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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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Friday, December 16, 2011
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Proper Equipment and Lighting For A Home Office
Whether you use a quiet corner of a living room or an entire room in your home, there are a few basics elements to consider when setting up your home office.
Equipment
First consider the basics - an adequately sized desk and a comfortable chair. Sitting in a chair that is too low or too high or does not have adequate back support will cause long term posture and back problems. Make sure your desk and chair fit together properly so that you can sit comfortably with your elbows placed gently on the table. Also make sure the desk has enough space for your needs.
Location
Before you decide on a place to set your desk, look around for the most accessible power outlets. Most desks will hold an office computer and lamp, as well as a printer and phone. All of these items will need easy to locate electric outlets. You do not want to step across cords to walk across the room or go from one corner of your desk to the other if you do not have to. Fortunately, with a little thought you should be able to orient your furniture so that the cords are between the wall and your desk.
Lighting
Lighting is another important aspect of any good home office. To determine the best placement of lighting, as well as the best type to use, think of how the room will be used and how often. An overhead light or lights are always a good idea. In addition, you may want to add task lighting in several areas.
If you will work and write at a computer, consider purchasing a desk lamp to place by your screen. This will enable you to make notes and write without straining your eyes or having to move to another part of the room. If you plan on doing some reading in your home office, you may want to set up a comfortable chair and lamp away from the computer.
LED lighting, with its clear, bright light makes a great choice for home office lighting situations. LED lighting makes tasks such as reading and writing easier by throwing a strong light just where you need it. Many of these lamps can also be dimmed as needed for when the natural lighting in the room changes from day to night. To brighten an entire area, consider replacing overhead MR16 halogen lights with LED replacements like Leflectors. These lights brighten up all types of rooms, even those with little natural light, at a fraction of the price as regular halogen lamps and give off clearer, crisper illumination.
Supplies
In addition to proper file cabinets, bookshelves, and organization folders, many people will use their home office as a place to store household supplies and kits. Things like your home's small emergency kit, family albums, and holiday decorations are simple to store in a home office cabinet for easy access.
With proper lighting, a well laid out floor plan and proper equipment, your home office can be a space that is comfortable and useful.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The General Slocum Disaster
If you ask New Yorkers, besides the bombing of the World Trade Center Towers on September 11, 2001, what was the biggest disaster in New York City history, most would say the Triangle Shirtwaist Factor Fire of 1911, which killed 141 people, mostly women. But by far the worst tragedy ever to take place in New York City was the now forgotten 1904 General Slocam paddle boat disaster, in which more than 1000 German people, mostly woman and children, perished in an accident that certainly could have been prevented.
Starting in the 1840's, tens of thousands of German immigrants began flooding the lower east side of Manhattan, which is now called Alphabet City, but what was then called the Kleindeutschland, or Little Germany. Just in the 1850's alone over 800,000 Germans came into America, and by 1855, New York City had the third largest German population of any city in the world.
The German immigrants were different than the Irish immigrants who, due to the Irish potato famine in Ireland, were also emigrating to New York City at a fast pace during the middle part of the 19th century. Whereas the Irish were mostly lower-class laborers, the Germans were better educated and possessed skills that made them obtain a higher rung on the economic ladder than did the Irish. More than half the bakers in New York City were of German descent, and most cabinet makers in New York City were either German, or of German descent. Germans were also very active in the construction business, which at the time was very profitable, because of all the large buildings being built in New York City during the mid and late 1800's.
Joseph Wedemeyer, Oswald Ottendorfer and Friedrich Sorge were New York City German-Americans who were extremely active in the creation and growth of trade unions. In New York City, German-American clubs, which were called Vereins, were highly involved in politics. Ottendorfer owned and edited the Staats-Zeitung, the largest German-American newspaper in town. He became such a force in politics, in 1861, he was instrumental, through his German Democracy political club, in getting New York City Mayor Fernando Wood elected for his second term. In 1863, Ottendorfer propelled another German, Godfrey Gunther, to succeed Wood as mayor.
