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Nutritional Cleansing Removes the Underlying Cause For Obesity and Chronic Disease

2012-01-26T15:10:00.001-08:00

Nutritional Cleansing Removes the Underlying Cause For Obesity and Chronic Disease

What Causes Obesity And Other Forms Of Chronic Disease?

Nutritional Cleansing Removes the Underlying Cause For Obesity and Chronic Disease

Nutritional Cleansing Removes the Underlying Cause For Obesity and Chronic Disease

Nutritional Cleansing Removes the Underlying Cause For Obesity and Chronic Disease

Did you know that prolonged internal inflammation is the driving force behind obesity as well as most age-related diseases? You can't always see it because it exists at a molecular level. Doctors usually use laboratory tests to confirm it and then assign a name to the condition based on the results. The number of disease names related to inflammation is horrifying: allergies, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Multiple sclerosis, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome and Chrohn's, to name a few.

What Does Chronic Inflammation Feel Like?

Over 75% of Americans suffer from persistent internal inflammation, Common symptoms include:

• lethargy

• inability to focus

• sluggishness

• chronic pain and stiffness

• loss of organ function

• accumulated fat around the waist

• dry, irritated skin

• acne

• an inability to lose excess weight

• an out-of-control hunger for junk food

How Do Body Cells Become Inflamed?

Chemicals and toxins are the primary cause of cellular inflammation, weight gain, and disease. Every day, our bodies absorb thousands of toxins from the air we breathe, the water we drink, genetically modified foods, pesticides, grain fed meat and dairy, preserved flour products, MSG (monosodium glutamate), micro-waved foods, refined sugar, saturated fats, trans fats, artificial sweeteners, caffeine, alcohol, electromagnetic radiation, heavy metals, industrial chemicals, prescription drugs, stress, and more! These toxins accumulate over time inside our bodies, causing the liver and kidneys to overwork, kind of like an engine burning polluted fuel. Our bodies struggle to perform under these stressors and overheat in the process. In order to avoid "engine failure", immune cells in the digestive tract signal the production of inflammatory chemicals and fat cells to isolate and sequester the toxins so they can't do any more damage to the engine. How many fat cells our bodies manufacture is a direct result of how many chemicals and toxins have accumulated inside us. The most visible result of toxic overload is uncontrolled weight gain. Microscopically, however, the situation is far worse. The receptor sites that control the opening and closing of cell pores (like doors into our houses) begin to rust shut (oxidation). Even if we switch to eating a healthy diet, the nutrients we consume can't get into the inflamed fat cells. Nor can the toxins get out. The result is an overweight body that doesn't feel good at all.

Regular Internal "House Cleaning" Disperses Inflammation And Evacuates Toxins

To reduce cellular inflammation, we need to clean the outside as well as the inside of all the inflamed cells in our bodies. What if we looked at this assignment as if we were "spring cleaning our homes"? I like to think of my body as my "house". Each cell is a "mini house" that has to be cleaned and maintained on a regular basis in order to avoid the destruction produced by accumulating dirt, grime, rust and rot. Imagine what would happen if I never dusted or vacuumed my house, never cleaned the stove or refrigerator; never scrubbed the toilets, shower or sinks; never replaced the filters for the A/C or Heating systems. My house would fall apart! Likely, yours would too.

"Nutritional Cleansing" Is An Effective Safe Method To ReMove Inflammation And Toxicity

Cleansing the body's insides by "fasting" has been practiced by most cultures since time began. But previous societies didn't face the degree of toxicity in their food and environment that we face today. Starving the body is not the answer. Nutritional Cleansing is a more recent concept. It encourages a faithful regime of healthy food choices alternating with weekly or monthly 24-hour juice fasts. For one day a week (at least in the beginning) we give our bodies a liquid "spring cleaning".

My Personal Experience With Isagenix

After searching for answers to my own weight and inflammatory issues, I found that a juice designed by John Anderson, the nutritional formulator at Isagenix works incredibly well. He incorporates ancient Ayurvedic and Chinese herbs into what he describes as a "super juice". It appears that the systemic enzymatic actions in the herbs dissolve the 'rusty hinges' of cellular oxidation, reduce inflammation at the receptor sites, and thereby permit cell pores to open and receive nutrients. Some herbs clean out the accumulated toxins from inside the cells. Other herbs gently transport debris out of the body via the bowels and urination. John's juice formula - "Cleanse For Life" - incorporates a carefully chosen group of natural botanicals and trace minerals into a foundation of ionic aloe vera and alfalfa juice. These nutrients restore the structural integrity of the cells and promote normal activity.

The Benefits I Experienced From Participating In A 30-day Nutritional Cleansing Program

The Isagenix program John designed is easy to follow. For six days, two of my daily meals consisted of delicious whey protein shakes. The third meal was up to me to devise from low-calorie fresh vegetables, fruits, legumes, and small portions of meat or fish. Day seven was my "cleanse day", a chance for my body to unload and evacuate toxins and revitalize normal cellular function. It consisted of four servings of "Cleanse for Life" juice spaced throughout the day. Balanced healthy snacks were provided and carefully timed in between juice servings so that I never experienced hunger or fatigue. In the following three weeks, this cycle was repeated, 6 days of shakes followed by one day of cleansing, etc. The effects I noticed (and I would say that my results are typical) were reduced cravings for sugar and junk food, better focus and concentration, much better energy and stamina, improved sleep patterns, softer skin and a healthier immune system. Best of all, my chronic arthritic pain subsided by 50%. Consequently, I decided to continue to cleanse for 90 more days, (repeating the Isagenix 30-day program 3 more times). During that time, I lost an average of 2 lbs a week and have kept it off for three years now. Garden-fresh foods and a sensible exercise program have contributed to maintaining this success, but I believe the nutritional cleansing eradicated the inflammatory cause for most of my health issues. Many of my patients who have also tried the program would happily agree.

Nutritional Cleansing Removes the Underlying Cause For Obesity and Chronic Disease

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How to Stop Your Cat's Urination Problems

2012-01-09T16:29:00.001-08:00

How to Stop Your Cat's Urination Problems

Having your cat urinating all over your home can be extremely troublesome. Especially when it happens after you thought you had successfully litter trained your cat. Rather than getting angry, it may be more appropriate for you to be worried. You should strongly consider taking kitty for a check-up at the vet. There are a number of diseases which can cause your cat to suddenly start urinating uncontrollably. One of these diseases is a urinary tract infection which could be potentially fatal if left untreated. As a matter of fact, any sudden change in kitty's behavior merits a visit to the vet, just in case.

How to Stop Your Cat's Urination Problems

How to Stop Your Cat's Urination Problems

How to Stop Your Cat's Urination Problems

While kitty peeing outside the litter box is an obvious clue, you should also be on alert about your cat's urination habits. If you notice kitty making more trips to the litter box than normal, or releasing a greater than usual volume of urine, or its urine having a different smell, etc, all these are warning signs of illness. If you truly love your cat, then you need to be vigilant about its health.

Once ill health has been ruled out, you need to look into environmental factors. The most obvious one is moving house. There are one or two cat owners who somehow failed to realize that their cats became confused and could not find the litter box in their new homes. Or simply did not like the new location of the litter box. In any case, if you Move house, be prepared to litter train your cat all over again.

Any number of factors could cause stress to your cat and cause it to urinate away from its litter box, even something as subtle as a change in your working schedule. On the one hand, this is rather inconvenient to you. On the other hand, a part of me would be happy, because this shows that kitty misses me and cares about me. It's nice to know that you are more than just the person who fills kitty's food dish, isn't it? Anyway, if you cannot reMove the cause of kitty's stress, you will just have to toilet train your cat again. Besides this, you may want to learn cat massage. Just like for humans, massage can soothe away some of your cat's stress. If all else fails, you may need to get a something from your vet to help soothe kitty. However, I strongly advise against aromatherapy or the use of massage oils unless your vet can recommend a safe brand. Cats are often sensitive to such oils and scents. There have been cases of poisoning reported.

Something that few people think about is the litter. Just because you still buy the same brand does not mean the manufacturer is still making the litter exactly the same. There could be major or even just minor changes to the final end product, and it could be noticeable to your cat. Remember that its sense of touch and smell is much better than yours.

The problem could even be the litter box. Are your cat still using the same litter box as when it was a kitten? Or has your cat grown old... You may need to try a different-sized litter box.

Did I mention that smell is important? Did you change the cleaner you used to wash the litter box? Are you cleaning the area around the litter box with a different cleaner? Perhaps kitty hates the smell of the new cleaning product and that is why it is urinating elsewhere. Or did you use a different cleaning product for your house. The new cleaner could be confusing kitty.

Your cat is a sensitive creature of habit. First, you need to eliminate health problems as the cause of your cat's urination problem. After that, it takes time and patience and loving care to investigate the cause of the problem. A case study published by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (JAVMA, Vol 224, No. 10, May 15, 2004) reported that they took several years to resolve the problem. Partly it was because the cat in question had health problems. The vet needed to try different medications which would both clear up the medical conditions as well as not cause the cat to urinate uncontrollably. At the same time, there was no stability in the home environment. The owner got a divorce, and found a new boyfriend. And apparently some stray cats Moved into the neighborhood.

How to Stop Your Cat's Urination Problems

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Absurdism - An Approach to Writing Meaningful Fiction

2011-12-30T06:56:00.001-08:00

Absurdism - An Approach to Writing Meaningful Fiction

I've had readers accuse me of being an absurdist. "Putting God on trial is an absurd premise," they say. "Having your characters debate whether the afterlife grants us virgins or whores is absurd," they say. "It's absurd to make your central character a Jewish Muslim," they say. Oh, well. These illustrative fragments of absurd experience are part of a larger existence teeming with the absurd. After all, how can we find meaning in a world where national leaders adopt a policy of pre-emptive strike while publicly professing eternal allegiance to the teachings of a philosopher who implored us to turn the other cheek?

And so I accept the designation. Picture my face filling the entire screen of your living room TV. Now hear me tell you: "My name's Mohamed Mughal and I am an absurdist." The fact is that I don't feel the sLightest compulsion to deny the Charge. After all, absurdism is a badge of literary courage worn by Kafka, Camus, Vonnegut and, more recently, Douglas Adams.

But absurdism isn't an invocation of the absurd for the sole sake of absurdity. Absurdism's absurdity is a reflection of truth. Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five has many elements of the absurd. One of my favorites is the fate of poor old Edgar Derby. In the bloody transgressions of a world war that killed 50 to 70 million people and in the immediate aftermath of the Allied bombing of Dresden, a bombing that killed tens of thousands of civilians in a strategically unimportant city of museums and churches, an American soldier named Edgar Derby is caught taking a teapot that isn't his. Poor old Edgar Derby is arrested, tried and shot for this transgression. Absurd? Vonnegut maintains that someone he knew really was shot in Dresden for taking a teapot that didn't belong to him. And therein lies the truth that informs absurdism. In his Amazon review of Resolution 786, Charles Ashbacher cites a point of absurdity in the story where a senior military officer warns soldiers in his command about the unauthorized use of personal money to buy toilet paper that supports a Federal government mission. Folks...this really happened.

Absurdism is not a slapstick skit.

Absurdism is truth offered on a tray of humor, truth that is pushed to almost nihilist limits when the most brutish and narrow-minded character in Resolution 786 falls into an inexplicable trance and issues the robotic monologue: "The things we say, the things we do, night and day - they're all contradictions. Life is an unending stream of contradictions held together by some improbable matrix of beautiful, savage accidents. We struggle and contrive to assign some meaning, any meaning, to our accidents. Then we realize that our assigned meaning is merely our own interpretation and projection, surely bearing no semblance to the meaning. We begrudgingly concede that that which is observed is solely contingent to the observer. In laughable and final defeat, we confess that to be alive itself seems an ill-intentioned anomaly in a largely inert and dead cosmos."

"Meaning" in a relativistic universe void of absolutes?

Absurd.

Sigh.

Poor old Edgar Derby.

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What Color Is Your Advertising? How Color Theory Can Make Your Marketing More Effective

2011-12-20T00:39:00.001-08:00

What Color Is Your Advertising? How Color Theory Can Make Your Marketing More Effective

If you're planning a marketing or advertising campaign, color is sure to play a key role in the success of your venture. After all, it's pretty much the first thing your consumers will notice*, making color your best - and sometimes only - chance to get a message across.

Use of color in most design for marketing and advertising is dictated by certain obvious requirements; the need to reflect a specific brand, as well as the attempt to communicate a certain mood dictated by the product itself.

Company branding is pretty straightforward - specific colors dictated by logos and other devices will need to be incorporated into at least part of your design. It's the choice of color scheme for conveying the 'personality' of a product that's often a lot harder to come up with.

Sometimes the decision is partly intuitive - most people understand even at a very basic level that bright, saturated colors will convey a different kind of mood to neutral grays or browns. Experienced designers, of course, go further still, selecting and implementing colors on the basis of their effectiveness in the overall design. Here, the guidelines of traditional color theory often come into play as a kind of balancing act to ensure that all parts work together well and that the right kind of colors are used.

But what if some colors are actually more right than others?

We're about to embark on an exploration of color related not just to its use in layout, but rather, the psychological and physical impact it's likely to have on a viewer.

A big, and sometimes controversial undertaking, and we'll first need to get a couple of things straight. While people often talk about a psychology of color, in reality, most psychologists would find fault with the accuracy of this term. This is because the significance given to various colors isn't Universal and unchanging - in many ways it's quite the opposite: various cultures quite often associate the same color with very different emotions and ideas.*

Yet colors and their underlying fabric of sociological and historical connotation certainly do produce specific reactions in particular contexts - emotions, associations and even physical effects that can help advertisers in their quest for ever more accurate targeting.

And if this all sounds a bit hokey, at the very least, the idea that color can actively influence consumers shouldn't be disregarded entirely. So let's take a look at what colors seem to be telling us.

Red

Red, the most vibrant and Powerful of colors, seems like a good place to start. Particularly since studies have shown that it's the first color babies recognize, and one that continues to appeal to most people throughout their childhood and into their adult lives.

At a purely symbolic level, it's the color of fire and blood, an association that's common to all cultures and therefore extremely Powerful. Less specifically, it's a color that seems to be associated with energy, war, danger and Power, not to mention passion, desire, and love.

So what does that mean for marketing?

To start with, some of these associations are so deeply ingrained that it wouldn't be wise to use a color other than red to represent certain states. Try depicting extreme emotions such as violence or passion with shades of blue and you're going to run into problems.

What's more, it has been shown that in its brighter variations (tomato, pillar-box), red actually provokes a physical response by raising respiration rate and blood pressure.

For this reason, its use in 'sexy' advertising scenarios or as an erotically Charged statement (on lips or fingernails) should quite literally set hearts beating faster - and unusually, it's regarded as equally arousing by men and women.

Whether the physiological 'red effect' occurs simply as a result of its associations; or because the color itself somehow provokes such a response; or, if, indeed, this effect relies on a combination of the two isn't something that necessarily matters here. What is important is that red, like virtually every other color, exerts a measurable influence on the consumer.

More about the 'red effect'

Quite apart from any physical reactions it might provoke, red's association with force, and therefore power, is an extremely dominant one. Consider all the small details in our everyday lives that support this notion: red icons on switches to indicate their 'on' state, the plastic coating on 'live' wires, the tiny red glow that tells us an electrical appliance is working.

All of which makes red an ideal color to suggest fast-moving action or extreme force - examples of products that might fall into this category include computer games, action-adventure books or movies.

This deep-rooted association with power, coupled with the fact that it actually raises metabolic speed, also makes red a good candidate for any product that seeks to impart the idea of improvement, rapidity or physical change. Just a few of many possible examples include anything related to sport or speed (think of those red sports cars), energy drinks, self-help guides, or Batteries. Even 'fast-acting' or 'powerful' over-the-counter drugs can support their status with at least a dash of red.

Perhaps as a result of all that heavy breathing, red also increases appetite, making it an excellent choice for advertising food (it's popularly claimed that Chinese restaurants often use red color schemes for this reason, but there's little truth in this - red simply happens to be a very popular and 'lucky' color in Chinese culture).

However, if enticing diners to eat heartily is something you're aiming to do, an all-red environment is a good way to get stomachs rumbling.

