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Yes, you can fix-it plumbing yourself. Repairing your plumbing is not a tough task as soon as the problem is simple. If there is a complicated repairing need, you are strongly recommended to take the services of a professional plumber.

Equipments required You need certain equipment to fix-it plumbing yourself. This equipment include hand plumbers tape, small gas torch, solder, flux, plumbing sandpaper, pipe cutter, gas tape (to seal gas line), and maybe some pipe glue.

Procedure Follow the procedure as mentioned below in order to fix-it plumbing yourself.

• The very first thing you need to do is that as soon as you realize that the old water heater has to go, start draining it, turn off the main water valve, and open up all of the faucets to eliminate any pressure. Always remember that it can take several hours to drain.

• If the unit is a gas unit, you should turn off the main gas line in the house; f it is electric, turn off the breaker.

• While you fix-it plumbing yourself, you should try to purchase the same unit in order to prevent yourself from adding pipe and new valves.

• Now, size up the job and disconnect the tank from the water pipes, gas line, or the electrical connection. If it is gas, you should disconnect the flue as well.

• Make sure that you save all parts in order to match them up when you purchase your supplies.

• Once you have disconnected the tank, remove it from your workspace.

Thus, here we see how easy it is to fix-it plumbing you.

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The Sony ps3 will be the most powerful game console ever released. The impressive parallel processing architecture and powerful GPU allows for arguably the most ambitious releases on a console ever. Certainly, the graphics and performance the system will deliver will outstrip that of its more prudent competitors, xbox 360, and Nintendo's Wii. It should come as no surprise then, that many of the most anticipated titles of 2007 will launch on the PS3, some on multiple platforms, others exclusively. As impressive as the hardware is, it's really not important in the scheme of things; what really matters is what games you can actually play!

The ps3 is costly enough as it is, and as with anything else you invest in, you wouldn't want to do it before reading up on it first. What better way to do that, than to check out some ps3 game previews? Generally speaking, the best sources of ps3 previews will come from those websites and magazines that have generally covered ps2 and the original PS from the outset. General gaming sites like Gamespy/IGN, Gamespot, 1up, and GamesIndustry.biz are generally good sources of quick, easy to read news, game previews, and reviews. The quality varies, but what is common to each of these is that they will compare their subject matter to the competition. In this case, exclusive ps3 titles would be compared against games on xbox 360 and Wii in any ps3 game review.

If you're already a fan, and you're set on having a PS3, you might prefer ps3 reviews from sites that deal with nothing else. Dedicated community fansites tend to have active discussion forms full of analysis of every last detail. More to the point, the staff who run such sites are generally fans themselves, and are just as interested in the system and games they post about, which is usually reflected in their reporting. Sites like PSXextreme, PSrules, ps3 Power, and ps3 Land are all good sources of ps3 game previews. Naturally, there aren't any PS3 reviews out yet, but these sites are already geared up and equipped to start posting them as soon as they hit the shelves in November.

Anticipated titles at release time will include the fourth game in the ever popular Gran Turismo series, madden 07, Vampire's Rain, Crysis, Fatal Inertia, MotorStorm, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty 3, nba live 07, need for Speed: carbon, Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire, Resistance: Fall of Man, and f.e.a.r. Also keep in mind that the PS3 is going to be widely backwards compatible with older PS and ps2 games, which you'll be able to buy from Son'y PNP service, if you don't already have them one of the major selling points! For your PS3, game reviews already written will be just as useful. Finally, going back even further, Sony has announced that a wide variety of Sega Genesis (MegaDrive) games will be also be compatible with the PS3, opening up yet more games to its repertoire.

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On most counts it is weather conditions and the exterior of the house that decide in favor of Lattice Patio Covers. Cover material has to be water resistant and rust proof, and should not crack, peel or split. Wooden Lattice Patio Covers have a natural appeal, but require regular painting and checks for termites etc. In keeping with preferred sensibilities, Patio Cover manufacturers have found an answer with aluminum that resembles wood in form. The new wood-grained aluminum gives the look of real painted wood that is UV resistant, heat and fire resistant, termite proof and does not crack, peel or rot for first three years. Another advantage is that aluminum Lattice Covers have built-in gutters presenting a clean attractive roofline. One can select from factory-baked enamel finish of natural cedar, or from a variety of colors available.

