Clean, Paint, Maintain as You Go!

THE GUARDIAN read the IPT article in the Saturday edition about Canyon County Jail problems and noted the photos used as visual aids ... , airplanes, tanks, trucks, and equipment are many years old before they are relegated to the scrap ... of a ship live anywhere but on the ship. Even in dry dock and yard overhaul cycles crews must live [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:42:00

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How to Live With Your Favorite 'Fur-Ball'!

Bitter Cold Weather Tipsby Mary Bushnell, St. Louis Pets ExaminerThe weather in the Midwest has been about as unpleasant as it can get. As bad as it is for people, think how it affects the thousands of animals left outside.Temperature and wind chill will kill. Here are a few ideas on winterizing your pet accommodations if you have outside pets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:06:00

Lifestyle - What Does That Bargain Really Cost? What It Takes to Make 10 Everyday Items

An aluminum can costs about a cent. Almost worthless, so it’s easy to toss it in the trash. It's like a magic trick, if you think about it. The thousands of stages in the manufacturing process, the material costs and the human stories, disappear into the air when we only have to spend a cent.   It’s how environmental catastrophes happen [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 20:00:00

Choose The Right Humidifier

Stupid winter. It dries your eyeballs into prunes and makes your skin feel like the lady-suit from The Silence of The Lambs (.. ... and you can end up with drippy condensation windows and mold spores and eventually peely paint ... . Unless you want to. In a pinch, resting bowls of clean water on your radiators or forced air vents [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 21:46:32

Why is "Nationalization" A Dirty Word in America?

One of the most pervasive findings in social science, although it is seldom codified this way, is how suggestible people are. Numerous studies in behavioral economics have found that the same underlying bet elicits very different take-up rates when framed as a wager versus as insurance [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 05:55:15

Another Set Report

Thanks to Suzanne for the heads up. I know there have been alot of filming spoilers recently, ... in a van that had _________ Rainier Carpet Cleaning written on the side, ( Sorry, I can’t remember ... talking to Ben through the vans’ window. Jack was also there. He had on a tank top & jeans [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 02:10:22

The Breville Die Cast 800ESXL - More Than Just Nice

By Valerie T.The Breville 800ESXL espresso maker is a joy to behold. Fortunately, it is not all looks and no brains ... . You'll spend no time cleaning up spills. With its stainless steel exterior, cleanup there is equally ... of espresso. You'll be particularly fond of the steam wand on this model. It's set on a ball [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:44:00

Hell on $5 a Day - Chapter 14

<< First Chapter — < Previous Chapter Chapter 14, huh? If you have read this far, you must like this story or you're trying to win a bet ... you are free to put on your site. Remember the old Faberge Organics commercial: "and then she told two ... on you. Fool me twice and you pay for the dry cleaning. If you give it a glowing recommendation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:00:03

the tensile strength of a man

It is trite and more than a little cliché to talk about resolutions to do one thing or another as the year counter gets incremented. I, for one, do not make such silly resolutions because I have generally forgotten about such things within hours of making them. This year is different. I spent 2008 in what I'll call "career malaise [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:26:00

Restoration Workforce Conference Planned for Oct. 2 in Butte

The idea is that jobs are created by cleaning up the messes left by Montana's extractive industries, but this "restoration economy" -- championed by Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and former Congressman Pat Williams of the think tank Western Progress -- needs a workforce. An Oct. 2 Governor's workshop at Montana Tech in Butte [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 21:35:12

Rustic Bread & Cheese from Maine

My sister has been sending me regional food and drink from her new home town of Blue Hill, Maine ... to be an adobe brick in a paper bag.  it was heavy and firm, but it yielded slightly when squeezed with enough ... and was placed in the refrigerator right away.  The adobe brick required further investigation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:30:01

So Much To Do Around The House….And So Little Time!

