic like their green counterparts. They constantly shed their laser pointer 5mW average over 50x in terms of range, energy to burn and durability.

Blue laser pointers

The blue laser technology is still in its adolescent stage. Since it is very start, is dedicated to developing and marketing this new laser technology and challenging.