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Aquarium hobbyists must give careful thought to the right type of lighting for their tanks. Lighting not only illuminates the landscape of the tank interior, it provides light for plant photosynthesis. Lights also give off heat, so the correct lighting ensures that your fish will have a healthy environment. Though saltwater aquarium lighting is a controversial issue, many hobbyists prefer T5 lights over T8 lights for their tanks.
Building a roof over your driveway provides your vehicles with protection from the elements such as harsh sunlight and rain. In addition, a roof can turn your driveway into a venue for parties and entertaining. You can create a roof over your driveway by building a cheap yet effective canopy. The materials used in the creation of the canopy can be purchased at home improvement centers and craft stores.
Virtual Local Area Network Trunking Protocol, or VTP, will only travel via LAN technology and will not go over a Wide Area Network. LAN uses Ethernet signals that WAN routers convert to other signals for transmission to other sites. WAN routers can't understand the addressing protocol used in the Ethernet signals and can't forward them to the WAN.
EPDM, a type of rubber membrane, offers an affordable way to cover flat roofs. And if your flat roof looks like the perfect place to add a deck, you can modify deck building techniques that prevail for ground-level decks to install a party, outdoor eating or gardening space over the roof membrane. Proceed carefully to avoid punctures in the membrane and show a sketch of your deck plans to your municipal permits department to see if you can proceed without detailed architect’s plans.
Fascia boards, the boards between the edge of the roof and the soffit and gutters, are exposed to the elements and wear over time. Failure to replace a damaged fascia board may lead to roof damage because moisture and even small animals may gain access to the roof. Replacing fascia boards is generally an easy task when open access is allowed. When replacing a fascia board over an aluminum awning, care must be taken not to apply pressure to the awning, which could bend the aluminum.
Near Vertical Incident Skywave antennas are oriented to the Earth in such a manner that radiation extends for hundreds of miles. You can make an NVIS-style antenna from a whip installed on a radio or other communications device, or in a field or backyard installation tens of feet in circumference. The advantages of the NVIS antenna over most monopole whip designs is notable in many key areas of performance.
One of the many tools available to VLC users is the ability to stream videos over your home network -- an easier alternative to transferring all your video files and taking up hard drive space on multiple computers. When a video file lags and skips while streaming between computers on your network, it can easily be fixed by making some simple changes to your network or your VLC settings.
In object-oriented programming languages, map objects represent data structures containing a series of key-value pairs. In Java, this goes for all derivatives of the Map class, such as HashMap and TreeMap. These classes also contain methods allowing the programmer to access these pairs as a sort of collection, over which the program can iterate to perform operations or print to the screen. By using the entrySet method of a TreeMap inside a for-each loop, you can iterate over each key-value pair in the map.
Iptables and Ipchains are ubiquitous Linux software firewalls. Each offers granular control over incoming traffic at a packet or session level, with some additional modules for statistics, network state and other useful network monitoring and control features. Though each tool is, by definition, a kernel-level packet filtration system, they differ widely in scope, functionality and ease of configuration.
When Jana Christian started restrictive eating, it made her feel confident and strong. "I fought a constant battle in my head between what I wanted — food and sleep — and what I felt like I deserved: more strenuous exercise and less food," said the Cleveland mother of two. "As I got used to the physical fatigue, severe anxiety and emotional instability kicked in to signal warning flags, which I chose to ignore." She fought this for 15 years. It eventually left her hospitalized and fed through a tube inserted into her small intestine. "The very thoughts that kept me…
Canceling the underline over scroll in HTML is something that you can accomplish in a very specific way. Cancel the underline over scroll in HTML with help from a web and graphics specialist in this free video clip.
Video files are frequently viewed on a computing device, such as a laptop or desktop computer, after the file has been transferred from another USB-equipped device, such as a digital camcorder. You can also watch a video file on one device while it's streamed from another device through a USB connection. At the time of publication, USB technology exists in three forms, each of which transfers data at different rates.
In order to turn your balcony into a usable outdoor living space, all you need to do is build an awning. An awning blocks out harsh, direct sunlight that may make your balcony too hot to enjoy. By building and installing a simple awning, you can turn your balcony into a cool area where you can relax. All you need to complete this project is some PVC pipe and outdoor canvas.
