Putting Water Damage Prevention To Action
Mother Nature gave molds a key role to play in the decomposition of leaves, wood and other plant debris. Without mold, we wouldn’t have some types of good food and useful medicines such as cheese and penicillin. Water damage can cause molds, molds that are found everywhere. These are microscopic [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 19:00:02
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SC Johnson Pledge
Pledge has been the dusting product of choice from as far back as I can remember! ... Beauty is ideal for quickly cleaning your wood furniture and wood surfaces. Its Anti-Dust™ formula ... like pet dander found in dust from your wood furniture in a flash. Plus, it protects against water damage [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 01:59:05
4 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Buying Santa Cruz Real Estate
Buying a new home is a big decision. Your home is your greatest financial asset ... with homes. What appears to be beautiful stucco can disguise a rotting wood frame. A fresh coat of paint can cover mold and water damage behind a wall. This is why you should always have a home inspected [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 00:02:20
Get The Scoop On Armstrong Flooring
by Tariq Khan As one of the most well known producers of flooring in the business, ... and other issues as readily as a wood floor might. Tile is both cheap and resists water damage [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:02:11
The Advantages Of Using Bamboo Wood Flooring
by Tariq Khan Bamboo flooring provides an excellent alternative to traditional hardwood flooring ... not suffer from water damage like hardwood, they do need some time to adjust to the new environment ... and can be harvested repeatedly without permanent damage. In fact, the bamboo plant is considered a grass [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 00:23:39
Ralph Nader: Letter to George Bush on Gaza crisis
Posted at Nader.org Dear George W. Bush— Cong. Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama’s declaration that “there is only one president at a ... warplanes and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police stations, homes, hospitals, pharmacies ... of critical medicines, equipment such as dialysis machines, fuel, food, water, spare parts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 14:16:40
Nader’s Letter to Bush on the Subject of Gaza
from Global Research Dear George W. Bush, Congressman Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama’s declaration that “there is only one president at ... warplanes and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police stations, homes, hospitals, pharmacies ... of critical medicines, equipment such as dialysis machines, fuel, food, water, spare parts and [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 21:16:23
Thinking of Buying a Greenhouse?
A farmer who has worked the land and still faces the same problems will eventually get tired. That person has to then make a choice ... to worry about pests. This can be made of glass, metal, wood or plastic. The farmer just has to decide ... effective when using greenhouses is hydroponics farming. This is done by using water instead of soil [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 16:03:23
Letter to President George W. Bush on the Gaza Crisis
Dear George W. Bush, Congressman Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama’s declaration that “there is only one president at a time” ... and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police stations, homes, hospitals, pharmacies ... of critical medicines, equipment such as dialysis machines, fuel, food, water, spare parts and electricity [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 04:27:19
Ralph Nader - Letter to Bush on Gaza Crisis
Dear George W. Bush— Cong. Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama's declaration that "there is only one president at a time" ... and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police stations, homes, hospitals, pharmacies ... of critical medicines, equipment such as dialysis machines, fuel, food, water, spare parts and electricity [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 20:19:47
Letter to Bush on Gaza Crisis
By RALPH NADERDear George W. Bush, Cong. Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama's declaration that "there is only one president at a time" ... and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police stations, homes, hospitals, pharmacies, mosques ... medicines, equipment such as dialysis machines, fuel, food, water, spare parts and electricity at [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 04:16:00
Ralph Nader letter to George Bush on Gaza crisis
Dear George W. Bush—Cong. Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama's declaration that "there is only one president at a time" ... and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police stations, homes, hospitals, pharmacies, mosques ... medicines, equipment such as dialysis machines, fuel, food, water, spare parts and electricity at varying [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:30:00
Moment of Sven (Volume I)
You met Sven a few days ago. He's here today to really get the ball going on your weekly Moment of Sven. Take it away Sven . . . Hello, fellow internetizens! I must say that I am very excited at the prospect of helping people all across the world! It's almost like the time that I got my own television show in Finland. I started out as a grip ( [more...]
