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The article is about bamboo baskets. It discusses their beauty and style. and how they can be used for the purpose of decoration.

My daughter and a friend of hers recently moved into their first apartment. In past they both had lived together in dorm rooms in college, but this was first apartment in their life. Both girls had started jobs in their chosen careers, but they were also paying off student loans so they did not have a great deal of extra money for decorating their apartment. They already had the basic bedroom furniture with them so their prime focus was to decorate the living area. They wanted the apartment to be unique without any externally extended help. It was their wish to take some time from their busy life to decorate their apartment and before having their parents over for dinner.

Six weeks later, after we had helped the girls move in they invited us to dinner. Since, my daughter had been a bamboo fan ever since she was a little girl I decided to get one bamboo basket for her. I bought one and filled it with stuff that transformed it into a manicure kit. At the sight of the basket my daughter couldn’t help giggling. Upon entering her house I discovered that she was laughing so hard because bamboo was all she and her friend had used to decorate the house as bamboos are easy to afford and functional. They had bought a lot of bamboo baskets and grass mats to function as rugs. Also the food on the dining table was laid under bamboo placemats.

My daughter was very anxious to show us her bedroom as she had taken special care to decorate it. The same oriental theme, which she had all over the house, was followed in here too. For substituting the lamp stands she had used 3 feet tall bamboo baskets that were shaped like vases. In her closet she had befitted another bamboo basket serving the purpose of a shelf. The bathroom was the last area left to be decorated.

The gift basket which, I was a bit unsure of while purchasing fit perfectly with the rest of the dcor of the room. It was done in a color tone which could have easily matched with any family of bamboo color. My daughter needed some more baskets to place her towels in them. She said she would bring in others matching the color tone of the one I had bought so that they could all go together.

My daughter has a wonderful taste when it comes to home dcor. She has her way with bamboo sticks and can create wonders out of them. And the best thing about bamboos is that they are reasonable and long lasting.

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Pressure washers can be divided into four basic categories: light-duty electric; residential gas powered; heavy-duty gas powered; and professional gas powered. Cleaning power (CP) is calculated by multiplying pounds per square inch (PSI) of water pressure by gallons per minute (GPM) of water flow. Electric Pressure Washers

These economical models are designed for occasional light-duty use around the home. They are lightweight and extremely easy to transport and use.

Uses:

* Washing cars, boats * Cleaning house siding, decks, fences, patio furniture * Sweeping debris from driveways, sidewalks

Features:

* 1,300 - 1,400 PSI 1.5 GPM 120 volt/14 amp motor * High pressure pump with aluminum head * Wheeled accessory storage cart * Gripstart on/off trigger feature * Foamer bottle chemical applicator 25-foot pressure hose * Turbo nozzle spray wand Brush kit

Retail Price: $149 - $199 Residential Pressure Washers :

Residential pressure washers have gas-powered engines for easy operation and efficient cleaning around the home or small business.

Uses:

* Washing cars, boats * Cleaning house siding, decks, fences, patio furniture, driveways, sidewalks * Blasting dirt from lawn and garden equipment

Features:

* 1,650 - 2,400 PSI * 3.75 - 6 horsepower side-valve (SV) or overhead (OHV) engine * High pressure pump with thermal relief valve * High/low pressure regulator * Chemical injection system 25-foot kink-resistant high pressure hose * Stainless steel wand with adjustable spray nozzle * Quick-connect spray tips on some models Some models equipped with pneumatic tires

Retail Price: $299 - $499 Heavy-Duty Pressure Washers

Quality-conscious home and business owners choose heavy-duty pressure washers with longer running engines and pumps for more power during frequent use.

Uses:

* Washing cars, boats, trucks, swimming pools, farm equipment * Cleaning houses, decks, fences, brick, concrete * Blasting mud and dirt from tools and lawn equipment * Preparing surfaces for repainting or recoating

Features:

* 2,400 - 3,000 PSI * 5.0 - 8.0 horsepower overhead valve (OHV) or overhead valve industrial (OHVI) engine * Heavy duty high pressure pump with brass head and thermal relief valve * Adjustable pressure regulator * Chemical injection system 25-foot kink-resistant high pressure hose * Heavy duty pneumatic wheels Some models equipped with hose reel

Retail Price: $499 - $899 Professional Pressure Washers

These models are designed with an industrial engine and contractor quality pump to handle the tough demands of the cleaning professional.