Large computer networks in businesses lead to increased productivity but it also makes it more difficult for administrators to make sure that the users of these individual computers are actually productive. Installing remote monitoring tools is a bit overwhelming because you have to look at every single screen for each computer. Use a keylogger application so you can log keystrokes over the network instead. These applications monitor activity and save the recorded keystrokes to a log file so you can review them later.
Cabinets installed above an island countertop are attached to the ceiling. Such cabinets maintain an open design theme while creating visual separation. Although installing such cabinets requires planning and careful preparation, the end result in the form of increased storage and versatility is worth the effort. It is essential the cabinets be firmly secured to the ceiling so they can hold their weight and that of the items they contain. Purchase wooden cabinets in your desired style from a cabinet maker or home improvement center.
PrestaShop is a free open-source e-commerce solution for website developers and designers. The software allows you to upload a custom theme that controls the look and feel of your site. Within the theme is a CSS file that controls the background, text properties and positioning of elements such as columns. The padding variable of the CSS file controls how far from the top, bottom, left or right that a column, object or text appears. Access the padding variable to shift the right column of your PrestaShop site over.
The foundation stone, also called the cornerstone, was once a key structural element in a building, often the first block laid. Modern construction methods, however, have made such construction methods outdated. Today, foundation stones have only a symbolic importance. Sometimes ceremonies may be held when the foundation stone is set in place.
Entertainment and lighting systems use DMX signals to control equipment such as scanners and dimmer lights. DMX runs through a low-capacitance 120 ohm cable that can connect multiple machines through a single splitter when the line runs too long, such as one kilometer.
When reshingling your your roof, it is necessary to shingle over several obstacles including your soil stack. The soil stack allows air into the plumbing system of your home. The air creates pressure for the proper flow of your drains. Unfortunately, the soil stack is also a weak point in the roof. Adding shingles over the base of a soil stack requires a special covering around the stack known as a roof jack. The roof jack is a jacket that fits over the pipe and has a wide square flashing to attach to the roof.
Application System/400 describes a family of computer systems developed by IBM in 1988. The often misused term "ping" refers to sending information over a network to find out if a specific device is available for connection. You can't ping AS/400 as such, but you can ping a hardware component in an AS/400 system. A virtual private network allows remote users to access a local area network via the Internet.
Shoes piled up around doors and on closet floors make a room appear unsightly, and shoes tucked away in shoe boxes are hard to get to. Maximize your storage space by installing an over-the-door shoe holder. You can sew a shoe holder at home using basic techniques and materials purchased inexpensively at any craft supply store. Shoes will stay out of the way yet remain highly accessible, enabling you to view and select shoes efficiently.
Cultured Stone, a registered trademark of Boreal Stone Products, is a veneer designed to look like natural stone. Suitable for indoor and outdoor applications, Cultured Stone comes in a variety of colors and finishes. Proper installation of Cultured Stone is critical for its longevity -- the manufacturer recommends applying it to a smooth, clean surface.
Drywall compound, sometimes called drywall paste or mud, covers cracks, joints and imperfections in the drywall surface. It's used to cover new drywall and to repair holes and cracks in existing drywall. Covering the paste after it's applied ensures the surface is ready for painting while rendering the paste or repair invisible.
A tear-down roofing job starts with the removal of shingles, then the removal of damaged and rotted decking. The decking is the layer of plywood sheathing found beneath the shingles on a roof. Once the sheathing is repaired, then the rest of the roof may be reinstalled over the decking. The lucky part of rebuilding a roof deck over a garage is the roof's straightforward construction: Because a garage is only a one-room structure, the roof over the garage is usually a simple gable roof with two sloping sides that meet in a ridge down the center. This shape of…
Rigid foam insulation helps increase energy efficiency in your home. Inch for inch, rigid foam offers a higher R-value than either fiberglass batts or wood cellulose products, meaning it insulates more. Even better, rigid foam insulation, unlike other products, resists moisture and condensation. But rigid foam insulation ignites easily, so building codes insists that the insulation is covered by drywall, which is fire resistant. While you could install furring strips to anchor the drywall to, using the proper adhesive and a long drywall screws to penetrate the studs behind the insulation is sufficient, quick and simple.