When selling a home, an integral part of the process is the prospective buyer's home inspection ... dryer duct and vent Check your septic tank’s level Re-caulk your exterior windows, doors, siding base ... which is to get water away from the  house Inspect your chimney to determine if a professional cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 17:56:04

Low on Gas, Plenty of Patience

Lines are flowing from the pumps, across the parking lot and into the streets at this Atlanta Quick Trip this morning ... -up has become routine for Rick Simmons the past few days. He works for Chimney Solutions, a company ... weather. Rick drives about 150 miles per day making his way across metro-Atlanta cleaning and servicing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 21:15:46

Leave it better than you found it

23 years of being on my own, and I can still hear a key lesson from my parents echoing in my mind and heart…leave it better than you ... it. Let’s say you borrow someone’s truck and you receive it with a quarter tank of gas…Dad would tell me to make sure you return it with a full tank of gas and take it to the car wash as well. Leave [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:19:36

The Weekend

We have been taking it pretty easy around our house most of this week. I can't think of a single thing that we did on Friday. I'm sure we did something, but I don't know what. On Saturday we cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. I did my twice annual cleaning of the bathrooms. I seriously hate cleaning them, so they are pretty [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:03:00

9 Theme Park Attractions Designed By Toddlers

Rattlesnake Fields. In the Rattlesnake Fields, an inticing array of safe, cutting-edge, ... is judged by a team of Moms armed with leather cleaning wipes and burp cloths who are charged ... consists of a jumbo-sized leather ottoman and several large vats of macaroni and cheese, barrels [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:00:59

Creative Rock Stars Reinvent Themselves

This post is part of the Creative Rock Stars series. Photo by exfordy When Bowie sang ‘Who Can I Be Now?’ it wasn’t a hypothetical question. The Chameleon of Rock achieved fame by playing a series of alter egos, including Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and the Thin White Duke [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 13:27:08

Pet Advice - Pet News - Pet Photos

Stop Your Pet From Peeving You OffDr. Debbye Turner Bell - CBS Morning ShowEach new year, we make resolutions to break bad habits, but what about our furry family members?Sometimes their behavior can be destructive and annoying. So what can you do?We all love our dogs and cats and think they are the smartest creatures on earth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:08:00

Head of Mortgages (IT) - London

Research Fellow Parliament and Government Programme –No_Dept– - Hansard Society / Date of entry: 10/01/09 Fatigue The other night while I was wandering about on Wikipedia (a favorite pastime of mine in slow times at work because I can leave it and come back to where I was) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:11:02

Pet News - Pet Advice - Pet Photos

Advice for Pet Ownersby Arden Moore - Washington PostInexpensive Pet CareWhen money is less available, humans aren't the only species that suffer. Financial setbacks often effect the companions we love most -- pets. But animal expert Arden Moore can give advice on how to provide your pet with sufficient care without going into debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:45:00

The near death experience of Rhett; a tutorial on caring for your pet fish.

The time has come yet again. It’s the start of a new semester, dear friends, family, and readers! ... and all my junk back into my apartment. Along with my laptop, clothes, and novels, I brought back my fish ... Halloween, I brought this little guy back the apartment and he made himself quite at home here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:26:50

Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/23/2008

USAAccused September 11 Plotter a No-Show at GuantanamoCAIR Files FEC ComplaintCourt Ordered to Reconsider Asylum CaseFBI Probing Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, AIG — CNNOur World: Your Abortions or Your Lives!Violence Increases in Grand Island Between Somali and Sudanese Refugees Europe and the EUChristian Schools Closing for Islamic FestivalEuro MPs [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 00:50:00

Ultrasonic Eyeglasses Cleaner

Womenfolk often have their little stash hidden away just in case of emergencies, and this stash consists of jewelry and other family jewels ... your eyeglasses spic and span as well with the Ultrasonic Eyeglasses Cleaner. This is the eyeglasses cleaner that uses 42,000 Hz of ultrasonic sound waves to remove dirt and dust particles without manual [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 12:00:49

Camp Horizon Leesburg Fl Jan 2009

January 19, 2009 in Dolly's Notes We arrived at Camp Horizon on Jan 9th. We only had to travel  65 miles to get here ... have been cleaning and doing lots of laundry from a retreat from the week before  . The men ... . God is awesome.I will try to pop some pictures in here if I can.  Also we got 2 parakeets. A green [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:19:31