Date: 2008-07-24 16:14:00
Letter to President George W. Bush on the Gaza Crisis
by Ralph NaderDear George W. Bush,Congressman Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama's declaration that "there is only one president at a time" ... and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police stations, homes, hospitals, pharmacies, mosques ... medicines, equipment such as dialysis machines, fuel, food, water, spare parts and electricity [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 04:00:00
Holiday Safety Tips
With holiday vacation about to begin today for most public schools, perhaps a day early due to our first major snow storm in New England, ... of your tree to expose the fresh wood. This allows for better water absorption and will help to keep your tree from drying out and becoming a fire hazard.Be sure to keep the stand filled with water [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 12:26:00
Reflections on an early spring...
So, it rained all night. I went out to feed the dogs this morning and there was almost an inch of WATER in their bowls. It's friggin' January!!! ... had to start the wood stove for 2 days. The cabin keeps a nice regular temperature of 20C ... it was installed on Jan. 1. On the down side, my wood is all wet. From RAIN. In January!!!Jack looks [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 04:20:00
Indian Secularism: A status report by Shah Abdul Halim
Technorati Tags: India,Bharat,Indian secularism,Hindu religious bigotry,Muslims پاکستاان لیجر | PAKISTAN LEDGER | پاکستاني کھاتا |Sept. 25th, 08 | Moin Ansari | معین آنصآرّی | State of Indian Secularism Shah Abdul Halim I am a Muslim, I cannot help my tears; I have gone through fifty nine long years, Suffering pangs of hunger, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 03:19:03
Water Damage
water damage is a serious problem for home owners. If you have a water leak or even worse a flood you need to contact a professional company ... buildup after water damage occurs. Many homeowners don’t, either. They think a quick steam cleaning or drying fans will do the trick. That’s not always the case. If a carpet, baseboard [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 06:29:02
The Brass Horde
Historically the Golden Horde represents the armies and territories of the Mongol Empire as they spread across Eastern Europe and Russia pillaging ... , all looks good. But after a week or so their water rations are getting low and their expensive filter systems are useless on the frozen lake. They are able to melt some water over the fire pit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 00:27:00
Be Prepared for the Ice Storm or Blackout or Big Blizzard
In the August 2003 black out, we lived in a condominium. Spring and I made our separate ways back home from work. The first thing I did was fill the bathtub with water to keep a supply at hand ... a power outage, you may be left without heating/air conditioning, lighting, hot water, or even running [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 00:01:00
Letter to Bush on Gaza Crisis
Dear George W. Bush, January 02, 2009 -- Cong. Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama's declaration that " ... visual reports show that Israeli warplanes and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police ... , fuel, food, water, spare parts and electricity at varying intensities for almost two years [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 04:01:14
Turning Trash Into Treasure: How Diverting Waste is the Ultimate Act of Sustainability
Note: My inspiration for posting this is attributable to the many radically creative and excellent ideas in Food Not Lawns: ... ), and hot water solar shower, in order to illustrate how easy and cheap it is to build such items ... s the tradeoff if I were to continue to use conventional hot water heaters for all of my showers [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 22:40:33
Electromagnetic Pulse Risk not Total
The Wall Street Journal and other sources have been discussing the threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse attack on the USA. The counter to these claims are that only 1% of the lights in Hawaii were effected by the Starfish Prime test (1.4 megaton thermonuclear weapon detonated 250 miles above Johnston Island in the Pacific in 1962) [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 20:57:09
Down to Oregon
Here's a weird one. I was packing up my stuff on Thursday evening, readying to travel from Bellingham to Estacada. One of the perils of being into a sport that's not popular back home in Europe is that there's such a massive amount of temptation to stock up on baseball books when I'm here [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 23:30:27
DrumBeat: September 5, 2008
U.S. highway fund crushed by cutback in driving NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- An unprecedented decline in driving will deplete the federal Highway Trust Fund by the end of September prompting the government to ask Congress for an $8 billion emergency infusion Friday. Gasoline sales are crucial to maintaining the nation's highway infrastructure [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 14:22:45
Before and After
My friend Andrea loves this print and asked me if I could do something to brighten it up because it had faded over time ... . Not only was it faded, but it also had water damage and a greenish cast. Because of the size ... correct the damaged areas, I used the Clone and Spot Healing Tools. To enhance the color, I used Hue [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 00:09:00
Woodpecker Series - Part III
The American Three-toed Woodpecker - Picoides dorsalis are widely considered barometers of the health of old-growth conifer forests in North America, due largely to the species’ apparent dependence on mature and old-growth conifer forests. However, because of their low abundance, habitat choice and generally quiet behavior, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 20:52:00
Dec. 31, 2008 ...
