Hats

Scott Newton asked:


The importance of remaining safe in the workplace is often overlooked by employees, but it is a crucial consideration for employers looking to protect their workforce. Whether that’s through minimising risk in the workplace or through providing appropriately safe workwear, employers are legally committed to minimising accidents and protecting the staff to the best of their abilities. Alongside sturdy boots and gloves, it can often be essential to require quality hard hats to be worn at all times in the work environment. To some, this may seem like a bizarre requirement, particularly when there are no obvious risks, although it is in fact an essential requirement for protecting your head from a number of unforeseen risks. In this article we will look at the importance of wearing hard hats in hazardous environments, and why this issue in particular is of such concern to employers.

Ask most people why they wear a hard hat in the workplace and there answer would generally be along the lines of ‘because I’m told to’. Actually, this is a good answer, given that there is a lot to lose for employers allowing their workmen to work without adequate head protection – so much so, it is often drummed into employees as a necessity that they must always wear hard hats. Employers recognise the dangers of working in an environment without hard hats, and they understand that a protected and safe workforce is ultimately more productive. But what about wearing hard hats when it seems as though there is no immediate risk?

Any job that involves manual labour and lifting can ultimately be a hazardous vocation for an employee, and the head can be the most vulnerable body part when it comes to knocks, bumps and dropped weights. The hard hat is the first line of defence against head injuries of all sorts, and in a construction environment it can often be particularly hard to predict where the next threat is going to come from. By ensuring you have a hard hat on at all times, you can help create a safer environment from the unpredictability that often makes this kind of work dangerous.

Hard hats are also useful from a practical point of view for the employer. By ensuring all employees wear hard hats, the employer is not only covering his own back in terms of the potential legal ramifications of health and safety failure but also allowing him to quickly identify staff for co-ordinating the construction process, or in times of emergency when it would be essential to quickly distinguish between on-site staff and other employees.

Hard hats might seem to get in the way at times, but they are truly essential in preventing serious and potentially life threatening head injuries. By ensuring you are equipped with a hard hat at all times, you can protect your head against the dangers that surround you, whilst also helping to add to the overall safety culture which can be of critical importance in dangerous industries like construction.



DARIN

MaryAnn Farnsworth asked:


A hat is one of the most popular forms of head wear, and it is usually worn on the top of your head. There are a variety of characteristics that make a hat different from other types of head wear like baseball caps. A hat has a brim, a high crown, or maybe even both, and usually it is larger than a cap as well. Both men and women place hats on the top of their heads; however, some women may make their hats stay on securely by using hat pins to keep them in place.

Hat Sizes

It is important to understand that hats are made in different sizes if you want to find the correct hat size for you. When you are shopping for hats, you will probably find that inexpensive hats usually are categorized as small, medium, and large, and in some cases extra large. If the hat is more expensive, the hat will have an even stricter fitting. These hats are usually made to fit specific head sizes. The hat sizes for these types of hats are displayed as a number that reflects the distance around the head.

Hat sizes are figured somewhat differently in the United States and in the United Kingdom. If you purchase a hat in the UK, you will want to remember that usually the hats purchased there are actually 1/8 smaller than they are in the United States.

Although some people think they can stretch a hat out that is too small, this is not a great idea. Some hats may be able to be stretched, but you are better off finding a hat the fits your head properly.

Hat Shapes

Hat shapes are very important as well; in fact, the shape is as important as the size of the hat. Heads come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and some have bumps and lumps. A special tool, called a conformateur, can help people to get a hat the fits them perfectly. Some people have hats that are very round, while others have oval shaped heads. You can find hats in a variety of different shapes to accommodate almost any shape of a head.

Different Parts of a Hat

If you want to purchase a hat that is custom made, you will want to be sure that you are familiar with the different parts of a hat. This will allow you to communicate what you want in a more knowledgeable way. First of all you need to understand that the part of the head that covers the top of your head is called the crown. The stiff material that you find at the bottom of the crown around the entire hat is called the brim. The part inside of the hat is called a sweatband, and it touches the top of your head. The hatband is either a string, ribbon, or leather strip that is at the intersection of the brim and crown and it helps to keep the hat the same size.