Little Germany reached its peak in the 1870's. It then encompassed over 400 blocks, comprised of six avenues and forty streets, running south from 14th Street to Houston Street, and from the Bowery east to the East River. Tompkins Square and it park was consider the epicenter of Little Germany. The park itself was called the Weisse Garten, where Germans congregated daily to discuss what was important to the lives and livelihoods.
Avenue B was called the German Broadway, where almost every building contained a first floor store, or a workshop, marketing every sort of commodity that was desired by the German populace. Avenue A was know for its beer gardens, oyster saloons and assorted grocery stores. In Little Germany there were also sporting clubs, libraries, choirs, shooting clubs, factories, department stores, German theaters, German schools, German churches, and German synagogues for the German Jews.
Starting around 1880, the wealthier Germans began moving out of New York City to the suburbs. And by the turn of the 20th Century, the German population in Little Germany had shrunk to around 50,000 people, still a sizable amount for any ethnic neighborhood in New York City.
On June 15, 1904, St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church on 6th Street charted the paddle boat General Slocum, for the sum of 0, to take members of its congregation to its yearly picnic, celebrating the end of the school year. At a few minutes after 9 a.m., more than 1300 people boarded the General Slocum. Their destination was the Locust Grove on Long Island Sound, where they expected to enjoy a day of swimming, games, and the best of German food.
The General Slocum, owned by the Knickerbocker Steamship Company, was named for Civil War officer and New York Congressman Henry Warner Slocum. It was built by W. & A. Fletcher Company of Hoboken, New Jersey, and was a sidewheel paddle boat powered by a single-cylinder, surface condensing vertical beam steam engine with 53 inch bore and 12 foot stroke. Each wheel had 26 paddles and was 31 feet in diameter. Her maximum speed was about 16 knots.
Almost from the day of its launching in 1891, the General Slocum suffered one mishap after another. Four months after her launching, the General Slocum ran aground near the Rockaways. Several tugboats were needed to drag the General Slocum back into the water.
1894 was an exceptionally bad year for the General Slocum. On June 29th, the General Slocum was returning from the Rockaways with 4700 passengers on board. Suddenly, it struck a sandbar so hard, that her electrical generator blew out. In August, during a terrible rain storm, the General Slocum ran aground a second time, this time near Coney Island. The passengers had to be transfered to another ship in order to make their way back home. The next month the General Slocum hit the trifecta when it collided with the tug boat R. T. Sayre in the midst of the East River. In this incident, the General Slocum's steering was severely damaged, and it had to be repaired. The General Slocum was accident free until July of 1898, when the General Slocum collided with the Amelia near Battery Park.
On August 17, 1901, The General Slocum was carrying, what was described as "900 intoxicated Patterson Anarchists." Suddenly, some of the passengers started to riot. Others tried to physically take control of the boat, by storming the bridge. However the crew fought the rioters off and were able to keep control of the boat. When the captain docked at the police pier, 17 "anarchists" were arrested.
Finally, in June of 1902, the General Slocum ran aground again. The boat was unable to be freed, so its passengers had to camp out the entire night until reinforcements could arrive the following morning. The captain of the boat in that incident was none other than Captain William H. Van Schaick, the same man who would be the chief officer of the General Slocum on its last voyage.
On June 15, 1904, about 15 minutes after the General Slocum left the pier at East Third Street, it was even with East 125th Street. At this point, Captain Van Schaick was notified by one of his crew that a fire had started in the Lamp Room, in the forward section of the boat. The fire was probably ignited by a discarded cigarette or a match, and it was obviously fueled by the straw, oily rags, and lamp oil strewn around the room. The Captain had been told there was a fire on board a few minutes earlier by a 12-year-old boy, but Captain Van Schaick did not believe the boy. Other people on board said the fire had started almost simultaneously in several locations, including a paint locker filled with flammable fluids, and a cabin filled with gasoline.
This is where Captain Van Schaick made a terrible mistake in judgment. Since land was close by, all the Captain had to do was run his ship aground before the flames spread any further. Then he could unload his passengers, mostly woman and children, quickly before there were any fatalities. But for some reason Captain Van Schaick decided to head straight into a headwind and try to land his boat at North Brother Island, just off the southern shore of the Bronx. Captain Van Schaick would later say the reason for his decision was that he was trying to prevent the fire from spreading on land to riverside buildings and oil tanks. But by going into heavy headwinds, he was actually fanning the fire.