Pink

Although it derives from red, pink has little of its big brother's forceful qualities. In fact, although it's usually perceived as a warm and fairly upbeat color, it is, of course, popularly associated with femininity and even passivity. A cliche, perhaps, but its vigor-reducing reputation has again been shown to have some basis in fact.

Famously, a shade of bubble-gum pink used in certain cells in a men's prison was unexpectedly found to placate aggressive inmates. Research corroborated the fact that pink did indeed have significant calming qualities - although subsequent study revealed that after a certain time these effects were dramatically reversed as prisoners became more agitated and aggressive than before. (Surprised? You try living in a bubble gum pink environment).

Nevertheless, the fact that pink does induce at least a temporary sensation of calm makes it a powerful factor in the color-coordinated approach to advertising. Its peaceful, relaxing qualities and general evocation of comfort and softness have long made it a favorite for items such as toilet paper, cotton wool and 'gentle on the skin' toiletries, especially baby lotions.

This association could possibly be explored further as a background or accent color for items where comfort is key, such as bedding, sofas or carpets. Apply with caution, however - the strong association with femininity means that anything 'too' pink is likely to be snubbed by men.

There's one other area in which pink has an interesting effect, however - and one that's far less likely to alienate males. It's well known that a high concentration of color in foodstuffs will lead consumers to believe they're tastier, or even identify a flavor that isn't actually present.* And pink coloring is a particularly effective way of suggesting sweetness.

This may relate to the fact that it's often used as a coloring in candies, but whatever the case, the association is powerful enough to substantially increase a food's perceived sugariness or even depth of flavor. Pink sprinkles or toppings will add oomph to vanilla ice cream, and pink marshmallows are often assumed to be sweeter than white ones (they aren't).

Although in these health-conscious times sweet, sugary foods have lost much of their popularity, the marketing of certain products is still likely to benefit from a little pink-appeal: feel-good desserts, ice creams, shakes and certainly artificial sweeteners. It's also a color that could be used to make sugar-free, healthier foods seem more enticing to Kids - as long as Mom and Dad are able to see through the ruse themselves.

Green

Occurring naturally as a sign of plant growth and renewal, green is one of those colors that's Universally seen as positive, fresh and fertile. It's also a color that, once again, produces noticeable physical effects. it's the easiest color for the eye to assimilate and therefore one of the most relaxing; it induces feelings of calm and restfulness, and can even improve vision. In short, it's a very positive color indeed.

This emphasis on nature, freshness and renewal means that it's commonly used to emphasize the cleansing, 'regenerative' aspect of household items such as bleaches, detergents, air fresheners. But if you notice a certain irony in this, well-spotted, because green, of course, has steadily evolved into the symbol of all that's ecologically aware. Which isn't a label that applies to most cleaning products.

The widespread acceptance of 'green' in its current sense is actually a fairly recent phenomenon*, but with increasing focus on ecological issues it's extremely powerful and will only gain in strength. So much so, in fact, that real care needs to be taken now that use of green doesn't suggest a product is all-natural, organic or additive-free if it isn't. Congruity in advertising - or the notion that what's implied about a product should be supported by its reality - is one of the most vital aspects of marketing. Get this wrong, and there's no consumer forgiveness.

Yet despite green requiring caution in advertising, its current associations have equally led to opportunities for more refined targeting. Wholesome, healthy food items are likely to be quickly identified as such through predominant use of green, and the same can be said for products or services associated with any type of healing, spirituality, or personal growth: yoga, slimming programs, alternative medicines.

Different greens, different meanings

Green is a symbolically complex color, and particular shades transmit subtly different messages. Darker greens - the classic color of bank-notes and bills - have long held an association with finance. The added implication of growth and fertility therefore makes green a good choice for promotion of many financial products, particularly saving schemes, pensions and insurance plans.

Lime greens, which emerged as popular trend color in the '90s, denote an especially vibrant freshness due to their close relationship to effervescent yellows. As such, they make excellent keynote colors for fresh, healthy, energy-inducing products such as juices, tonics, vitamin supplements and energy drinks.

Finally, a further modern-day association with green stems from its use in traffic systems to signify 'go'. This link with Movement, forward motion and vehicles make it a potentially good choice for anything related to transport: carriers, train networks, buses. And for online advertising, try using green for buttons or links you'd particularly like clicked - you're practically inviting a user to go ahead and do so.

Blue

Blue is by far the world's most popular color. And as one that, like green, occurs in nature - the hue of skies, water and sea - it's not surprising that it's so well loved. With such Universal associations and widespread appeal, blue is an important asset to any color theorist.

Unlike very warm colors, which provoke impulsive, passionate responses, blue is a cerebral color that's commonly associated with clear thinking and intellect. For good reason, too, as its use in offices and workplaces has been shown to dramatically increase productivity and a sense of well-being. Perhaps more surprisingly, other studies indicate that blue can even improve physical prowess - weight-lifters typically perform better in blue surroundings. However, this is probably a secondary effect of its ability to sharpen concentration.

This association with clear thought and precision make blue a good choice for anything involving a high degree of complex manufacture, such as computing products, electronic goods or hi-tech appliances in general. Darker blues emphasize this association even further, and their widespread appeal among men provide a perfect keynote for high-end, precision-made items with a masculine focus - expensive cars, bespoke tailoring, luxury grooming products.

Given such a setting, it's no real surprise either that blue emerges as a clear favorite in the corporate world. Its implication of steadiness and reason continue to make it an effective choice for much company branding, although its white collar associations can also suggest stuffiness and conservatism.

In its Lighter, brighter shades, blue loses much of its cool aloofness and takes on happier, sparkling and spontaneous overtones. The pure and natural aspect of such blues convey a sense of cleanliness and freshness and are often used for cleaning products, detergents, deodorants and toothpastes.

Bright blue is also an obvious choice for the typical vacation. Evocative of cloudless skies and inviting pools or seas, it also gives a tantalizing taste of tranquility and relaxation by slowing down the metabolism and producing feelings of calm and well-being. A powerful message indeed, and one that makes blue an equally effective choice for health spas, beauty clinics and any other service where deep relaxation or therapy is a key selling point.

In fact, blue is such a flexible and well-liked color that it's almost impossible to mis-use - with one major exception.

Foods, particularly meats, dairy products and staples such as pasta or rice, really don't benefit from any kind of association with blue. To start with, that drop in metabolism will certainly reduce the appetite; but this doesn't explain the fact that a blue/food combo can even induce feelings of nausea. (Try it. Add a little coloring to pasta, white sauce, or even better, Light-fleshed meat such as pork or chicken. See how far you get before pushing your plate to one side).

It's been suggested that we instinctively associate the color with something that's rotten and unsafe to eat, but whatever the case, it's not a great choice for marketing a ready-meal. And if you find yourself running low at your next dinner party, bring out the blue plates. There won't be many requests for second helpings.

Yellow

Yellow is clearly vibrant, energetic and fun - it's the color of sunshine, flame and fire and is closely associated with warmth, happiness and the positive energy such states create. It produces bodily responses that are perfectly in keeping with this reading, too; an instant feeling of well-being along with a noticeable boost to mental activity.

For this reason, it's a color that effectively communicates the nature of products associated with vitality and stimulus, such as energy drinks, sports equipment, vitamin supplements or remedies. And as the perfect feel-good color, it's a great choice too for promoting group leisure activities, clubs and social networks.

Visually, yellow has a high impact that's hard to ignore, a fact reflected in its use for items such as sticky notes and highlighter inks. Since it demonstrably sharpens attention, too (back to the notes and highlighter pens!) it's worth considering lighter yellows as a background for large amounts of text, especially copy that requires close attention such as tutorials, instructions, or rules and regulations.

Yellow does requires a certain amount of care, however. Very light yellows can often appear drab, especially on-screen, while brighter shades tend to become overpowering.

The yellow effect is an intense one, and its enervating qualities can quickly put people on edge. Yellow rooms make babies cry more, and they also provoke hot tempers and arguments. And finally, while it's a color that can be used to market most products to women - from washing up gloves to expensive scents - men are far less likely to appreciate its use with expensive or luxury goods.

White

Pristine and pure, white appropriately signifies cleanliness, spiritual health and, of course, purity in most cultures. It's considered a non-color to which nothing has been added, making it an ideal choice for products wanting to accentuate their unadulterated, un-tampered with goodness: no-frills items, reduced fat, low-sugar or no-additive foods, pure juices, skin-care products.

White is also the classic 'clean' color, providing the easiest way to add a sense of uncluttered spaciousness to print or screen graphics. Yet its association with cleanliness and hygiene (white clearly shows dirt so is commonly used in hospitals, for example) lends it a certain clinical quality that can deprive a marketing message of warmth or even context. For this reason, it's best used with an accent color to combine the best of two worlds - the visual clarity of white and the emotional resonance of a carefully chosen highlight.

Remember, too, that on-screen, the combination of light-filled white with black text is fairly hard on the eye. Try choosing a tinted background for large quantities of copy (yellow is often a good choice, as mentioned above) or change the color of the text itself.

Black

Although in western culture the color black certainly holds several negative linguistic connotations (black magic, black market) it's also very positively associated with authority, prestige and exclusivity (black tie event, black credit card, black mercedes).

A slightly confusing message, but in general, black can be used very effectively to denote cool sophistication and a powerful sense of extreme luxury or expense.

Pair this with the fact that visually, it's a color that creates a real sense of depth while also focusing the attention more completely than white, and black makes an ideal backdrop for images of luxury goods or services such as high-end hotels. Men seem to respond particularly well to such a combination - perhaps because it's also been shown that for guys, black is a color with marked erotic overtones (combine it with red and you're onto a testerone-Charged winner that's bound to attract male attention!)

Black is also by far the most common text color; perfect in print, although on-screen the contrast with white can often seem harsh. A good tip is to consider using a very dark gray instead. And colored text against a black background is rarely a good idea except in small areas, as black backgrounds diminish readability and will quickly tire viewers.

Orange

With Its combination of energetic reds and feel-good yellows, orange is a color that's clearly suggestive of fun, warmth and pleasure. And like its constituents, orange exerts an invigorating effect by increasing oxygen to the brain and stimulating mental activity. It's therefore an excellent choice for any product associated with energy and vigor, such as sporting equipment or services, adventure holidays, theme park rides, energy drinks.

Think you've read something like this before? Well in fact, orange can impart very similar messages to red, but importantly, without its slightly aggressive edge.

Of all the colors, orange is also the best at stimulating appetite. So good in fact, that you may notice a lot of it in the snack or candy shelves near a checkout. Strategic thinking, because the orange ability to generate sudden hunger pangs will often lead to impulse purchases.

Yet orange, particularly in its brighter shades, is also a color that's perceived as lacking prestige. Perhaps this is because its high visibility means it's a frequent factor in motel signs, fast food outlets and similar 'low-frills' businesses, but whatever the reasons, it's a color that's become associated with lower-budget options and shouldn't be used extensively for products wanting to impart a high quality message. (The opposite also holds true, however, making it a very good choice to indicate value for money, savings and discounts).

Purple

Mysterious, alluring, and very definitely regal, purple is a relatively uncommon color in nature. In the ancient world, its scarcity meant that it was highly valued, and rare, expensive purple dyes were used exclusively by nobility.

This association with wealth and prestige remains to this day, making purple, especially in its darker shades, an excellent complement to luxury items.

In fact, the association with expense is so strong that it can even be used to add a touch of instant class to cheaper products. For example, a bus company using purple livery would almost certainly be perceived as more luxurious than one using orange. The risk here, though, is that the consumer's perception of comparative price might also rise accordingly - even if fares are identical.

Purple secrets

Purple also has some interesting hidden talents. It's been noted, for instance, that many women find it an extremely erotic color, making it the female equivalent of the guys' libido-enhancing black.

In fact, purple turns out to be a very girly color indeed - far more so than pink, the usual suspect. It's a definite hit amongst young and adolescent girls for example, with some studies claiming that almost 75% rate it their favorite color. So while men seem fairly neutral about purple, if you're looking for a color that speaks directly to the ladies, this may well be the one to choose.

Brown

And what about the guys? Well if you tried to guess, chances are you'd get it right. Brown, along with blue, is consistently voted a favorite color by men. And why not? Solid, earthy, dependable; it might lack the zing of the brighter primaries, but it resonates with a sense of trustworthiness and dependability. And if that's the kind of message you're looking to add to your marketing strategy, brown is often the right color to convey it - especially of course, if the product's aimed specifically at males.

An interesting off-shoot of all this earnestness is the fact that brown is often claimed to be a highly 'believable' color, too. In other words, it's more likely to add credibility to an advertising message - an important factor if your communication makes claims that may seem extravagant.

Bear in mind though, that if used too extensively brown can also have a stodgy, dampening effect. And whatever message your marketing is ultimately trying to convey, its main purpose is to stimulate enough visual interest to attract and excite instant attention.

But even in this respect, brown turns out to be pretty dependable: it easily converts into lighter and darker shades without losing depth, and can also be mixed with more dynamic colors - reds, yellows, oranges for a much more upbeat feel. So use the color recommendations given here to spice up a brown accordingly.

Planning an ad for well-made, hard-wearing, yet sporty gear for guys? Brown combined with a hint of red should give just the right message.

FOOTNOTES

* While images are generally more noticeable than flat blocks of color, they are, of course, usually dominated by a particular color in order to enhance and support an overall layout.

* One example would be the use of white clothing to signify mourning in India and many parts of Asia. In this article I'm focusing on color in the context of western culture.

* Numerous studies have shown that higher levels of coloring in food or drinks leads to the belief that they are stronger in taste than identical items with less color. Assumptions regarding color-taste correlation can even cause errors when identifying flavor; for example, a cherry-flavored drink colored purple may well be identified as grape.

* The color green has long been a symbol of ecologically motivated political parties and Movements, but it's only in recent years that this meaning has become completely mainstream through widespread media emphasis on global warming and other ecological issues.

* Oddly enough, red in this context don't seem to provoke a 'stop' response and will also work well for buttons, particularly if a quick decision is required. Green, however, will always be perceived as a less risky click.

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Birren, Faber (1978), Color and Human Response, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Gorn, Gerald J., Amitava Chattopadhyay, Tracey Yi, and Darren W. Dahl (1997), "Effects of Color as an Executional Cue in Advertising: They're in the Shade," Management Science, 43 (10)
--, and Patricia C. Smith (1959), "A System of Color Preferences," American Journal of Psychology, 72 (4)

Hall, Richard H., and Patrick Hanna (2004), "The Impact of Web Page Text-Background Colour Combinations on Readability, Retention Aesthetics and Behavioral Intention," Behaviour and Information Technology, 23 (May/June)

Hevner, Kate (1935), "Experimental Studies of the Affective Value of Colors and Lines," Journal of Applied Psychology, 19 (2)

Jacobs, Keith W., and James F. Suess (1975), "Effects of Four Psychological Primary Colors on Anxiety State," Perceptual and Motor Skills, 41 (1)

Madden, Thomas J., Kelly Hewett, and Martin S. Roth (2000), "Managing Images in Different Cultures: A Cross-National Study of Color Meanings and Preferences," Journal of International Marketing, 8 (4)

Meyers-Levy, Joan, and Laura A. Peracchio (1995), "Understanding the Effects of Color: How the Correspondence Between Available and Required Resources Affects Attitudes," Journal of Consumer Research, 22 (2), 121-138.

Middlestadt, Susan E. (1990), "The Effect of Background and Ambient Color on Product Attitudes and Beliefs," in Advances in Consumer Research, vol. 17, Rebecca Holman and Michael Solomon, eds., Provo, UT: Association for Consumer Research,

Schaie, Klaus W., and Robert Heiss (1964), Color and Personality, Berne, Switzerland: Hans Huber.

Schindler, Pamela S. (1986), "Color and Contrast in Magazine Advertising," Psychology and Marketing, 3 (2)

Wilson, Glenn D. (1966), "Arousal Properties of Red Versus Green," Perceptual and Motor Skills, 23 (3)

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The United States Constitution Is Written In Stone!

2011-12-09T11:08:00.001-08:00

The United States Constitution Is Written In Stone!