A letter to President Bush from Ralph Nader:Dear George W. Bush---Cong ... and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police stations, homes, hospitals, pharmacies, mosques ... medicines, equipment such as dialysis machines, fuel, food, water, spare parts and electricity [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 03:59:00
DrumBeat: September 4, 2008
Gulf Coast Faces Sea Level-Sinkage Double Whammy Hurricane Gustav has been a harsh reminder that it's only the whim of a hurricane track, a few miles this way or that, which can make the difference between a close call and another Katrina-like catastrophe for New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 13:35:06
A Fetid, Devastated Galveston - NYTimes.com
(((Uh-oh -- this situation is starting to sound familiar. All aftermath, all the time.))) ((( ... that it might be a month before water and power were restored to some parts of the island ... water was becoming a health hazard; without the water, people could not flush toilets or properly [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 11:21:52
Adopting trees to save the Silvery Gibbon
Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post 30 Dec 08;Protecting the critically endangered silvery gibbon -- a rare primate endemic to a few scattered forests in ... the damaged corridor with Japan's Kagoshima University, primate researchers from Bogor Agriculture ... have also investigated water catchment areas in the park, with 117 basins impacting [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 04:51:00
Valve Failure Causes Humidity Damage at Georgia Museum of Art
Approximately 25 paintings from the permanent collection at the Georgia Museum of Art appear to have been compromised to varying extents by moisture ... until the damaged objects return to their original level of moisture. Moisture and water cause ... and is apparently the most seriously damaged work."Thanks to quick and effective action by the staff [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:08:00
How to go about painting your deck
by Adam Peters This article informs the reader about transforming the look of an old and ugly deck by painting it ... that you have to inspect your deck carefully and fix problems like loose and damaged boards, twisted ... it totally free of moisture. Priming the wood surface is the next thing that has to be done [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 16:30:18
Gaza: Israel could not win
23 days after Israel launched one of the most barbaric wars in recent history on the besieged refugees of the Gaza Strip, the futility, fruitlessness, and utter savagery of this war is plain to see. One thousand three hundred human beings -albeit of the Palestinian type- were murdered over the past 23 days in Gaza [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 00:52:37
Police shoot mentally ill man at Springlands
The police have launched an investigation into an incident which occurred at about 23:30hours Tuesday at the Springlands Police Station, ... behaving disorderly and later requested a drink of water. While one of the ranks on duty was giving him the water Lucius pushed open the lockups door, pushed away the rank and ran into the Enquiries Office [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 09:11:03
The Scorching of Georgia
The events described in this article took place in late August, 2008. Last month Russia invaded, occupied, and de-facto annexed portions of Georgia. During that time it was difficult, if not impossible, for reporters to see for themselves what was actually happening [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 08:41:40
DrumBeat: November 2, 2008
Saudi Aramco Names Khalid Al-Falih as Chief Executive (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil supplier, named Khalid A ... SANTIAGO (AFP) – Chile's official water authority warned Saturday that the Echaurren glacier near Santiago, which supplies the capital with 70 percent of its water needs, could disappear in the next [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 14:07:31
Ralph Nader: Letter to Bush on Gaza Crisis
by Ralph Nader | CommonDreams, Jan 1, 2009 Dear George W. Bush, Cong ... and warships have destroyed or severely damaged police stations, homes, hospitals, pharmacies ... of critical medicines, equipment such as dialysis machines, fuel, food, water, spare parts and electricity [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 11:20:57
UN Outraged, calls for independent investigation on school massacre by Israel
There’s been little traction in cease fire talks since one of Israel’s tanks fired three shells on the al-Fakhora UN school in Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza, killing 43 people and injuring 100. From the Independent UK: Majed Hamdan, a photographer, said he rushed to the scene shortly after the attacks, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 02:41:52
Water Damage
water damage is a bad and sometimes a real serious problem for home owners ... after water damage occurs. Many homeowners don’t, either. They think a quick steam cleaning or drying fans will do the trick. That’s not always the case. If a carpet, baseboard, or underlayment gets [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 05:57:00
DrumBeat: August 17, 2008
Peak oil is coming, and we're unready Has the world already reached peak oil, a time of permanently high oil prices and shortages that will profoundly change our way of life? The answer, I think, is likely yes, but the proximity of this catastrophe is not the most important question to ask [more...]