Captain Van Schaick later said at his trial, "I started to head for One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Street, but was warned off by the captain of a tugboat, who shouted to me that the boat would set fire to the lumber yards and oil tanks there. Besides, I knew that the shore was lined with rocks and the boat would founder if I put in there. I then fixed upon North Brother Island."
As the boat chugged onward, passengers ran in panic around the deck. Mothers were looking for their children. Father's were looking for their families. Young boys and girls scrambled onto the deck chairs, waving frantically for help at the crowds who had assembled on the shore. The flames increased by the second, accelerated by the boat's fresh coat of highly flammable paint.
At this point, overcome by smoke inhalation, and with the flames flickering at their torsos, feet and faces, people began jumping into the water. Some were rescued by boats which had rushed near the fiery General Slocum. But most of the woman and girls, because of the bulky woman's clothing of that era, quickly drowned. Some people died when the floors of the boat collapsed. Others were beaten to death by the still churning paddles, as they flung themselves over the sides of the boat towards the water.
People that tried to use the life jackets on board were in for a horrible surprise. Although there were 3000 life jackets available, they were all but useless. The vast majority were rotted out, with the cork inside the jackets used for buoyancy almost entirely disintegrated. The people who did don the life jacked and plunged into the water, immediately sank like a rock. Some people tried to dislodge the emergency lifeboats, but they failed to do so because the lifeboats were firmly wired in place.
People from the shore saw a girl in a blue dress jump off the side of the boat. They watched in horror as the girl hit the wooded paddle wheel. The wheel churned violently, dragging the girl under it. The people on shore could hear the screaming girl's frail body being threshed about like a rag doll by the paddle wheel, before her screaming stopped and she disappeared into the murky waters. A little boy, clutching his stuffed toy dog, was thrown into the river by his weeping mother. The boy was fished from the river alive, still squeezing his precious toy dog.
16-year-old Albert Frese was one of the lucky ones who survived the General Slocum disaster. Frese, at the time, was a mail clerk in the Funk and Wagnalls publishing house. As horrified people scampered all around him, Frese hurried to the stern of the burning boat. According to Edward Ross Ellis' The Epic of New York City, "Frese jumped feet first, with his ankles together and his arms rigid at his side. He was able to swim safely to shore, and later became treasurer of his firm."
As Captain Van Schaick resolutely and pigheadedly steered his boat onward, people on Manhattan's eastern shore were now running frantically along the riverbank, trying to keep pace with the burning boat. Others were mobilized in wagons and carts, screaming for the Captain to run his boat ashore. Some people flung barrels into the river for the people floundering in the water to use as makeshift life preservers. Small boats tried to chase down the General Slocum from behind, but they were unable to do so. However, some of these boats were able to fish the better swimmers out of the water and bring them safely to shore.
Despite the utter mayhem, and the pleading of the people on the shore to run his boat aground, Captain Van Schaick, his own clothes on fire, ignored them and continued toward North Brother Island. When Captain Van Schaick finally beached his boat at North Brother Island, the boat was one huge fireball.
Captain Van Schaick said later, "I stuck to my post in the pilothouse until my cap caught fire. We were then about twenty-five feet off North Brother Island. She went on the beach, bow on, in about twenty-five feet of water.... Most of the people aft, where the fire raged fiercest, jumped in when we were in deep water, and were carried away. We had no chance to lower the lifeboats. They were burned before the crew could get at them."
At North Brother Island, nurses, doctors, and even the patients in the island's contagious disease hospital, rushed to help the survivors. Some carried ladders, which they used to guide the survivors, most badly burned, down from the boat. Others caught little children who were heaved down to them by hysterical parents. Within minutes, all the survivors, including the captain and several crew members, where taken safely away from the flaming boat and admitted to the hospital.
From his hospital window, a feverish measles patient saw the horror transpiring. He summoned the courage, hurried from the hospital and sprinted into the water. He was able to save several children. A nurse who couldn't swim dashed into the river to grab several children. She did this repeatedly, when suddenly the tide pulled her into deeper water. Incredibly, the nurse found out she could indeed swim, and she continued rescuing whomever she could reach.