Constructing a deck over an existing concrete patio is not as difficult as it may sound, particularly if you are open to the idea of decking tiles, as opposed to regular wooden planks. Decking tiles provide an easily cleanable, attractive surface that doesn't splinter or begin to break as it weathers. There are a wide variety of wood finishes available, as well as a selection of tile types, including squares and longer planks.
The wooden joists or beams over your garage help hold your roof in place. If you have an attic over your garage, these joists also bear the load of your attic flooring and any materials you store in the attic. If you need a storage area above your garage, strong ceiling joists are necessary to support the added weight. If the materials you intend to store are particularly heavy, 2-inch by 6-inch ceiling joists may require additional support.
Fashion is a head-to-toe affair — and if you want to turn some heads when you walk down the street, step out in shoes that show your style. "When choosing the perfect shoe, you need to consider occasion, climate, comfort, color and trend," said Brooke Hyden, style expert for Zappos.com. "When I shop for shoes, I typically ask myself, 'Where will I be wearing these shoes?' Next, I think about the color. And finally, but most importantly, comfort." Selecting shoes that work for you is personal, but with a few guidelines, you can take the stress out of finding new…
A shed roof is a typical covering for a patio. The shed or pent style slopes in only one direction, away from the house, so it is much easier to build, but still provides protection from sun and rain. Many shed roofs over patios are covered with corrugated vinyl or metal panels, but they also may be shingled to match a house roof. All shed roofs over patios must be supported on both ends and in between, for longer roofs. The best way to support the top of a shed roof is to attach it to a house wall.
When programmers build computing applications, they often implement complex structures in their code. For example, rather than each line executing sequentially, a program will often involve repetition and conditional tests determining which code statements actually execute. Case statements, also known as switch statements, carry out sequences of conditional tests. Chained if and else statements also do this, so programmers often have to choose between the two types of statements.
The easy to use, expandable functionality of WordPress makes it a handy tool for designing a website, but its versatility comes at the cost of CPU cycles. Many WordPress features place a high load on your server's processor, causing downtime or requiring a more powerful hosting package. Altering your site's setup to cut back on unnecessary processing will ensure your site stays running under heavy loads.
Wall sconces can be especially appropriate for lighting a vanity, as their placement at either side of the mirror can provide a soft, even wash of light over the surface. Mounting twin sconces also adds a decorative wall element to room design. Proper sconce placement is critical to effective use of the vanity.
You can tunnel traffic over a secure shell session, effectively using the remote SSH server as an encrypted proxy. SSH only supports tunneling TCP-protocol traffic between computers, but you can use the netcat command to convert UDP-protocol traffic to TCP for transmission. The SSH command can bind traffic on a local port to a remote port. The netcat command on the server computer can convert incoming UDP traffic on a port to TCP traffic on the bound port, where the SSH server sends it to your local computer. The netcat command on your local computer can then convert the TCP…
Exhaust upgrades are an easy route to changing a car's sound and boosting its performance, but never forget that your exhaust system is just that: a system. Each part, from the header to the tubing, from the muffler to the tailpipe, has a role to play in making your motor the best that it can be.
Air ducts, while they should be air tight, can leak. These leaks reduce the efficiency of your furnace or central air conditioning system and even a small leak can add up in terms of the cost to heat or cool your home. Most leaks can be easily fixed, but there are times when you may need to call in a professional.
In theory, painting is easy. You choose a color, purchase some paint, put it in a bucket and use a brush to apply it to the chosen surface. However, every type of painting requires special considerations specific to the job, including choosing the right paints and primers. When painting over powder coating, for instance, you must use special types of primers and paints designed specifically to work together.
When choosing a vacuum, you have a number of options to consider. You can choose one with a canister or a bag, different attachments, and whether to go with an upright model. Some even have a sensor that tells you whether the floor beneath the vacuum is clean or dirty. When deciding on a roller type, bristle rollers offer advantages over rubber ones.