Today, at the beginning of the 21st Century, it would be great to have complete faith and trust in the 'toilet paper money' we call 'the greenback'. Every American has become accustomed to the pictures of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Jackson, Franklin and others. I never met any of them, because they lived before my birth. I know that Washington, Jefferson and Franklin would not approve of our 'toilet paper money, especially Ben Franklin who sign the United States Constitution.

In case you haven't read this document, which is the only document that manages this country of ours, it is written,

SECTION 8

... To coin Money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current Coin of the United States.

Now some semi intellectual will contend that the word securities means paper money? One needs to study our history first. Shortly after the colonies united, they tried to print paper money(backed by Gold, grain and animals). It was called 'colonial'. This then led to the printing of the 'Continental' to pay for the Revolutionary War. Both attempts were failures and Gold remained the only legal tender. I am sorry, but I don't see any reference to paper money or paper certificates.

SECTION 10

No state...; coin Money; emit bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin as Tender in Payment of Debts;...

Do I need to really write anymore. If the Holy Bible is to be believed in as the true word of God, then we must accept The Constitution of the Untied States as the 'Law of the Land'. Our Constitution is our Constitution (Webster - the way in which a government, state, society, etc. is organized...). The Constitution has been the supreme document that governs us since its adoption in 1789.

If we can't abide by what is written in the Constitution, then what? Our 'toilet paper money' is really an empty promise, nothing more!

Before it happens, we should consider Gold again as the only currency of our country.

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House Training Your Pomeranian

2011-11-29T04:52:00.001-08:00

House Training Your Pomeranian

Pomeranians are lively intelligent dogs that are easily trained, but like many small dogs housebreaking a Pom can be a bit of a challenge. The key to successfully potty training your Pom is to start early and maintain a structured and organized training schedule.

One thing you have going in your favor is that Pomeranians, like all other dogs, are very clean by nature. They do not like to soil the areas where they sleep and eat. Also, dogs instinctively develop habits about where they do their business. Some dogs like to go on grass, others on gravel. Finding out what your dogs prefers and using that to your advantage can help in your house training task.

The first step in house training your Pomeranian is to set up the training area. Since dogs don't like to soil there bedding, you need a confined area such as a crate or small room like a bathroom. When using a crate, make sure the dog has enough room to Move around - you can't expect your Pomeranian to be happy in a small confining crate for the duration of the house breaking period.

You need to spend as much time in the training area with your Pom as possible. Play with the dog in there and feed the dog there as well. Make sure your dog has a nice bed and can feel all comfy in the area. Don't get discouraged if the dog does eliminate in the area at first - once he recognizes this as his own space he will be reluctant to do so. You can let the dog out in other areas when you are able to Watch him, but when you are not home, keep your dog confined to "his area".

Next you need to set up the toilet area. This needs to be a place that your dog can get to every time he has to eliminate. You need to Watch the dog and accompany him to the toilet area each time he looks like he is going to eliminate. Of course, praise him when he does so he gets the idea that going there is a good thing.

If you put your dog on a set feeding schedule it will become easy to predict when your dog has to eliminate.
Once the dog is using the toilet area pretty consistently and is not going in his training area, you can expand out to the rest of the home. Widen his training area a little at a time always keeping an eye out to make sure he only eliminates in the toilet area.

When you expand into a new area, stay with your dog as much as possible. It may be necessary to put the dog back in the training area when you are not home until he recognizes that the new area is also his "space" and does not try to eliminate there.

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Dual Flush Toilets and Kits - Advantages and Disadvantages

2011-11-18T19:53:00.001-08:00

Dual Flush Toilets and Kits - Advantages and Disadvantages

Dual flush toilets are becoming more and more popular throughout the world. With a growing awareness and the need to conserve water, as well and more significant droughts throughout the world, people are turning to ways they can conserve water in their own homes. These toilets are used widely throughout the rest of the world, but slowly becoming a popular choice among residents of the United States and Canada.

If you are considering purchasing these water efficient and "green" toilets, you will want to consider the advantages and disadvantages of these water efficient toilets. These environmentally friendly units offer two flush volumes: one volume for fluids and the other for solids.

Is it worth abandoning the standard flush system and going for a full replacement or a dual flush toilet conversion kit? Below are some advantages and disadvantages of both.

Advantages

Save Water

There is no doubt that a these water efficient toilets are very highly efficient and are in compliance of the National Energy Policy Act of 1994. These dual flushing toilets use no more than 1.6 gallons per flush, compared to older standard toilets that use more than 3.5 gallons per flush. As mentioned, these dual flushing toilets and kits feature two flush volumes on every model. The lower volume or the liquid flush, uses less than 1.1 gallons per flush. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, we can save up to 4,000 gallons of water every year by converting our toilets to the dual flush system.

Saves Money

Water bills can decrease by hundreds of dollars. Along with that, in different provinces in Canada and states in the U.S., rebates are given to consumers who purchase HET a dual flushing toilet with a WaterSense label. The EPA provides an extensive list of toilets from well-known toilet manufacturers. These include, Caroma, American Standard, Kohler and Toto. The WaterSense label indicates that a dual flush toilet is not only "green" but also of a high quality.

The best savings is through a dual flush conversion kit. For about and a couple of hours in an afternoon, you can convert your own regular toilet into a water efficient dual flush toilet. Prices of a brand new water efficient toilet can start around 0 U.S. for economy models and can go up for luxury models.

Clog Less

Most dual flush toilets are made to use gravity to reMove waste through a large trapway, rather than old-fashioned pressure siphoning. The trapway is large enough to reduce incidence of clogging.

Disadvantages:

May Be Hard to Install

Some models of these toilets may be difficult for the do it yourselfer and may require professional installation. According to reviews at Amazon.com, and eFaucets, the ease of installation will vary by the model and the experience of the person installing the dual flush toilet. These toilet conversion kits like the one2flush conversion kit will cost around and a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon. Any do it yourselfer can have a dual flush toilet at a fraction of the cost using a kit like the one2flush conversion kit.

Can Be Expensive

Many dual flush toilet models can start at around 0 and go up from there. That is why a conversion kit may be the best choice for most home owners. You can easily convert your own toilet into a dual flush toilet with these conversion kits.

What To Do With Your Old Toilet?

Of course with every new toilet purchased, you need to get rid of the old one. If you are environmentally conscious then you know that your old toilet will increase waste in the land fields. With an increase in technology, scientists and environmentalists are looking for ways to recycle old toilets. To save money and the land fields, using a conversion kit is a smart solution.

Conclusion:

These bathroom fixtures and conversion kits will save money, reduce waste and are eco-friendly. If a full toilet replacement is not an option, a dual flush retrofit may be the best option when striving to make the bathroom plumbing more water efficient.

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Why We Should Only Buy Products Made In The USA

2011-11-08T13:18:00.001-08:00

Why We Should Only Buy Products Made In The USA

The time has come for Americans to stand together and make our country great again. I have witnessed a lot of negative effects to the American way of life over the last ten to fifteen years. In my opinion we need to get back to the ways that made this country the greatest place on earth.

We can start this process by waking up and taking notice of whats going on in America, we have to bring American made products and jobs back to the US. The process is going to take time and lots of hard work, but by sticking together we can succeed. I encourage you to buy Made in the USA products only.

I have started this campaign by selling products made in the USA only. I do support helping others, but it's time to take care of ourselves, cause we're the only ones left to turn this world around. America was built on freedom and the hard work of our ancestors. We're in jeopardy of losing all these great values, if we don't bring our industries back to America and stand united as one. Lets give our children a future they can look forward to.

The only way we can accomplish this is by cutting taxes on these big business industries and enticing them to bring their businesses back to the US. This is a total trickle down effect that will create jobs for millions of people. Everything in our current tax system will have to be restructured, and stop penalizing big businesses, because they took the risk in order to succeed. Taxes are always going to be part of our life, but the risk takers in life should only have to pay their fair share. And not have to pay for everybody who decides they want to live off of the system. Life is always going to be full of struggles, and under some understandable circumstances you will be taken care of, and to all others there is no free ride. We have to work to bring these jobs back home, and put in a honest days work when they return home.

I certainly don't have all the answers, but I do know that working together with honest fellow Americans we can start the process of bringing the correct values back into our lives. I have seen these true values everyday, since all the disasters of mother nature. In a time of need these true American people are reaching out to help their fellow man. These same efforts are what it will take to make a change for the future of our great country.

Made in the USA. It's a motto we can stand behind, cause it's simple and it works!

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Yangtze River 'Giant Toilet Bowl' of Asia

2011-10-29T08:00:00.001-07:00

Yangtze River 'Giant Toilet Bowl' of Asia

With a record-high dumped wastes of 30.5 billion tons, the Yangtze River in China can be considered as a "giant toilet bowl" of Asia as waste production and illegal dumping in the area continue to worsen. Xinhua news agency reported the recent case of industrial, farming and human waste production in China has doubled compared a couple of decades ago with a 3.1 percent increase or 900 million tons of added trash being thrown in the river.
Experts are predicting the situation of Yangtze getting polluted will be more alarming in the coming days with the presence of Three Gorges dam trapping a bulk sewage that makes the river unsafe and may cause all possible threats to human health, particularly those living near the vicinity.
Even the Asian Development Bank was anxious about the fate of the Yangtze River and pointed fingers at the industrialization and urbanization activities as culprits to its pollution. It said the river has reached its alarming levels calling the proper authorities to do something about it. Based on the study of the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission, 2006 posted a seemingly high sewage dumping after its alert waste levels were raised by less than five percent.
Earlier this month, a Swiss-China report said the enormous pollution brought about by too much dumping in the Yangtze can be resolved if the Chinese government will be aggressive enough to take initiatives in restoring the river.
Fishing activities and survival of the unique species living in bodies of water were greatly affected by the waste dumping in Yangtze. In time, it is feared that the other sea creatures like the white-fin dolphin and sturgeon will totally be extinct.

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Different Types Of Toilet Seats To Enhance Your Bathroom

2011-10-17T15:44:00.001-07:00

Different Types Of Toilet Seats To Enhance Your Bathroom

I have recently been trying to redesign my bathroom, but to keep the existing appliances and give the whole bathroom a bit of an over haul and makeover. When you start doing a little bit of research you actually find that there are lots of accessories and upgrades that you can do to modernize your bathroom, and here are just a few.
Replacement toilet seats are one of the best ways to give that tired looking toilet a new lease of life. Most toilets come with a plastic seat as standard, but there is a facility to upgrade to wooden ones in varying colors and made from a variety of timbers. If wood is not for you then there are plenty of durable plastic or decorative seats to choose from. Some of the decorative ones are quite elaborate and features images of shells, animals and even people on. If your Kids have their own toilet in their bedroom, then a cartoon character decorative toilet seat could be the one to choose.
One particular type of toilet seat that has become extremely popular is the soft close toilet seat. These have a built in mechanism that prevents the toilet from slamming shut when dropped, and allows it to gently and smoothly close. This is fantastic in the evening or at night when the toilet seat clatter of wake up the whole family.
There are also electronic bidet seats which can be used as replacement for your existing one, turning your whole toilet into an elaborate multifunctional bidet that will allow for warm water washing and drying, and often a built-in deodorizer as well. The heated toilet seat function is one that I particularly enjoy, especially on those cold winter nights.
In addition to toilet seats that are replacement bath panels, taps, shower screens and curtains, shower heads, and toilet roll and bath towel holders that can make your bathroom feel new and more exciting.
Giving your bath room a freshen up does not need to cost you a fortune. A couple of hundred dollars may be all that is required to have a few aftermarket accessories to your home. This is a small price play when you consider the many thousands of dollars it would cost to replace your bathroom suite with a brand new one, and potentially more money if you need to bring in plumbers and electricians to do some of the work for you.

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History of Paper Clips

2011-10-07T09:23:00.001-07:00

History of Paper Clips

Paper clips are a fairly simple invention which was invented thousands of years back by early ancestors who had first worked with iron or tin. It is infamously hard to work with steel especially when little items such as wire for these clips are to be produced.
In fact, these clips were not invented before the 1830s, it was the year when John Ireland Howe, an American doctor invented a machine that produced pins with solid head. Before that, pins were made by hands that were not affordable by many seamstresses at a time when most of the clothing was handmade.
Clips (paper) and paper pins are fairly different but at the same time they both have a common purpose, for keeping items clipped or pinned together in an organized manner. After the successful marketing of pins at only a few cents per packet instead of expensive handmade pins, the demand for pins for holding bundle of papers together became unquenchable.
The first turned clip was made after many years in the end of 1867, it was the Fay paper clip also called the Cinch paper clip. It was a small length of wire forming the spine of clip between each bend. The patent was registered in 1867 to Samuel Fay but this paper clip was not extensively available until the beginning of the next century.
On the other hand, there was another design known as Wright paperclip that was invented by Erlman Wright was patented in 1877, however it was also marketed in that same time. The Wright clip was marketed specifically as a replacement object for stitching pages and holding newspaper together.
A paper clip called Gem paper clip was produced in England during the early 1880s, this is the version which is most common nowadays with two round ends, it was first imported to the US in 1892. This clip was never patented in England and the Cushman & Denison company obtained a trademark on the name in 1904.
According to a popular folklore, a Norwegian named Johan Vaaler invented paper clip in 1899 and registered a patent in 1899 in Germany and in 1901 in US. Vaaler had truly designed his clip (paper) and registered for the patents in that year, sadly his designs were not successful and did not worked as there was no torque applied when the clips were held together resulting the clip come lose.
Since many are unaware of Fay and Wright or even the English origin of Gem paperclip, Vaaler was incorrectly declared the inventor of paperclip. The real inventor of the paperclip is the American - Samuel Fay.

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Commercial Toilets - What You Need to Know Now

2011-09-26T01:23:00.001-07:00

If you think that adding a commercial toilet to your business is not a big deal, think again. Just putting in a toilet and a sink won't pass the inspection done by the health inspector. There are a number of things you need to know about adding a commercial bathroom stall.

ADA Compliance:New construction by law must follow the guidelines set forth by the American Disabilities Association. That means there needs to be certain size of entrance door and the needs to railings installed.

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Luxuries versus Necessities: Commercial paper towel dispensers and baby changing stations have their advantages and that has to do with the bottom line. Vertical paper towel dispensers save your employees-or you- time because the control the amount of towels dispensed which means less waste. Changing stations are a must in both men's and women's restrooms and people with Kids have a great chance of buying items in your store if you make the restrooms convenient and clean.

Commercial Toilets - What You Need to Know Now

Automation- auto flush urinals or luxury portable toilets-depending upon your type of business make a difference in profit or loss. Upscale portable toilets can be automated and therefore kept clean and free from bacteria. Urinal flush valves can be activated by a motion sensor that can be easily installed with a Battery that lasts for years. Automatic features means less cleaning of overflows.

Commercial bathroom stalls don't have to turn into a major production if you don't let it. Put in what is standard and will keep your employees serving customers instead of cleaning toilets all the time.

Commercial Toilets - What You Need to Know Now

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House Plans in 3D - The Easy Way to Choose

2011-09-15T18:47:00.001-07:00

In your search for house plans for your future home, perhaps you've spend many hours over long periods of time staring at countless squiggly lines, back and forth, back and forth, from one plan to another. And after all is said and done, and you think you've found the ideal floor plan, do you really know what it's going to look like when it's finally built? Can you make the transition from the printed floor plan to a picture in your mind of the shapes and forms? Are you able to see the 2-dimensional floor plan in 3D?

Not being able to properly visualize a construction floor plan is a problem many future homeowners experience. They can't visualize the final product and the outcome can range from total disappointment in their new home to costly construction changes during the building phase.

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The majority of clients with whom we worked in the past found the most difficult part of building a new home to be the visualization process. They knew what they liked but couldn't make the connection with a 2-dimensional drawing. This is where 3-dimensional interior views of the proposed floor plan can be extremely valuable.

House Plans in 3D - The Easy Way to Choose

3D views help to visualize the floor plan, to understand what the space will feel like. They can give you a sense of the proportion and relationships in the depth. 3 dimensional views have the added benefit of communicating to you what it would be like to be in that space. You get to try it on for size, look and feel.

3D perspective images can give a better indication for the ceiling heights and volume of space; giving a good idea of what the rooms will be like once the house is built. It is a good idea to try to search for house plans that include 3d perspective views not only of the exterior but for each important interior area or room as well. Even if the décor is not your style you can get a feel for the size, dimensions, scale and ambience of the space.

