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Roundup: Weathering and Cozying Your Apartment
Because It Will Get Colder
The weather is finally supposed to start cooling down this weekend. And if you live in an older apartment, chances are you don't have central heat or very good insulation, especially around doors and windows. Jump below for a roundup of how to stay cozy in your apartment while cutting down on energy bills:
• 6 Green Tips for Apartment Dwellers: including insulating with Blown Cellulose (paper).
• Make your own draft blocker to keep drafts from blowing in underneath old doors and windows. (You can also make a version of the draft blocker to be a heating pad).
• Make sure your weatherstripping is up to date around your windows. Here's a very thorough How-To on the weather channel site. Find out about caulking gaps between doors and windows on the Lowe's Site.
• If your windows are very, very drafty, like they're single paned and old and don't quite fit in their frames anymore, it's not pretty but consider some sheeting to keep the cold from moving inside.
• Likewise Drawing the drapes can keep a lot of cold out (it also helps to keep heat out in the summer, bonus!) especially if you change to thicker drapes in the winter. Here's a good question about Hanging Wall to Wall Curtains.
• On hard wood floors add some rugs (wool is warmest) and to keep more heat inside to keep your feet from freezing (wear socks too)!
• Get Rich Slowly has some great tips for staying warm in the winter including bundling up and setting your thermostat to the optimum temperature.
• If you have a fireplace, make sure you have a damper and a screen to keep all the heat from escaping up the chimney.
• And if your house just gets cold (we've been known to be frugal enough to refuse to turn the heat on until the 1st of the year) check out a round up of How To Stay Cozy Inside.
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Where are those cozy rugs from?? I must know!
those are west elm cable rugs--- WORST CARPET EVER. I loved how it looked, but after a year of picking up more gigantic balls of lint than I ever should, I sold it. Literally gets all over everything, constantly. More upkeep than its worth. I have been looking for something similar but with moderate shedding. Anyone have any ideas?
Wow, thanks for the advice! It's a good thing there's no west elm in canada!
Similar rugs are available in Pottery Barn, but I am not sure if the shedding is any better:
CB2 has shag rugs that look pretty good too.
CB2 has bath mats that look a lot like those rugs. They felt amazingly soft in the store (and machine washable too) but I ended up deciding that I didn't need to drop $20 on a bath mat.
i've found that using the shrinkwrap weatherproofing plastic over the windows makes a HUGE difference! you can find the kits at lowes or home depot. it's not that expensive and it's easy to put up with the included double-sided tape. you use a blowdryer to shrink it to fit tight. it's like adding another pane of glass.
I have the shag rug from Pottery Barn and found it not to shed as much as I thought it would. I love it and mine hasn't created any lint balls.
hey thanks dM and a la mode for the great tips!
Those cable rugs from west elm are NOT recommended! I had to return mine because it sheds like nobody's business. felt yummy underfoot, but then your foot, sock, etc would be covered with rugfur.
In my bathroom, the louver window doesn't shut all the way and it gets cold in the winter. So, my mom gave me the idea of using a dry cleaning bag from around your clothes. I remove the screen from the window, slide it into the clear plastic bag, trim to size, tape the loose ends down and set the screen back into the latches. The window is 99.5% sealed and since the bag is clear, it still lets light in. Voila!
Now if I could just figure out how to completely seal my wall air conditioner vent!
A big cozy blanket and some coffee or hot chocolate, that's all I need! I'm attempting to knit myself a blanket this year... hopefully I'll get it done before it gets too hot in LA again. :P
How To Reduce Your Energy Bills / Energy Conservation Begins at Home
Imagine leaving a window open all winter long -- the heat loss, cold drafts and wasted energy! If your home has a folding attic stair, a whole house fan or AC Return, a fireplace or a clothes dryer, that may be just what is occurring in your home every day.
These often overlooked sources of heat loss and air leakage can cause heat to pour out and the cold outside air to rush in -- costing you higher heating bills.
Air leaks are the largest source of heating and cooling loss in the home. Air leaks occur through the small cracks around doors, windows, pipes, etc. Most homeowners are well aware of the benefits caulk and weatherstripping provide to minimize heat loss and cold drafts.