City Health Commissioner Darlington was present on North Brother Island the day the fiery General Slocum ran aground. "I will never be able to forget the scene, the utter horror of it," Darlington said. "The patients in the contagious wards, especially in the scarlet fever ward, went wild at things they saw from their windows and went screaming and beating at the doors until it took fifty nurses and doctors to quiet them. They were all locked up. Along the beach the boats were carrying in the living and dying and towing in the dead."
When the fire first started, someone rang the city desk of the World on Park Row. The man, who didn't identify himself, told the newspaper editor that he was in his office at 137th Street and he could see the burning boat from his office window. The editor immediately contacted Eugene Moran, who owned a tugboat company at 134th Street. Moran told the editor that he had no tugboats available in that area, but that it would be faster anyway to send his men by elevated train from the Park Row station to the Morris Park station in the north Bronx. The editor ordered his men onto the train, and as a result, the World had the story of the tragedy before any other New York City newspaper.
When the World reporters arrived on the scene, they were overcome with grief. As the boat was enveloped in smoke and flames, the reporters and the World's photographers spotted dozens of blackened and bloody dead bodies scattered along the shore line. As the photographers snapped away and the reporters jotted down their notes, several hardened newspapermen broke down in tears. Then they rushed to find phones so that they could deliver their stories to the rewrite men at their newspaper. Their description of the tragedy on the phones were so graphic, when the rewrite men heard what had transpired, they rushed into the men's room to vomit.
The New York Times reported the following day, "On the night of June 15, 1904, grief-crazed crowds lined the shore where the bodies were being brought in by the boatload. Scores were prevented from throwing themselves into the river."
The police released a report a few days later claiming that 1,031 people had perished in the General Slocum fire. For the next few weeks, police divers searched for bodies in the partially sunk remains of the General Slocum. Police and rescue parties scoured the banks of the river for miles in both directions looking for bodies.
On the night of the fire, scores of husbands came home from work only to discover that their entire families had perished in the fire. Some committed suicide, others went mad, and some later died of grief. For three days, hearses transversed the streets of Little Germany carrying bodies, and parts of bodies, to their graves in Lutheran Cemetery in Middle Village, Queens.
A Federal grand jury indicted eight people as a result of the disaster. Those people included Captain Van Schaick, two boat inspectors, and the president, secretary, treasurer, and commodore of the Knickerbocker Steamship Company. However, only Captain Van Schaick was convicted at trial. The charges the Captain was convicted on were criminal negligence, failing to maintain proper fire drills and fire extinguishers. There was a hung jury on the manslaughter charge. Captain Van Schaick was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Captain served three and a half years at Sing Sing Prison before he received parole. On August 26, 1911, the administration of President William Howard Taft voted to release Captain Van Schaick from parole. And on December 19, 1912, President Taft pardoned the Captain. Captain Van Schaick died in 1927.
The Knickerbocker Steamship Company received a ridiculously small fine, even though there was sufficient evidence that they had falsified inspection records. The sunken remains of the General Slocum were raised to the surface, and subsequently converted into a barge, which predictably sank during a storm in 1911.
The tragedy of the General Slocum forced a major reconstruction of steamboat safety regulations. A week after the fire, President Theodore Roosevelt order a five-man commission to investigate why the tragedy had occurred, and what could be done to prevent it from happening again in the future. The commission was especially tough on the United States Steamboat Inspection Service (USSIS), who had failed miserable at their job of ensuring steamboat safety. Dozens of USSIS employees were fired, and new inspections of all steamboats ordered. Predictably, numerous violations were found, running from useless life jackets to rotted fire hoses.
The five-man committee recommended many reforms including: fireproof metal bulkheads to contain fires, steam pipes extended from the boiler into cargo areas (to act as a sprinkler), improved life jackets (one for each passenger and crew member), fire hoses capable of handling 100 pounds of pressure per square inch, and accessible life boats. All these reforms were instituted, which dramatically improved steamboat safety.