Consider for example a plan of a cathedral ceiling living room with an open floor plan; a 3-dimension image will portray a much clearer sense of how each room will relate to one another. This is not easily apparent from 2 dimensional plans.

3D images can point out unfavorable views as well. For example, a floor plan with a beautiful and gracious foyer opening directly ahead to a sumptuous living room may give no indication to the untrained eye that the powder room, conveniently located nearby, also provides an unsightly view of the toilet as guests enter the foyer. But, with a 3 dimensional image for this room you get a more realistic view in order to make a well informed decision as to whether or not the sight of a toilet off the foyer is acceptable; and thereby save the unnecessary cost of plan modifications or structural changes while building.

3D views help in allowing you to see how one space relates to another, how its aesthetic visual flow defines the ambience. You can get a better sense of whether or not the space is too confining or much too vast. House plan 3d images can show if there are points of interest in a floor plan to carry the eye on a welcoming journey into the home or if the views are immediately blocked giving the feeling of a claustrophobic maze.

These are some of the many helpful aspects associated with house plans in 3D, ultimately making your choice so much easier. In conjunction with the floor plan, 3D images can greatly facilitating your search for the right house plan for your future home.

House Plans in 3D - The Easy Way to Choose

Barbara Ricci is the Design Manager for http://www.carolinahomeplans.net a website that markets affordable house plans in 3D for easy viewing and selection. In the past she has owned and operated a Design-Build Company for over 10 years in New England and, for the past 20 years, she has been owner and operator of a Residential Custom Design Company in Western North Carolina.

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Less Bang For Your Buck - Newspapers, Toilet Paper Rolls Have Suddenly and Quietly Shrunk in Width

2011-09-13T08:58:00.001-07:00

Have you noticed how consumer goods are shrinking without you knowing it? Just the other day, my wife pointed out to me how much narrower a roll of toilet paper is these days. I almost didn't catch it. But suddenly, I noticed how much more room is left on the roller after you put on a new roll. I am certain the roller mechanism did not elongate on its own. No, we are getting less toilet paper for our money.

It doesn't stop there. Our newspaper is suddenly an inch or so narrower, too. The print is smaller and I now refer to it as "The Daily Pamphlet." Less bang for our subscription buck.

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This isn't the end of it. Many of the things we've been buying are shrinking in size, weight and quality, only it takes a while for the American consumer to figure it out. Maybe that's why so many food packages boast "10% More Free!" Yeah, 10 percent more of the 20 percent you've downsized your products. No can of coffee is ever a pound anymore. It's 12 ounces. And, many are 11.5 ounces. What a deal.

Less Bang For Your Buck - Newspapers, Toilet Paper Rolls Have Suddenly and Quietly Shrunk in Width

It's all about getting less for more. Gasoline comes to mind. Heating fuel, too. Utilities by and large raise their rates whenever they feel like it. If we conserve too much, like many of us have to in these chaotic economic times, the corporate world has to make up for it somehow. So, they give you less for more while making you think you're getting a steal. I'm no dummy. But, it doesn't matter, because what can I do about it? The same as you: nothing.

Many stores are playing the price-cutting game. They have hundreds of "lower prices." Are they really lower? Or, are they just more reasonable like they used to be? Wal Mart plays that game better than anyone by undercutting just about everybody. But, as you probably well know, they do it at the expense of running roughshod on the entire economy from shuttering small businesses to doing most of their business with China resulting in catastrophic American job losses. I won't get into the gigantic trade deficit they've created along the way, or the untested safety of their Chinese products.

Price trickery has been around as long as there have been goods to sell and customers to buy them. But, it's getting out of hand. Club cards here, discount warehouses there, rebates, sales, shrinking product sizes, misleading content labeling, and on and on.

The good news is, this whole circus of product deceit has led me to become a much more discerning consumer. So, when I buy something in a smaller package touting "25% More Free!" despite being wise to the con, thus getting less for more, at least I know I'm being duped. A small victory to be sure, but I'll take 'em whenever I can get 'em.

Less Bang For Your Buck - Newspapers, Toilet Paper Rolls Have Suddenly and Quietly Shrunk in Width

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Baby Boomers - TV Shows That Shaped Us

2011-09-05T11:51:00.001-07:00

Television in the 1950's and 1960's was far different from the formats we Watch today. The weekday shows most of my friends remember were situation comedies. During the weekends - especially on Saturday mornings - the entertainment was mostly action/adventure fare.

A significant part of Baby Boomer television was a "values" component. The comedies often communicated a lesson about honesty, integrity, or treating others with respect. The main character often learned something.

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Let's look at a few of these shows - both comedies and dramas - and examine their themes:

Baby Boomers - TV Shows That Shaped Us

1. Gunsmoke - This western featured U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon and deputy Chester, along with an attractive lady saloon owner and Dodge City's physician. One of the best-written shows in the history of the medium, it began in the 1950's and continues today in reruns. The main characters were highly motivated, and tried their best to protect their community from some really bad guys.

2. The Real McCoys - Walter Brennan as Grandpa Amos headed this sitcom about a multi-generational California farming family. Grandpa often passed family values and lore along, but occasionally learned something useful from the young folks, too.

3. Father Knows Best - This comedy about a middle-class American family featured Robert Young as the father and Jane Wyatt as the mother. Their three children Betty, Bud, and Kathy frolicked through age-appropriate school adventures. Some people believe this show excelled at depicting life and values in the 1950's.

4. The Jack Benny Show and The Red Skelton Show - These variety programs - led by two of the world's finest stage comedians - offered both skit comedy and guest stars. Some Baby Boomer actors say they were especially influenced by Jack Benny's sketches, where Jack often played the guy feeding straight lines to others who would reply with a joke.

5. Annie Oakley - This Saturday morning western star, along with Dale Evans in the Roy Rogers Show, presented ladies as Powerful heroes. These may have been the first TV programs to show women in leadership roles.

These are only a few of the programs which communicated American societal values to impressionable youngsters. (There are others we'll discuss in detail at a later time.)

So...what points did these five shows share? They reminded viewers that (a) good can triumph over evil, (b) clean comedy can be very funny, (c) TV viewers of that period enjoyed shows that solved problems, (d) every generation's got something to share with those who come before and after it, and (e) both genders can become leaders.

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The Benefits of Dual Flush Toilets

2011-09-03T02:44:00.001-07:00

Dual flush toilets are just about what their name means: toilets that offer you the choice of two Separate Flushes. Why? It doesn't attain the same amount of water to flush liquids and solids. By purchasing a toilet with equally a low and high volume rinse, you reduce the toilet's water consumption by more than half, cutting down your water bills as well as contributing to the environment.

How Much Difference Can Two Separate Toilet Flushes Make?
The answer to this question is shocking. Studies of flush toilets reveal that using a dual flush system is unlike a customary one. It can diminish water spending by approximately sixty seven percent. In fact water savings are so substantial that more than a few nations, like water starved Australia, have passed legislation necessitating that all new toilets installed should be of this range. There are even municipalities in the United States, all from regions where dry weather is a major concern, where similar legislation have been passed in an effort to save dwindling water resources.

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Increasing Industry
Dual rinse toilets are only just becoming popular in the United States and other parts of North America. The dual rinse consideration is relatively new technology in-the-first-place (these toilets initially hit the intercontinental market little more than a decade ago), and these toilets haven't been that easy to show up in the U.S. However, an increasing concern about the state of our environment joined with the familiar occurrences of drought that have plagued plenty of regions of the United States, have prompted a slew of firms to dive into the business, making these new type of toilets pretty easy to install for the smart homeowner that may be interested to save natural resources and money.

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Designs
The other advantage of dual rinse toilets is their innovative design and appearance. Because they are considered a new product, companies are scrambling to make them as comfortable, aesthetically pleasing, and user friendly. They are available in a range of the latest styles. Newer models with two buttons, one for every flush, are highly recommended over the push-pull models, mostly due to the fact that they cut down on unintended, miss-flushes. Sounds insane, but if you're making a midnight trip to the washroom or still groggy early on in the morning, you don't want to just stand there and contemplate whether to push or Move the knob in order to do the right think by your notebook and the environment.

The only drawback of this type of toilets is the plumbing needed to facilitate a dual rinse system. It's much more complicated than the common toilet installation and may be too hard for the common DIY person. Once you decide to have a dual rinse toilet installed in your house, it's ideal to contact a certified plumbing contractor in order to make certain that your new toilet operates exactly the way it's supposed to and is trouble free for years to come.

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The Shocking Answer to How Much Water We Really Use

2011-08-23T20:27:00.001-07:00

The corporate social responsibility newswire, CSR, recently reported that H20 Conserve has made available online a calculator for determining daily amounts of individual water use. H20 Conserve is a coalition of public interest organizations drawing attention to the world's ever increasing water crisis.

The calculator asks questions that elicit information about lifestyle in order to determine total water use by taking into account amounts of water used to produce the products, food and energy a person uses in addition to personal daily use of water. Every aspect of our lives is connected to water. We use water to make electricity, to grow food and to make the things we use and wear. It takes 24 gallons of water to make a pound of plastic. It takes more than one hundred gallons of water to make a pound of cotton. 40 percent of our country's fresh water resources, it is estimated, are consumed by Power plants.

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The average American, based on the Calculator results, uses 1,189.3 gallons of water per day!

The Shocking Answer to How Much Water We Really Use

Personal use of water has always been estimated at between one hundred and two hundred gallons per person. This includes use of water for flushing of toilets, showers, laundry, hand washing and outdoor watering. The national average is about two hundred gallons but with increased rationing and water saving steps underway in many of the drought states the variation is dramatic.

The Calculator measures personal water use in a different manner. It takes account of the water used to produce the products people use in their personal lives. When this method of water gets factored in it becomes immediately obvious that we are heading for a problem about water. Water sustains our life style, our food production, our product production and a large part of our electricity production.

The demand for water is growing both in the United States and worldwide. There are various reasons why this is so:
increased demand for water as populations increase. expanding industrial use of water to make more products. increased agricultural irrigation as a result of drought conditions. personal use of water for lawns, shrubs and gardens.

While demand for water is growing, the availability of usable water is declining. There are three main reasons why this is so:
climate change and weather shifts are creating drought conditions. water sources are becoming more and more contaminated by runoff stormwater, by industrial waste, with agricultural runoff and with private sector wastewater. Even sewage treatment plants are disCharging treated wastewater that contaminates water sources with medicines and drugs that do not dissolve and, in many cases, with nutrients. the aquifers are being drawn down ever more rapidly.

Our world is changing. There are so many more people on earth. Industrialization is occurring on a scale never before seen. This has led to ever increasing needs for food, energy, fuel and water. As the laws of Supply and demand come into play, prices for these basics of life become more expensive - and the basics of life become more scarce. It is simply not something we Americans expected. The last time our nation experienced widespread problems about basic necessities was during the Great Depression and World War II.

Even the gasoline shortage for several years during the 1970's was different than what is happening now with water because that was a crisis triggered only by reduced oil production. Also, it was temporary. What is happening now is not temporary. There will never again be a surplus of fresh water for the earth. The high cost of fuel, energy, food and plastics is not likely to be temporary. The cost of water will rise dramatically.

Yes, breakthroughs in alternative sources of energy could happen in a way that reverses the price trend for energy. But this will not happen overnight. The demands for water will continue to increase. The high cost of water and, therefore the high cost of living, is going up and is likely to be with us for a very long time to come. Water and sewer bills will continue going up. The electric bill will continue rising. Less use of water will be the order of the day.

Step one: start noticing and tracking your use of water. Stay alert for reports about which products require more water to be produced. Start thinking about ways to use less water and to manage your use of water more efficiently.

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An Autobiographical Note as an Introduction to Hungarian and Romanian Images in American Culture

2011-08-23T20:18:00.001-07:00

"Knowing" Romanians (or at least, Tran-syl-va-ni-ahahaha-ns)

As a child, when it came to Romanians, I knew of course of Dracula, or at least his pop-cultural/film (re-, and seemingly never ending)incarnation. After all, to the extent I knew where he was from it was some place called "Transylvania," which was either its own country--in which case it must have some pretty cool-looking postage stamps, spooky castles on forbidding mountain tops and the like--or a made-up place. I suppose this should not have been surprising for a kid, since, of the myriad Dracula films, there were ones such as "Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)." (Where does that take place, Dodge City?)

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Dracula's birthday, as we all know, is 31 October, which just happens to coincide with Halloween, thereby causing some confusion. Anyway, so when I went trick-or-treating as Cornelius from the "Planet of the Apes"--it was the '70s okay, and I was a kid, how was I to know?...I actually thought soylent green was people--in a costume that they probably use today to demonstrate the danger of fireworks--to say nothing of the mask, a cheap plastic mold with an elastic string that invariably broke, causing you to have to carry it with you and thereby destroying any capacity you might have had to surprise the people who came to their doors...unless of course they tried the "please, take just one" candy-in-the-bowl-out-front-with-the-Lights-off-really-we're-not-home-socialism-in-action method--more often than not, I would run into countless Draculas. They had the cape, the fake fangs, and that cool fake blood...and perhaps even some of those cool postage stamps. (Context is everything at Halloween. My youngest brother went sometime in the late '80s as "Jason" from the "Halloween" horror series. A little old lady opened up the door at one house and said "Ooooooh, look at the cute little hockey player"! By the way, what happens when you go up to somebody's house in a costume, ring the doorbell, and say trick-or-treat, on a day other than Halloween? I figure one of two things can happen: 1) they call the cops, or 2) they seek to regift the still-remaining popcorn balls and circus peanuts left over from last Halloween.)

An Autobiographical Note as an Introduction to Hungarian and Romanian Images in American Culture

If Dracula was only present in person on Halloween, he could be found the rest of the year on television--especially, perhaps ironically, for Kids. There was Count von Count from Sesame Street. The count's theme song included a line, "When I'm alone. I count myself. One, one count! Ahahahaha [to thunder in the background]!" Interestingly, according to the Internet's Wikipedia ("Count von Count") entry, there is some vampire folklore which suggests that vampires can become obsessed with counting things and that should you ever confront one, throwing sand or seeds may help to distract them (a helpful travel tip...).

The Count von Count skit is emblematic of the confused mix of Romanian, Hungarian, and sometimes inexplicably inserted slavic elements that make up the Dracula composite. For example, as in the Seinfeld scene excerpted in the introduction (whose characters actually speak a few words of Romanian in the scene!, but who are nevertheless named Katya (the gymnast) and Misha (the circus performing acrobat), names (diminutives) which are neither Hungarian, nor Romanian), the Count's bats for some unknown reason have slavic names--Grisha, Misha, Sasha, etc. The Count's characteristics are clearly inspired by Bela Lugosi's (indeed, a real Transylvanian (from Lugoj), of Hungarian origin) 1931 portrayal of Dracula (down to Count von Count's accent), and, it would appear, the Count's cameo girlfriend "Countess Dahling von Dahling" is inspired by the Hungarian actress, Zsa Zsa Gabor, who is famous for being famous, as is said, and for calling people "dahling" (convenient, she has said, because then you never have to remember anyone's name).

Finally, there was Count Chocula, a staple of Saturday morning television serials and the commercials in between which they were sandwiched (nothing in comparison to today, however, as commercial breaks took up much less time then). All I knew of him was that he presided over what looked like a really-tasty chocolate cereal that looked more like dessert than breakfast. That, of course, explains why our mother refused to buy it for us. Back in the in-retrospect-not-a-bad-time-to-be-a-kid, now much-maligned, hedonistic "have a nice day smiley-face," "Me" decade of the 1970s, gluttony as one of the seven deadly sins was given temporary special dispensation. Gluttony was in...even if chocolate covered cereals with marshmallows were not in some households. (In those days, "nutrition correctness" had not yet taken over, as names such as Sugar Smacks (renamed Honey Smacks) or Sugar Pops would suggest.)