But what can you do about the four largest âholesâ in your home -- the folding attic stair, the whole house fan or AC return, the fireplace, and the clothes dryer? Here are some tips and techniques that can easily, quickly and inexpensively seal and insulate these holes.
Attic Stairs
An easy, low-cost solution to this problem is to add an attic stair cover. An attic stair cover provides an air seal, reducing the air leaks. Add the desired amount of insulation over the cover to restore the insulation removed from the ceiling.
Whole House Fans and AC Returns
An easy, low-cost solution to this problem is to add a whole house fan cover. Installed from the attic side, the whole house fan cover is invisible. Cover the fan to reduce heating and air-conditioning loss, remove it when use of the fan is desired.
A recent study showed that for many consumers, their heating bills may be more than $500 higher per winter due to the air leakage and wasted energy caused by fireplaces.
An easy, low-cost solution to this problem is to add a fireplace draftstopper. Available from Battic Door, a company known for their energy conservation products, a fireplace draftstopper is an inflatable pillow that seals the damper, eliminating any air leaks. The pillow is removed whenever the fireplace is used, then reinserted after.
Clothes Dryer Exhaust Ducts
An easy, low-cost solution to this problem is to add a dryer vent seal. This will reduce unwanted air infiltration, and keep out pests, bees and rodents as well. The vent will remain closed unless the dryer is in use. When the dryer is in use, a floating shuttle rises to allow warm air, lint and moisture to escape.
If your home has a folding attic stair, a whole house fan, an AC return, a fireplace, and/or a clothes dryer, you can easily, quickly and inexpensively seal and insulate these holes.
Mark D. Tyrol is a Professional Engineer specializing in cause and origin of construction defects. He developed several residential energy conservation products including an attic stair cover, an attic access door, and is the U.S. distributor of the fireplace draftstopper. To learn more visit www.batticdoor.com
Does anyone have thoughts about using the plastic to insulate windows while trying to sell the house? Our house heats weird, and while the windows are decent, they're definitely not perfect and the sliding glass door to the patio leaks like no one's business. Short of spending $7,000 to replace it, there's not much we can do. We did the plastic on the windows last year and it made a huge difference. This year, however, our house is on the market. Would it turn you off from buying a house if you saw plastic on the windows?
kls987: I'm not a real estate expert, but plastic on the windows wouldn't put me off too much. Most folks are trying to get heating costs, and this is a cost effective first step, especially if it is done carefully. That said, I would probably leave the prominent windows shrink-wrap free and hide the space heaters before a prospective buyer shows up.
Thanks for the advice and thoughts!


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The X List: Coming Out of Obscurity | Benn and Staal
By Jeff Quirin
NHLHS Associate Editor
Every season several players rise from the depths of obscurity in all its various forms. In this premier series of the X List I take a look at the top 10 players to come out of obscurity and forge their way into (back into in some cases) the NHL limelight. Here are numbers 5 and 6.
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6. Jamie Benn – Forward – Dallas Stars
For most NHL players scoring 22 goals and registering 54 points in just 69 games during a sophomore effort would garner more attention. But when your franchise is mired in financial trouble and you skate behind one of the hottest lines in the conference it's easy to get lost in the mix. So went the 2010-11 season for Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn.
His 2011-12 campaign will not likely go the same.
On the ice the biggest barriers to notoriety have been removed. Benn started last season on the Stars second unit behind their top trio (and arguably the second best in the West) of Loui Eriksson, Brad Richards and James Neal. That line is no more as two thirds have left Dallas. Neal was the first to go in a February trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins which netted defenseman Alex Goligoski. Richards moved on when he signed one of the biggest free agent deals of the summer with the New York Rangers. Taking his team leading 77 points in 72 games with him.
Benn won't be a stranger to the increase in responsibility that comes with first line opportunity. Returning from injury on February 22nd he stepped in to a larger role with Neal no longer his teammate. In the 23 games that followed during the race for playoffs Benn tallied 9 goals and 14 assists while playing more than 21 minutes a game. Proving that his previous success was not just because of the Richards line taking the tougher match-ups and he can be a clutch performer.
