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Ash pits safety, clean out doors, ash dump doors | 301 Chimney

http://301chimney.com/learn-about-your-chimney/335/
Question: There was a black metal plate in the rear of my fireplace and it fell into a cavity below the freplace foor/hearth. What is the purpose of this cavity? What will happen if live embers fall into the cavity? There is no opening in the basement to access the cavity. How can I access it and remove the ashes I see down there?

Ash pits safety, clean out doors, ash dump doors | 301 Chimney

http://301chimney.com/learn-about-your-chimney/335
Question: There was a black metal plate in the rear of my fireplace and it fell into a cavity below the freplace foor/hearth. What is the purpose of this cavity? What will happen if live embers fall into the cavity? There is no opening in the basement to access the cavity. How can I access it and remove the ashes I see down there?

Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn't Honey

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey
Ultra filtering is a high-tech procedure where honey is heated, sometimes watered down and then forced at high pressure through extremely small filters to remove pollen, which is the only foolproof sign identifying the source of the honey. It is a spin-off of a technique refined by the Chinese, who have illegally dumped tons of their honey - some containing illegal antibiotics - on the U.S. market for years.

Poka-yoke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poka-yoke
"Poka-yoke (ポカヨケ, Poka-yoke?) (IPA: [poka joke]) is a Japanese term that means "fail-safing", "Foolproof" or "mistake-proofing" — avoiding (yokeru) inadvertent errors (poka)) is a behavior-shaping constraint, or a method of preventing errors by putting limits on how an operation can be performed in order to force the correct completion of the operation."