A floating deck is a deck that stands independently and is not connected to the house in any way. Usually, a deck structure is supported by footers, which are deep piers of concrete upon which the deck posts rest. To extend a deck over an existing cement porch, you can skip the arduous construction of footings and place the deck on top of wooden sleepers secured to the cement slab with special masonry anchors. Most cement porches are constructed several inches lower than the exit door threshhold, so a floating deck should fit nicely. If the vertical distance between the…
Wire or metal lath is used on top of subfloors, such as plywood, to provide a lightweight base for laying underlayment. This is done before installing flooring, such as tile, to help level and repair the surface. Self-leveling underlayment is a pourable cement that easily flows over your plywood floor and metal lath, with little adjustments needed from you. You can apply metal lath and underlayment in a few simple steps.
Decorative window shades add warmth and style to your room when they are closed, but once you open them to let in the morning light, the rolled or folded shade may seem unsightly. A simple valance hung over the shade camouflages it when it’s rolled or folded, and the valance contributes an additional element of decorative interest to your window dressing.
PVC pipe with a small diameter is bendable and can be used to create an archway over your driveway. This is useful for holiday, party or wedding decorations. If you make multiple arches of the same size along the length of your driveway, you can use the arches as a framework for strings of lights or garlands of tinsel. Constructing PVC pipe archways is not complicated, and you can remove them at the end of the holiday season. In addition, you can store the parts and put them back up next year.
Using an HTML table and JavaScript, you can create a submenu over a drop-down list control in your Web forms. The submenu displays links to other pages on your website, so the user can navigate to another page before selecting a value in the drop-down list. JavaScript uses the table's "id" attributes to write the links to the submenu. You use this attribute property to dynamically add submenu items to the table to display values when the page opens in the browser.
Both steel and brass are examples metal alloys. Steel is an iron alloy, whereas brass is a copper-zinc alloy. Many of our modern conveniences, and items that our part of our day-to-day use, from silverware to jewelry, are made from either steel or brass compounds. Although they are similar, these two alloys have varying properties and depending on your specific needs, you may find one of them to be a more appropriate option for you.
It might be possible to apply a spar varnish over a urethane finish, but it's probably not advisable. Before you get started, it's important to realize that the terms varnish, spar varnish, urethane and polyurethane are not very well defined by individual manufacturers, so it will first be necessary to fully understand what chemical components are in the two finishes before determining whether they are compatible.
Varnishing over stickers will seal them on the wood, making their presence practically permanent. After varnishing, you cannot remove the stickers unless you first remove the varnish. This allows you to creatively change the look of the surface to fit your tastes and needs. If, however, the stickers are unwanted, you should remove them from the wood surface before applying the varnish.
Corrugated metal panels are easily recognizable on sheds, barn roofs or building exteriors, where the metal helps protect the structure beneath from the elements. As a rustic or industrial design element, however, you can install the panels indoors, over drywall. The panels aren’t difficult to install but, depending upon your desired panel orientation, you may have to install furring strips before attaching the panels. Purchase them in the length you’ll need so you don't have to cut them.
The UConnect system available in Jeep, Dodge, Ram and Chrysler brand cars provides a center for features such as GPS, hands-free calling and in some models, voice control. If you have an iPhone, pair it with the UConnect system to play your iTunes music over your car stereo. On voice-enabled models, you can select from your playlists and tracks with a single voice command.
When building driveways, create relatively flat, strong surfaces that can support the weight of vehicles for long periods. If a creek cuts through your property where you need to build a driveway, you have one of three primary options: build a culvert, build a bridge or divert the driveway. Building a culvert or bridge requires much time and may incur significant expense.
In Java programming, each business object, such as a customer, order or product, is represented by what is known as an entity bean. Programmers can choose from two types of entity beans, known as container-managed persistence beans and bean-managed persistence beans. Persistence refers to the property of a programming language that allows objects and variables to continue to exist from one execution of a program to the next. Not only do CMP entity beans require less programming, but also they are more flexible, more portable and easier to maintain than BMP entity beans.
Google Translate is Google's powerful foreign-language translation application, which, at the time of this writing, can translate any Web page or snippet of text in 64 different languages. Google's Chrome browser can automatically translate entire websites with the application built-in, but if you're seeing pop-up translations of foreign-language words when you hover your cursor over them on Web pages in Firefox or Internet Explorer, you probably have the Google Toolbar installed as an add-on.
