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How To Grow a Thicker Beard

You have finally decided to come into the circle of real men right? Men who are bold and don’t care about what people say about the latest fashion knowing that growing their beard makes them more manly than the next man out there. With a long thick beard and beards generally comes a feeling of manliness and greatness. If you doubt me, take a look at the most noble of men who we consider classic and you’ll see that they all took time to grow their beards and stick with it. Before you get started, understand that on the journey to becoming manlier, there will sure be naysayers, people who will tell you it is not possible or that you will look ugly etc. you know what to tell them in your mind? ‘You don’t exist!’ They are afraid to take the giant step to becoming manly so they take solace in discouraging you too. Ignore them and move on!One thing you have to be aware of is the fact that this journey to growing a thick long beard is a journey on patience. Beards don’t grow long overnight, they take time. You have to brace yourself up to be very, very patience. Give yourself at least 8 weeks before you start seeing decent result. Before then, live with it like an expectant woman who is expecting a baby! The joy of a new baby far supersedes the pain of labor.Now that you mind is set on the above, let’s have some step-by-step guide on how to grow a healthy, long thick beard 
 
1. Pick a really convenient time to begin growing your beard. 
 
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Just pick a time when you will have space to give your beard the needed attention. Remember that you have passed the stage where you bother about whatever anyone say or will say! 
 
2. Avoid shaving for the next 2 weeks at the very least. 
 
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Like I wrote above, growing beard takes time. Be patience. 
 
3. Shampoo and condition your growing beard.  
 
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It is part of you; you have to keep it neat. It’s very important. 
 
4. Apply Growth Serums 1-2 times per day.  
 
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Apply it to your beard every day for the next 8 weeks at least to see the wonder. Since it is an herbal product, you can be too sure that it just works. 
 
5. Be ready to eat a lot of green vegetables and protein.  
 
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It will help you stay healthy and grow better, long thick beard. 
 
6. Make it a habit to trim your beard regularly.  
 
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Keeping a beard is so much more fun than barbing your hair. Enjoy it, spent some little time with it. You can buy a beard trimmer to make your work more convenient. It will help soften the edges and healthy. 
 
7. Drink a lot of water.  
 
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It will help your overall body metabolism and in turn give you a long, thick, healthy and beautiful beard! 
 
credit to <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-a-Thicker-Beard">wikihow</a>

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How to Start Fire with Water

Step 1: Materials 
 
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Before we start, I must warn you. This is obiously NOT a safe experiment you should allow small kids to make, as this will combust with an explosive-like effect with a drop of water, and might not always go off the way you want it to. This mixture is hygroscopic (will soak moisture from air) because off the ammonium nitrate included. So if it is very humid or raining, making this is not a good idea. 
 
Okay, so let's get started! 
For this project we will need following items: 
 
- An "Instant cold pack" 
- Table salt 
- Zinc powder (grey metal powder, can be bought from unitednuclear.com or inoxia.co.uk) 
 
Further you'll need 
 
- A scale, preferably precise to 0.1g 
- A mortar and pestle to grind the mixture 
 
 
Step 2: Ammonium nitrate 
 
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Start by cutting open the Instant cold pack. You'll notice there are two things inside:  
 
- A bag of water, that you can throw away.  
- White granules, consisting of ammonium nitrate.  
 
We want the ammonium nitrate for this project, as it will act as oxidizer 
 
 
 
Step 3: Grinding 
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Now we will need to weigh out the following:  
 
- 3g Ammonium nitrate  
- 0.5g Table salt  
 
Transfer it into the mortar and pestle and grind, untill it's well mixed.  
Now comes the part were you need to take precaution, weigh out:  
 
- 7g Zinc powder  
 
Put it in the mortar and pestle and grind it together with the other ingredients.  
Care must be taken at this point, not to let any water near this stage, since the powder is now finished and ready to use. Use it instantly, as storing the mixture will guarantee problems. 
 
 
Step 4: Igniting 
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The only thing left to do is to ignite it.  
To do so, add a few drops of water with a syringe or pipette (or stand well back and see if you can hit it with spit!)  
The important thing is to wear safety gear, such as goggles or gloves.  
 
A few seconds after the water is added, smoke will appear, and then a combustion will occur with a bright, green flame. 
 
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Credit to instructables.com

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How To Make Great Coffee At Home

You don't need a fancy espresso machine to make a great cup of coffee at home – just a cafetiere and some freshly ground beans 
 
 
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Many millions of words have been spilt on the subject of the perfect cup of coffee, the vast proportion confusing or downright contradictory. Here's a simple guide to good coffee at home. 
 
Equipment 
 
Let's be honest: good coffee depends heavily on equipment, which is why so many connoisseurs generally prefer to go out to a cafe with huge, shiny professional machines and baristas who have studied their craft in Milan and Melbourne, while their own over-complicated, underpowered espresso-makers gather dust in the kitchen. 
 
Espresso machines anyway, according to Victoria Moore in her superb How to Drink, are only good for making espressos, rather than the long lattes, flat whites and so on that many of us use them for, because – "coffee made in this way doesn't do much to showcase the bean itself". So, most British coffee drinkers can breathe a sigh of relief: Moore's preferred methods are rather less punishing on the wallet. 
 
Like Frank Bruni in the New York Times, she appreciates the "smoothness, freshness and balance" of the individual ceramic filter, which London coffee lovers may have observed in use at the Monmouth Coffee Company – although what attracts me to them is that they're easy to clean up. You just chuck the paper, coffee and all, into the bin. But, she says, the homely cafetiere, a device which I cannot imagine any Guardian reader is without, is also good for bringing out the flavour of your coffee beans. You just need to use it properly. 
 
Water temperature 
 
The Grumpy Mule coffee company counsels using at least two rounded dessertspoons of coffee a person (there's nothing worse than wan, watery coffee), and fresh water (as opposed to stuff that has been sitting in the kettle for a few hours) that's just off the boil: the National Coffee Association of the USA recommends a temperature between 90–96C. I happen to have a kettle that, handily, can be set to cut off at 90C, but leaving it for at least 30 seconds after boiling will do the trick. 
 
Time and method 
 
Pour just enough water on to moisten the grounds, then allow them to absorb the water before filling the cafetiere. Allow to settle, then stir and add the plunger to keep it warm. Leave for four minutes (Victoria reckons 30 seconds is enough, because "coffee tastes sharper and brighter if it doesn't have much steeping time", but to my mind, the longer brewed coffee is richer), then stir, plunge and pour into warm cups. 
 
Coffee 
 
Most important, of course, is the coffee itself. It needs to be fresh (coffee only keeps for two weeks, stored in an airtight container in the fridge), and it's even better freshly ground, if you have got the equipment. Check sell-by dates when buying. 
 
Obviously you also need to find a coffee you like: they vary hugely in character according to variety, country of origin and roast, so it's worth experimenting. 
 
Milk 
 
 
If you add milk, I'd say the temperature was up to you. Those who add a lot may wish to warm it gently first (hot milk will spoil the flavour of your coffee), but if you're prepared to drink fast, cold milk will do the trick too. And real purists may wish to add nothing at all – with coffee, perfect is very personal. 
 
credit to guardian.co.uk

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