"Knowing" Hungarians

My introduction to Hungarians was similarly obscure. To the extent I identified Dracula with any place at all, it was, as I noted, Transylvania; to the extent that it was a country, Romania--not yet having gotten the spiel countless times by the proprietors of private rooms I was to stay in Hungary in later years, "ah, so you are going to Transylvania, you know that used to be part of Hungary--one, one dismembered kingdom, ahahahahahaha--until they took it away (to the accompaniment of thunder in the background) ." What did I know and when did I know it (well, it was the Watergate era, you know)? It was not, for example, until years later that I realized that I had once lived in the Hungarian-American mecca known as Cleveland, or that the Austrian family from whom we bought our house in a suburb of Toronto in the early '70s was named Feleky. (It was quite a street we lived on then (1970-1974); my parents, Irish immigrants just naturalized American citizens, the mother of a friend a Prague Spring Czech refugee, and many new Greek families, doubtless some having fled the right-wing military junta of 1967-1973.)

My mother used to make that staple of many an American household (at least at a time), "Hungarian goulash"...it sounds ghoulish, but it tastes delicious. (As is frequently noted, the American version is more similar to porkolt (stew-like) than to gulyas (a soup).) I loved it, even though I didn't know what it was or where it came from. (It can only be said to be ironic too, although I did not realize it was ironic at a time: my father is a '56er, only he came from Dublin, a relative (a policeman!) stiffed him at the port, and so he wandered the streets of New York with his suitcase in heavy Irish tweed during Indian summer, only to duck into a bar to see a few pitches of Don Larsen's Perfect Game in the World Series, an event whose importance was inscrutable to him; like many a Hungarian '56er, however, he felt like a Martian (see below for more on the theme of Hungarians as "aliens"). No, my father did not bump into Frank McCourt!)

"Goulash," of course, already had a long history on television by that point, what with mad scientists in Warner Brothers cartoons, living in "Transylvania" among Lightning storms and talking about making "spider goulash" and similar mad scientist specialties. (The other Hungarian touch used in a whole series of cartoons--including a classic Warner Brothers' cartoon by Fritz Freleng with Bugs Bunny as a concert pianist ("Rhapsody Rabbit") and a classic MGM cartoon by Hanna and Barbera of "Tom and Jerry" dueling it out at a piano ("The Cat Concerto"), both of which came out within weeks of each other in 1946 leading to mutual accusations that the competitor was guilty of plagiarism (see Wikipedia entry)--is the manic-depressive, mostly manic, frantic music Franz (Ferenc) Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2".) "Goulash" was also the plot-line of what from today's optic was a clearly racist episode ("A Majority of Two," 4/11/68) of the 1960s sitcom "Bewitched" in which, as usual, "Darrin" (alias "Darwood") was to entertain an out-of-town business guest--would you like a high-ball, sir, make that a double; sorry they've slashed the expense account, dinner at Darrin's again...--who on this occasion was Japanese. The whole episode, Darrin's wife, a witch named Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery), is trying to track down how to prepare the meal request the businessman's secretary had relayed: Hun-gai-ran-gou-rash. She is worried, of course, about causing the Japanese businessman to lose face if she asks, which is indeed a concern since throughout the episode when this happens to someone his or her face will literally disappear, apparently leaving a blotch of white-out. Everyone, of course, has a good laugh at the end, however, after the businessman has romanced only a mildly Asian-looking (didn't want to have her looking tooooo Asian) stewardess, and it turns out all the businessman really wanted was "Hungarian Goulash," but owing to his secretary's accent...Everyone except that nosy next-door neighbor Mrs. Gladys Kravitz, who, we can deduce, must be spying on the Stevens' household for "Dragnet" or "The FBI," since "freak out" parties have been reported at that address...

Then, there was the show, "Green Acres,"...something was definitely up with that, but exactly what I didn't know. Although I knew the character Lisa Douglas was eccentric, I didn't know she was Hungarian, and I certainly did not know that she was Eva Gabor and not Zsa Zsa Gabor as is very frequently mistaken. As a kid, I thought I didn't understand the show, precisely because I was a kid. Nope. Now, years later, I know: that wasn't the problem.

How exactly does one describe "Green Acres?" The plot ostensibly was that Eddie Albert's character wished to experience the "real livin'" of the countryside (today, this is known as a "r-e-a-l-i-t-y show," starring a similarly famous-for-being-famous celebrity, Paris Hilton...who is actually related to the Gabors (see below), however, thereby causing us serious existential issues at this point in this sentence). Eddie Albert drags his reluctant Hungarian wife with him, and she is not very happy with the situation because, as we learn from the theme song, she would rather be shopping on Park Avenue. (The countryside theme was so common in CBS sitcoms during the 1960s, that some critics derisively referred to it as the "Country Broadcasting System".) Anyway, they lived in some rural area, several hundred miles from Chicago, probably Illinois. Despite the small size of the town in which they lived, Hooterville was capable of hosting not one, but two sitcoms: Green Acres (1966-1971) and Petticoat Junction (1963-1970). (The town was apparently known best for the ample breasts of the young female stars of Petticoat Junction, since, as it turns out, the choice of name was not accidental). The two shows were united by the presence of Sam Drucker, apparently town grocer, postmaster, and banker, and the unforgettable character of George Jefferson (oh, sorry, no, too early, this was still the 1960s, strike that then). As the Wikipedia entry notes, Hooterville had Drucker's grocery store and the hotel from Petticoat Junction...not exactly, Pixley material (to say nothing of Mount Pilot), and likely that giant sucking sound on the state's budget. At least the town did not have Goober or Howard Sprague, clearly not local personalities the chamber of commerce wishes to advertise when trying to attract investment).

Moreover, I would venture to guess, this was one town where the locals did not "exceed the plan" or "break the harvest record," despite Eva's naturally collectivist tendencies. Instead, a lot of time was spent with fending off the vexing locals, including the featherheaded state bureaucrat, county farm agent Hank Kimball, a gender-ambiguous brother and sister painting team, and Arnold Ziffel, the "hilarious" TV-Watching pig, apparently "Green Acres"s'answer to Mr. Ed (an insidious, but false, urban legend has it that the cast ate Arnold after the show was cancelled; the truth is just being on the set made him nostalgic for the sanity of the sty). The running joke of the series was that Mr. Douglas (Eddie Albert) wanted to be there, but nothing went right and the locals drove him crazy; while Mrs. Douglas, despite her love of fluffy negligees and diamonds, fit right in and understood the locals. Her Hungarianness in the show was alternatively exotic, haughty, sexy/ditzy (as connoted by her accent) and seemingly oblivious to reason--yes, a veritable goulash of "otherness."

One would like to assume that "Green Acres" could be explained by recourse to more complicated analysis: that it was somehow a) a reflection of the drug culture's first penetration of the creative intelligentsia (according to Alice, the wind was whispering, not yet crying Mary..."Green Acres" an accidental choice of title?!), or that b) there was some deep allegory at work here, suggesting pursuit of a utopian rural life is a chimera, and that instead you get electrification and a TV-Watching pig. (Appropriately enough, when it and other such country broadcasting system shows were cancelled in 1971, it was referred to as the "Rural Purge.") It is more likely that the show was merely escapist, almost unintentionally absurd--although it did leave a score that lent itself well to translation into Hungarian for a skit at a summer language camp years later. (One of the best indictments of "America's Cold War realism" of the era can be found in the movie "Forrest Gump," in a recovery room for injured soldiers during the Vietnam War...in the background "Gomer Pyle, USMC" plays on a TV...In 5 years, Gomer somehow never made it out of basic training to Vietnam...)

Through the Eyes of an American Child of the Television Age: Identifying Hungarians and Romanians as Hungarians and Romanians...through the Wide World of Sports

Al "The Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky

Speaking of Eva...I mean Zsa Zsa, no, I mean, for once this is right, Zsa Zsa Gabor...a guest spot on another rural-themed 1960s television show introduces us to our next theme: the Hungarians as "mad" or crazy (a la Lisa Douglas). In one episode (28 January 1962), Wilbur congratulates his talking horse, Mr. Ed, for having cured Zsa Zsa of her fear of horses, to which Mr. Ed responds: "She cured my fear of Hungarians" ("The Best of Mr. Ed," multiple sites; Mister Ed aired from 1961-1966 on, you guessed it, CBS). In J.D. Salinger's "Franny and Zooey" (published as a whole in 1961), Mrs. Glass tells Zooey: "You could use a haircut, young man...You're getting to look like one of these crazy Hungarians or something getting out of a swimming pool" (the section also contains a reference to Zsa Zsa Gabor and use of the descriptor "Balkan"; I remember now reading this book beneath leafy trees below the Pannonhalma abbey in Hungary in June 1990) http://www.freeweb.hu/tchl/salinger/frannyandzooey.doc. (I would be curious to know here: this section first appeared in The New Yorker in May 1957, and the reference to a Hungarian "getting out of a swimming pool"--a rather strange comparison--inevitably brings to mind the famous bloody water polo match between the Soviets and the Hungarians on 6 December 1956 at the 1956 Summer Olympics (yes, that's right, because the Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne, Australia that year). The Hungarians defeated the Soviets in a match with huge political overtones--angry Hungarian fans were reportedly ready to lynch a Soviet player for a punch to the eye of a Hungarian star--the match coming just a month after the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian uprising.)
My first personal realization of Hungarianness as Hungarianness, however, came around 1976, with the ascribed "mad" quality of Hungarians, specifically and appropriately enough, Al "The Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky. Hrabosky was a relief pitcher for several different teams in the 1970s and early 1980s, but his best years were with St. Louis and Kansas City, with 1975 being his cardinal year in the record books. The mid-1970s were the days of colorful characters in baseball, especially among pitchers: the cigar-chomping Cuban of the Boston Red Sox, Luis Tiant, who looked like we was throwing toward the outfield rather than the catcher because of his pitching motion; Sparky Lyle for the New York Yankees, his cheeks like a blow-fish filled with chewing tobacco; and Mark "The Bird" Fidrych of the Detroit Tigers, who talked to the ball as if it were alive and whose boyish enthusiasm unfortunately couldn't overcome injuries that strangled his career in its infancy.

Then there was Hrabosky who despite the Slovak-sounding last name claims Hungarian descent. Contrasting the absence of colorful characters among pitchers in today's baseball, Gordon Edes wrote in a wonderful--if he were Hungarian, we might even say "sweet"--article in 2003 about Hrabosky as follows:

But for sheer theatrics, one reliever remains in a league of his own: Al Hrabosky, known as the "Mad Hungarian" when he pitched for the Cardinals, Royals, and Braves from 1970-1982. With his Fu Manchu mustache, long hair, and a silver ring, the Gypsy Rose of Death ("I don't even remember the stupid story I made up for that, it was so far-fetched--probably a family heirloom of Dracula"), Hrabosky would turn every outing into performance art. He'd stomp off the mound toward second base, eyes blazing, the fury practically seeping through his uniform as he turned back to the hitter who was left waiting at the plate until he was done working himself into an altered state he called his "controlled hate routine," then whirled around, pounding his ball into the glove while the home crowd generally went nuts. (Gordon Edes, "Hrabosky had a flair about him," "The Boston Globe," 28 March 2003, F9, reprinted on the Internet)

How did Hrabosky get his nickname? Again, Edes recounts:

The nickname, he said, came from a team publicist. No one was sure of his nationality--[the American film star] "Burt Reynolds once called me 'The Mad Russian'"--and only the spelling-bee champions got his name right. But then one day, a Cardinals publicist, Jerry Lovelace, said "Hey, M.H.," to the young pitcher from Oakland, Calif., and a nickname was born....I said, "What does that mean?" He said, "Mad Hungarian." I said, "I like it." (Edes, 2003)

Hungarians, I concluded from Watching his television appearances and from his nickname, must be associated with craziness. That is how, of course, many images are passed on, not with malice, but as descriptors for individuals, a way of awarding identity and for marketing purposes. Hrabosky's "mad" behavior was established before his nationality (as Burt Reynolds' calling him "The Mad Russian" indicates, in itself a negative and positive reflection of "East European" ethnicity in the United States at the time--interchangeable, part of a melting pot, even if a separate one from those of West European ethnicity--although cultural constructionists would view such "everycountry" ascription more darkly (see below)), rather than his Hungarianness being identified first, and his behavior seen as reflecting his Hungarianness. Once the two become intertwined, however, and given the propensity for collective associations to outweigh individual associations, it was difficult and almost irrelevant to know which came first--the two were married and interchangeable in the popular imagination, or at least sports fan's imagination.

Nadia...

It was also the Bicentennial Summer of 1976 when I was introduced to Romanians, also through sports. It was, of course, through Nadia Comaneci ("N.C. I"), an endearing young Romanian gymnast who scored seven perfect 10s, the perfection being driven home even more by the fact that the scoreboards only went up to 9.9, the perfect score of 10 being considered unattainable! (The scoreboard would show 1.0 because it could not go past 9.9....Spinal Tap's invention of the 11 not having been invented yet.) Nadia spawned "Nadia-(Ro)mania" of a sort. ABC which carried the Montreal Olympics in the United States attached a musical theme to the gymnast's performances; "Nadia's theme" then climbed the pop charts! (It was actually the theme to an American soap opera, "The Young and the Restless," but it was through its attachment to Nadia who used it for one of her floor performances that it became famous.)

Of course, I have asked myself since then: would the reaction, the outpouring of genuine warmth and admiration from Americans (Canadians, and Westerners in general) have been the same had Nadia been representing Bulgaria and not Romania--to say nothing of the Soviet Union? True, the USSR's Olga Korbut generated enthusiasm four years earlier in Munich but nothing like Nadia. Was it Nadia's comparative youth and "cuteness/sweetness/prepubescence?" Was it her coach, the charismatic, bear-like Hungarian, Bela Karolyi (their relationship presented as indicative of the "warm ethnic relations" fostered by "Ceausescu's Romania")? Perhaps, but I also think it was against the backdrop of Romania's highly-crafted and the U.S. and West's highly-courted image of Ceausescu's Romania as the great thorn in the Soviets' side, bravely standing up to Moscow and more Western in their culture and people ("a Latin people in a sea of Slavs")--i.e. thus not Balkan or truly "Eastern," somehow caught by accident "behind enemy lines." It is simply difficult to believe that something approaching Nadia-mania could occur in the post-Cold War world; it was a reflection of the time in which it took place.

Certainly, the standing ovation for the Romanian delegation as it entered the Los Angeles Coliseum at the 1984 Summer Olympics--which unfortunately lent itself easily to continuous exploitation by Ceausescu thereafter, during the most-difficult years of his reign--and Nadia's escape from Romania in November 1989, became metaphors for and barometers of Romania's political situation and U.S.-Romanian relations. The appropriately surreal "1984" moment reflected the Chernenko, pre-Gorbachev nadir of Soviet-American relations in the 1980s--arms reductions talks' were essentially put on ice between late 1983 and 1985--and the continued greater importance attached to Romania's foreign policy over Ceausescu's "Golden Era" domestic policy (the 1984-1986 period being perhaps the worst and most hopeless according to some, in part owing to brutal weather, and the weakness of reform currents at that moment elsewhere in the bloc). By 1989, with the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe in full swing--and with "Gorbymania" having changed the image of the Soviet Union extensively in the United States--the image of a transmogrified Nadia--as if 1976 had never happened--involved in a "tawdry affair" with a married man (Constantin Panait), escaping from Romania, seemed to symbolize the ills of Ceausescu's Romania and how it now stood in stark contrast to the rest of the Eastern bloc. As the Seinfeld episode demonstrates, and as I will discuss in more detail below, the gymnast frame stuck in the popular imagination, however. It was Nadia who set that mold.

(A Romanian-American scholar once told me how surprised he was to look up on the television screen one day in November-December 1989, only to see the married father of four, the Romanian émigré for whom a now aging and plumper Nadia had allegedly left Ceausescu's Romania: the scholar had tended bar with the guy...and the guy still owed him money! My first encounter with "real, live" Romanians from Romania also had a sad sports theme in a sense. It was in Keleti pu., the eastern train station in Budapest in May 1985. Amid the clapping of rusting toilet flanges and intermittent torrents of urine falling to the tracks below, Romanian boys in dingy blue track suits with trim that had once been white chased each other around the unmistakable "CFR" railcars of the time...)

An Autobiographical Note as an Introduction to Hungarian and Romanian Images in American Culture

Excerpted from Richard Hall, Images of Hungarians and Romanians in Modern American Media and Popular Culture, at http://homepage.mac.com/khallbobo/RichardHall/pubs/huroimages060207tk6.html

Richard Andrew Hall holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Indiana University (1997), where he focused his studies on east central Europe. He is the author of articles on Romania, Hungary, nationalism, and east central Europe in general, in academic journals and more recently on the Internet.

