Fountains add beauty and charm to many homes and offices. However , they need to be maintained from time to time so they have a long and lasting life time. The water fountains require very little maintenance. They need to be wiped clean now and then . The water level needs to be checked to prevent damage to the pump.
Water fountains bring a sample of nature’s flowing water into our built environment - from hotel atrium to living room. They add visual and audible interest to any setting and remind one of the waterfalls, creeks, and oceans. Floor fountains are larger, freestanding units designed to be placed on the floor, not on a table. They often serve as a foc...
Poster is an artistic work. It is a reproduction of an original photograph or painting, printed on a large sheet of paper. In other words it is a large piece of printed paper which can be hung over the wall. Posters are fun and inexpensive way to dance or jazz up any room in the house. Posters are perfect for the home to decorate. They act as remin...
Bathroom and bath accessories for the new and renovated bathroom are towels, soap dispensers, toothbrush holders, and other accessories. If the bathroom is small and the bathtub is in pretty good condition, consider a clear shower curtain. It will make the bathroom look larger. A solid coloured shower curtain will make the bathroom look smaller, bu...
Pet health insurance companies are hoping that someday pet owners in the United States will catch up with European pet owners. A recent poll taken of American pet owners suggested that approximately three percent of American pet owners had purchased pet health insurance for their family pet. A veterinarian who was interviewed after the survey was s...
There are times when adopting that shaggy non-descript mutt at the neighborhood shelter is an advantage over purchasing an expensive AKC model. The first advantage is the start up cost, AKC registered pups seldom start at less them three hundred dollars from there the prices can sore into the thousands. The adoption fee for your local pound puppy s...
The US military knows that its branches must revamp their thinking about how to engage in “the theater of war” in the new, post-Cold War world of the 21st century. One thing that the military leaders stress is the desire for the forces deployed in the theater to be able to be more energy-independent. Currently the US military has policies and proce...
Record high prices at American gas pumps and continued trouble-brewing in the Middle East, Nigeria, and other areas of importance to the oil-driven economy have made it clear to Americans that we are in need of developing many new avenues of energy supply and production. In short, we need to reduce our dependency on oil, for it is ultimately finite...
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) was conceived of by the French engineer Jacques D'Arsonval in 1881. However, at the time of this writing the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii is home to the only operating experimental OTEC plant on the face of the earth. OTEC is a potential alternative energy source that needs to be funded and explored muc...
There is a lot of energy that we can harness if we only seek to research and develop the technologies needed to do so. We can get away from the fossil fuels and the old electrical grids by turning to alternatives to these energy sources.
One of these alternative energy resources is wind power. Wind turbines continue to be developed that are ...