Maintaining a Hat

Keeping a hat clean and fresh is important, but wear and tear does occur and it is important that you know how to maintain your hat. You need to be sure that you clean and store you hat appropriately. Some hats may be made of materials that will require a different approach than others. While some hats may be washable, there are others that are dry clean only.

If you have a leather hat, you will have to use a special cleaner to clean it. Straw hats can be cleaned with a mild detergent and some water. Soft felt hats may need brushed and wiped with a damp towel. If you want to keep the brim of your hat looking great, you need to store your hat upside down. Also you need to remember that good hats may shrink a bit over time, so you may need to occasionally stretch them.



MICHEAL

Victor Nunn asked:


One of the most common item that we could see a sports fan wear when attending his or her favorite game is a hat. This headgear not only protects the wearer from heat or drizzle, it also shows which team he or she favors the most.

Over the years the hat has not only become fashionable but it also depicts a statement that the wearer would want to convey. Hats are different from caps because of its size and details. While many hats are intended only for men or for women, there are also others that are fashionable for boh sexes like the sports hat or baseball cap. Although baseball caps are usually associated with those who play baseball, it has become far more than that. This type of hat is the most popular style of hat in the US and even in other countries.

A hat is blocked to a certain hat size when it is made although generally, less expensive ones are sized only as small, medium large and extra large. More costly hats are strictly fitted to a person’s head and has a numerical size.

Sports fans now have a variety of choices of hats or baseball caps that feature the logos of their favorite teams not only in baseball but even in hockey.

In websites where you could order hats online, there are various types of hats that would fit ones personality as well as the style and comfort that one wants to get out of hats.

In the field of hockey, there are official locker room hats, which are the actual hats worn by your favorite hockey players after a game. There is the bill detailed hat that would feature the logo or emblem of your favorite hockey team in quality embroidery. This hat has six panels and six eyelets for a more structured fit, adjustable Velcro strap and made with 100 percent cotton.

There is also the classic unstructured logo hats for that more comfortable fit. Still made of 100 percent cotton, it comes with an adjustable buckle strap.

Area code hats depicting the area code of your place are also available. These are fitted with solid body construction, diagonal piping and made with 100 percent wool.

For those who wants to buy hats that fits most sizes, the Shootout Zfit hat is perfect for you. It has flex-fit features and made of 97 percent acrylic and 3 percent spandex.

There is also the adjustable hats with piping on the hat shell for that easy fit and adjustable Velcro straps.

And, if you are really fond of collecting hats, you would do nicely to have a hat bill curver to maintain the curve of your hats. All you need to do is dial the millicurves you want, put your cap in the cap curver and let it sit there for as long as you want because the longer it sits there, the longer the curve will last. If the bill of your cap goes flat, just put it back on the curver to retain back its curve.



ALVIN

dresscloth asked:


The Jewish hat also known as the Jewish cap, Judenhut (German) or Latin pilleus cornutus (”horned skullcap”), was a white or yellow cone-shaped pointed hat worn by Jews in Medieval Europe and some of the Islamic world. Initially worn by choice, its wearing was enforced in Europe after 1215 for adult male Jews to wear while outside a ghetto in order to distinguish Jews from others. Like the phrygian cap it often resembles, the hat may have originated in pre-Islamic Persia similar hat was worn by Babylonian Jews.

In Europe, the Jewish hat is seen in France from the 11th century, and Italy from the 12th, presumably arriving from the Islamic world. Under Jewish law, observant Jews should keep their heads covered almost all the time.[2] Unlike the yellow badge, the Jewish hat is often seen in illustrated Hebrew manuscripts, and was later included by German Jews in their seals and coats of arms, suggesting that at least initially it was regarded by European Jews as “an element of traditional garb, rather than an imposed discrimination”.[3] The hat is also worn in Christian pictures by figures such as Saint Joseph and sometimes Jesus (see below). However, once “made obligatory, the hat, hitherto deliberately different from hats worn by Christians, was viewed by Jews in a negative light”[4] A law in Breslau in 1267 said that since Jews had stopped wearing the pointed hats they used to wear, this would be made compulsory.