The General Slocum fire all but erased the German population from the lower east side of Manhattan. Soon after the tragedy, hundreds of families moved from the lower east side because memories of the tragedy were too horrible to bear. Some settled on the upper east side of Manhattan's Yorkville section, creating a new Germantown. Some moved to Astoria in Queens, and others left New York City completely.
Strangle, the memory of General Slocum fire, even though it killed almost 10 times as many people as did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911, quickly faded from the general public's consciousness. A large part of the reason was that the onset of World War One removed all sympathies for anyone of German descent, and all of the victims of the General Slocum fire were German.
In 1905, the Sympathy Society of German Ladies commissioned sculptor Bruno Louis Zimm to design a memorial fountain, which was unveiled on May 30, 1905 at the northwestern corner of Tompkins Square Park. This white 9-foot fountain is sculpted of pink Tennessee marble. On the front, above the carved lion's head spout and basin, a there is a depiction of two innocent children staring off towards the sea, with the inscription, "They were earth's purest children, loving and fair."
This memorial fountain still stands in Tompkins Square Park to this very day.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Which Aromatherapy Diffuser is Best For You?
Which Essential Oil Diffuser?
This is a question we get asked frequently. And the answer, of course, is "it depends." The best aromatherapy diffuser for you depends on your planned usage.
Nebulizing Diffusers - Zapping Germs
If you want to saturate the air of a room with your chosen essential oil or aromatherapy blend the nebulizer is for you. When someone in my family feels like they are "coming down with something", that virusey, achy feeling, I fill the glass nebulizer with our favorite anti-viral or anti-bacterial oils and let it run all night, filling my bedroom with really powerful oils. Odds are when I wake up in the morning, I'll be over whatever big bad bug was trying to attack.
For strictly therapeutic/medicinal/germkilling effects, I use one of our Amrita nebulizers. There are many brands on the market. All have a convoluted glass attachment, powered by an air pump. The glass breaks the oils into microscopic droplets, capable of remaining suspended in the air for up to two hours. The advantage of the Nebulizer is obviously that it does the most effective job of filling the air with microscopic particles of your chosen oil.
The disadvantages are twofold. First, most nebulizers are fairly noisy. They are, after all, powered by aquarium pumps. Some people don't mind the noise, reacting to it as a "white noise" background hum. Others find it bothersome. If noise is apt to be an issue, and your area is small, by all means choose the a "Tranquility" model.
Second: The nebulizing diffusers tend to require higher maintenance than any of our other options. First, putting the essential oil into the glass nebulizer can be a bit tricky. I finally gave in to reality and started using a pipette, after spilling oil while trying to pour from the bottle into the glass orifice. Also, the glass nebulizer (together with the attached Silicone tube) needs cleaning occasionally. I suspect I'm not the only one who has let the nebulizer stand with oils in it, allowing them to react with the oxygen in the air and get all thick and "gunky" The best way to clean them is to add high proof rubbing alcohol (90% works best!) to dissolve the accumulated oils, drain, and air dry.
Also, the nebulizer can not be used with the very thick, viscous oils... benzoin, vetiver, etc. They will totally clog it and won't diffuse unless blended with other, thinner, essential oils. Never use a carrier oil in the nebulizer, or an essential oil diluted in a carrier. It will ruin the glass nebulizer and void the warranty.
COOL MIST - For Kids
If you have young children who are prone to colds, ear infections, etc. the odds are you've been told to run a humidifier in their bedroom. The Cool Mist (sometimes called an "ultrasonic diffuser" or "ultrasonic nebuliser") functions both as an aromatherapy diffuser AND a humidifier. It holds a small amount of water that stays at room temperature just in case an active child manages to spill it - no danger of scalding. The essential oils and water are diffused by ultrasound waves, adding humidity to the air while filling the room with aromatics.
The advantages of this one are obvious. No breakable glass parts, the added humidity in the air. The machine shuts itself off when the water level drops too far, and can be set to cycle on and off. I'm told that children are often fascinated by the light. (Memories of my mother's LavaLamp...it has that sort of fascination!)
Disadvantages? If you live in a damp/humid climate you might not want to add extra moisture to the air in your home. And there are some who find the light an irritant. It may not be shut off while the machine is operating.