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As global mean temperatures continue to rise moving the Earth into its warmest period in 10 million years, New York City has begun to feel an immediate impact. While rising ocean levels have not inundated and converted the metropolis into a new Atlantis, precipitation levels have increased and winter temperatures have risen, an early indicator of global warming.

While heat waves and periods of unusually warm weather, ocean warming, arctic warming, melting glaciers and shrinking ice caps, gradual rises in the sea-level, and even the historic hurricane season of 2005 have received significant publicity, harbingers such as spreading disease, earlier thaws, acceleration of evolution including adaptations seen in some insect and plant species, coral reef bleaching, along with an increase in extreme weather have only begun receiving press coverage. Yet two symptoms of global warming have quietly been present in New York City since 1971 and 1950.

Since 1971, fueled by a rising number of severe downpours and heavy snowfalls, New York City has undergone a shift in precipitation patterns. Since official record keeping began in 1869 through 1970, a 102-year period, New York City had 12 years in which 50 or more inches of precipitation had fallen. From 1971 through 2006, even though the year is not finished yet, New York City has already experienced 15 years with 50 inches or more of precipitation. Accordingly if one extrapolated the 36-year period from 1971-2006 over 102 years, it would result in an astonishing 42.5 years of 50 inches or more of precipitation versus the 12 year figure for the period ending in 1970.

Not surprisingly, the period from 1971-2005 has a mean precipitation figure that is 7.22 inches or 16.8% higher than the mean precipitation figure from 1869-1970. It is likely to rise even higher when 2006, which has already seen more than 55 inches of precipitation through November 21st is factored in.

Likewise, considering the higher precipitation figures since 1971, it is also not surprising that nine out of the 12 monthly precipitation records have occurred subsequent to the transition to wetter weather as illustrated by the below table:

New York City Monthly Precipitation Records

January: 10.52 Inches 1979
February: 6.87 Inches 1869
March: 10.54 Inches 1983
April: 14.01 Inches 1983
May: 10.24 Inches 1989
June: 10.27 Inches 2003
July: 11.89 Inches 1889
August: 12.36 Inches 1990
September: 16.85 Inches 1882
October: 16.73 Inches 2005
November: 12.41 Inches 1972
December: 9.98 Inches 1973

With the elevated precipitation levels fueled by an increase in severe downpours that often leave in excess of 2 inches of rain and heavy snowfalls, it is not surprising that the 59 year-old snowfall record fell earlier this year when New York City received a record 26.9 inches of snow from February 11-12 versus the old record of 26.4 inches that had fallen during the Blizzard of 1947 from December 26-27. In addition, New York City has seen two 20+ inch snowstorms in the last 11 years (20.2 inches in 1996 and 26.9 inches in 2006) versus the 59 years it took for the last two (21.1 inches in 1888 and 26.4 inches in 1947). Furthermore three out of New York Citys top five snowstorms since record keeping, have occurred since 1996: 26.9 inches (2006), 20.2 inches (1996, which also saw a record 75.6 inches of snow for 1995-96 winter since modern record keeping, eclipsing the 63.2 1947-48 mark) and 19.8 inches (2003) and five out of the Citys top ten have occurred since 1978.

New York Citys Top 10 Snowstorms[1]

26.9 Inches February 11-12, 2006
26.4 Inches December 26-27, 1947
21.0 Inches March 12-14, 1888
20.2 Inches January 7-8, 1996
19.8 Inches February 16-17, 2003
18.1 Inches March 7-8, 1941
18.0 Inches December 26, 1872
17.7 Inches February 5-7, 1978
17.6 Inches February 11-12, 1983
17.5 Inches February 4-7, 1920

Even more astonishing, since 2000 there have been five snowstorms that have dumped at least a foot of snow on New York City. Aside from the two listed in the above table, 14.0 inches fell from December 5-6, 2003, 13.8 inches from January 22-23, 2005, and 12.0 inches on December 30, 2000.

