!9#: Black And Decker Work Bench For Kids Buy Now: December 2011

!9#: Raising Money For Charity - Five Top Ways

Many people get a lot of pleasure raising money for charity, some also get a lot of pleasure just trying to raise money for charity. however, there is no doubt that taking part will introduce you to a lot of lovely people, some of whom may become lifelong friends. Being successful at raising money for good causes gives a real buzz, even if that is not why you are supposed to be doing it.

Knowing that you have helped a family on the other side of the world or that you are aiding the education of a single child somewhere on a monthly basis is rewarding. as is knowing that you helped put a new roof on the church or helped stock your children's school library. Everyone should do some work for charity from time to time and, importantly surprisingly, tell people what you are doing, it may spur them on to doing something too.

so, if you are short on ideas or you are just getting going, here are five bits of advice for raising money for charity:

Just Another Brick In The Wall: if you are raising money for something that can be depicted do so. For example, if you are raising money for books in a library, try to find out how much you will need and how many books that will buy. Then, make a large drawing for the wall showing that number of books on the shelves, say 1,000. a computer can do this fairly easily. Mark some books as on the spine and others ranging from 50c up to , when people donate let them colour in the spine when they donate. There is no need to put the titles of the books.

Likewise if you need a new roof, get a builder to give you an estimate and how many slates or tiles it will take. Tell him why you want to know and he will almost certainly help. Dive the sum needed by the number of tiles. Let people pay for half tiles too, if necessary.

Quiz: create a varied of 20 or 50 questions and sell them to people: pubs, clubs, school gates, supermarkets etc. Keep the cost down to something low like or £1 and offer a decent prize for the first one drawn from all the correct answers. Do it weekly, fortnightly or monthly. see how it goes, how many you can sell etc and work out a fair prize. On every quiz sheet, you can advertise too and give details about where the money is going. People love quizzes look at all the nights about.

A Quick Hit: towards the end of a dinner, a dance or a do of some sort, spontaneously get up to the mike and announce a special fund raising lottery. Take out a fiver and write your name on it. Encourage others to do the same, promising that the first out of the box will get 50% of the take. You will make money, guaranteed.

Reverse Snobbery: send out invitations to stay away from a non-existent ball. With the invitation offer to sell a very expensive pin or button (I mean 10 times its cost to you; 20 times if you like). It has to look good and it could read: 'I Stayed Away From The Bore Ball!". It's not as much trouble to organize as a ball, but can raise as much.

Posters: when making up and distributing posters (with paid advertising on it), leave an A4 space in the centre. Then you can change the notification without printing new posters.

Raising Money For Charity - Five Top Ways

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!9#: Does Nitric Oxide Work? A Nitric Oxide Supplement Review

Lately, I've been hearing alot of buzz about No2 and it's possible effects on building muscle.

No2 has been around for a couple of years and there has been plenty of people who have tried this particular supplement with mixed results.

For those of you who don't know what N02 is, let me give you a bit of background.

No2 stands for nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is supposed to relax the smooth muscle in the walls of very small arteries called arterioles.

When a muscles contracts and it's blood vessels are dilated, a "puff" of gas appears for a brief instant and than dissapears. This gas settles into the underlying smooth muscle cells causing them to relax which allows a surge of blood to pass through more easily.

This gas is called nitric oxide.

You see, everytime you do a couple sets of curls and you feel that expanding feeling in your bicep, it means that nitric oxide was released into the smooth muscle, causing an extra surge in blood to your muscles. It gives your muscles that full feeling and that"puffy" look.

However, once you finish your workout, your muscels slowly loose the blood that it accumulated during the workout and it slowly goes back to normal. Of course, the pump is one of the best feelings you can get and too lose it, well, sucks. So, the man who brought creatine to the fitness world, Ed Byrd, gives you Hemodilator N02.

This stuff is supposed to help release nitric oxide at different times of the day to keep your muscles feeling pumped. What Ed Byrd managed to do was create a delivery system called phyex 9 which is supposed to help stimulate the release of nitric oxide at different times during the day. Certainly a beautiful concept for just about everyone out there who weight trains. Who doesn't want a constant pump...Maybe just walking down the street?

Well, I heard alot about no2 and it got my attention. So, I decided to give this supplement a shot. I have to admit, this stuff is not cheap. At bucks a pop, it's kind of steep for the everyday working, weight trainer. Today, there are a whack of nitric oxide supplements out there and they all cost about
the same.

Now, I had my doubts. You see, this supplement uses arginine as it's main nitric oxide delivery mechanism. That is, arginine is supposed to cause the nitric oxide reaction which will produce the"pump". Now, back in the mid 80's, I vividly remember a supplement called"Inosine" which was supposed to do the same thing as No2. It was supposed to cause the small artieries to expand which would cause more blood flow into
the muscle.

Well, as a young, wide eyed teenager looking for a miracle supplment, this fit the bill. I bought a bunch of inosine in the hopes that it would help me build more strength and power. The result? A couple of hundred dollars down the toilet. I still see adds for inosine and I still shake my head.

So, after a bit of research I decided to give this particular supplement a shot and see if the results were as good as they claimed on the label. I choose to use the Hemodilator No2 for my nitric oxide supplement review.

According to the label, it reads "NO2 generates a PERPETUAL PUMP, Helps Boost Strength, Augments Peak Power, Delays Muscle Fatigue"

Well, does it do all that? First off, according to the label, they performed a clinical trial of this supplement at Baylor University. According to the results, there was a 300% increase in bench press strength for those who were taking Hemodilator compared to those who were taking a placebo (fake), over an eight
week period.

Also, the group taking the Hemodilator gained more endurance and power than the placebo group over the same 8 week period.

So, how did I fare with this supplement? Now, I'm just finishing up my third bottle and the results have not been mind blowing. Maybe I was expecting too much from this supplement but I haven't gained as much as I would have hoped. There has been a slight change from the pumps I get in the gym but they are not perpetual. The pumps stay in the gym.

In terms of strength, I gained a little bit in some of my compound movements but not as nearly as much as I would have if I would have taken creatine. For endurance, I can't say I noticed any thing at all. In terms of overall power, I would say that it has increased...But not 300% or even 20%.

Did I get my monies worth? That's a hard one to say. I mean, would have I gotten the same results if I didn't use the supplement? Probably not. The thing I noticed most about this product was the pumps in the gym. Like I said before, pumps are the reason I mainly go to the gym.

Am I happy with this product? I guess you can say that I'm "ok" with it. However, when I take the supplement Xpand, which is a combination of the nitric oxide booster arginine and tri-creatine malate, I simply explode! Maybe the combination of nitric oxide and creatine compliment each other more so than regular creatine or straight arginine.

In terms of side effects, I didn't experience anything. Just remember, huge doses of arginine can be toxic. However, there are some reports of users experiencing diarrhea nausea with relatively high doses.

Now, do I recommend this product? If you do not want to take a product such as creatine, I would have to say yes. It does work and will produce some results provided you have a well laid down eating plan and steady lifting habits. Just remember, you have to be on it for at least 8 weeks to see any sort of results.

However, next to a good creatine product such as SAN V12 or Dymatize Xpand, I would have to say no. These products
are so much better and the results are more immediate and dramatic.

So there you have it. A personal nitric oxide supplement review.