The AROMA STONE - Silent and Safe
One of these sits on my bedtable. I love it because I can add my current favorite 'go to sleep' oil or blend, plug it in and forget it.
I think it is one of the two lowest maintenance electric diffusers I've ever used, and the least obtrusive. Totally silent, and safe. Although it does warm the oils without any water added (although it is an option to add a spoonful of water with the oils) the unit heats only to "baby-bottle" temperature. The oils are not over-heated.
The amount of heat is so low I seldom think to unplug it before I go to bed, and in all honesty have left it turned on for two or three days. (I don't recommend that!) The unit warms so gently that there is no danger of its overheating.
Mine is very low maintenance. If I remember to wipe it out with a damp paper towel every morning, it stays sparkling clean. If I forget and leave it plugged in for too long so that the oil or blend becomes 'glued' to the base, a towel dampened with rubbing alcohol leaves it as good as new. While not totally unbreakable (it is ceramic, after all) mine has survived being dropped more than once with no problems.
The aromastone's small size makes it easily "packable" for traveling. I loathe the smell of the air in hotel rooms and always travel with my aromatics to make a strange room smell like home!
These are the advantages.
The disadvantages? It is not a powerful diffuser. It will not fill a large area nor give you a strongly scented area, but is perfect for the intimacy of a bedroom or bath. I would not choose the aromastone for diffusing germ killing blends...then I want a nebulizer. But for subtle and inobtrusive "set it and forget it" use, it is unexcelled.
AROMA LAMPS - for Mood and Ambience A ceramic aromalamp was my first (well, actually, my second) essential oil diffuser, and remains one of my favorites.
Please note: An aromalamp is sometimes called an "essential oil burner"... this is a misnomer, since the oils should never be "burned." The bowl MUST be filled with water, as described below.
Fill the bowl with warm water, light a tea candle under it, add a few drops of your favorite oil, and the room is quickly filled with the aroma of your choice.
I was taught years ago that diffusing the oils in warm water is an amazingly effective way to fill a room with the aromatic vapours. The molecules of essential oil "piggy back" on the molecules of water vapor, which disperse amazingly fast. This makes the aroma lamp almost as effective for therapeutic benefits as a nebulizing diffuser.
In my experience an aromalamp can cover a fairly large area. The water vapour will move where it wants. The "front" of my house is a large open area...kitchen, dining room, living room. An aroma lamp in one area suffices for all the rooms.
I don't recommend the use of scented candles. Most are fragranced with synthetics, and the ones created with true essential oils use far more oil that I can justify. When I want candle light, I light beeswax candles, lots of them, set in a circle, with an aroma lamp and its candle in the center. Beautiful warm ambience, the emotional blend of my choice, a feeling of true luxury! I think an aromalamp is unsurpassed when your focus is the emotional uses of the oils.
When I don't want to light a table full of candles, the dancing flame of the tea candle still adds to the ambience.
The aromalamp is silent, and attractive, with designs to suit every taste.
These are the advantages of an aroma lamp. The disadvantages?
1. You must be aware of the water level. An aroma lamp with a fairly small bowl can evaporate all the water before the candle burns itself out. Adding cold or cool water to the hot bowl almost invariably leads to broken glass!
2. If you allow it to burn dry, even if you don't break the bowl, cleaning it can be a challenge.
3. Of course there is always a risk when you have candles burning. Don't leave the room, don't use an aroma lamp around children, or mischievous pets.
4. And speaking of pets. You've put out the candle because you are leaving the room...but you didn't empty and put away the aromalamp. A thirsty dog, cat, or bird can do themselves terrible damage by drinking the water with the dissolved essential oil. Please be careful of your furkids or feathered kids!
Cool fans - Multi-use
The Spa Scenter is one example of a cool, fandriven diffuser.It is an excellent choice for all of the above uses. The drawer at the bottom slides out. You insert a cellulose pad, dampened with your oil or blend, and turn on the unit. A cold air fan blows the oil molecules out of the openings at the top, and the room is filled with the oil of your choice. The fan is, in my experience, quieter and less obtrusive than the larger nebulizers, although not as silent as the Tranquility or the AromaStone.
The Spa Scenter uses no heat, so is safe to use around children.