Part of being a trusted option for a head coach is excelling in all situations and areas of play. Like Marian Hossa, Benn realizes that he has defensive responsibilities at even strangth. Like Ryan Kesler he is capable of handling important man advantage and penalty kill minutes. While Benn's skill set is not as progressed as those two, nor is his resume as defined, their styles are similar. Big bodies making big plays for their team.
Now that the ownership situation is about to resolve itself, Benn's time to shine on the frozen sheet has arrived.
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5. Jordan Staal – Forward – Pittsburgh Penguins
A 2nd overall selection. A 29 goal rookie season. One of three 2010 Selke finalists. A key figure in back to back Stanley Cup appearances. An important player in a Stanley Cup championship. Such a resume would lead the average puckhead to think that unnamed player would be well known. Certainly Jordan Staal is to some, but far more know of his teammates Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and owner Mario Lemeuix.
The opportunity to edge his way in to more of the Pittsburgh hockey spotlight has never been stronger.
Staal's prowess as one of the top checking centers in the league is common knowledge. The silky smooth skater lead the best third line in hockey with Matt Cooke and Tyler Kennedy on his wing for quite some time. Tackling the toughest defensive assignments for head coach Dan Bylsma. Not only taking care of their own end, but also chipping in more than their fair share of goals.
The Penguins are a club built to be strong down the middle. With question surrounding Crosby's return from post concussion symptoms and how strong Malkin will be coming off a serious knee injury said strength is challenged. Staal will need to take his offensive game to the next level and fulfill his draft pedigree as a top line, do it all centerman.
The supporting cast is present to aid the Thunder Bay native. James Neal, Chris Kunitz, Steve Sullivan are all experienced producers. Kennedy may be a diamond in the rough consistent 20 goal scorer. Pascal Dupuis knows how to do the dirty work freeing up the skilled players. There is the ever present offensive presence from the point lead by Kris Letang and Paul Martin.
This same group, sans Sullivan, were all present for Staal's shortened 2010-11 campaign. In which Crosby and Malkin were both missing for the vast majority of games. From the Winter Classic forward he registered 11 goals and 30 points in 42 games. Roughly a 59 point pace projected out over 82 games. The best pace of his career. All while averaging over 21 minutes on ice a night.
The 2011-12 season appears to be the one where Staal takes his place along with the Ryan Kesler's, Jonathan Toews' and Mike Richards' of the league.
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I wonder...if at the end of this expansion, Deathwing's plan succeeds, despite the efforts of the heroes of Azeroth, and the planet begins to crumble...only for a race back to a newly-upgraded Halls of Origination to gain control of the machinery to reboot Azeroth, choosing that in preference to the Old Gods roaming free around the universe.
And then, instead of the expected annihilation, the world is replaced by the Emerald Dream!
The only problem I can see is that they'd have to re-do the entire world at that point, again, with level 85+ content in the new sections around the Maelstrom. Which means it's certainly unlikely. But it'd still be cool.
Of course how would we get to Outland and Northrend? New Azeroth would have no Dark Portal and Northrend would still be part of the one giant continent. It's a cool idea but it would work better for a Warcraft 4. Redoing 1-60 was a lot of work... redoing 1-85 and 86-90 would be hell (can you say terrible xpac?).
Yeah, it would be too much.
But I would not be surprised at all, were Deathwing to be set up to fail by the Old Gods.
Face it, while the Old Gods aren't sane as mortals or Titans would put it, they are smart. They've seen Azeroth's heroes beat down two of their number, as well as the Lich King. They know that heroes will likely kill anything that they really put their mind to.
Now, take Neltharion, aka Deathwing, the Aspect of Earth, which is the final, uttermost prison for the Old Gods. Maybe, just maybe, Deathwing's death would weaken their prison sufficiently for all the Old Gods to burst forth in their awful glory, not just by sending out a few parts.
