Difference between a Psychic and a Medium by James Van Praagh
James Van Praagh is a well-known celebrity Psychic, who can communicate with dead people. He acts as a Psychic medium and talks with the departed souls of the beloved ones of the people on the TV. He is the bridge between the living and the dead and is quite often referred as the living evidence of medium by many.
Raised as a catholic in his early years, his interest in spiritualism began at the tender age of fourteen, when he entered the seminary. However, the major change of his life came during his stay at Los Angeles, when he came in contact with medium. At that time, he was ignorant about what a medium does.
Enriched with his personal paranormal experiences he has differentiated psychic and medium in the following words:
Difference between a Psychic and a Medium:
According to James Van Praagh, the word Psychic is a catchall phrase often used to refer someone, who is associated with paranormal. Similar, to five human senses another real sense called sixth sense also exists. It is this sixth sense or the Psychic ability or the hunch or the gut feeling without any logical explanations, which makes every individual a Psychic to some extent, but that doesn’t’ mean he is a medium.
A medium can be referred as a Psychic, who has finely tuned his extrasensory perceptions to such a level that he can communicate with spirits or non-human entities. Such a person has the ability to hear or feel thoughts, mental impression and voices of the spirits. He acquires a receptive capacity to feel the energies and higher frequencies on which the spirit vibrates. The involvement of a medium is much more than a Psychic, as he or she completely opens himself or herself before an unknown discarnate energy.
Types Of Mediums:
Mediums can be categorized into two types, the first one being of those, who know how they are communicating with the spirits and working with their abilities while being fully conscious. This type of medium basically uses the intuitive mind and not the logical or rational mind.
The second category of medium uses the physical body and not the mind to get the desired information from the spirits. Channeling and trance are well known forms of psychical medium-ship. In the words of James Van Praagh medium-ship can only be developed through practice over the years.
Deadbolt – How to Install a Deadbolt Lock
A deadbolt is a special kind of lock. These locks are far more secure than the old locks with keys. This is because the weight of these locks is more than a normal one and it takes time for the burglars to break in.
A deadbolt is not like a spring bolt which can be easily opened, a dead bolt does not open unless the lock cylinder is rotated.
A slight variant of the standard deadbolt is the vertical deadbolt. The vertical deadbolt generally rests on top of a door. Vertical deadbolts avoid insertion of pry bars between the door and the frame and hence are safer.
The common types of a deadbolt lock are:
1. Single Cylinder
2. Double Cylinder
3. Single Cylinder with removable thumb turn
Many designs are available from manufacturers. Different manufactures have various designs which offer solution to defend the lock from being picked or opened with force or any other method. However, most manufacturers offer product lines of deadbolts that promise higher levels of resistance to break and entry and defeating than other product lines by the same manufacturer
For a deadbolt installation, a locksmith will charge about $125. You yourself can buy and install one for only about $35. Given that the exterior door is made of wood, then deadbolt can be installed quite easily. In case you have a steel or fiberglass door, hire a locksmith to do the job. This is because machines such as takes heavy-duty drills and bits are used to cut into these tougher materials.
Deadbolt installation involves the drilling of two holes in the door. One hole goes in the edge of the door which receives the lock assembly. The other hole goes in the face of the door. This hole accommodates the lock cylinder. Deadbolt installation then involves drilling another hole in the door jamb which is for the strike plate. The deadbolt lock” comes with paper templates. You tape these templates to the door and the jamb which aligns the holes correctly. Finally, the lock mechanisms are assembled the door and the strike plate is screwed to the jamb, often using extra-long screws.
While installing a deadbolt lock always ask about getting a new deadbolt which can be keyed to exactly match your existing entry lock. A bonded locksmith can do this. He will require you to provide a copy of the existing key. In some cases, it may also be more practical to replace the entry lockset at the time of installation of the deadbolt with a model that is compatible with the deadbolt.
Many communities forbid the use of double-keyed deadbolts. This is because there is a key instead of having a latch on the inside. In case of a fire, a panicked victim might be unable to unlock the door if the key to the door is missing. In case you have a glass panel in your door and you want to increase security, you can instead use laminated safety glass. You can also use polycarbonate plastic.
How to Remove the Exhaust Flange Bolts Easily?
The changing temperatures, from hot to cold of the exhaust system together with changing moisture conditions can speed up the rusting of the flange bolts. If the rust progresses, it could reach to the threads and these could go useless. It is essential to release and replace the flange bolts. You would need to apply heat to remove the rust from the threads. If the threads are unusable, you have to cut the bolts from the flange.
1. Check if the area on the flange bolts has no fuel lines as well as combustibles. Clear all combustibles underneath the vicinity for safety.
2. Protect your hands and eyes using goggles and gloves.
3. Have a fire extinguisher close to you in case on any case that a fire could start.
4. Ignite your torch carefully. Make sure that the bright blue flame is one half or an inch long.
5. The tip of the torch should be 6-8 inches away from the flange bolt until it has a dull orange color. Turn off your torch. Heat the bolt slowly so do not use an air trigger.
6. Let the flange bolt to cool down and then place the socket that fits the bolt to the ratchet.
7. You have to slide the socket to the nut that is situated at the flange bolt. If the bolt loosens, continue doing the same process to the rest of the bolts. If it would not budge go to the next step.
8. Set your flames again but now, set the tip further at 3-4 inches.
9. Heat the bolt once again and when you see that it has a bright orange glow, use the air trigger to blow more oxygen. The bolt would then start to melt.
10. Turn of your torch and then quickly hammer the threaded side of the flange bolt. Repeat the process until the bolt is out of the exhaust.
11. Let the hot bolts cool for 30 minutes before leaving the area so that no combustible materials are left lying on the ground.
12. Throw the cut bolts after another hour or two to ensure that the bolts are totally cool and will not cause fires on the garbage bin.