I find that it will diffuse over a larger area than my AromaStone, and it is safe to leave unattended.
The disadvantages? I don't think it fills any single need as well as some of the above named types of essential oil diffusers.
The nebulizing diffusers are more powerful when you have therapeutic needs. The aromalamp is more attractive when your need is for ambience or emotional uses only. The aromastone is quieter.
But for a "compromise" to address many needs, the Spa Scenter may be the best all-round choice. There are also smaller battery powered fan/diffusers, meant for a desk or office cubicle.
ON THE GO: DIFFUSERS FOR THE CAR
Two choices, one "passive" - a hanging clay pot (or other terra cotta ornament) that can hang from the rear view mirror, or an electric diffuser that plugs into the cell phone charger or cigarette lighter. The "plug in" is, I think, a bit more effective.
Each, of course, has its advantages. With a hanging terra cotta diffuser you are limited to one oil or blend, it's not easy to change from one to another. With the "plug in" car diffuser, you simply change the little cellulose pad that you apply the essential oils to. If you know you are always going to want the same air freshening blend in your car, the hanging clay diffuser might be simplest. If you sometimes want an air freshener, and other times want a "stay awake" blend (or an anti-nausea blend) then the plug in car diffuser would be your best choice.
PERSONAL DIFFUSERS - Inhalers (for privacy!) There are two types of personal aromatherapy inhalers that I am aware of. One is the very basic plastic one often sees over the counter inhalants packaged in; the other is a rather elegant purse accessory. Either will work well for immediate use, for relaxation, combatting a headache, or other physical or emotional effects.
There is one specific type of diffuser that I honestly don't recommend. It is a small "ball" that plugs directly into the wall outlet. It contains a cellulose pad that you moisten with the selected oil. I have had these overheat and scorch the pad. I wonder if they might constitute a fire hazard. Since the oils are heated to a high temperature, the oils degrade, and there is nothing to encourage the movement of the aromatic vapors throughout the room. The idea of low cost and light weight was appealing, but they truly are not a good value.
You may see these, and other diffusing options on Nature's Gift Aromatherapy Accessories page, at http://www.naturesgift.com/aromatherapyaccessories.htm
Friday, November 25, 2011
Practical College Solutions - Not Enough Light?
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Why Inexpensive Home Security Systems Are Better Than Nothing
To avoid becoming the next victim of a burglary or related crime, there are a wide range of measures a homeowner can take to protect themselves and their property. Basic measures such as closing windows, locking doors or letting neighbours know when you are going to be away don't cost anything and should come as second nature.
House alarm systems are the next step up the security ladder but will obviously be more expensive. Nevertheless, cost should not be the prime concern, especially when it comes to the safety of your loved ones.
Put yourself in the place of a potential thief and look at your home security through their eyes - you may well surprise yourself. Walk around the outside of your home and try to spot weaknesses, potential points of entry and areas where a burglar could gain undetected access. Are there plants or bushes that are obscuring certain areas? Look for any unprotected windows that are close to the ground as they make for easy entry points.
The same review carried out when it is dark is the next step. Think about the lights and shadows around your home. Consider any pathways that a stranger can walk down unheard and unseen. Leaving curtains and shutters open when it is dark outside make for easy viewing of the inside of downstairs rooms.
When it comes to home security, even the most basic measures can make a big difference. Installation of a wooden or metal security bar across a sliding window can prevent it being opened from the outside. Good bolt locks will not always keep out the professional burglar, but they will at least slow down the opportunist thief. Make mutual arrangements with the nearby neighbours to watch their property, while they watch yours.
Burglars will mostly target homes that they consider easy to get into. A house where nobody is home makes an easy target. Timer switches that control table or desk lamps can easily be installed with the added advantage of fooling them into thinking there is somebody in the house.
Lights that are left on permanently, especially during daylight hours, will make it obvious that the house is unoccupied. Having radios, televisions and lights that switch on and off in a random manner will give the indication that the house is occupied. Timers are very inexpensive with around 0 dollars buying you a dozen or more.
Many home security systems cost as little as a dollar a day. Taking into account how much you could stand to lose, that is a small price to pay for 'insurance'. As well as that, having one will often also lower your home insurance premiums.