The Fourth Council of the Lateran of 1215 ruled that Jews and Muslims must be distinguishable by their dress (Latin “habitus”), the rationale given being: “In some provinces the dress of Jews and Saracens distinguishes them from Christians, but in others a degree of confusion has arisen, so that they cannot be recognised by any distinguishing marks. As a result, in error Christians have sexual *********** with Jewish or Saracen women, and Jews and Saracens have *********** with Christian women. In order that the crime of such an accursed mingling shall not in future have an excuse and an evasion under the pretext of error, we resolve that (Jews and Saracens) of both sexes in all Christian lands shall distinguish themselves publically from other people by their dress. According to the testimony of scripture, such a precept was already made by Moses (Lev.19.19; Deut.22.5.11)”.

More detailed rules were enacted locally by rulers. The council decision was confirmed by the Council of Vienne of 1311-12. In 1267 the hat was made compulsory in Vienna. A doctor was given a temporary dispensation from wearing it in Venice in 1528, at the request of various distinguished patients.[7] Pope Paul IV ordered in 1555 that in the Papal States it must be a yellow, peaked hat, and from 1567 for twenty years it was compulsory in Lithuania, but by this period it is rarely seen in most of Europe.[8] As an outcome of the Jewish Emancipation its use was formally discontinued, although it had been declining long before that, and is not often seen after 1500; the various forms of the yellow badge were far more long-lasting.[9] This was another form of distinguishing mark, not found in Europe before 1215, and later reintroduced by the *****. In some pictures from all parts of the Middle Ages, rabbis or other Jewish leaders wear the Jewish hat when other Jews do not, which may reflect reality.[10]

The shape of the hat is variable. Sometimes, especially in the 13th century, it is a soft Phrygian cap, but rather more common in the early period is a hat with a round circular brim - apparently stiff - curving round to a tapering top that ends in a point.[11] Smaller versions perching on top of the head are also seen. Sometimes a ring of some sort encircles the hat an inch or two over the top of the head. In the 14th century a ball or bobble appears at the top of the hat, and the tapering end becomes more of a stalk with a relatively constant width.[12] The top of the hat becomes flatter, or rounded (as in the Codex Manesse picture).

By the end of the Middle Ages the hat is steadily replaced by a variety of headgear including exotic flared Eastern style hats, turbans and, from the 15th century, wide flat hats and large berets. In pictures of Biblical scenes these sometimes represent attempts to portray the contemporary dress of the (modern) time worn in the Holy Land, but all the same styles are to be seen in some images of contemporary European scenes. Where a distinctive pointed Jewish hat remains it has become much less defined in shape, and baggy. Loose turbans, wide flat hats, and berets, as well as new fur hat styles from the Pale of Settlement, remain associated with Jews up to the 18th century and beyond.

For dhimmis (non-Muslims) to be clearly distinguishable from Muslims in public, Muslim rulers often prohibited dhimmis from wearing certain types of clothing, while forcing them to put on highly distinctive garments, usually of a bright color. The scholars cited the Pact of Umar in which Christians supposedly took an obligation to “always dress in the same way wherever we may be, and??bind the zunar [wide belt] round our waists”. Al-Nawawi required dhimmis to wear a piece of yellow cloth and a belt, as well as a metallic ring, inside public baths.

Regulations on dhimmi clothing varied frequently to please the whims of the ruler. Although the initiation of such regulations is usually attributed to Umar I, historical evidence suggests that it was the Abbasid caliphs who pioneered this practice. In 850 the caliph al-Mutawakkil ordered Christians and Jews to wear both a sash called a zunnah and a distinctive kind of shawl or headscarf called a taylasin (the Christians had already been required to wear the sash). He also required them to wear small bells in public baths. In the 11th century, the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim ordered Christians to put on half-meter wooden crosses and Jews to wear wooden calves around their necks. In the late 12th century, Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf ordered the Jews of the Maghreb to wear dark blue garments with long sleeves and saddle-like caps. His grandson Abdallah al-Adil made a concession after appeals from the Jews, relaxing the required clothing to yellow garments and turbans. In the 16th century, Jews of the Maghreb could only wear sandals made of rushes and black turbans or caps with an extra red piece of cloth.[15]