Uses:

* Washing cars, boats, construction equipment * Cleaning brick and concrete, work sites * Graffiti removal * Preparing surfaces for repainting or recoating

Features:

* 2,500 - 4,000 PSI * 6.5 - 15 horsepower premium OHVI engine Axial cam or triplex plunger pump with brass head and thermal relief valve * Adjustable pressure regulator * Chemical injection system 25 or 50-foot contractor grade hose * Contractor grade wand and gun with quick-connect nozzles * Contractor quality wheel kit

Retail Price: $799 - $1,399 Available Accessories

* Turbo Nozzle - Saves time by spinning a narrow jet stream in a circular pattern to cover more area * Brush Kits - Great for applying cleaning solutions and loosening tough dirt * Extension Hose - Greatly increases the reach of the pressure washer * Quick Connect Fittings - Simplifies pressure washer connections

Bankers are magicians who know how to create money. In fact, banks are in business to make money. They make money using the deposits of their customers. This is why banks provide bank checking accounts and loans. They need money to make more money. The deposits of customers become the raw materials the banks use to make more money.

Notice very carefully, banks “create” money. It’s not simply that banks “earn” profits when they provide bank services and loans. Banks actually “create” new money that did not exist before.

Imagine that you deposit $100,000 into a one-year Certificate of Deposit at 5% interest. The bank now can use your $100,000 to create loans.

The Federal Reserve sets the reserve rate for the bank from 3-10%. A 3% reserve rate means that the bank must keep 3% of the $100,000 on reserve and can loan the remaining 97%. A 10% reserve rate means that the bank must keep 10% of the $100,000 on reserve and can loan the remaining 90%. For our example, let’s assume that the reserve rate is 10%. This allows the bank to loan $90,000 of your $100,000 deposit.

This is the point where the bank does its money magic. It makes a $90,000 loan to a borrower. Now, this $90,000 loan goes on the bank’s balance sheet as a $90,000 asset. This is the critical point at which the bank creates money out of thin air.

It gets even more interesting. The bank does not have to stop with one loan. Since it now has an asset of $90,000, it can make another loan. Again, it must follow the Federal Reserve rules and keep 10% on reserve. This means that bank can make another loan, which is 90% of $90,000. The second loan is $81,000. And once again, the bank has created a new asset. It has created $81,000 in new money.

You guessed it. The bank can use this $81,000 asset to make another loan. It keeps 10% on reserve, and makes a loan of $72,900. And once again, the loan to the borrower becomes an asset to the bank. The bank now has another asset, worth $72,900.

Federal Reserve rules allow the bank to make five to six loans based on the original $100,000 deposit. Each loan creates an additional asset. We’ll stop at three loans, review the process, and add up how much money the bank has created.

You deposit $100,000 into a CD. The bank creates three loans based on the original $100,000 deposit. Loan /Asset #1 = $90,000 Loan/Asset #2 = $81,000 Loan/Asset #3 = $72,900. The total = $243,900 in assets for the bank. This is $243,900 in new money.

When you cash out your CD, you get your $100,000 deposit back, in addition to the $5,000 interest. Meanwhile, the bank has created $243,900 of new money. After it pays you 5% interest, the bank has made a tidy profit of $238,900. ($243,900 - $5,000 = $238,900.) If the numbers are confusing, go over them again until you see how magical this process is. This is how banks create money.

The process is not as linear as my example. Banks don’t make a series of separate loans based on an original deposit. When you deposit your money into the bank, your money becomes part of a large pool of money, which the bank can use to make loans. But my oversimplified example shows how banks use customer deposits to make money out of thin air. You deposit money, the bank keeps some on reserve, and uses the rest to make loans. The loans become assets, and the assets become new money.

What difference does it make to see how banks use money to create money? You and I can’t do what banks do, by loaning on the same money more than once. The real point of this example is to take some of the mystery out of money.

The critical point is to see that money is not a commodity. Money is not equivalent to currency. Money is created in money-making transactions.

So, if you want more money, think the way bankers think. Ask how you can use money to create more money. If you really think the way bankers think, you will use someone else’s money to create more money. The crucial idea behind all of this is: The greatest limit to money is the belief that money is limited.