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Pancreatic Cancer - One of the Deadliest Cancers

2011-08-13T14:04:00.001-07:00

The American Cancer Society predicts that, in 2007, about 37,170 people in the United States will be found to have pancreatic cancer and about 33,370 will die of the disease. Pancreatic is one of the deadliest of all cancers with one of the lowest survival rates. According to the American Cancer Society, only about 5% of pancreatic cancer patients will be alive 5 years after the cancer is found. Even for those with local disease (it has not spread to other organs), the 5-year relative survival rate is only 16%.

Many people don't know what pancreatic cancer is because they are not familiar with the pancreas. The pancreas is a gland found behind the stomach. It is shaped a little bit like a fish. It is about 6 inches long and less than 2 inches wide. It extends across the abdomen. The pancreas serves two functions. It breaks down the fats and proteins in the food we eat so the body can use them. The pancreas also makes hormones to help balance the amount of sugar in the blood.

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While pancreatic cancer can strike anyone, the American Cancer Society has identified several risk factors for pancreatic cancer:

Pancreatic Cancer - One of the Deadliest Cancers

* Almost percent of pancreatic cancer patients are older than 55.

* Men have this cancer more often than women.

* African Americans are more likely to have this cancer than are whites.

* The risk of this cancer is higher among smokers.

* There may be a link with eating a lot of red meat and pork, especially processed meat (such as sausage and bacon).

* Very overweight people are 20% more likely to develop pancreatic cancer.

* Pancreatic cancer is more common in people with diabetes.

* Some chemicals such as certain bug sprays, dyes, or gasoline products may raise the risk of this cancer.

* Cancer of the pancreas seems to run in some families. It seems to account for about 1 in 10 cases.

Some of the symptoms of pancreatic cancer, according to the American Cancer Society are:

* Pain in the belly area (abdomen) or in the middle of the back is a very common sign of advanced pancreatic cancer. Again, such pain is often caused by something other than cancer.

* Losing weight (without trying) over a number of months is very common in patients with this cancer. They may also feel very tired and have a loss of appetite.

* If the cancer blocks the release of the pancreatic juice into the intestine, problems such as trouble breaking down fat can result. Stools might be pale, bulky, greasy, and float in the toilet. Other problems may include nausea, vomiting, and pain that tends to be worse after eating.

* The doctor may find that the gallbladder is enlarged.

Many patients are treated with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy to prolong their life. If you are experiencing any of the symptoms, you should contact a doctor for testing. Early diagnosis and treatment can help increase your chance of surviving pancreatic cancer.

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Toilets Are Out in the Open - For a Unique Fundraising Campaign That Is

2011-08-03T07:49:00.001-07:00

Individuals are always looking for new ways to get the public to donate to charitable causes. Managing a fundraising campaign can be rewarding but also disappointing if you do not attract enough attention. In these circumstances, many are turning to alternative ways of fundraising, hoping that a bizarre campaign might make people notice the cause and help. Maintaining a successful fundraising campaign and the members of the organisation Relay for Life certainly did just that with a bright purple toilet.

This out of the ordinary and rather amusing fundraiser involves the antics of an array of purple toilets that have been spotted on lawns across small American towns. This fundraising campaign is an attempt to make the public aware of the American Cancer Society and these toilets serves as a type of quirky mascot for the campaign fundraiser. These toilets are not always welcome in residential and business areas and there is only one way to get rid of the bright purple toilet.

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If you place 10 dollars in the bowel, the toilet will gladly Move and if you add more donations to it, it will be delivered to the address of your choice. Dressed in purple attire, the Relay for Life volunteers knock on doors and when you answer, you are greeted with the chant "you've been flushed!." Many residents feel that the fundraising campaign is exciting and are happy to donate to the good cause and the groups enthusiasm.

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Fundraising campaigns using toilets are not new as other charities have utilised these ceramic bathroom additions in their request for donations. Last year, UK base company CORD used their Toilet Twining fundraising campaign to raise money to build toilets in Burundi for families returning from exile in Tanzania. This unique campaign let the public "match" their own toilet with one in Burundi.

These two campaigns are not the only toilet related fundraising activities that have occurred all over the world in the past few years. Making people aware of fundraising by using toilets seems to work well and due to the reaction that these campaigns have gotten, it is inevitable that organisations will continue to Move their loos all in the name of charity.

These forms of aggressive fundraising is making many aware of the affect of these campaigns and how a little creativity can go a long way. So, if you are stuck for clever fundraising campaign ideas, then find an old toilet, paint it purple and see what happens.

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How to Choose Best Paper Towel Dispenser

2011-08-03T06:42:00.001-07:00

A Paper towel dispenser is one that contains and manually dispenses rolls of paper. Installing a towel dispenser doesn't require too much of an effort. It's an easy task, but you must employ some precision to ensure the implement hangs correctly in an accessible place. There are various sizes and shapes based on the amount of space available in the washrooms. Similarly, various resources and materials are available and used to make washroom dispensers. There are controlled and non-controlled tissue dispenser options available in various designs and mounting choices. Standard size towel dispensers are also available as well as models that allow holding larger rolls.

You can definitely be able to find that towel dispenser model and size that works best for your washroom with the amount of space available. Some common types of dispensers include those for tri-fold paper towels, for large institutional rolls of towel paper, for paper cups, for napkins or for the paper towels on a roll that are often found in commercial restrooms. In order to dispense paper towels, one must first determine whether the towels feed from the center of the roll and thus pull straight down, or whether the entire roll spins so that the roll becomes smaller and smaller as the outside layers are peeled away.

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Paper towel dispenser can holds one large roll, two large institutional rolls or some other configuration.
The trick in the dispensing of almost any type of paper product is to allow access to enough of the product that it's usable while preventing excess product from spinning off the central core and thus wasted. towel dispensers are a common type of crank dispenser. Paper napkins found on restaurant tables in a dispenser are usually spring loaded so that the packet of tri-fold napkins, for instance presses against the front of the holder. You also get a choice in attractive designs and colors. Moreover, they also appear neat and have a clean look. The size and model you need to install will again depend on the space available in the washroom. Many models can help save valuable space in areas that don't have a lot of extra room.

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For washrooms that have spare space, installing dual paper towel dispensers can be the better option. Paper towel dispensers are usually capacious, easy to maintain and clean and available in smart and convenient models to suit your washrooms.

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Obama Toilet Paper - Un-American, Or Unabashedly American?

2011-07-24T00:28:00.001-07:00

When it comes to inflammatory political novelties, there is arguably none more divisive than the recent E-commerce phenomenon of Barack Obama toilet paper.

Obama TP has been a surprise retail hit on the internet, and with good reason, surely owing its success, to some degree, to the 24 hour cable news cycle, and it's perpetually livid and angrily opinionated personalities. With aggressive vitriol being the new journalistic norm, all manner of politically incendiary retail merchandise has seen a recent boon in sales, with Obama Toilet Paper leading the Charge. However not everyone is thrilled with this particular products sudden national popularity and proliferation. Some have argued marketing toilet paper imprinted with the current sitting president's face plastered on each and every sheet is somehow un-American, or improper, especially given the current venomous political climate.

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On the surface this certainly seems like a reasonable position to take, given the unique nature of toilet paper, and the connotations associated with its normalized usage. However, could a convincing case could be made that Obama T.P. is not at all a blemish the U.S. retail resume, but rather the epitome and embodiment of real authentic Americana? In a world where dictatorial regimes and military strongmen routinely vanquish political dissent with an iron fist, and streets so often run red with the blood of those that dared to speak out against the status quo, perhaps Obama T.P. should be viewed not as a political sLight, but rather as a monument to freedom, a retail testament to all the liberties America represents? One could imagine that to those living under the full weight of true violent suppression, the very concept of openly using the image of a currently emPowered political figure to cleanse themselves would be the ultimate mind bending cultural juxtaposition.

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To the oppressed, presidential toilet paper would likely represent nothing less than the very pinnacle of freedoms they strive to one day achieve. So maybe Obama Toilet Paper should not be frowned upon at all, but rather propped up, held high as a beacon to the world - and lauded as an unabashedly genuine slice of America. It's admittedly hard to pinpoint any other singular product that better exemplifies not only the concept of free market innovation and ingenuity, but also the unparalleled freedoms which function as the very bedrock of our American democracy.

Love it or hate it, Obama T.P. is clearly here to stay. In fact, now days this popular political toiletry has even got its own trademark jingle, the Obama Toilet Paper song.

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Indoor Portable Dog Potty - How to Train Your Dog to Use an Indoor Portable Dog Potty

2011-07-07T18:08:00.001-07:00

There are numerous reasons that a dog owner might want to train their dog to use an indoor potty much like a cat uses a litter box.

You could live in a cold climate and getting fido to go outdoors, especially in winter, could be very uncomfortable for dog as well as owner.

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The owner(s) may work all day and need to keep their dog inside while they are working and don't want the hassle of cleaning up accidents when they get home.

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These are just a few of the reasons, but whatever the motivation is for wanting an indoor potty trained dog here is the way to do it.

First, get an indoor potty that is right for you. There are many different brands out there. There is a simple potty pad that you put on the floor and roll up,and throw away as it is used. There is the green grass looking synthetic material that either stands alone with a pad underneath or on a shallow pan. Then there is the system, such as a Wizdog that is a plastic grate over a shallow pan that the manufacturer claims is the easiest to use of all the systems.

Do your research and decide for yourself which one works best for you within your preferences and budget.

After you purchase the one you want make sure to put it in a secluded or semi private spot specifically reserved for that activity. Some people have reported good results using a fence around it for a time and closing the gate when the dog gets in there and only letting them out after they go.

When you first start the training you must really keep an eye on your dog. He must use the potty as much as possible without straying all over to do his business.

The best way to do this is to get him/her on a strict schedule. Feed them at the same time each day then lead them to the indoor potty and wait until they have to use it. After they use it reward the dog with high praise or a treat or both. The goal is to get them to associate using the potty with a pleasant experience.

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Let Us Talk About The American Standard Cadet 3 Toilet

2011-06-27T11:48:00.001-07:00

For people who are looking for a high quality, stylish toilet, few models can outperform the American standard Cadet 3 toilet. This is because the model in question has got numerous features so that although it is easy to imitate the look of the toilet, it extremely hard to imitate the performance of the toilet without spending a lot of money on the same.

The first thing that you need to understand with them is the fact that there are plenty of varieties available, even for the Cadet 3. You can get the ones that come as a single piece while you can also get the others that come in two pieces. It does not end there; you can get the toilet in an elongated form or you can get them in the compact version. All these varieties are there for the purpose of ensuring that you as the buyer have as many choices laid out for you as possible.

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The other thing about the American standard Cadet 3 toilet is the fact that it has got extremely high levels of efficiency when it comes to the utilization of water. The gallons per flush stands at 1.28, which is quite low, considering the fact that the toilet is left squeaky clean after that.

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The toilet is also known for its ability to handle large volumes of traffic, making it a pretty suitable kind to have in the bathrooms of restaurants, hotels, and other public places. This is a good side of it because it ensures that your toilet is kept clean even without using plenty of water.

When it comes to the warranty that is available to you, you are bombarded with a 5 year warranty for your toilet. And to be honest, if a toilet does not get spoilt by itself within the first 5 years, then I really do not think that it can get spoilt after five years and still give you room to blame the manufacturer.

The other unique feature of the American standard Cadet 3 toilet is the fact that the toilet is designed with an EverClean surface. This refers to a system of making the toilet that ensures that molds and other form of growths do not appear on the toilet bowl. This also helps reduce the burden of cleaning the toilet.

If you happen to choose a toilet of this brand, then it is pretty obvious that you have chosen the right thing. The only task that will be remaining will be to ensure that you pick the option that best suits you.

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American Standard Champion Four Right Height Elongated Two Piece Toilet Review

2011-06-15T14:14:00.001-07:00

The bathroom is one of the dirtiest places in the house for good reasons. If you are in a public area then you would definitely not want to head to a public toilet for good reasons. The toilet is full of germs and bacteria. If they are not maintained properly then they can be a nightmare to handle. Why should you invest in a good toilet? Firstly, if you get a cheap toilet then it will break down often. It can create problems like leaking water. You would not want your piss to flow all over the bathroom floor. Also, cheap toilets tend to clog up more easily so it could be quite an embarrassing moment if you do not have a plumbing tool with you. For these very reasons, we have a look at the American Standard Champion Four Right Height Elongated Two Piece Toilet. This toilet has received great reviews by customers and we have a look at the pros, cons, specifications, primary features and customer reviews of this bathroom product.

Firstly, this American Standard toilet utilizes a ADA elongated toilet combination which basically implements a tank and a bowl. Traditional toilets require you to squat which can be extremely painful. With the ADA elongated toilet combination, you can enjoy your bathroom experience in a comfortable position. The American Standard Champion Four Right Height Elongated Two Piece Toilet also features the champion four flushing system. The champion four flushing system features the largest flush valve and trap way in toilet history. This enables the toilet to produce a more Powerful but quiet flush. With this flush system implemented, you will never have any clogging problems, even if you stuff a lot of tissues into the toilet.

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That said, the American Standard Champion Four Right Height Elongated Two Piece Toilet can release more volume than any other toilet in the market. the wide trap way enables you to release about forty more percent in mass than normal. This toilet also comes with Ever Clean surface technology. This technology basically utilizes a patented silver ion additive to protect the surface from mold, algae and other types of dirt and bacteria. With this technology in hand, the toilet will last longer and you will have more satisfaction whenever you head to the bathroom. One customer commented that he was really satisfied with the flushing system. He mentioned that this toilet would even be able to flush a bucket of golf balls, although he would never try.

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American Standard Toilets - A Full Review

2011-06-05T07:10:00.001-07:00

When homeowners decide it's time to remodel their bathrooms, the question "which toilet should we buy?" becomes inevitable. However, savvy homeowners routinely go with American Standard toilets. Their products exceed expectations in various capacities.

Aside from toilets, American Standard has a vast array of products that are designed to match the needs of every consumer. American Standard toilets separate themselves from the rest of the pack with a trendy, fashion-forward appearance that will spruce up any bathroom. An identifying attribute of these toilets is the elongated oval shape.

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Besides their physical appearance, American Standard toilets deliver on the customers' demand for functionality. One innovative technology, "Everclean," delivers on the most important aspect of toilets; the ability to stay sanitary. Installed within the piping of the toilet, "Everclean" technology is becoming more desirable by many. It shields them from common contaminants. The benefit is that your toilet will remain clean, and be easy to clean, no matter how much time has passed. These toilets come in a wide array of colors, which allows you the ability to mix and match to create the perfectly-coordinated bathroom.

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American Standard goes farther, though. Most of its toilets meet the requirements of the EPA's Watersense credentials. So your purchase of one of these toilets not only looks stylish in your bathroom, but it does wonders for the environment!

For a sleek one-piece toilet, consider the New Savona. If you're going with a trendy, modern look for the bathroom, look no farther than this toilet. Best of all, this toilet has a 10-year warranty so you can sleep easy at night.

After over 130 years in operation, American Standard's reputation precedes it, and rightfully so. Their products are far-reaching, ranging from personal residences to airports. The resiliency of their goods is not only an attribute upon which they pride themselves, but also is part of their legacy. Their products are present in the majority of U.S. residences.

Special care and scrutiny is given to ensure that these toilets conserve natural resources, not to mention money. You do not need to sacrifice to conserve water. One of the most frustrating things about toilets is when they clog. Fortunately, these toilets have been through a thorough design and testing process to minimize the occurrence of clogs.

What it all comes down to is performance and appearance. And for a toilet that gives you both of these, go with an American Standard toilet.

American Standard Toilets - A Full Review

I hope you enjoyed my article! If you're looking for more reviews and information on American Standard toilets, visit my website at www.americanstandardtoiletsreview.com. I'll also let you in on a little secret: Where to find them cheaper than anywhere else on the internet;) Thanks again for reading, and good luck!