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Delightful ground floor apartment in 'Gli Archi', a small villa just outside beautiful historical walls of Lucca. Comfortable, light, airy, scrupulously clean, the apartment is fully equipped: fine eat-in kitchen, modern bathroom+2 king-sized double bedrooms+1 single bed + separate living room with double sofa bed. Private parking + garden with bbq area for outdoor dining.
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FAIRBANKS, AK-Well look who's in first place of the Alaska Baseball League. Your Alaska Goldpanners are on top of the ABL after a three game sweep of the Kenai Peninsula Oilers this weekend.
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The Ospreys must beat Leicester Tigers at Liberty Stadium on Sunday to keep their Heineken Cup quarter-final hopes alive.
Tigers lead Pool Two and victory in Wales will leave the two-time champions in pole position ahead of next weekend's showdown with Toulouse.
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Ospreys have lost just one of their last four Heineken Cup matches against Leicester but four of the seven meetings between the two have gone the Tigers' way.
"This is as big as it comes. It's a massive game and is one that we can't afford any slip-ups in," said Ospreys head coach Steve Tandy.
"We've done well over the last few weeks to put ourselves in contention in the PRO12 and in Europe, but we realise that we'll need to go up another level this weekend in terms of performance if we want to get the result we need to stay in the competition.
"They'll come down here confident after some good results of their own lately and we know that we are going to have to match them physically. They've got the advantage in the pool as it stands but there's everything to play for."
In team news, Ospreys have confirmed that Ashley Beck will be sidelined for both Sunday's match and the final group game against Benetton Treviso because of an ankle ligament injury - as a result Tom Isaacs and Andrew Bishop line up in the centres.
Meanwhile, Tom Youngs, Dan Cole and Geoff Parling are amongst the senior internationals recalled to the Leicester Tigers team.
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Amusement park in Prague (mostly known under the traditional name Lunapark, which is a common name of amusement parks in Czech), is situated in the territory of the Prague Fairground Výstaviště Praha in Prague-Bubeneč, nearby Holešovice. It is one of the few grounds in the Czech Republic that permanently (in spring and autumn season) host amusement attractions like roller coaster, Ferris wheel etc. The fairground is run by the Incheba company, the fair by Kočka company, both owned by Kočka family. Also in Stromovka Park and Prague Fairground you will find a Planetarium, Tipsport Arena, Industrial Palace, Sea World Aquarium and Divadlo Goja Music Hall.
St. Matthew's Fair (Matějská pouť) is usually held from end of February to April and Wenceslas Autumn Fair (Václavská podzimní pouť) from September to October.[1] The Matthew's fair is the most popular and biggest funfair in Czech Republic and host attractions like the Hammer Booster which is 60 meters high and is the highest in Europe and other around 130 attractions. Amusement park is closed from the beginning of November to the end of February.
St. Matthew's Fair (Matějská pouť) has very old tradition, which dates back to 1595, originally as the parish fair of Saint Matthew Church on hills nearby Dejvice (history of the church extends to 10th century). The baroque route started from the Bruska Gate of Prague and the fairs extended also to the lower places of the way. For several decades of early 20th century, the amusement park was stabilized at the Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square) in Prague-Dejvice. However, the development of Dejvice forced this action from this place in 1960s. Past several places in early 1960's (Letná, Modřany, Břevnov) the park become moved to Prague Fairground (Výstaviště Praha) in Bubeneč (nearby Dejvice and Holešovice). Secularization of Czech society caused the religious origins of the fairs to be largely forgotten.
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Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Chase Blackburn still had a cast on his right foot Friday and said it was "highly unlikely" that he'd play Monday night against the New England Patriots. Blackburn has been bothered by pain in the foot for several weeks, and he aggravated the foot at San Francisco.
Blackburn said the issue started with tightness in his Achilles, but now is confined to the bottom of his foot. He said doctors believe he has plantar fasciitis, and hope the time off will help it heal.
"I've been battling with it for a few weeks and I'm just trying to get ready and get right for the remainder of the season," he said. "(Tight end) Ben Hartsock had this very same issue earlier in the season and did this cast, did it for a while, and it helped him a lot."
