HEPA FILTER MASK: ALTERNATIVE TO N95 MASK UNAVAILABILITY

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Instructions on how to make your own HEPA mask which filters out 99.97% of particles .3 microns and larger, especially useful when N95 masks are not available. HEPA stands for “High Efficiency Particulate Air”, and HEPA filters, commonly used on air filters and purifiers, state that they can filter 99.97% of particles, or in other words, filter particles .3 microns and larger. This is meant to be a better mask than cloth only masks and can be used when N95 masks are unavailable. Keep in mind that N95 masks are usually airtight providing it’s worn correctly, so even though this HEPA mask put together it’s not airtight, it should still provide a level of protection greater than cloth masks when moving in a straight forward direction.

Steps:

1. Taking apart a HEPA filter and cutting it into smaller pieces to place into face mask. In this case a Microguard HEPA cabin filter for a car is used. HEPA filters can commonly be found for home air purifiers and other household and commercial filtration units. You can simply search your local home improvement or automotive store, try searching for “HEPA filter”.

2. cutting a shirt and folding it into a rectangle and folding it so it can be tied around the face:

3. Continued with the extra knot:

4. Taking a piece of the HEPA filter:

5. Slide the HEPA piece under the front of the cloth mask:

6. Wear HEPA mask:

Traditional Dating Sites using Free Chat Line Numbers Survives Modern Era

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Online dating has come a long way thanks to the evolution of technology, with websites, dating apps, instant messengers and more, but websites offering free chat line numbers for dating people through old fashion phone chat still exist as an active market. Though not necessarily at the forefront of technology, the traditional phone dating chat line niche, if you want to call it traditional, has been around for at least the past two decades. It still exists today although dwarfed by popular platforms on mobile phones. And though largely declined since its heyday decades ago, the phone call chat line service is thriving in its own right and is even subdivided into a variety of categories such as by ethnicity and sexual orientation.

Woman chatting on phone

Phone dating has been around since the time that adult phone chat lines have been around, and sometimes the two were synonymous with each other. Largely still intact today, phone dating chat lines are still done through calling over the phone and connecting to other local singles, or through explicit adult phone chat lines, the difference is websites primarily list the phone numbers so people can search online whether it is for legitimate dating or purely entertainment purposes. Some websites are an aggregator of phone numbers spanning different sub niches in this industry.

So the niche still exists and though smaller than in decades past, it’s survival is ironically still thanks to the internet. People are searching for phone dating numbers online, and many free chat line numbers are available as a trial basis giving callers a 60-minute trial for instance. Many websites exist and new ones are still being created to promote this niche so the market is still there. It’s also ironic that even though online dating is popular, it’s bombarded with spam, fake profiles, and automated software (called bots) that exchanges basic question/answers, then directs visitors to a promotional link for example, and all this turns people off. And so frustrated people have the phone dating line that is an avenue people can turn to, and this is helping to sustain an industry from decades past, and who knows, maybe it could make a resurgent revival with a creative spin. With a phone call, people connect to other people and have a good ole fashion conversation so there’s no guessing if the other person is real or not, although depending on time of day or week, the phone call traffic may fluctuate a lot. So with the pros and cons of online dating, phone dating by calling is still going strong and with a larger population turned off by technology and its complexities, it may survive the next few decades as technology continues to change. Technology itself may serve as a medium, and the medium may change but the traditional conversation will exist as long as humans can talk by phone!

Learning Languages by Practices Phrases and sentences

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Practicing is the best way to learn a different language, especially by practicing commonly used phrases in the language. Having a list of everyday phrases that people use will both help learners practice the language and also getting to know useful questions and responses. For example, one can practice Vietnamese phrases by learning a list of common sentences available online from some useful websites such as phrasemodo.com, where language lists are always growing and expanding. Or if one wants to learn Spanish, Japanese or Chinese, those languages are also available as well. Of course, socializing with people and friends that speak the language you are trying to learn is a good way to learn while you practice.

The other way is taking a class for a language that can also help you learn and practice among classmates. Either way practitioners can always benefit from online resources that supplements text book and course work. Other useful ways learn commonly phrases is when someone travels to another country or community where people speak a different language. Whether it’s asking for the nearest restaurant is, how to greet people or where the restroom is, it is useful to learn and practice before hand. Learners can download the list, bookmark the website and share it among friends to practice a language of interest or any other foreign language as well. The good thing is it’s all free and available online. One can also watch television shows in a language of interest and have English subtitles shown and notice various ways people meet and great and converse in everyday language and see how the sentences and phrases are used.

Learning a language by practicing common phrases ultimately boils down to practice, but sometimes its hard to memorize things. A good tip is to practice in a way where you then can explain it to teach someone else, which is the best way to memorize and grasp something. Essentially you learn by teaching, so learn and practice it well enough to be able to clearly teach it to someone else. As time goes by, your vocabulary of words and sentences will grow and you are on your way to learning a different language!