http://www.himfr.com/buy-black_shirts/”>black shirtsOttoman sultans continued to regulate the clothing of their non-Muslim subjects. In 1577, Murad III issued a firman forbidding Jews and Christians from wearing dresses, turbans, and sandals. In 1580, he changed his mind, restricting the previous prohibition to turbans and requiring dhimmis to wear black shoes; Jews and Christians also had to wear red and black hats, respectively. Observing in 1730 that some Muslims took to the habit of wearing caps similar to those of the Jews, Mahmud I ordered the hanging of the perpetrators. Mustafa III personally helped to enforce his decrees regarding clothes. In 1758, he was walking incognito in Istanbul and ordered the beheading of a Jew and an Armenian seen dressed in forbidden attire. The last Ottoman decree affirming the distinctive clothing for dhimmis was issued in 1837 by Mahmud II. Discriminatory clothing was not enforced in those Ottoman provinces where Christians were the majority, such as Greece and the Balkans.



DWAYNE

Ned D’Agostino asked:


A felt cowboy hat says a lot of the person whose head is snug inside it. No doubt you spent a lot of time getting the exact right hat that suited you perfectly. A lot of time and money and aggravation! That’s quite an investment riding on your head, now, ain’t it? Sure you don’t want to squander it away out of negligence. You take care of it, good, proper care, and the investment will grow richer as the years pass, aging gracefully, acquiring a character of its own. I can see you, ten, twenty years from now, talking about the hat to your grandson, on a chilly night, in the warm glow of a backyard campfire.

Your great looking felt cowboy hat won’t look great if it is all grimy and dirty. Getting the dirt out of a felt cowboy hat is the devil itself. The felt is likely to get damaged in the process, too. As the old saying goes: ‘An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure’. It means that instead of spending time over cleaning the hat up it will be better not to let the hat get soiled in the first place! The most common reason of soilage is the sweat and grime that gets transferred from your hands to the hat when you pick it up, or position it on your head. Moral: Make sure your hands are clean afore touching that felt cowboy hat.

Another thing to bear in mind to prevent the hat from getting all messed up is to handle the hat only by the brim, back and front. Resist the temptation to hold it by the crown. Using the brim to pick up the hat or to position it on your head will help to keep the hat in good shape too. An out-of-shape hat will say the same thing about you.

The hat will perforce get a little dirty from normal wear. But what about when you’re not using it? Do you store the hat away? Do you know the proper way to store a felt cowboy hat? The proper way to store a felt cowboy hat is upside down in its own hat box. This way, your hat will neither get dirty nor out of shape. Lacking a hat box, you may hang the hat on a hat stand, and cover it.

Don’t ever expose the hat to strong heat. That means you have to keep it away from radiators and heating appliances. Don’t leave it out in the car on a hot summer afternoon. Heat will cause the sweat band to shrink. This will pull the hat out of shape. Apart from spoiling the shape, the shrinkage will spoil the hat’s fit. At best, wearing the hat will be very uncomfortable; at worst, you won’t be able to get your head into the hat again!

Getting your felt cowboy hat wet is not going to improve its looks or its shape. Felt does not take kindly to water. It gets all shrunk up, and crumpled, and bedraggled. Felt doesn’t get back into shape very easily. If your felt cowboy hat does get wet, the best thing to do is to let it dry out. This must be done naturally. Do not attempt to use a hair drier on it or a blower to get it to dry faster. There is a trick or two in getting your felt cowboy hat to dry out properly. Rest the hat on the sweat band not the brim. Turn the sweat band inside out, so that it forms a sort of collar on which the hat can rest without putting the weight on the brim. You will have to apply a little finishing touch here and there to work the creases out of the hat.

A good quality felt cowboy hat can take an occasional drizzle. Still, if you value your felt cowboy hat you will use a hat cover. Use the hat cover when you’re wearing the hat outdoors and it looks like rain. Using the hat cover to keep the hat dry will add years to its life.

Your felt cowboy hat has a tendency to lose shape real fast and get dirty just as quickly. If you follow these tips, your hat will remain in prime condition for a great many years. Maybe your felt cowboy hat may turn into a real heirloom, yet!