Consistent with New York Citys snowfall records, seven out of the top ten annual precipitation records have also occurred since 1971:

New York Citys Top 10 Yearly Precipitation Totals

80.56 Inches 1983
67.03 Inches 1972
65.11 Inches 1989
61.21 Inches 1975
60.92 Inches 1990
58.56 Inches 2003
58.32 Inches 1903
58.00 Inches 1913
57.23 Inches 1973
57.16 Inches 1889

Last, prior to 1971, the record of consecutive years for 50 or more inches of precipitation was two, which occurred twice (1888 and 1889 with 53.32 inches and 57.16 inches, respectively and 1902 and 1903 with 52.77 inches and 58.32 inches, respectively). Since 1971, the record is currently four consecutive years (2003-2006 with 58.56, 51.97, 55.90 and 55.83 inches through November 21, 2006) followed by three consecutive that had been set from 1971-1973 when 56.77, 67.03, and 57.23 inches, respectively had fallen. Not coincidentally, with the increased precipitation totals, New York City is currently experiencing a record four consecutive years with 40 or more inches of snowfall (Winter 2002-03 through Winter 2005-06).

Aside from increased precipitation, New York City has also experienced a dramatic decline in extreme cold sub-zero Fahrenheit temperatures. Since 1950, New York City has seen the temperature drop below zero with a low of -2 Fahrenheit on only a handful of occasions, a far cry from the early years (1869-1949) when readings fell far deeper below zero including -15 Fahrenheit in 1934. Below is a comparative table of extreme sub-zero readings as measured in Central Park from 1869-1949 and 1950-2006:

New York City Below Zero Temperature Readings

1869-1949:

-15 Fahrenheit February 9, 1934

-13 Fahrenheit December 30, 1917

-8 Fahrenheit February 15, 1943

-7 Fahrenheit December 31, 1917 and February 8, 1934

-6 Fahrenheit December 30, 1880, January 24, 1882, February 10, 1899, December 29, 1917, February 5, 1918, and December 30, 1933

-5 Fahrenheit February 17, 1896 and January 14, 1914

1950-2006:

-2 Fahrenheit February 2, 1961, February 8, 1963, January 17, 1977, January 21, 1985, and January 19, 1994

-1 Fahrenheit January 9, 1968, January 23, 1976, and December 25, 1980

Since the start of the 21st century, the mercury has yet to fall below zero in New York City. With the Big Apples growth and expanding heat-island effect, it is possible that until global warming is effectively addressed, New York City may have seen its last sub-zero reading for decades and even centuries to come.

Another sign of New York Citys warming is the absence of annual snowfall records since 1950 despite the rise in precipitation. While the 1971-2005 mean precipitation totals for November, December, January, and March run 30.3%, 16.7%, 24.6%, and 21.3% higher, respectively than the 1869-1970 figures (February is an exception in which the 1971-2005 mean actually runs 6.8% lower than the 1869-1970 figure), only three winters from that period rank in the top eleven as far as snowiest seasons go. Below is a table of the eleven snowiest seasons:

Top 11 Snowiest Seasons:

1. 75.6, 1995-96
2. 63.2, 1947-48
3. 60.4, 1922-23
4. 60.3, 1872-73
5. 55.9, 1898-99
6. 54.7, 1960-61
7. 53.4, 1993-94
8. 53.2, 1906-07
9. 52.0, 1933-34
10. 51.5, 1966-67
11. 50.7, 1915-16, 1916-17, 1977-78

However, despite the adversity of warmer weather and wetter winter precipitation, the 1971 transition has had an impact when it comes to consecutive winters with 40 or more inches of snow. The old record of two consecutive winters set on four different occasions has been broken as illustrated below:

Consecutive 40 or More Inch Snowfall Seasons:

1882-83: 44.0 Inches
1883-84: 43.1 Inches

1895-96: 46.3 Inches
1896-97: 43.6 Inches

1915-16: 50.7 Inches
1916-17: 50.7 Inches

1947-48: 63.2 Inches
1948-49: 46.6 Inches

2002-03: 49.3 Inches
2003-04: 42.6 Inches
2004-05: 41.0 Inches
2005-06: 40.0 Inches

Based on New York Citys transition to a wetter climate starting in 1971 and to a warmer winter commencing in 1950, the imprint of global warming is already present from a microcosmic meteorological standpoint. Thus global warming is not a theory. It is a scientifically proven fact that must be dealt with. Until carbon-based fuels are replaced with clean alternatives such as hydrogen or a catastrophic natural event such as a significant or even super volcanic eruption occurs, the latter which can be equally as devastating, the Earths warming will continue threatening not only the mild repercussions that New York City has seen to date, but significant climactic changes that will not only adversely affect the global economy through famine, disease and increased storm-related damage to such a level that it could devastate [it] on a scale of the two world wars and the depression of the 1930s,[2] but also to accelerating mutations and the extinction of rising numbers of species that cannot adapt to the changing conditions or fall prey to other migrating species originally alien to their habitats as competition for food and other scarce resources heightens.