Rookie A.J. Klein started against the 49ers and played well in Blackburn's place. Dan Connor re-signed with the Panthers this week to help with the depth until Blackburn is healthy.
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Now in its initial phases of development, Mediatory Spaces will be a media-rich, internet-based humanities research laboratory hosted by the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons The New School for Design.
The scholarship that drives Mediatory Spaces opens up a previously under-considered space of inquiry through its theorization of the multifarious configurations of space and media in the global economy. Building on the seminal work of Beatriz Colomina from architectural history and Anna McCarthy from television studies, the research laboratory builds on the disparate strands of academic literature on architecture, urbanism, television, film, art history, public policy and new media on the relationship between space and media. Exemplary topics include the presence of expanded television in urban environments, the dissemination of architectural spaces in screens of various sizes that nurture new modes of habitation and public engagement, and earlier work by artists such as Kit Galloway's and Sherrie Rabinowitz's Hole-in-Space: A Public Communications Sculpture (1980).
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"A citizen suit provision allowing any citizen of the United States to challenge the wrongful certification of any metric will put teeth into it." Trust the courts to decide this?? Like they did Obamacare? Like they did Obama's eligibility to even RUN for President? Every politician swears to uphold the law and the Constitution....yet they don't. Where's the penalty for that? Why can't they be charged by ANY citizen for violating their oaths of office? Wouldn't that be considered PERJURY??????


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You have female friends, meet girls and have some dates, but for some reason you have a really hard time to get a girlfriend? In case you have problems with the above mentioned & you do not have any girls in your life, you will need to sort that out first!
Get A Girlfriend Secret #1 – It's All About The Attraction She Feels For You
Assuming that there are women in your life, but any time you want to take it to the next level they will say something like: "You are really sweet & a great catch, but I do not want to have any serious relationship right now." Then she offers you to be friends.
When girls say something like that to you, it is not very accurate. I would never call it a lie. It is rather a very nice way to tell you that she is not attracted to you, without hurting your feelings. Maybe she even believes at the moment that she does not want to have a serious relationship, but one thing is for certain: if a man would suddenly come along that SHE DOES FEEL ATTRACTED TO, she would throw that "no serious relationship" notion overboard in the blink of an eye. I have seen this happen plenty of times.
Get A Girlfriend Secret #1 – Don't Play The Blame Game
Often then, the guy feels betrayed. I have further noticed many guys that have problems getting girls simply blame it on the girls. They see girls as being "bad" or "messed up", because they seem to get together with guys that do not treat them as all out nicely as they themselves do.
To blame problems with getting a girlfriend on girls is about the worst mistake guys can make. It completely underlines that they do not understand women, what it means to be a mature man and what attracts women to men.
Also, they give away their power: if it's woman's fault, how can they do anything about it? They can not influence women after all, can they? So instead of changing their ways, they get bitter and frustrated. When a man goes down that path, it is very difficult to get him on the right track again.
Get A Girlfriend Secret #3 – Understand Attraction
Instead, it is important to understand if a woman FEELS ATTRACTION for a man, she does not have a choice.
Therefore, if you want to get a girlfriend, you better start fully understanding what makes women attracted to you and then do everything you can to become an "attraction magnet".
Just like a magnet that will pull an opposite poled magnet, when you are turning your attraction up, girls will be pulled to you. And they can do nothing about that!
Attraction is a simple but quite wide ranged topic. Most guys do not naturally get it. That is because, for most parts, it is counterintuitive: many guys think they have to be nice to girls, fulfil their every wish. If I am nice to her, she will like me more, right? Well yes, she will like you more AS A FRIEND, but she will not feel more attraction to as a lover.
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Oh no! I've just had a power outtage. Silly power company. So unreliable. I'll just walk outside and switch to one of the other 18 individually owned and operated power lines outside and switch my service to a new company that's more "reliable".
Seriously? Time to find "more reliable power"? Power outtages happen. Get over it. They can't be prevented 100% of the time, especially in inclement weather. And there aren't 18 different power companies vying for Blizzard's service, either. There's one electric company. One set of power lines.
