Can anyone tell me a type and size of small electric heater that is safe to use in medium sized bedroom?

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special ed

I would like to buy a small electric heater to (help) heat a medium sized bedroom because the regular furnace in our house makes the room temperatures vary too much throughout the house.The heater has to be very safe and not use a lot of energy.Can you tell me a type and size of heater or brand name to buy?

I dont want it to use a lot of energy because there is a lot of electronics plugged in this room already and i dont want to overload anything.Thanks.

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I really like using those sealed oil radiators. They take a little longer to heat up an area, but once they are warm, they dont use near the electricity of other types, and are much safer, too. As a radiator, they heat up the things around them (but not too hot) rather than heating the air, that just leaks out under the door and out the windows. They would be fine in a bedroom, I used one in my camper when I stayed in it for a week at a freinds house. It worked really well and kept it comfortable, even though it was cold outside. They usualy have three settings, too, so that after the oil inside it warms up, you can turn the power down, I think the low setting is 750 watts, thats like half of a hair dryer, Most of those other kinds use 1000 or 1500 watts. I just saw them at walmart for about 34.00, but thrift stores often have them. Thats where I got mine, for 8.00 I think. As you asked for ones that are safe and dont use a lot of power, I believe these best fit the bill. Anything that blows air with a fan, or has a wire element that glows, will really affect your power bill, believe me I have tried all of them. The oil heaters arent immediatly effective, its true, but you can just leave them turned on, on the low setting, and after a few hours, the room will be nice and warm., and will stay more evenly warm. as for safeness, none are better, nothing on it gets red hot, like the element kind. and they dont dry out the air, like air heaters.

How much would it cost to live in Mexico city for a month?

iop

- I know theres a swine flu there. This question is in regard for about a year from now,

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Mexico City is a great place to visit for a month!

It would be nice to have some more details about what you are looking to do in Mexico City.

Anyways, you can rent a decent (not a first rate hotel, but clean and safe) hotel room in downtown Mexico City for about $700 pesos per week, but that's with a shared bath. It also includes free internet in the lobby and a safe for your things. You can get a room w/bath for about $1,000 pesos per week. It really depends on what you want. There are many hotels in the Centro Historico (Downtown) which is close to many sights and things to see and do.

Yes, there's human flu in Mexico. It's also in the US and now it's in many other countries.

As for the cost of daily living: A ride on the Metro subway system costs $2.00 pesos (less than $0.20 US cents), a short taxi ride costs about $20 pesos, a bus costs about 3-4 pesos in the DF.

A tour of the city by Turibus costs about $150 pesos for all day.

Food: A tamale and a cup of atole (a steaming hot rice drink, often Chocolate or strawberry flavored) costs about 15 pesos. There's your breakfast. Lunch at a small-medium family run restaurant, the set menu comida corrida which usually includes soup, rice, beans, a main dish (enchiladas, beef or chicken steak, fish etc), a dessert, tortillas and a drink of agua fresca (flavored water, like juice) should cost between $40-50 pesos. Dinner: six tacos and a coke= $38 pesos (5 pesos per taco, 8 pesos for the coke. So your total for one day of food= $93 pesos mas o menos (more or less) and that's way under $10 USD at the current exchange rate of about $13.2 pesos to $1 USD.

Here is a list of prices for Mexico City. Some of these seem a little low, so maybe the list is a little old:

Costs of living


Automotive
Gas - Premium $ 1.54/gal.

Medical and Dental

Doctor's office visit $ 30.00

Housing
(good neighborhood)

1 bedroom apartment, with living room, kitchen and bath (rent) $300 /mo

6 room apartament,
2 bedrooms (rent) $400 /mo

Unfurnished garden style condo witht pool 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, apartment (rent) $550 /mo

3 bedrooms, 2 baths house $1000 /mo

Utilities

Electricity $12.00 /mo

Propane gas for cooking/ hot water $20.00 /mo

Telephone - Basic service $22.00 /mo

Drinking water $ 6.00 /mo

Telecommunications

Basic monthly cellular service $ 50.00

Basic monthly pager service $ 15.00

Internet server connection service (ilimited) $ 45.00

Basic cable channel connection $ 30.00

Auto related

Auto insurance $90 for $1,000.00 value car (annual)

Auto registration $40 for $1,000.00 value car (annual)

Oil change $9.00

Tune-up $70.00

Basic

Groceries for one $55.00

Groceries for four $150.00/month

Entertainment

Movie ticket $ 3.50

Theater ticket $ 8.50

Gym $40.00 /mo


Maid

Maid-house cleaning 1 day $10.00

Laundry and Dry Cleaner

Dry Clean-trousers or skirt $2.00

Restaurant/Eating Out

Dinner-1st class restaurant $15.00

Dinner, medium priced restaurant $ 9.00

Corona Beer-6 pack (325 ml) $ 2.00

Coca-Cola- 2 liter bottle $ 0.89

Milk- 1 liter $ 0.60

Billingual School

Primary education $150.00 /mo

Secundary education $200.00 /mo

High School $280.00 /mo

College $400.00 /mo
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Bueno Suerte!