8 Ideas, Techniques & Tricks for your Web Design Toolkit

As important as information and interface design are, it’s the satisfied feeling of designing something that just plain looks awesome that keeps us going during those times when the creative well is dry, when you’ve stared at a blank canvas for hours, when you’ve saved a hundred attempt.psd’s, and when you’re fed up of design [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 22:59:34

Chapter One

This is the first chapter of my novel "Georgia." You guys are the first people in the entire world to read this - I'm not kidding.  I have to read it aloud at my first writer's group meeting on Tuesday so I thought I'd try it out on you guys first. I posted this the other day - thank you so much to Amy who read it and sent along a sweet comment - [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 13:02:54

RIGHTEOUS AMONG the NATIONS ?

A hospital-Bang! a U.N. Station-Bang! Marked ambulances Bang! Bang! Bang! – Journalists Bang! Bang! Bang! Palestinians-Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ... to be decorated, the brave Israeli Tank Commanders firing shells at stone throwing children will surely ... the Nations” award after they have finished cleaning away the blood of the children massacred by [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:37:00

All The Basics On Humidifiers

By Lillian Wills A humidifier is used to add moisture to homes and businesses that may otherwise lack it ... may cause burns. The other problem is the machine can become very hot so if left on the carpet ... mist humidifiers to consider. The first is an ultrasonic humidifier. This machine creates cool [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:02:04

Heading In + Q & A

A quick update from homebase before we head off to bed for the night... Zac is about 20 miles from Port Elizabeth and has about 15 knots out of the SW. He has hopped off of the current and is heading in to the bay hoping to break some of the opposing wind behind Cape Recife. He is well though very tired after a night with little sleep [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:12:51

On the Horizon: Movies in 2009

Lots of movies out there on the horizon... When I first started these "On the Horizon" posts last year, they were almost exclusively movies that I had seen at MSPIFF (the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival), months before their actual release (American Teen, Encounters at the End of the World, etc.) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:55:04

Another Busy Weekend in the Ville

My trip up to my parents house this weekend was the longest drive I’ve taken in the Beetle so far ... to my parents house a little after 1pm. I hung around the house until it was time for me to pick Dani ... my teaching credentials in addition to my business degree so he said to give him a call once [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:29:15

The 10 Biggest Cleantech Disappointments of 2008

There was a lot to cheer about in the cleantech sector in 2008: record investment levels, a U.S ... with California utility PG&E on what would have been the first commercial wave energy contract ... Gets Dirty: A report from the think tank the Center for American Progress finds coal companies [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 15:51:39

Denver Cereal - Chapter Thirty-Two : Who knew?

Previous Chapters CHAPTER THIRTY -TWO Wednesday, 5:40 PM Washington DC “I’m sorry,” the Undersecretary to the Secretary of State said. He flew out of his office and she gulped. He was twice as handsome as his photo. Tall and fit, his long legs took him across the waiting room [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:01:27

thursday - monday.

so… we made it to the doctor and maddy spent some time waiting, staring at the fish tank in the waiting room while i filled out a little paperwork. (it’s so nice that she can sit up on her own…it’s really freed me up to do things like, uh, paperwork) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:23:03

How To Clean Out A St. Croix Prescott EXL Pellet Stove

I hope you forgive me for typing this post with dirty hands. I just got finished cleaning out the St. Croix Prescott EXL pellet stove. Actually, I gave it more than a regular cleaning, I gave it more like one of those seasonal ... the main point of her comment was to say that cleaning out behind the “ash clean out covers” is very [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 19:17:34

Time to Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet!

Back to school time in my house also means the return of colds and stomach bugs, cuts and scrapes, ... of products that need a replacement as you discard them. 2. Don’t use it? Toss it! Did you try ... minutes after you put them on?  Don’t clutter up your cabinet with products that you aren’t using [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 14:00:41

Yes, we (finally) have pets!