Using American Standard Toilets As Part of a Water Conservation Strategy

2011-05-25T10:52:00.001-07:00

Review While everyone who currently uses a flush toilet would ideally be using composting toilets, which don't require even a drop of water as they are non-flushing, this reality may still be a ways off. In the meantime, a low-flow American Standard Toilet can be a viable alternative until composting toilets can enter the mainstream, which they will have to if our descendants are to have any drinking water.

As things stand, we wash away our wastes with drinking water. There are many things that are very wrong with this, three of which are:

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1. Our "waste" can easily be converted to valuable fertilizer, but we throw them away instead.
2. There is no "away" when it comes to throwing things, they just go somewhere else. In the case of our wastes, they go into polluting our land and water.
3. Using drinking water to wash away wastes is INSANE when it's not necessary, any way you look at it. And just in case you think otherwise, it's absolutely NOT necessary to use drinking water to flush our urine and feces.

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Let's start with the most simple way everybody can begin to save water right away. It actually involves not doing something, and so is easier than what we've been doing. Simply don't flush the toilet when you urinate. Put the seat down. That urine isn't going to jump out and attack you. This way, you end up not wasting up to 1.6 gallons of drinking water each time you have to release a little pee. Flush when you go in for a number 2.

Another way to save water is to use greywater to flush the toilet.

Finally, installing a low-flow toilet like the models made by American Standard are good if you can't or won't set up a composting toilet. American Standard has HETs (High Efficiency Toilets) that are low-flow but use other technology to provide enough flushing Power to get the job done. While they still use drinking water to flush, American Standard toilets are quality (they've been around since the late 1800s) and getting American Standard Toilet Parts is easy if you ever need to replace anything. For businesses, getting American Standard commercial toilets that are designated HET can help your business earn "Green" certification, both through LEEDs as well as the Watersense label developed by the EPA for products that have been independently found to be efficient and effective.

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However, those who have seen the light may prefer to just use an American Standard toilet seat to outfit their home made composting toilet. That is, unless we see the introduction of American Standard toilets that can compost our "wastes", turning them into black gold for the garden!

American Standard Toilets

2011-05-15T04:30:00.001-07:00

Review Toilets in the United States of America and Canada come are commonly round and elongated also known as extended. To determine what size of toilet is suitable for your need, you can be guided by the American standard dimension.

Since the 1950s, Northern America has been producing toilet seats, most are still being used to this day. For elongated or extended type of toilet bowl seat, the seat length is around 18 to 19 inches. For the round toilet seat, seat length is around 16 to 17 inches. The shape is highly dependent on the comfort of the user. It doesn't depend on other factors which are believed by some like a person's height or weight. Although there are recommendations, end-user's comfort should go first. The best end-user's review however is in favor of the elongated/extended American Standard Toilet. The elongated toilet seat is the most commonly installed in American and Canadian homes because of its modern and timeless look.

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The price of the toilet bowl seats varies. It could be as low as 18 USD up to 60 USD, depending on the brand, design, and quality. Manufacturers use Solid Plastic to create a fine model.

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American Standard Toilets often comes with Slow Closing Toilet Seats. These are designed especially for residential toilets. It has "easy close hinges" that prevent the lid from slamming down the toilet bowl. This feature minimizes Noise and the lift-off hinges are a lot easier to clean.

American Standard Toilets also come in different color. The most sellable is the glacier white color followed by the dirty white. Other colors are pink, beige, Light green, Light blue, dark red, and many more. The color of the seat can also be customized by certain manufactures but for an extra Charge just to make it happen.

American Standard Toilets also come in different color. The most sellable is the glacier white color followed by the dirty white. Other colors are pink, beige, light green, light blue, dark red, and many more. Color can also be customized by certain manufactures that will Charge extra to make it happen.

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American Standard Toilets - Four Great Features

2011-05-04T19:38:00.001-07:00

Review American Standard toilets offer many of these innovative features and below are a few that are sure to surprise you.

No Plunge

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The no plunge system is called the Champion 4 and it is included in many American Standard toilets. It is the undisputed leader in high performance toilets. It has the industry's widest trapway and flush valve that virtually eliminates clogged toilets (it will even flush a bucket of golf balls without clogging). This system has been tested and retested and has proven to be Powerful and efficient. Just one flush will create a swift, Powerful current inside the bowl. The system comes with a 10 year warranty - that is 9 years more than most other brands.

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This is in an innovative feature that prevents many American Standard toilets (and sinks) from putting undue stress on your body. The company designed these products with our bodies in mind and with the various models offered, you are certain to find just the right dimensions that will put the least amount of burden on your body.

EverClean Surface

This system will help to keep your American Standard toilet cleaner for a longer period of time. It incorporates a patented silver ion additive that is put right into the circulation piping and this protects the pipes from mold, mildew, algae and fungus. This surface will make your toilet easier to clean even after years of use.

Dual Flush FloWise

American Standard toilets with this feature will conserve and save you money with every flush. It features a two-button actuator located on top of the tank. You get to choose between a 0.8 gallon flush or a 1.6 gallon flush. What a water saver this feature is and conserving water makes both ecological and economical sense.

These are all factors that differentiate not only American Standard toilets, but all their products, from their competitors. The company offers collections of bathroom and kitchen appliances. For instance, their Town Square Collection is steeped in tradition and detail. The new Town Square toilets are actually inspired by the classic crown molding of the Baltimore Estate. You can mix and match over 200 coordinated pieces including toilets, bathtubs, pedestal sinks, whirlpools, towel bars, faucets and shower doors to name just a few.

The Cadet Collection is practical and functional. It is a classic style suited for any bathroom with all pieces featuring soft lines and rounded curves. The latest addition to this collection is the Cadet 3 American Standard toilet that features a smart design and delivers a higher performance, all at a great price. There are many other collections from which to choose, for example, the Colony Collection with its timeless look and the Williamsburg Collection that embodies the visions and designs of Colonial America. No matter what your decor, American Standard toilets and other items will enhance your bathroom and give it a style all its own!

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American Standard Toilets - The Secret Behind Its Success Uncovered!

2011-04-24T13:24:00.001-07:00

Review American Standard toilets are considered one of the best products out there. With several choices to choose from, consumers don't have to trade off functionality with style because these innovative toilets combine the best of both worlds. That's why American Standard toilets are the most sough-after product in the industry today.

Since early 2008, American Standard Brands have been making big waves, especially when it comes to their toilet products. In fact, American Standard toilets are widely recognized as top-class products in the U.S. today. Their toilets include commercial and residential types, urinals, bidets, and other accessories - you name it and they have it.

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Most people would think that high-quality products are always expensive - and so they thought. Toilets made by American Standard are not only stylish and have excellent features, but these also have very affordable prices. Just think, their Mainstream Flo-Wise Water Sense round toilet is sold by online retailers, like Lowes, for only 9. This round toilet is already EPA certified, which means that it can give out an exceptional performance without wasting water in the process.

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Their Champion 4 and Cadet 3 series are one of the few products that you can really call as "clog-free" toilets. The highly sophisticated flushing system is evident both in the toilet design and strong flushing performance. This claim is not part of the usual deceiving advertisements made by other manufacturers. In fact, the Champion 4 and Cadet 3 series underwent rigorous product tests - you can see it in their website how they successfully flushed golf balls and rugs into the toilets. These efforts have effectively resulted to products that have 1,000 grams MaP (Maximum Performance) ratings, which is the highest possible result that a high-quality toilet product could get.

If you research all over the internet, you would most likely find consumers raving about these products. In Buzzillions.com (May 1, 2010), the American Standard Champion 4 and Cadet 3 series toilets are highly praised by most consumers. They like these toilets because they're effortlessly installed, resilient, easy to maintain, and fits into any limited space in their bathrooms. Plus, the quiet and efficient flush system works out perfectly for them and their family.

Before you purchase these toilets, make sure that you choose the perfect style and features that would best fit your bath design. You won't really have any problem on that department because there are plenty of models, finishes, aesthetic appearance, and unique product features that would fit your personal preferences. Also, make sure to shop around to get the best deals out there - you can either go to their official website or to other online retailers like Lowes.com.

American Standard toilets are really worth the investment. With these toilets, shopping is made easy because visual appeal and top-quality performance is present in all of their toilets.

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Learn All About American Standard Toilet Seats in 3 Minutes

2011-04-14T07:00:00.001-07:00

Review Even though these toilet seats are sold by American Standard, the are not made in the United States or have anything 'standard' about them per se. In retrospect that is a good thing for you and me, the customers. The fact that they are made abroad allows them to be made for and subsequently sold at a cheaper rate. Due to the technology involved in the production of these products and the way that they are designed it is difficult for the spare parts of any other manufacturer to stand in for a genuine replacement part and vice-versa.

While American Standard's catalog of products is as varied as any other toilet manufacturers' when it comes to size, style, color and design what sets them apart is the fact that their products are of consistently high quality than what is sold by the competition. The innovative features that they include with every product range also go a long way in setting them apart from the competition. Features like the 'soft close' hinges which will prevent the toilet lid from making that loud annoying Noise if you let it down without being a tab bit too gentle.

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It is however possible to find toilet units made by other brands to which you can fit a toilet seat which has been manufactured by American Standard. Like all companies selling sanitary ware, American Standard has assigned a variety of names to their range of toilet seats and it can be useful to know what they are before you go out to buy your toilet seat. The elongated toilet seats, for example go by the Bemis moniker while the 'Rise and Shine' is the name assigned to the standard sized seats. That is the thing with American Standard really; you can find a toilet seat in any finish or size for pretty much every toilet ever manufactured by American Standard. Wood finishes are quite popular his season!

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As you can likely see from this article, the range of seats that can be purchased is quite extensive. Finding the best loo seat for your bathroom is no longer a tricky task and can be sorted out easily if you visit some of the online retailers such as Amazon and the like. They offer a huge range of seats and the shipping is often free. Not a bad way to buy and you get your product quickly and without fuss.

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American Standard Toilet: A Review of the American Standard Champion 4 Right Height Elongated Toilet

2011-04-04T00:20:00.001-07:00

Review I have always admired my sister's house which had an American Standard toilet, and I thought it wouldn't be such a bad idea to get one for my own. So I skimmed through the net and found the American Standard Champion 4 Right Height Elongated Toilet for sale in Amazon. Now I'm writing this review after some weeks of observation, and I want to share what there is to this model and what I have to say about it.

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Firstly, I warn all those who are in search for a toilet that this product is labeled RIGHT HEIGHT because it is typically taller than the standard model. This is a great change for me since I was always obliged to do with the standard height ones despite my tall stature. But for those who are average in height out there, I don't think you should get this model because it's a bit higher for you. My sister who owns an American Standard toilet has a standard height in the house bathroom but the bedroom bathroom toilet is a right height model for her husband who is 6'3''. You get the picture of who should get this model now, right?

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The right height measurement that is a trademark of American Standard toilets is 16.5'' which is a comparably higher number than the standard 14-15'' height of most toilets. The fixture is made of a beautiful vitreous china material that has a sleek and smooth look which matches the bathroom perfectly. There's no doubt about the beauty of this model. The two-piece bowl and tank set is paired to perfectly match the other's make for optimal use.

Product Features

American Standard has engineered their toilets to be very functional and long-lasting. One of the features I like about their toilets is the EverClean surface which inhibits the growth of mold, mildew, and bacteria on the toilet. This is an interesting feature, but I believe it has some effects because I have not been cleaning the toilet too often but the shade is still perfectly white and smooth. I think it really has some kind of effect on the surface.

There's also the Champion 4 Flushing System performance platform which makes flushing a lot easier and more optimized. This feature also promises no clogs, which although it is too early to say, I have not yet experienced. The 4" non-adjustable, piston action Accelerator flush valve also makes the flushing more convenient because the lever is very easy to press, and it's not as easy to break. I have experienced some flush levers that when you flush too hardly with completely snap, but this has retained its intactness despite my heavy hand. The flush lever is also chrome-plated so you won't see any signs of corrosion or wear on that. It will remain shiny and metallic, and the entire look of your toilet will stay as beautiful as if it were new. The Speed Connect tank and bowl coupling system makes sure that the two pieces of the fixture are safely attached to each other, virtually eliminating all the possibilities of rocking, dismemberment, and breaking.

Other Features

The toilet is a very nice and clean color of white, but there are also other colors to choose from like linen for a shade of off-white to beige, bone for a more fleshy and creamy hue, and black for a striking and extraordinary fixture. The white one is what I got because it matches my bathroom perfectly. It's very smooth and clean in appearance and it makes my bathroom much more beautiful.

The flush of this fixture is ultimately designed for low consumption so you can save water but still make sure that everything is flushed down properly. The 2.375'' fully-glazed trapway is definitely big enough to allow the biggest load to be smoothly flushed away and through it. Together in the package come two color-matched bolt caps for the best aesthetic value. However, you have to take note that the toilet seat and cover are not included with this model. Only the toilet itself and the flush tank are in the product package.

Conclusion

For those out there who are looking for American Standard toilets but are not ready for the right height, be careful of getting models like the American Standard Champion 4 Right Height Elongated Toilet because it might not be able to provide optimal comfort for average heighted individuals. Nonetheless, I am very happy with this new toilet and I'm definitely satisfied with its height and features. Not only is it very aesthetically nice, it's also durable so I won't have to change my fixtures for quite a long time. If you're also in search of a good toilet and you're tall and lean like me, this is the model I would certainly recommend and I know no one will be disappointed with it.

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The American Standard Champion 4 Toilet and Its Unique Features

2011-03-24T17:41:00.001-07:00

Review As the name suggests, the American Standard Champion 4 toilet is a true champion. If you are one of those people who have never been faced with a difficult decision of having to buy something instrumental like a toilet, then you may not understand why this model should be able to calm so many nerves. It really helps in reducing the buying decision into an analysis of the features of this great home asset.

The following are some of the features of this brand:

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Comfortable Height

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With the American Standard Champion 4 toilet, you can be sure that the height that you will come face to face with will not be one which will make it uncomfortable to you. Normally, you really don't care so much about the effort that the toilet manufacturers made in coming up with the right size for the toilet bowl. However, once you experience a lot of discomfort with a model whose height is too short for you, then you will understand the reason why the toilet height is such an important thing.

Powerful Flush System

One of the most irritating things that can occur in the house is the issue of having to contend with a flushing system which requires you to flush two or three times before the waste goes away. Apart from the fact that it can turn out to be rather embarrassing, it is also very wasteful especially when you consider the fact that you have to spend so much water in the process. With the American Standard Champion 4 toilet, you can be sure to flush such worries goodbye.

EverClean Surface

If you are always bothered by mould and dirt on your toilet, then this is one of those things that should make you feel comfortable. With the EverClean surface developed by the American Standard Champion 4 toilet, you can be sure that you will not have to spend hours cleaning your toilets because of these things. This was an important addition to this toilet, and in fact, it is patented. You cannot find this feature with other products.

Generally, the American Standard Champion 4 toilet stands tall among its various competitors. However, when you set out to buy one, it is advisable that you spend some time to asses other features of this product before you settle on buying it.

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American Standard Toilets - The Solution to Your Bathroom Needs

2011-03-14T11:20:00.001-07:00

Review When upgrading or replacing your bathroom fixtures, especially a toilet, you need to purchase a product that is reliable. There are so many brands available, but not all deliver a high level of quality. American Standard has been producing quality products for over one hundred and thirty years and their products can be found in three out of five American homes. You can be confident that American Standard toilets are built to last.

Toilets produced by them are available in three shapes, elongated, compact elongated and round front. If you require the use of a taller or shorter than average toilet, American Standard produces multiple sizes, making it easy to find the appropriate option for you. They are also produced in a wide variety of colors including black, bone, silver, white, linen and beige, which makes finding a toilet to match your bathroom decor simple. They also offers many other bathroom products to compliment your new toilet.

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No matter what kind of toilet you are looking for American Standard has a product that will suit your needs. They have quality toilets available in many price ranges. With prices as low as 250 dollars on some models there is truly an option for every budget. If high performance is what you are after a toilet featuring the innovative and popular Champion 4 system is the ultimate solution.

American Standard Toilets - The Solution to Your Bathroom Needs

Described by American Standard as efficient and nearly clog resistant, these toilets use less water than other flushing systems. You will be able to retire your plunger because a Champion 4 toilet boasts the largest trapway at 2 and 3/8 inches wide! Toilets equipped with Champion 4 flushing system come with an incredible ten year warranty and require little maintenance.

