A hot tub is a large tub or small pool full of heated water and used for soaking, relaxation, hydrotherapy, reading, or meditation. Hot tubs are frequently located out-of-doors although they may be sheltered against sun, rain, wind, or snow. There are essentially three different styles of hot tubs: Simple wooden-staved soaking tubs Fiberglass-reinforced plastic spas (whirlpool tubs) Bathtub-sized indoor units Hot tub - Soaking tubs. This style of tub is construct ...

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This style of tub is constructed much like a very large barrel with wooden staves. The water within is usually still, circulated only for the purposes of heating and filtering it. The tub is often inset within a wooden deck and is entered from that deck. Seating within the tub usually takes the form of wooden benches or a seat that forms a ring around the inner circumference of the tub. The tub is filled once at system startup and is then maintained in much the same manner as a swimming pool. In simple designs, chlorine is used as a d ...

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Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy, is probably the oldest form of medical treatment. It involves the use of water for soothing pains and treating diseases. Its use has been recorded as early as ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations. Egyptian royalty bathed with essential oils and flowers, while Romans had communal public baths for their citizens. It has been long accepted that hot water springs can improve health by increasing circulation. Hippocrates prescribed bathing in spring water for sickness. A Do ...

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Swimming pool - Public pools. Public pools are often found as part of a larger leisure centre or recreational complex. These centres often have more than one pool, e.g. an indoor heated pool, an outdoor saltwater or unheated chlorinated pool, a shallower 'children's pool', and a paddling pool for toddlers and infants. There may also be a sauna area. In the swimming pool area and/or in the sauna area there may be one or more jacuzzis. If a swimming pool (sometimes combined with facilities for allied sports and activities, such as a diving tank) is located in a separate ...

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A sauna, the wet version also called steam bath, is a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these and auxiliary facilities, or the act of using a sauna. Taking a sauna is usually a social affair in which the participants disrobe and sit or recline in temperatures of over 80 °C (176 °F). This induces relaxation and promotes sweating. It is believed by some that heavy sweating helps to remove 'toxins' from the body.[citation needed]Including:

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A banya (Russian баня), is a Russian steam bath, similar to a Finnish sauna. In the steam room (called parilka, парилка) there is a wood stove, where the heat comes from. Beside the stove stands a bucket of water that is poured over the heated stones of the stove. Usually across the stove are wooden benches. The banya is less hot than the Finnish sauna, but what it lacks in temperature is compensated by pouring more water ...

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Swimming pool water must be maintained with very low levels of bacteria and viruses to prevent the spread of diseases and pathogens between users. Strong oxidising agents are often used, especially simple chlorine compounds such as sodium hypochlorite. Other disinfectants include bromine compounds and ozone generated on site by passing an electrical discharge through oxygen or air. When chlorine products are used, these can be in the form of hypochlorite solutions and by dissolving chlorine gas in water. Maintaining a safe concentration of d ...

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It is always advisable to keep a close watch on small children around swimming pools, especially private pools that do not have professional lifeguards, as drowning is a major cause of childhood death. Adults are more likely to be aware of risks, but it is still a good idea to have more than one person around when using a private pool. In public pools there is a much higher level of safety, with trained lifeguards on duty whenever the pool is open. Because of the risk of drowning and the desire for greater safety, combined with techno ...

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The term spa is traditionally used to mean a place where water that is believed to have special health-giving properties occurs. This is usually a mineral or hot spring. While some believe that the term is derived from the Belgian town of Spa, it is generally believed that it is an acronym for the phrase "Salus Per Acquam." A modern spa can be a luxurious resort or resort hotel, that may be located near a special water source or offers hot tub or similar warm-water hydromassage facilities. In some cases, it can refer to a high end hotel or resort t ...