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Because of the strange trajectory of my life, I have friends in rural places and I have friends in cities. I have friends who are on food stamps and I have friends that are millionaires. I have friends who own their own business and I have friends who can barely keep a job.
I've noticed something fascinating lately among the friends that I keep regular communication with. I can almost always tell their overall financial state by the things they talk about for the future.
If they mostly talk about what they're going to do this weekend, they're usually struggling financially.
If they often talk about what they're going to be doing in ten years, they're usually in good financial shape.
"Rich people plan for three generations. Poor people plan for Saturday night." – Gloria Steinem
Take a moment and read through the comments from your friends on Facebook. Listen to the things they say to you in passing conversation. When they mention the future, how far off is the future that they usually talk about?
I'll see people shouting to the rooftops every single week about how they can't wait for Friday night. Almost always, these people are drowning in debt and have a very uncertain future.
I'll see other people discussing how they'll cover college expenses for their newborn. Almost always, these people aren't going to have much problem paying for that education when the time comes.
I'll see people starting a product sales "business" and they practically demand that I buy from them right now. Almost always, they're trying to squeeze out another dime to make ends meet for this moment alone.
I'll see other people talking about the big dreams they have for starting a business that they can eventually hand over to their kids. Almost always, these people have financial stability in their life.
Naturally, this isn't an absolute thing. It's a spectrum. However, as a general trend, the more I see people talking about longer-term goals for the future, the stronger their financial backbone is.
People talk about the things that are on their minds. Similarly, people make financial choices based on what's on their minds.
If you're focused entirely on the short term in other aspects of your life, then your financial planning will focus on the short term. Money in hand means a more enjoyable weekend.
If you're focused more on the long term, your financial planning will focus more on the long term. Money in hand means less debt or money to take care of future expenses.
I'd far rather find myself in the second boat than the first.
How do you move your thinking more toward long-term thinking? Be active about it. Spend a day asking yourself what you could do right now that would have the best positive impact on your life ten years down the road and try to follow those actions and that logic. Think about what kind of life you want from the future – and go over those thoughts each day when you have downtime, such as during your commute.
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So Ji-sub to dabble in rapping
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After a successful year on the screen with his movie "Company Man" and drama "The Ghost," actor So Ji-sub will try his luck at rapping.
Mnet announced yesterday that the Hallyu actor will feature in its project "Collabo One" as the artist picked for January.
Every month, the Mnet project recruits an entertainer and teams him or her up with a musician in order to create a new sound. The program "Music Triangle" will show So's recording process over the next three weeks. So will release an album later this month which will be produced with the help of local musicians.
The actor has long been a fan of urban beats and last year recorded a duet with Bobby Kim from the hip-hop group Buga Kingz. Kim provided the vocals while So rapped. The song "That Day, a Year Ago" was one of the tracks on So's EP released in March 2012.
Kim, a renowned vocalist in Korea, raved about working with the Hallyu actor, saying, "His rap was rhythmic and unlike any other. Just as he is an exceptional actor, his sense for music is also top notch."
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We get a great many questions regarding filling cracks in all materials, of all shapes and sizes. Fortunately there is a filler for just about every occasion so here is a list of them.
For fine, internal, surface cracks, mostly in plaster, fine surface filler is usually the answer. Fine filler can be applied with a sponge to force it into small cracks and then sanded very lightly with a fine grit sandpaper.
For larger holes use One Strike lightweight filler. One Strike Filler is a great new filler that is made with lightweight polymer bubbles. It fills even deep holes and cracks with just a single application, which avoids levelling off and secondary filling. It doesn't shrink, crack or sag, but gives a smooth finish, without a lot of sanding. It's quick too; within 30 minutes it will be ready to be painted or wallpapered. You can use One Strike Filler for repairs to wood, brick, plaster, stone and rendering.
There are many types of wood filler and most depend on the colour of the wood. They are available in all timber colours or simply just light and dark. The multi purpose wood filler below (In the top tools box) is applied easily with an applicator gun and can be sanded down and stained.