Viva Mexico!

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How much would it cost to live in Mexico city for a month?

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iop

- I know theres a swine flu there. This question is in regard for about a year from now,

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Mexico City is a great place to visit for a month!

It would be nice to have some more details about what you are looking to do in Mexico City.

Anyways, you can rent a decent (not a first rate hotel, but clean and safe) hotel room in downtown Mexico City for about $700 pesos per week, but that's with a shared bath. It also includes free internet in the lobby and a safe for your things. You can get a room w/bath for about $1,000 pesos per week. It really depends on what you want. There are many hotels in the Centro Historico (Downtown) which is close to many sights and things to see and do.

Yes, there's human flu in Mexico. It's also in the US and now it's in many other countries.

As for the cost of daily living: A ride on the Metro subway system costs $2.00 pesos (less than $0.20 US cents), a short taxi ride costs about $20 pesos, a bus costs about 3-4 pesos in the DF.

A tour of the city by Turibus costs about $150 pesos for all day.

Food: A tamale and a cup of atole (a steaming hot rice drink, often Chocolate or strawberry flavored) costs about 15 pesos. There's your breakfast. Lunch at a small-medium family run restaurant, the set menu comida corrida which usually includes soup, rice, beans, a main dish (enchiladas, beef or chicken steak, fish etc), a dessert, tortillas and a drink of agua fresca (flavored water, like juice) should cost between $40-50 pesos. Dinner: six tacos and a coke= $38 pesos (5 pesos per taco, 8 pesos for the coke. So your total for one day of food= $93 pesos mas o menos (more or less) and that's way under $10 USD at the current exchange rate of about $13.2 pesos to $1 USD.

Here is a list of prices for Mexico City. Some of these seem a little low, so maybe the list is a little old:

Costs of living


Automotive
Gas - Premium $ 1.54/gal.

Medical and Dental

Doctor's office visit $ 30.00

Housing
(good neighborhood)

1 bedroom apartment, with living room, kitchen and bath (rent) $300 /mo

6 room apartament,
2 bedrooms (rent) $400 /mo

Unfurnished garden style condo witht pool 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, apartment (rent) $550 /mo

3 bedrooms, 2 baths house $1000 /mo

Utilities

Electricity $12.00 /mo

Propane gas for cooking/ hot water $20.00 /mo

Telephone - Basic service $22.00 /mo

Drinking water $ 6.00 /mo

Telecommunications

Basic monthly cellular service $ 50.00

Basic monthly pager service $ 15.00

Internet server connection service (ilimited) $ 45.00

Basic cable channel connection $ 30.00

Auto related

Auto insurance $90 for $1,000.00 value car (annual)

Auto registration $40 for $1,000.00 value car (annual)

Oil change $9.00

Tune-up $70.00

Basic

Groceries for one $55.00

Groceries for four $150.00/month

Entertainment

Movie ticket $ 3.50

Theater ticket $ 8.50

Gym $40.00 /mo


Maid

Maid-house cleaning 1 day $10.00

Laundry and Dry Cleaner

Dry Clean-trousers or skirt $2.00

Restaurant/Eating Out

Dinner-1st class restaurant $15.00

Dinner, medium priced restaurant $ 9.00

Corona Beer-6 pack (325 ml) $ 2.00

Coca-Cola- 2 liter bottle $ 0.89

Milk- 1 liter $ 0.60

Billingual School

Primary education $150.00 /mo

Secundary education $200.00 /mo

High School $280.00 /mo

College $400.00 /mo
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Bueno Suerte!

Viva Mexico!

How expensive is it to live in LA?

camille

I'm going to college next year, most likely in LA at FIDM. But i'm just so scared because I know its expensive out there and i'm coming all the way from Indiana. I don't know anybody out there either. It all just sounds so far fetched and impossible, but if i want to make it in the field its basically either LA or NYC. So, whats the cheapest part of LA that's not terribly dangerous? Could I get an apartment for less that $1000 or is that just like impossible?

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Live in the FIDM housing at first, preferably right near the campus (rather than Park LaBrea, unless you don't mind the commute and like the area), then see if you meet anyone to roommate with, or find a studio apartment to live by yourself. The FIDM apartments are actually good deals for an LA furnished apartment with utilities included, and while downtown LA isn't the best place to live, the FIDM apartments are nice, and very convenient to FIDM. Look on the FIDM website for info.