COLE

Muna wa Wanjiru asked:


You will find that many people love wearing different types of hats. Among these hats will be ones that come in a multitude of colors. One color that you will find is that of red hats. These red colored hats have an interesting role to play in the lives of various people.

There are other reasons why people look forward to wearing red hats. These reason may have to do with the bright color that can be seen anywhere. When you look at these different hats you will find that these red hats can come in styles that are perfect for schools, social events and even to festive functions.

With all of these different uses for red hats you may be wondering at the different designs that you can see these hats coming in. the addition of various decorative touches will also help to make these hats look more attractive.

As you look at the different types of hats that people wear you will notice that some ladies love wearing red hats. While this colored hat has the ability of providing some brightness in your life, there are ladies who love wearing this type of hat to show they still have the ability of having fun and keeping up with all that goes on in life.

The use of red hats in this group of ladies has given them the name of the Red Hat Society. The only requirement that you will find to becoming a member of this society is that you will need to wear a red hat and a purple dress when you are going out.

While you may not have heard of ladies wearing red hats and purple colored clothes when they go out, this is a popular society. The success of this society can be seen by the number of times this group has appeared in various media formats.

Of course you need to understand that red hats aren’t only worn by ladies of the Red Hat Society. The reason why people will choose to get red hats is because of the bright cheery coloring that can be found. Some times you can find your type of red colored hats in shops that sell a wide variety of hats.

Having chosen your preferred hat you should wear this hat just to make sure that the hat looks good on you. While there are many other hats that you can wear red hats are ones that make a splash no matter where you go.



LIONEL

Muna wa Wanjiru asked:


As with many different types of hats you will find that people like to wear a Panama hat. This prince of hats is a hat that is well suited for a number of different countries and that of climates. While you can find Chinese imitations of the Panama hat the finest ones are still available for you to buy.

The different places where you can find the various types of Panama hats will provide you with a hat that looks stylish and yet it can be worn any place. While these hats have has a large following in the beginnings of its legacy today you will find that these hats are more of a fashion statement than a necessity.

The best place for you to find a genuine Panama hat is in the country of Ecuador. Here you will find many different colors and even some variations to the theme of the Panama hat. The main fact that you will need to remember is that this hat is basically a straw hat. However the material that is used to make this hat is the main reason why you will be able to see different versions.

When you are looking at this hat you will find that the Panama hat is known by a few other names. Some of these names are based on the material that is used to create the hats. The names that you can hear this hat being called by is that of a straw hat, a Toquilla hat, the Jipijapa hat and also that of the Montecristi hat.

As you look at the different styles and types of Panama hats you will find that the quality of these hats varies. The best quality hats are known to have a smooth creamy look to them. The weave of these hats is very find. This means that you will barely be able to see the different woven blocks which are the foundations for the Panama hat.

There is a saying that you can tell the quality of a genuine Panama hat by the way the hat behaves after having been drenched by water or even being folded away for storage purposes. Ay any rate you will find that buying and wearing these types of hats is the perfect accessory for any hot climate.

When you are looking for a Panama hat make sure that you buy your hat from a hat producer from the country of Ecuador. The other hats that you can buy are all just pale imitations of the genuine Panama hat.



JERROD

Muna wa Wanjiru asked:


As with many different types of hats you will find that people like to wear a Panama hat. This prince of hats is a hat that is well suited for a number of different countries and that of climates. While you can find Chinese imitations of the Panama hat the finest ones are still available for you to buy.

The different places where you can find the various types of Panama hats will provide you with a hat that looks stylish and yet it can be worn any place. While these hats have has a large following in the beginnings of its legacy today you will find that these hats are more of a fashion statement than a necessity.

The best place for you to find a genuine Panama hat is in the country of Ecuador. Here you will find many different colors and even some variations to the theme of the Panama hat. The main fact that you will need to remember is that this hat is basically a straw hat. However the material that is used to make this hat is the main reason why you will be able to see different versions.

When you are looking at this hat you will find that the Panama hat is known by a few other names. Some of these names are based on the material that is used to create the hats. The names that you can hear this hat being called by is that of a straw hat, a Toquilla hat, the Jipijapa hat and also that of the Montecristi hat.