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A toddy is a hot drink made from a spirit, hot water, sugar (or honey and lemon). Commonly used spirits include whiskey and rum. A hot toddy is often used in the United Kingdom to help warm people up, calm people down and reduce fevers. Toddy - Toddy from coconut or palm tree. Toddy is also a liquor fermented from coconut and palm saps in parts of South India, particularly Kerala and Tamil Nadu, where it is known by the name of Kallu (കളള) and in the Philippines where it is known as Tub ...

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Centrifugal casting or rotocasting is a casting technique which has application across a wide range of industrial and artistic applications: It is used as a means of casting small, detailed parts or jewelry. An articulated arm is free to spin around a vertical axle, which is driven by an electric motor or a spring. The entire mechanism is enclosed in a tub or drum to contain hot metal should the mold break or an excess of metal be used. Single use molds are prepared using the lost wax method. A small amount of meta

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Adobe is a building material composed of water, sandy clay and straw or other organic materials, which is shaped into bricks using wooden frames and dried in the sun, also known as Mudbrick . Adobe structures are extremely durable and account for the oldest extant buildings on the planet. Adobe buildings also offer significant advantages in hot, dry climates, as they remain cooler as it stores and releases heat very slowly. The word "adobe" is Spanish and comes from the Arabic "at-tub", the brick, and from the Coptic "tObe". Th ...

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In public swimming pools dress code may be somewhat stricter than on public beaches, and in indoor pools stricter than outdoor pools. For example, in countries where women can be topless on the beach, this is often not allowed in a swimming pool, especially one indoors. See also swimsuit. A reversal of this strictness is also common, e.g. undress code in pools is stricter than beaches. Wearing shoes, and a shirt, on a beach is acceptable, but often not in a pool. Indoor pools have stricter undress codes than outdoor pools: in outdoor pools, ...

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In Russian, banya (баня) can refer to any kind of steam bath, a Jacuzzi, usually refers to the Russian sauna. In Archangelsk and the Vologda Oblast it is pronounced "baina" (байна). ...

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These days, saunas are an integral part of the way of life in Finland. They are found everywhere: in private apartments, corporate headquarters and even in the Parliament. The sauna tradition is so strong that even Finns abroad enjoy a good sauna, probably the reason why the Finnish Church in Rotherhithe, London has its own sauna. Finnish soldiers on peacekeeping missions are famous for their saunas; even on the UNMEE mission in Eritrea, a sauna was one of the first buildings to be erected. (A second world war-era Finnish military field manual states that a rest of eight hours is all that is required for a battalion ...

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As the home of the sauna, Finnish sauna culture is well established. Although cultures in all corners of the world have imported and adapted the sauna, many of the traditional customs have not survived the journey. Today, public perception of saunas, sauna "etiquette" and sauna customs vary hugely from country to country. In many countries sauna going is a recent fashion and attitudes towards saunas are chang ...

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In some countries there are adult-only saunas that have different rules and customs, the term "sauna" being used for a bath-house or "health club", sometimes with facilities like a standard sauna, but where people go to find sexual partners and have sex on the premises (however not in the sauna itself). Some such saunas rent out small rooms for this purpose: others are disguised brothels. This euphemistic usage generally applies to establishments that advertise themselves as being a sauna rather than those that have a sauna on the premises. ...

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Public perception of saunas, sauna "etiquette" and sauna customs vary hugely from country to country. In many countries sauna going is a recent fashion and attitudes towards saunas are changing, while in others traditions have survived over generations. In Finland and Russia sauna going plays a central social role. These countries boast the hottest saunas and the tradition of beating fellow sauna-goers with birch branches. In Russia public sa ...

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Most North American college/university physical education complexes and many public sports centers include sauna facilities. They may also be present in a public swimming pool. This may be a separate area where swimming wear is taken off or a smaller facility in the swimming pool area where one should keep the swimming wear on. Under many circumstances, temperatures approaching and exceeding 100 °C (212 °F) would be completely intolerable. Saunas overcome this problem by controlling the humidity. The hottest Finnish and Swedish saun ...

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