Adding to the appeal of these toilets is the unique EverClean surface. This amazing surface will keep your toilet looking clean and shiny because it is specifically developed to resist the growth of mold and bacteria so you can spend less time cleaning! Water efficiency is another added benefit of owning an American Standard product.

Reduce your water bill while doing your part to help the environment when you own and operate a toilet designed to conserve water. Their Cadet 3 FlowWise series and H2Option™ Dual Flush are certified and proven to be water efficient without compromising the function of the toilet.

Deciding on and purchasing a new toilet is an important investment. As a consumer, you need to be confident and comfortable with your choice. The proven reliability, quality, function and the added features of American Standard toilets sets them high above other brands. They offer numerous choices for toilets with innovative features that will deliver you a lifetime of comfort.

With the convenience of EverClean surface and the Champion 4 flush system you will be able to spend less time cleaning and maintaining your toilet and more time completing projects you enjoy! An American Standard toilet will be a purchase you can be proud of!

American Standard Toilets - The Solution to Your Bathroom Needs

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American Standard Toilet Seats: A Review of the American Standard Laurel Elongated Toilet Seat

2011-03-04T03:22:00.001-08:00

How to Our home has been installed with American Standard toilets, and what better brand of toilet seats to use with these models than American Standard toilet seats as well. Since toilet seats receive more contact and are more constantly abused, it's likely that they are the first ones to get damaged. And that's exactly what happened with our toilet seats. So I browsed the net and I saw the American Standard Laurel Elongated Toilet Seat with Cover online, and it was a perfect match with our toilets that have elongated seats. Now I'm writing this review to share with the world everything I know and have to say about this model, and also as an advice to others who are in search of quality fixtures for their home.

General Description

American Toilet

This toilet seat is different than most other toilet seats because this is a wooden model. While most models are plastic, I think wooden models are better for use. I might be contradicting myself when I say that wood isn't good with water and moisture can destroy the material, but American Standard toilet seats are very high-quality and so far, after several months of use, the seat is still fine, perfectly in good condition, and intact. There are no signs of damage whatsoever. The finish is very nice and glossy, and the surface is smooth and comfortable to sit on. It's really a great buy and for the price, there's absolutely nothing to regret with getting this model.

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Product Features

The high-gloss molded wood seat has a size that's quite difficult to find so getting this model will definitely make your search much easier. It's a standard size for elongated toilets so even if your toilets aren't American Standard, the seat will still perfectly fit your fixtures. The package also includes the complete set for installing the seat. There are bolts and dual-faced adhesive washers with the model so you won't have any difficulties setting it up. You can use it immediately after getting it.

Other Features

The unit comes in various colors including white that has a clean and perfectly sharp look; linen for an off-white or Light cream shade; bone for a more fleshy hue; and black for that eye-catching and long-lasting color. The white one is what I used for my home bathrooms because it's a beautiful match for my green ceramic tiles and toilet. That's also what's good about the white color - any other color blends and matches with it beautifully and it also produces a very clean appearance.

Conclusion

I don't usually make such a big deal out of fixtures, and to think about it, what is there to say? But after everything that I've already said, I finally found out that American Standard toilet seats are something worth talking about. And after getting the American Standard Laurel Elongated Toilet Seat with Cover, I've totally made up my mind and I'm definitely sticking with the brand. I hope you've decided as well and my whole recommendation is with this brand and model.

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Standard Collection Toilet Paper Holder by American Standard

2010-09-27T19:26:00.001-07:00

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Standard Collection Toilet Paper Holder by American Standard Overview

Standard Collection Toilet Paper Holder by American Standard is a great necessity for your bathroom. The toilet paper holder has easy installation for tile, wood, plaster, or drywall. This toilet paper holder is made of solid brass and its mounting is concealed so there is no hardware showing. The available colors are chrome and satin nickel. The dimensions of the toilet paper holder are 5 3/4 inch x 3 1/8 inch x 4 1/2 inch . This product also comes with mounting hardware.

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Chase Mounting Tamper-Resistant Toilet Paper Holder Configuration: Square

2010-09-24T07:03:00.001-07:00

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Chase Mounting Tamper-Resistant Toilet Paper Holder Configuration: Square Overview

110-1 Configuration: Square Tamper resistant security accessories from ASI are ideal for correctional, psychiatric, school, park, and service station type installations. Fabrication from type 304 stainless steel in extra heavy gauges ensures durability. Glass blasted and satin finishes provides easy maintenance. Continuous welding for tamper-resistance. Features: - Constructed of 16 gauge type 304 stainless steel - Satin finish exterior - Glass-blasted satin finish interior - 4 ½'' interior depth accomodates one standard toilet paper roll - Hidden contraband will cause roll to project from holder allowing for detection - 2 ''T'' nuts welded on back for rear mounting Specifications: - Weight: 2.3 lbs - Required Wall Opening: 5 ¾'' diameter x wall thickness - Overall Size: - Round: 7 ¼'' diameter - Square: 7'' x 7'' American Specialties Warranty

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Surface Mounted Jumbo Roll Toilet Paper Dispenser

2010-09-22T18:50:00.001-07:00

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Surface Mounted Jumbo Roll Toilet Paper Dispenser Overview

0042 Combination toilet paper dispensers from ASI are ideal for the public restroom setting. A variety of configurations make certain that you will find the perfect one for your application. Be sure to outfit your restroom with the highest quality accessories. Features: - Holds one roll up to 10'' diameter of 1.625'' or 1.25'' diameter core - One viewing slot reveals toilet tissue roll inside - Cabinet features a tumbler lock - Constructed of 18 gauge type 304 stainless steel with satin finish Specifications: - Weight: 4 lbs - Toilet Paper Capacity: One roll up to 10'' diameter of 1.625'' or 1.25'' diameter core - Overall Dimensions: 10.625'' W x 4.5'' D American Specialties Warranty

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Scrubbing Bubbles Powerful Foam, Lemon 22 oz (623 g)

2010-09-21T11:58:00.001-07:00

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American Standard Prairie Field Double Toilet Paper Holder - 8040.232.068

2010-09-19T20:35:00.001-07:00

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American Standard 8040.232.068, American Standard Accessories By Brand, 8040.232.068 Accessories By Brand, American Standard Prairie Field Double Toilet Paper Holder - 8040.232.068, Prairie Field Double Toilet Paper Holder All metal construction Easy installation for drywall or tile mounting Lifetime PVD Finish - Finish will not tarnish, scratch or corrode Lifetime warranty. Available in the following colors: Chrome & Chrome/Brass (PVD) mixage, Blackened Bronze (PVD), Satin Nickel (PVD) & Satin/Brass mixage (PVD), Satin Nickel (PVD) & Satin/Chrome mixage Finishes and Colors - Blackened Bronze (PVD) :

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Zamak Surface Mounted Toilet Paper Holder

2010-09-19T20:20:00.001-07:00

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Zamak Surface Mounted Toilet Paper Holder Overview

0705-Z The zamak collection from ASI is defined by high quality plated bathroom products. The shell is drawn, seamless one piece construction and the body is die cast zamak. The finish is bright, triple-plated nickel, copper and chrome. Features: - Surface mounted - Body is die cast zamak - Meets FHA and federal specifications - Finish is bright, triple-plated nickel, copper and chrome Specifications: - Weight: 1 lb - Overall Dimensions:5.875'' W x 1.4375'' H x 2.75'' D American Specialties Warranty

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White Ceramic Toilet Shaped Bathroom Brush Holder / NEW

2010-09-18T19:32:00.001-07:00

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White Ceramic Toilet Shaped Bathroom Brush Holder / NEW Overview

This brand new, white ceramic toilet brush holder is simply adorable. The holder is shaped like a toilet, including the water tank. The brush rests inside the toilet, and is held up away from the surface by a hook like portion on the toilet seat. Comes in a nice Gift box! Approximate Dimensions: Height: 8 1/2" (14" with brush) Width: 4 1/2".

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American Standard 8040.230 Chrome & Chrome/Brass (PVD) Mix Prairie Field Single Toilet Paper Holder - 8040.230

2010-09-17T19:10:00.001-07:00

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American Standard 8040.230 Chrome & Chrome/Brass (PVD) Mix Prairie Field Single Toilet Paper Holder - 8040.230 Overview

Add the final touches to any bathroom with American Standard's bathroom accessories. Designed to be both beautiful and functional, they complement a variety of American Standard faucets. Whether your style is traditional or contemporary, there is an accessory collection to match.,All metal construction Easy installation for drywall or tile mounting Lifetime PVD Finish - Finish will not tarnish, scratch or corrode Lifetime Warranty,Installation Type: Horizontal Material: Metal Style: Traditional Classic

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Toilet Paper Dispenser Finish: Satin, Hood: Yes, Wall Type: Dry Wall

2010-09-16T16:51:00.001-07:00

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Toilet Paper Dispenser Finish: Satin, Hood: Yes, Wall Type: Dry Wall Overview

7402-HSD Finish: Satin, Hood: Yes, Wall Type: Dry Wall Commercial grade toilet paper dispensers from ASI are sure to withstand the rigors of high-traffic public restrooms. A variety of configurations make certain that you will find the perfect one for your application. Be sure to outfit your restroom with the highest quality accessories. Features: - Recessed - Constructed of 22 gauge type 304 stainless steel installation is required, add suffix ''W'' to model number - Also available with a vandal resistant spindle locked in place by a concealed set screw - Seamless construction - Spring loaded chrome roller Specifications: - Weight: 1 lb - Required Wall Opening: 5.5'' W x 5.5'' H x 2'' D - Overall Dimensions: 6 .25'' W x 6.25'' H American Specialties Warranty

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Double Toilet Paper Dispenser Finish: Satin, Hood: Yes, Wall Type: Wet Wall

2010-09-14T11:20:00.001-07:00

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Double Toilet Paper Dispenser Finish: Satin, Hood: Yes, Wall Type: Wet Wall Overview

74022-HSW Finish: Satin, Hood: Yes, Wall Type: Wet Wall Commercial grade toilet paper dispensers from ASI are sure to withstand the rigors of high-traffic public restrooms. A variety of configurations make certain that you will find the perfect one for your application. Be sure to outfit your restroom with the highest quality accessories. Features: - Recessed - Constructed of 22 gauge type 304 stainless steel - Also available with a vandal resistant spindle locked in place by a concealed set screw - Seamless construction - Spring loaded chrome roller Specifications: - Weight: 3 lbs - Required Wall Opening: 11 ¾'' W x 5 ½'' H x 2'' D - Overall Dimensions: 12 ½'' W x 6 ¼'' H American Specialties Warranty

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Cast Aluminum Toilet Paper Dispenser and Optional Vandal Resistant Hood Kit

2010-09-12T14:57:00.001-07:00

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Cast Aluminum Toilet Paper Dispenser and Optional Vandal Resistant Hood Kit Overview

0263-1A / 026 Commercial grade toilet paper dispensers from ASI are sure to withstand the rigors of high-traffic public restrooms. A variety of configurations make certain that you will find the perfect one for your application. Be sure to outfit your restroom with the highest quality accessories. Features: - Dispenses 1 roll up to 6'' in diameter (2000 sheets) - Heavy duty cast aluminum with a satin finish - No waste rocking action spindle of cycolac ABS thermoplastic - No controlled delivery - Available vandal resistant hood - 14 gauge stainless steel type 304 - Satin finish - Designed for model # 0264-1 or 0263-1 American Specialties Warranty Specifications: - Cast Aluminum Roll Toilet Paper Dispenser with Un-Restricted Delivery - Weight: 0.7 lbs - Toilet Paper Capacity: 1 roll up to 6'' in diameter (2000 sheets) - Overall Dimensions: 6 ½'' W x 1 ¾'' H x 4 ¾'' D - Vandal Resistant Hood - Weight: 4 lbs - Order to go with 0263-1 American Specialties Warranty

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American Standard 7010.230.075 Green Tea Toilet Paper Holder, Stainless Steel

2010-09-11T13:17:00.001-07:00

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American Standard 7010.230.075 Green Tea Toilet Paper Holder, Stainless Steel Overview

7010.230.075 Finish: Stainless Steel Pictured in Polished Chrome Features: -Toilet paper holder. -Green Tea collection. -Available in several finishes. -All metal construction. -Concealed mounting. Specifications: -Includes templates for easy installation. -Overall dimensions: 1.5'' H x 7.25'' W x 3.25'' D. For more information on this product please view the Sheet(s) below: Green Tea Toilet paper holder Specification Sheet Green Tea Toilet paper holder Installation Sheet

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American Standard 8040.230 Prairie Field Toilet Paper Holder

2010-09-09T03:48:00.001-07:00

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American Standard 8040.230 Prairie Field Toilet Paper Holder Overview

American Standard 8040.230 Keep your bathroom looking sleek and attractive with this Toilet Paper Holder from the Prairie Collection. Its easy installation for drywall or tile mounting and durable all metal construction are two of the reasons why this toilet paper holder is a must have! Available in a palette of American Standard colors. Features: -Available in several finishes. -All metal construction -Easy installation for drywall or tile mounting -Lifetime PVD finish which will not tarnish, scratch or corrode -Lifetime manufacturer warranty For more information on this product please view the specification sheets seen below. Spec Sheet Installation Notes Repair Parts

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Surface Mounted Stainless Steel Toilet Paper Holder Spindle Type: Theft Resistant, Finish: Satin

2010-09-07T16:46:00.001-07:00

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Surface Mounted Stainless Steel Toilet Paper Holder Spindle Type: Theft Resistant, Finish: Satin Overview

7305-S Spindle Type: Theft Resistant, Finish: Satin Commercial grade toilet paper dispensers from ASI are sure to withstand the rigors of high-traffic public restrooms. A variety of configurations make certain that you will find the perfect one for your application. Be sure to outfit your restroom with the highest quality accessories. Features: - Dispenses 1 standard or 1800 sheet toilet paper rolls - Constructed of 18 gauge type 304 stainless steel with satin finish - Heavy gauge concealed mount brackets on wall secured by stainless steel set screw - Available with a bright or satin finish Specifications: - Weight: 0.5 lbs - Toilet Paper Capacity: 1 standard or 1800 sheet toilet paper rolls - Overall Dimensions: 7 .75'' Wide American Specialties Warranty

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Wrought Iron Toilet Tissue Paper Bar Holder Star Large

2010-09-05T18:40:00.001-07:00

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Wrought Iron Toilet Tissue Paper Bar Holder Star Large Overview

Our hand wrought iron pieces are made for us in the Lancaster County, PA. Amish community. With classic style and functional design, these versatile pieces blend into most decorating schemes, This is solid iron-not wire. These pieces are finished in Satin Black and work well in any room. This is our new Star Toilet Paper Bar--shown at the Top of the picture. It is twisted wrought iron. The overall width is 8 1/2 inches. The height, including the star is5 1/2 inches. It extends from the wall 4inches. Wall anchors or mounting screws are not provided and are determined by the surface you are mounting this to.

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American Standard 8040.232.246 Prairie Field Double Toilet Paper Holder, Satin Nickel/Polished Brass

2010-09-03T04:37:00.001-07:00

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American Standard 8040.232.246 Prairie Field Double Toilet Paper Holder, Satin Nickel/Polished Brass Overview

American Standard Double Toilet Paper Roll HolderPrairie Field CollectionPVD FinishDurable Brass ConstructionConcealed Mounting

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Wrought Iron Toilet Tissue Paper Stand Rack-Hand Made

2010-09-01T11:55:00.001-07:00

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Wrought Iron Toilet Tissue Paper Stand Rack-Hand Made Overview

Our toilet paper stand is made for us in the Lancaster County, PA. Amish Community. With classic style and functional design, this versatile piece blends into most decorating schemes. Our toilet paper holder is made of solid heat forged iron--not flimsy wire. This piece is finished in satin black and works well in any bath or powder room. We have also seen this used to hold a hand towel on top of the vanity and it would look nice with dried herbs or pairs of candles in just about any room. It is about 25 1/2" inches high with a sturdy three legged base. The feet are 9 1/2 inches toe-toe. This is heavy 3/8 inch iron stock with scrolled ends and hand forged feet. Such a simple design--even the kids will change the roll!!

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