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Carry out a simple risk assessment to decide what burglar alarm system you need. Do you need to protect your shed/garage/garden ornaments or just a single room in your house, or do you need to protect the whole house and garden?

protecting Gardens/Sheds/Garages
If you want to protect garden ornaments and outside areas you will probably need an all weather PIR (Passive Infrared) movement detector that will trigger a chime in the house when someone walks into the area to be protected, this should be the type that is not usually activated by pets or small animals. Alternatively shed/garage alarms can be set to trigger a 130 decibel siren when activated which is usually enough to frighten away the opportunist thief immediately, as well as alerting you or your neighbour.

protecting The Whole House
Usually domestic house alarms will be the 'Automatic Dialing' type of system which, when activated by an intruder, will call your mobile or landline numbers to inform you. You can buy a simple yet powerful alarm which will protect just a single room or a system which protects the entire property. If you decide to protect the whole house walk around the outside of your property looking for easy access points, flat roofs, weak doors/windows etc. These will be the areas a typical burglar will be looking for and will therefore require specific protection such as PIR movement sensors or magnetic door/window contacts. Consider how you would gain entry yourself, this will highlight potential entry points for intruders.

Generally a 'whole house' burglar alarm system will consist of magnetic door contacts on the front and rear doors, and possibly an internal hallway door. Additional protection is provided by adding PIR movement detectors in the hallway/landing, lounge and kitchen. protecting the hall/landing is very important because any intruder will normally have to walk across this area when moving between rooms. If you are fitting a 'whole house' burglar alarm it is usually best to fit the entry control keypad in a convenient position in the hallway to allow you to access it easily when entering the security code to arm/disarm the system. You may want your system to include an internal entry/exit tone so you can hear and confirm that you have armed/disarmed the system. If you decide to fit an external siren this should be fitted as high as practicable, and wireless systems are best so that cables are not be visible. wireless systems are also quick and simple to install yourself, and are available very inexpensively.

protecting Boats and Holiday Homes Without a Telephone Line
burglar alarms for boats and holiday homes work in much the same way as 'whole house' systems but without the specific need for a telephone line and can be powered by either 12 volt batteries or mains electricity. These alarms will usually be a system which, when activated by an intruder, will automatically dial your mobile or landline numbers through a gsm mobile sim card (no need for an additional mobile phone, the sim technology is built into the system). These boat and holiday home burglar alarm systems can auto dial you from anywhere in the world, through the mobile network, no matter where your boat or property is located.

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The United States is blessed with many wonderful public golf courses, including several in the state of north carolina. In this article, we will review some of the best public golf courses in the north carolina, and what they offer.

1. Pine Needles Lodge and golf course in Southern Pines, was laid out by the Scottish born golf architect, Donald Ross. The course, which has always been lovingly maintained, has in recent years been restored back towards the original Donald Ross design, while the greens' foundations have nevertheless been rebuilt to USGA specifications.

2., 3. and 4. Pinehurt resort and Country Club in the village of Pinehurst is home to no less than 8 different golf courses as well as the Pinehurst golf academy. The most highly rated are No. 2, No. 4 and No. 8. The No. 2 course was designed by Donald Ross in 1907. The No. 4 and No. 8 courses are both designs by Tom Fazio (2000 and 1996 respectively), although the No. 4 course owes a great debt to an earlier Ross course on the same site. The No. 2 is especially known as a challenging course, not because of any individual feature, but because of the combination of features that it offers, and hence is a popular site for golf championships, more in fact than any other course in the country, including having hosted the 2005 U.S. open Championship.

5. Rivers edge golf course is an Arnold Palmer Signature course in Shallotte. The course is home to spectacular landscapes, and six of the holes sit upon bluffs which overlook the Shallotte river and surrounding marshlands.

6. Ocean Ridge Plantation in Sunset Beach is home to four courses: "Lion's Paw", "Panther's run", "Tiger's Eye", and new in 2007, "Leopard's Chase". While all the courses have something special to offer, perhaps the best known and most highly regarded is the "Tiger's Eye" which has been rated as one of the best public golf courses in the country by golf Digest.

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How to work with the basics of landscape design

Design Basics
All design inevitably comes down to a few basics that may help you to make of sense of it, including frames, lines and flow. It is these three bits that work in concert to become the composition of a design, whether it is architectural designs or the way an advertisement is laid out. The concept of design being made up of frames, lines and flow are no less true in landscaping design than in any other type of design. There are, of course, a few details that must also be considered in landscape design since results are not at all immediate and may require several years before becoming what you imagine.

Frames
Design is reliant on its boundaries; it helps a designer create a unified piece rather than many disparate pieces. A designer must be aware of the borders (frames) that continue a work in order to use the space they are given effectively. Every element must be considered not just for its particular physical appearance, but also for the space around it. Before you even think about plants or planting think about the space you are going to be using and divide it into usable sections based on the conditions of the land itself. There may be areas of your yard prone to flood or areas that remain in the shade all day. Each of these little factors will make shape your overall design. If you try to ignore the details of your land they will still alter your overall design, but probably negatively by refusing to grow or requiring a great deal of constant maintenance. Remember, often times the space you dont use is as important as what you do use. In graphic design, this is referred to as white space. Often times, the most simple and elegant designs make use of the white space to give the visual elements greater impact. You can extend this same principle to landscaping. Dont forget when looking at an entire yard that different portions of it may be used for different things. Parts of your yard may be used for activities and play while others are intended for relaxation and dining, Try to position them in ways that make use of natural transitions in your yard.

Lines
The pieces of design, the individual shapes and images that work together to make a final composition create lines between them. This is true in landscaping as well. The pieces of design or, in landscaping, the flowers, shrubs, hills, alcoves, rocks and statuary are inevitably connected to one another by short straight lines, much like connect-the-dot games that we play a children. During the design stage of landscaping it is important to arrange your "dots in such a way that they create a single image or visual flow. Also remember, you are not dealing in a single dimension. Imagine how your lines will appear from a birds eye view. Then imagine how they will look when you view the straight on. There are different lines that will be created, and it is important to remember to pay attention to all of them.

Flow
Discussion of visual flow can sound a bit abstract, but the essentials behind it are very concrete. If the elements of design work together to create visual flow this usually just means that their points of visual interest that serve to lead the eye from one place to another over the entire canvas. Among the shapes most commonly used as a base for flow are simple curves like the number 6 and the letter S. Color plays an important role in creating interest and helps visual flow. Certain colors create visual difference that can be used to help you shape and refine the flow of your work. Warm colors like red and yellow appear to be nearer than they are while cool colors like blue and purple recede into the background. Planning visual flow is especially hard in landscaping because you may not know exactly what height a particular plant might reach nor can you guarantee that every planting will bloom as desired. Annuals that fail to bloom can leave a dearth of color in one place while your perennials glory and flood their patch vividly, upsetting the balance of your garden with their wealth of color. However, if you do break your landscape apart into manageable sections, creating frames within frames you will have greater flexibility as your land evolves into landscaping.

Elizabeth Jean writes water fountain and related articles for Garden-Fountains.com, the #1 destination on the internet for wall fountains, garden fountains, and Distinctive Water Wall Features.