It is also very convenient to have an apartment all ready for you, setting up an apartment is a lot if work, first, you'd have to find a landlord willing to rent to someone under 21, with no credit or rental history, no substantial job, and parents across the country. Then you'd have to buy furniture, furnished apartments rent for quite a bit more, even close to double unfurnished, and they're hard to find in low end buildings, set up utilities and deposits, buy household goods (pots, pans, towels, etc). It's a lot of work.

The cost for FIDM apartments is $300 a week ($3000 for the 10 week Quarter) for a shared bedroom, $600 for a private bedroom. This will give you time to figure out the best area to live should you decide to move. Low crime areas are a bit far from FIDM, if you don't have a car, it might be a hassle, since you will likely be working on group projects late night at FIDM, and it's not a good idea to take public transportation late at night.

You can find a studio in LA starting at $800 (more on the Westside), but you might not like it or the area, you might have to spend $1000 for a studio you're ok with, or find a roommate and a 2 bedroom, which likely won't save much on rent. Lower crime areas relatively close to FIDM include Glendale and South Pasadena, but the commute takes 20 minutes, or longer in traffic.

Good luck!

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Where are some places to get furniture for good price and good quality?

Q. I need a whole bedroom set with a full-size bed for under $1000. But I might not need all the pieces. Maybe just the bed, a beside table, and a drawer. Anyway, I would like the furniture to last a long time. I considered Ikea, but I heard their furniture doesn't last very long.

A. try local consignment or thrift shops for older used furniture, it was made better back then or go for a bed with a metal headboard and antique dressers and night stand, the pieces don't have to match and thats the in thing right now, its also cool to hunt for them,,

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Where can I find a cheap apt in Southern CA?

Q. I have bad credit, and know i can find an apartment, but because of my credit, it is a huge set back. i dont have any evictions, or bankruptsies...can anyone direct me to a fair site?
I mean, i can afford like $800-$900 for rent, which i know i can find in the valley, it's just a matter of finding something where my credit is not gonna be frowned upon....

A. It depends on where in So. Cal. you're looking. If you head out towards the desert, it gets cheaper. Check out the Inland Empire and the High Desert. I'm spending under $1000 for a nice two-bedroom.

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Any stories about living on your own?

Q. We'll I'm just wondering how it is to live on your own? I always imagined a nice cheap apartment thats nicley decorated with a closet full of clothes from the money you get from your job. Or is it alot harder that you can't even get clothes? Or do you just cram on your friends sofa? lol. Do you miss home? Or do you live on the streets? Any stories?

A. It's tough at first, but you get used to it. After that it's about what kind of life you want to live, and how hard you're willing to work to get there. In that sense, living on your own really sets apart those who say they're mature, and those who really are. Unless you're a trust fund baby, life is not like "Friends". If you can handle chores, a job and a budget (including "little" things like "don't get pregnant in your teens" and "don't drink away your paycheck"), living on your own is awesome! There's no one around to tell you how to live.

Apartments in my area range from $360 a month to over $1000 a month for one-bedrooms. The cheap ones come with disgusting neighbors and cockroaches that will crawl over your food and up your legs when you try to sleep. Food can range from under $200 a month to over $400 a month, per person. On the cheap end, you'll be eating junk food or cooking rice every meal. Utilities can range from $40 if you're tough to over $100 a month if you insist on the "right" to wear shorts indoors during the winter. Spending more in one area means spending less in another.

So living on your own = managing your money. Whether living on your own is easy or hard depends entirely on whether or not keeping yourself from spending money on coffee and clothes (or other stuff) is easy or hard. "Grown-ups" gave me all the oh-so-scary advice you see here, but actually it was easy for me. It's hard for an awful lot of people, though, which is probably why an awful lot of people say it's hard.

Also, there's no one else to pick up after you; I've had friends turn away guests because they knew their apartments were in no shape to host people. Is the leaky area behind the toilet starting to look gross? Well, it's not gonna get clean by itself. In fact, the longer you wait, it'll go from dirty to gross to ROTTING, where it'll cost thousands of dollars to patch the floor, unless you learn to take care of things early.

I now live in a sunny, clean apartment in a good part of town, within walking distance to work, with plenty of clothes. :) I guess that sounds smug, but damn, my life during and just after college was ROUGH. But it paid off; I wanted a nice, clean place and was willing to suffer for a while to get it. My sisters did it backwards and are now hurting because they lived it up in their twenties, but they're OK with that too. A lot of people live in disgusting dumps and are up to their ears in crushing debt. Some are happy with that, others never stop making excuses.

Life is not easy or hard, but how hard you're willing to work to get to the life you want. That's nothing to be scared of, as long as you understand just what "on your own" means.

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Full 5-7 pieces Bedroom Set for less than 1000$ Oregon?