If you asked whether I’d like to have pets at home a month ago, I’d say no thank you ... were happy with the little fish tank in our living room. They’d watch the fishes, and keep asking ... , and I - willingly - look after our four little friends too. Changing its water, cleaning its filters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:27:15

Scuba Checkout Dives for the MARC High School Class

LAMP diving instructor Chuck Meide solicits the "OK" signal from two student divers during their checkout dives in Alexander Springs in Lake County. One of LAMP's main educational programs, and an important part of our First Coast Maritime Archaeology Project, is the MARC High School program-- Maritime Archaeology Research Class [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:22:38

Origin of Rhodes Scholarship, Defending Marconi, Rich Inventors (Apr, 1902)

THE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIPS AT OXFORD. Probably no will made public in years has attracted so much attention as that of the late Cecil Rhodes. It is characteristic of the man that its provisions should be on such a vast scale as to affect the interests of three continents [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 18:23:00

Ultrasonic cleaning for diesel injectors?

I have posted two or three threads about the old problem of warm starting a 1.9 diesel. I've changed the thermostat and the temperature sender, and had two good services, which have largely cured the problem, and very recently bought a new battery. At the moment I use an additive for every tankful [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:19:46

Saving Detroit

My first car was an Oldsmobile, a red 1966 convertible I wish I still owned today ... cost 35 cents. Detroit and the U.S. automakers ruled the world when that car was built, yet ... as our youth? I have some ideas. Whatever the mechanism of their demise, the car companies did [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 02:37:06

A Clutter Free Home

Whether your home is currently on the market - or your thinking of selling your home - or have no plans for selling at all - Living in a Clutter Free Home is wonderful!  Less Mess… equals Less Stress!                                                     supershoppertoo - Flickr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:03:44

Scout Brings Gas-Electric Power To The Water

NEW YORK - Hybrids are finally hitting the water, proving electricity and water do mix ... cleaning products. The 145 Hybrid uses three three deep-cycle batteries that are good for 8 hours ... . The 14 1/2-foot fishing boat is one of several green vessels getting a lot of attention at the New [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 19:55:08

Senseless

.fullpost{display:inline;}Everyday no one is spared by reports about children killed by preventable diseases, natural calamities, traffic accidents, ... , cleaning their surroundings, provide better environment, prevent them from playing in the streets, ensure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:29:00

78 Ways For Your Small Business to Save Money

Written by insidecrm These easy tips will keep your finances secure during the current downturn. With the economy struggling, every business is trying to cut costs to make ends meet. Small businesses, which have fewer resources, especially feel the burn. Not to fear [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 17:42:19

Insert “Constitution-as-Toilet-Paper” Joke Here

Offered without comment: Bush Schedules Last Presidential Dump In The White House ABC NEWS–Press Secretary Dana Perino announced on Wednesday ... from the White House cleaning staff. Two maids, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:29:59

Catching Fish The Wrong Way

If you are having a bad day, just keep this boy in mind (hat tip: Solomonia) ... into his penis while he was cleaning his aquarium at home. Professor Vezhaventhan and Professor Jeyaraman, who treated the boy and later wrote a paper on the case, explained: “While he was cleaning the fish [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 17:32:02

They do not build them anymore

Author Sunday, January 18, 2009 The date is still fresh in my mind, February 25, 2005 ... on its tank, very much like the star on the forehead of a Unicorn, after which it was named ... I did was to go to a petrol pump and fill up the tank to the brim. And it has been ever since [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 04:57:00

Cables, dispatches and memoranda

A brief world news roundup for 20 January 2009. United States & the Americas Treasury Dept - The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated four al Qaida associates under Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:34:14

Obama vs. McCain debate open thread (LIVEBLOGGING - BUMPED TO THE TOP)

Update 27 - 11:54 PM: Here’s the transcript from the debate. Video clips here (make sure to scroll down a bit to see the a full selection of clips from the debate). Update 26 - 11:34 PM: What the hell? Why does CNN now have a panel of mostly mainstream media journalists giving their political opinions on the debate?! [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 22:26:54

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