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[1] The National Weather Service.

[2] Warming may cause economic chaos. CNN.com. 30 October 2006. 19 November 2006. http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/30/warming.report/index.html

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Additional Sources:

Blaine P. Friedlander, Jr. Winter season clobbered the region with 147 billion tons of the white stuff. Mother Nature's pounding left 18 freshly fallen records. Cornell University Science News. 18 June 1996. 19 November 2006. http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/June96/snowweight.bpf.html

Don Sutherland. NYC Continues Push Toward 50" Annual Precipitation: Some Thoughts." 17 October 2006. 30 October 2006. http://www.easternuswx.com/

Global Warming: Early Warning Signs. 2001. 4 November 2006. http://www.climatehotmap.org/

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Actually, the term "visualization" is a misnomer. With this technique, you will be using more than just your visual golf faculties. When you do Power golf Visualization, besides seeing what you desire, you will also hear it, smell it, taste it, and feel it.

Whatever you think about most often, expands in your golf game.

So if you are constantly worried about not having a consistent swing, you will get more life experiences of not having a consistent golf swing. Focusing your golf mind on opportunities to improve your swing will get you a thousand times further than worrying about not hitting the ball consistently.

But Power Visualization is more than just positive thinking. It's about putting your mind and body in the ideal place first, and then flooding your subconscious with a colorful experience of your golf game as you want it.

The more relaxed you are, the more open your subconscious is to receive the messages you want to send it. And the more senses that you involve in your Power Visualization, the more of an impact it will have.

Let's say that you wanted to have a pro golf swing. The meaning of a "pro golf swing" is too vague a term. What kind of pro swing do you want? You need to be absolutely specific. You want the same swing with the driver as tiger for example.

And once you have that decided, you're going to Power Visualize it. You are going to see yourself walking up to it. Your are going to feel how smooth and perfect the outer body feels. You can yourself seeing in the same set-up position like tiger, seeing yourself in the same position at the top of the backswing etc. You get the point.

Here's another important characteristic of the subconscious mind: it can't tell the difference between your outer world and your imagination. Meaning that if you visualize an event in great detail and with a lot of emotion, your subconscious mind will believe that it's really happening.

And the more times you practice Power Visualization properly, the more "real" it will seem to your subconscious. This is key because once it believes your visualization to be a fact, it will feel tension when your current outer reality doesn't match up. It will then go your assistance by sending you ideas, opportunities and motivation to transform your outer world.

Action plan for Power Visualization:

Step 1: Decide what part of your golf game you want to visualize.

Step 2: Lay or sit down in a comfortable position. Listen to relaxing nature sounds with subliminal affirmation.

Step 3: Take a deep breath, hold it for a count of three, and as you exhale, say the number 10 to yourself. Take another breath, hold it for a count of three, and as you exhale, say the number 9 to yourself. Repeat this until you get to the number zero.

Step 4: Now visualize your goal. Don't view it from the third person. Put yourself there. Use all of your senses. Experience in vivid detail how this goal looks, feels, tastes and sounds like. Smell the grass on the golf course. The more specifics you can add, the stronger the effect. You will know that you are doing it correctly when you start to feel excited. This is caused because your subconscious mind honestly thinks that this event is happening. It causes you to feel joy.

Step 4: Once you have visualized as many details about the goal as you have the time for, and the amazing golf mind video is over you can start to come back to full awareness. Take a deep breath, hold it for a count of three, and as you exhale, say the number zero to yourself. Continue this process until you get back to ten. Hold your breath once more, and this time as you exhale, say the following phrase out loud: "I am now fully awake, energized and refreshed." Done correctly, you will feel energized and refreshed.

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