Q. were would i find a 5-7 pieces bedroom set in Portland Oregon for under 1000 dollars? I found a web site today that call "Popular Furniture ASHLEY DIRECT DEALER" this is the link (http://www.popularfurnitureny.com/index.php?cPath=187&showall=1) in Brooklyn NY they sells full 7 pieces bedroom set for less than 1000k :D but the issues is that I live in Portland Oregon so its going to be really hard and very expensive to get a full bed room set from the other side of the country, about a year ago my sister told me about a company here in Oregon that sells full bedroom set just like "Popular Furniture ASHLEY DIRECT DEALER" but now -_- no one remember the name :( I AM NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING LIKE RENTER CENTER done that and didn't like the out come.
I hope someone out there can help with my dilemma. thank and hope to hear from you soon

A. You might find what you are looking for in your price range here.
Furniture Outlet
14255 Southwest Pacific Highway
Tigard, OR 97224
(503) 598-9009
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&oq=&gs_rfai=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=furniture+outlet+store+portland+oregon&fb=1&gl=us&hq=furniture+outlet+store&hnear=portland+oregon&cid=0,0,2603411850948222855&ei=Q2CnS-rpEpO1tgf5oqXtAg&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQnwIwAA

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Why do I eat/sleep too much when I'm depressed?

Q. I can't stop myself from eating when I feel sad/depressed/stressed. It is getting very annoying; I gained about 5 kilograms in less than a week. As for sleeping,I sleep most of the day, I do not want to wake up or do anything or even do my homework.
what should I do??

A. I have been having this problem ever since February, when the constantly overcast weather pattern set in. .. .like it does every year. I'll give you my depression self help tips, but as for eating, if you find out, you tell me. When I get very depressed, a homemade brownie does help, even though I pay for it in the long run. To keep it a bit under control, I never buy junk food - if I want cookies or brownies, I have to make them, from scratch, and most times, I am too depressed to do it, so then I don't eat that stuff as much.

Generic Practical Depression tips (PRINT THEM OUT):

The library has self-help books on depression.

Many meds cause or worsen depression, including birth control, blood pressure, pain, acne, antipsychotic, anxiety (benzos) or sleeping medications, alcohol, illicit drugs and MANY others.

Hypothyroidism mimics depression . Too little sleep, or sleep disorders like sleep apnea, or interrupted sleep (crying baby, barking dog) can cause depression.

If depression is worse in winter, use a light box (10,000 Lux (light intensity) at about 20� - about $300 online, you don't need full spectrum, Sunray is a good brand). I have extra windows, painted the walls peach & yellow & have a skylight. There's a link to a cheaper lightbox & more info at psycheducation.org. Also you can try 1000 to 2000 IU of Vitamin D in winter. It may work, or may be placebo treatment.

Try meditation like progressive muscle relaxation or guided imagery. See The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook by Edmund Bourne. Free 15 minute guided imagery at healthjourneys.com and many free meditations at youtube.

Go out with friends, & if you don't have any, join a club e.g. hobby club, bowling league & MAKE yourself go. �Isolating� makes depression worse!

Exercise 1/2 hour a day, & anytime you feel depressed or anxious. LOTS OF RESEARCH SUPPORTS THIS as the most effective depression treatment of all.

Insomnia?: Go to bed & get up the same time each day, even weekends. Don't use your bedroom to watch TV, read or use the computer. Don't do stuff that revs you up before bed, like exercising & using the computer. Light from computer screens & TV wakes you up. Blue light is the worst offender � dim the lights and use an old-fashioned incandescent bulb the last hour. Make the bedroom very dark, even cover up the clock. Mask disturbing sounds with a fan or try soundsleeping.com or youtube, etc. Avoid caffeine after noon.

Put colorful, happy things around the house. Do nice things for yourself. Make a list of things that make you happy, like: bread fresh from the oven, the crisp sound of a saltine cracker breaking, fresh sheets on the bed, touching frost on the windowpane, etc. Read that list when you are down. Use comforting scents. I like vanilla & cloves.

Work on time management if you are overwhelmed. Cut back on other responsibilities so you can spend more time with friends & family. Ask for help with chores.

Spend more time with your pet, if you have one.

DON'T listen to sad music! Listen to upbeat stuff- same with movies & novels.

DISTRACT yourself. Read a novel, watch a comedy, go out with friends, play cards or a video game, whatever keeps your mind busy.

Volunteer. Helping others makes you feel better about yourself & you make a difference, too. If you are religious, your religion may help keep you involved in the community.

Put a half-smile on your face. Changing your expression is proven to help change mood.

Try free computerized cognitive behavioral therapy at moodgym.anu.edu.au. Also, if you have an abuse history, it is likely to be a major cause of your depression.

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