Dorm Room Air Cleaner - 5 Features You Don't Want

The air in your dorm room can be beyond your control unless you use an air purifier that can take out pollutants. Here are 5 top features to avoid when choosing the air cleaner for your room.

* Noisy - An air cleaner should be seen and not heard. It should be quiet enough to have on all the time and not interfere with studying, phone calls, watching TV or entertaining friends.

Be sure to check the technical specifications to see that the decibel level is 60 or lower even on the highest speed. And the sound should definitely not be that of the motor, but simply of rushing air.

* High Maintenance - Hopefully, you'll look back at college as one of the best times in your life. You will have more time to make happy memories if you are able to spend less of your time maintaining the filter of your purifier.

Be sure you know what is required to keep the unit running efficiently. Avoid purifiers that require you to go inside to vacuum, wash, spray, or recharge.

Keep in mind that while you're doing any of that, the air is not being cleaned; pollutant levels are starting to climb, and you're spending time doing something that's really not a lot of fun. And even worse to know is that this maintenance will need to continue for as long as you have the cleaner.

* One speed - Life almost never goes at one speed and neither should your cleaner. It needs to filter fast when you need it and slowly when you don't.. If something burns on the hot plate, or someone down the hall is burning incense and you want the smell gone quickly, one speed just won't help.

Instead choose a cleaner that has at least 3 speeds. That way your cleaner can keep up with whatever is going on in your room and your life.

* Limited Motor Capacity - If you are forced to cut your unit off because you have a motor that can run continually, you will still be exposed to pollutants in your room.. Make sure it's designed to run safely and continually without having to stop for a certain length of time..

The split capacitor motor will allow continuous cleaning. Designed to run continuously it is built to run safely whether you are there or not. This allows you to always return to a room that has the freshest air possible.

* Inflexible In Placement - Dorm rooms are notorious for being tight on space. A cleaner that needs to be placed in the center of the room is of no use. A unit that can draw in air from all sides is best because generally it only needs about six inches of clearance from any wall.

One that can operate or a shelf as well as on the floor is also helpful when it comes to getting everything to fit in the space. Check the dimensions to make sure it is small enough to fit comfortably in your space, but powerful enough to work.

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James Harrison's nasty words could lead to trade

I want to preface this by stating that James Harrison is one of my favorite personalities on the Pittsburgh Steelers. His style of play and his tenacious approach to the game is a perfect fit for the city his calls his football home. But as far as his latest comments toward NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, he’s better off keeping his mouth shut or he might find himself traded.
Sure, Harrison was heavily fined for his hits last season, seemingly being singled out as the poster child of the new NFL rules on leading hits head first. Harrison’s problems with his words and his now full blow hatred for Goodell have stemmed from these fines and negative attention. Harrison was fined $100,000 for those illegal hits last season. Apparently if you mess with Harrison’s wallet you really tick him off. He had words for the commissioner back then, but what he was telling the Men’s Journal for their August Issue has gone beyond ridiculous.


"If that man was on fire and I had to piss to put him out, I wouldn't do it; I hate him and will never respect him."
-James Harrison on Roger Goodell


Harsh? Yeah, that kind of rhetoric is uncalled for and way over the top. That’s not the extent of the unkind words. Harrison also used other descriptive words to describe the commissioner, including an anti-gay slur, "stupid," "puppet" and "dictator.

Its statements like these that worry me, the Rooney’s hold so much respect in the NFL and from Goodell; I doubt they will tolerate his remarks. It was Dan Rooney that personally delivered the message to Goodell on his appointment to the commissioner’s position. In Pittsburgh, things like this are what they make examples from. Santonio Holmes was traded away last year for next to nothing, just to rein in the locker room. Could Harrison see a similar fate? I bet he does.

Harrison went as far as saying that had the Steelers won the Super Bowl last season, he would have whispered in Goodell's ear during the trophy ceremony: "Why don't you quit and do something else, like start your own league in flag football?"

His words are borderline childish. He also criticizes, Rodney Harrison and Tedy Bruschi by calling them “clowns”, he named Houston's Brian Cushing as being “juiced out of his mind” in a tirade of rants where no man was safe.

Harrison even criticized his own teammates. He called out Rashard Mendenhall and Ben Roethlisberger for their performances in the Super Bowl loss. An extraordinary turn of events from Harrison who is not concerned in the least about locker room coherency, and that’s what will get him traded out of Pittsburgh. It doesn’t matter how beloved he is by the fans.

The Rooney’s won’t deal with such a destructive player on their team. I’m not calling for his to be shipped off, just yet, but it may be too late for Harrison to save himself and a decision already made. I very much doubt he is the kind of guy who apologizes.

His insults masked what could be considered valid points on player issues, including safety.

He did go on and talk about how non-guaranteed contracts make players more likely to hit high, because in the short term, a torn knee ligament is more costly than a concussion. Harrison also suggests the real way to prevent head injuries is to shorten the season to 14 games, start off-season workouts later and trim the length of training camp so "we're not bangin' heads so much in August; that's where the brain trauma comes from."

God Bless a man who speaks what’s on his mind, but he needs to hire a publicist.

Source : http://www.wrta.com

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