Date: 2008-08-17 13:50:02
Recent Rains May Provide Too Much Water for Trees
Recent rains left soils soggy across the state. The muddy puddles are doing more than making a mess ... injury, are more susceptible to wood decay fungal diseases. Excess water now can increase disease ... . The stress the pools of water are placing on trees can cause serious problems down the road.The [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 15:01:00
Gustav Coverage: Help needed in Louisiana's hard-hit indigenous communities
There are reports of extensive devastation from Gustav in indigenous communities across areas of Louisiana hit hardest last week by the storm. United Houma Nation Principal Chief Brenda Dardar Robichaux has been posting reports to her organization's website describing her travels throughout the rural area [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 19:12:33
Further improvement of buildings for more resistance to nuclear bomb effects
This a follow up to prior article about re-inventing civil defense using simple and affordable defenses for residential buildings, such as better nails (hurriquake nails which you can buy from amazon.com.) This is not a plan to make buildings nuclear blast proof, but a lot more blast resistant [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 05:36:46
Playin’ Free in PDX: A Free Music Archive mp3 sampler of Portland, OR (MP3s!)
via Tommy E at the Free Music Archive It's time for another heaping offering of mp3s from WFMU's Free Music Archive! ... Squeaky's Below PDX label, Au, Black Elk, Dragging an Ox Through Water, Explode Into Colors, Glass Candy, Grouper, Here Comes a Big Black Cloud!!, Pulse Emitter, and more after the jump! Ilyas Ahmed [more...]
Date: 2008-08-18 22:25:11
At Frontline of Foreclosure Crisis, Counties Go It Alone
Image by: Matt Mahurin With graffiti-scarred walls, ... properties like the Irongate townhouse — the damage left behind by the subprime mess. Unlike banks ... to buy up and repair foreclosed houses. But since the Hope for Homeowners program launched [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 11:01:40
40 percent of Galveston ride it out, as Ike pounds Texas coast
40 percent of Galveston ride it out, as Ike pounds Texas coast by Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune Friday September 12, 2008, 10:19 PM GALVESTON, TEXAS -- As Hurricane Ike bore down on this barrier island city, emergency officials estimated that 40 percent of its residents stayed behind despite strong warnings to flee [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 03:26:14
A Post-Civilization Story
BLOG A Post-Civilization Story The following story, reproduced by permission, was written by Usul of the Blackfoot, about life after the collapse of our civilization. It is part of a longer exploration that describes our unsustainable civilization, why romantic neo-primitivism is no solution, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 08:47:34
Renovation of the old deck by the simple process of painting
Renovation of the old deck by the simple process of painting By Adam Peters | December 26, ... and damaged boards, twisted fasteners etc. Using galvanized nails and weatherproof screws for the repair ... should be taken to make it totally free of moisture. Priming the wood surface is the next thing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 16:08:26
Gaza: Siege report for the past 20 days
Popular Committee Against Siege PCAS issues a comprehensives report on the latest of siege outcomes which hit all life aspects. The crisis came up strongly as Israel completely closed crossings, banned food stuff, fuel shipments and all products into Gaza Strip [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 20:00:21