These systems can often be installed as a do it yourself project without requiring specialized assistance. Several have low-cost battery backups so they still function during a natural or burglar-induced power outage.
Many house alarm systems also include a facility to alert you if a door or window is opened. However, a burglar armed with nothing more than a glasscutter, could quite easily bypass that facility. However, a system that includes either a vibration detector or cut sensor will overcome that problem. Motion detectors are another worthwhile upgrade to consider.
At the end of the day, no system is foolproof. Nevertheless, taking action and implementing some simple, inexpensive solutions can better your odds dramatically.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Cordless Lamps Can Save a Lot of Space in Any Room
If you are have a limited amount of space in your home or if you don't like wires trailing everywhere, you might like to consider using the cordless style of table lamp. They are powered by a rechargeable battery and can be used in any room of your house.
It used to be that these were at worst ugly and at best not fashionable. The light didn't last very long and they were bulky because of the size of the battery that was needed to keep them going. Today they have completely changed and they can be very stylish.
They are probably used most on the table in the dining room where the space emphasis should be on the food and wine and the table lamp should take as little space as is necessary. For this reason, the switch and the fittings are usually on the bottom of the casing.
Paraffin lamps used to be used but they were simply dangerous. Candles then became the preferred option on the table but they sometimes caused fumes from the smoke which gave a nasty taste to the food, and were a bit of a fire hazard with their naked flame. They also often left wax on the table which caused a lot of cleaning challenges.
Taking all these things into account, cordless lamps have now become the most popular type to use. They do not have naked flames, they do not drop wax and there is very little danger of causing a fire. They operate at a very safe level of 12V and the halogen light bulb does not overheat.
Nowadays they are very flexible and normally come with a number of different settings of brightness. The brightest of these settings is much stronger than any candle and they can be dimmed right down for the romantic dinner for two. You can choose direct light or diffused light.
Cordless lamps come in a variety of sizes for use in other rooms and can be as simple or as elaborate style as you want.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Fake Artificial Aquarium Fish Tank
!±8± Fake Artificial Aquarium Fish Tank
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What could be better than the tranquil beauty of a fake fish tank aquarium at your home or office? A sea aquarium with exotic fish that never need to be fed. There is nothing more peaceful than a tank full of beautifully colored fish swimming around. In fact some scientists have called aquariums the ultimate stress reliever. Of course less stress means better health and peace of mind. Because of the compact design it's easy to take to the office. Just set it on your desk, add water and you'll be ready to go just like that.
This beautiful fish tank includes everything you need, including overhead lamp and an air pump for soothing atmosphere. But it all starts with the fish. Years were spent designing every detail down to the delicate feathery fins of these ultra realistic fish. They started by studying some of the most fantastic exotic fish. Nothing was overlooked. Everything from the movements of the fins to the buoyancy of the fish was engineered. Then the artists came in to recreate the colorful beauty of these fantastic sea creatures. The bubbles from the air pump help circulate the water, keeping the fish "swimming" around just like the real thing. Look closely and you'll actually see their little feathery fins in motion. Customize it with your own colored gravel or sunken pirate ship or simply use the colorful background already provided.
Getting started with a real sea aquarium filled with exotic fish would cost hundreds of dollars. The upkeep of feeding real fish and calibrating the highly sensitive salt water requires even more expense and greater patience. Now you can have the beauty without the burden and expense of the real thing.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
OTT - LITE True Color Battery Powered Desk Lamp
!±8±OTT - LITE True Color Battery Powered Desk Lamp
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The OTT - LITE lamp shows colors true to life under a cool, energy efficient, soothing illumination. Ideal for crafts and hobbyists. See fine details easily and more clearly, mix and match colors more accurately. Built in rechargeable battery included. Up to 3 hours of battery use with each charge. Can also be used with AC Adapter (included) Flip lid stows neatly and activates on/off power Height adjusts from 11" to 19" Carry handle folds up/down for compact storage Energy efficient 13 watt OTT - LITE TrueColor tube (included) rated to last up to 10,000 hours Color: White with light gray accents. Weight: 4.75 lbs. Warranty: 1 - Year Limited #678637.
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