As you look at the different styles and types of Panama hats you will find that the quality of these hats varies. The best quality hats are known to have a smooth creamy look to them. The weave of these hats is very find. This means that you will barely be able to see the different woven blocks which are the foundations for the Panama hat.

There is a saying that you can tell the quality of a genuine Panama hat by the way the hat behaves after having been drenched by water or even being folded away for storage purposes. Ay any rate you will find that buying and wearing these types of hats is the perfect accessory for any hot climate.

When you are looking for a Panama hat make sure that you buy your hat from a hat producer from the country of Ecuador. The other hats that you can buy are all just pale imitations of the genuine Panama hat.



ANTHONY

Muna wa Wanjiru asked:


While we all recognize the popularity that sports plays in our lives there are very few of us that see how this desire to be a part of our favorite teams has allowed the spawning on many great items of clothing for us to wear. One such item that you will find being sold to fans of football is that of the NFL hats.

To make the task of selecting one of the NFL hats that look good on you, you will have time to look at all of these. While some of the department stores and sporting good stores will have a wide choice you will still need to look through these to find your chosen hat.

These hats are the perfect item to show where allegiance to football lies. They also have the added bonus of being able to shield you from the heat. For this reason when you are at a National Football game you are most likely to see many different logos, colors and style of NFL hats.

As with a great many other sporting apparel you will be able to find the different NFL hats that you want from a variety of sports shops, online sporting goods stores and also from stores that sell sport supplies and clothes.

While most of these stores will have different types and styles of NFL hats the general price that you will be able to see for these hats is that of an affordable one. While the general style for these NFL hats is somewhat similar to that of baseball hats there are differences that can be found.

The usual style of baseball hats does not have any style changes to them. The NFL hats on the other hand can be seen in a number of different sizes and styles. These styles will range from being the usual NFL hats with sun visor to a sideline visor to that of a knitted hat.

Each of these NFL hats will look stylish but at the same time will allow you to proclaim your liking for a certain football team. In addition to seeing NFL hats that have the teams logo printed on them you will find other types of designs. These designs can be ones like a camouflage look, a team’s coach’s hat, foam hats, and others.

The benefit of buying these NFL hats can be seen in the way that these hats that you are buying will last for many games and years to come. As long as there are lovers of football you will be able to find NFL hats to go with this need.



BRYANT

Kevin Sinclair asked:


Without traffic, a website will struggle to fulfill its purpose, whether it is to inform, entertain or to sell. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques are important because a website or blog that is optimized is more likely to be found on Google, MSN or Yahoo. This in turn leads to more traffic. It is in the selection of these techniques that the differences between white and black hats can be seen.

In the old Western movies, the one wearing the white hat was seen as the good guy; the one wearing black was the bad guy (and the one wearing gray was the shifty guy who did whatever benefited him). In the world of SEO, these terms have significantly different meanings - although some people take the moral viewpoint that the white hat is still the ‘good guy’. On the other hand those who follow black hat techniques would say that being black hat is about competing with the search engines while white hat is about competing with your fellow webmasters.

White hat is the term used to describe techniques and methods that fully comply with the Search Engine guidelines (or as some like to say it is ‘doing everything Google tells you to do’). For example, writing original articles for your site would be considered white hat, while the use of software to generate thousands of pages of content automatically would be considered black hat.

Of course, nothing is that simple in reality and there are numerous areas that would be considered gray. For example, using some form of content generation software to modify PLR (private label rights) material to generate pages lies somewhere between these two extremes.

Admittedly, automatically generated black hat sites can generate some serious short-term profits. However, the search engines are getting smarter with their algorithms and when they discover the use of black hat techniques will generally de-index the pages of a site so that it won’t receive any more traffic from that source. In particular, if the software being used for automatic generation leaves telltale signs, known as a footprint, the process of de-indexing can be rapid.

The other main problem is that many of these techniques generate content that the search engine spiders love, but are useless for humans (although it can make for a laugh to try to read some of it).

White hat techniques focus on developing content that is original and useful to both spiders and people. The main drawback with white hat strategies are that it takes longer to reach your desired goal, but the results can be significant when you reach there. The other nice thing is that there is much less chance that you will be de-indexed by the search engines and that your site, and any profits generated, will be around for the long haul.



FERDINAND