External timber has a special two-part filler which is rock hard in about 30 minutes, can be sanded, screwed, nailed and planed.
For ceiling or other cracks which, up until now, have opened up time and time again, its probably best to use a flexible filler coming in the shape of this decorators caulk. (See Top Tools below) An applicator gun is required to apply this filler which can be used internally or externally. Decorators caulk is like flexible pollyfiller in a tube, can be squeezed into corners and tidied up by wetting your finger and running it over the bead of filler.
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By Christian Jennings - bio | email THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) - 18.6% of Georgia High School students smoke. So today was set aside to discourage that.
It's national Kick Butts Day. Thomas Central and Thomasville High school competed in a friendly anti-tobacco graffiti wall contest.
Thomas County Central won.
Wednesday the health department set up booths at both schools to answer questions and warn kids about the dangers of tobacco.
"Several kids have been coming up here asking questions. A lot of them come up and say, 'I'm going to give this to my mom or to my dad because they need this. So we have a lot of material and they've really been taking it" said Sandra Walker, a Registered Nurse with the Thomas Co. Health Department.
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Valerie Bertinelli's New Body: How She Lost the Weight and Keeps It Off
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Valerie Bertinelli's Workout and Diet Plan
FITNESS: What's your usual workout?
VB: I'm not big on the gym. I would rather be outdoors. You really can get fit without an expensive gym membership or fancy equipment. I have this one-mile loop around my house that I like to do. My first goal was to walk the loop and make it up the hill at the end without stopping two or three times. Then, as I got in better shape, I tried to do it while wearing my weighted walking vest -- it felt so heavy, I couldn't believe I made it up the hill. Now, my goal is to jog the whole loop while wearing the vest.
FITNESS: Do you have a set schedule for when you exercise?
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When series seven of Doctor Who concluded in May, the 11th Doctor confronted a new Time Lord. It turns out now — brace yourself — that the unknown man is actually the Eighth Doctor who drank a potion to regenerate into the War Doctor to battle in the Time War. I KNOW! Can you believe it?! The Eighth freaking Doctor! I mean … OK, what's with the puzzled look and why are you edging away from me? No, I don't need any medication. Just take my word for it, this is huge, which is why fans will queue up this Monday at the special screening of the show's 50th anniversary special, Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor. The theatrical event features a special introduction, a 10-minute behind-the-scenes clip following the special, and appearances by the 10th Doctor and Rose Tyler (just go with it). Watch this rare collision from the longest-running sci-fi series at NorthPark Center 15 (8687 N. Central Expressway), Cinemark 17 (11819 Webb Chapel Road) and Galaxy Theatre (11891 McCree Road). Showtime starts at 7:30 p.m., with another at 10 p.m. Tickets cost $12.50 and $15 for the 3-D version. For more information, visit fathomevents.com.
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MANITOWOC (AP) -- A Manitowoc man is jailed in an unusual hit-and-run crash.
Police say a vehicle driven by a 20-year-old man collided with a pedal tricycle driven by a 56-year-old man about 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Authorities say the tricyclist went partly through the windshield of the vehicle, but the driver did not stop. Instead, police say, the driver headed home, striking another vehicle along the way.
Police say the tricyclist pulled himself into the suspect's vehicle when it stopped at his home, and the suspect tried to lock him inside.
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Caliber's corporate headquarters moves to Texas
Oct. 13, 2011—Caliber Collision Centers on Thursday announced it will relocate the company's corporate headquarters from Irvine, Calif. to Lewisville, Texas.
Caliber's new corporate headquarters will include a 16,000-square-foot office space for more than 60 associates. The move is expected to take place in November, according to the company.
"Our relocation to Texas allows us to consolidate management spread across a number of locations in California and Texas, while taking advantage of Dallas-Fort Worth's central location, business-friendly environment and large, diversified workforce," said Steve Grimshaw, president and CEO of Caliber Collision Centers. "This relocation does not indicate any change to our approach in current or future markets in California, Texas, Arizona or Nevada as we continue our strategic growth plans over the next five years."
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Fourth of July Desserts: Something Red, Something White, and Something BlueTri-Star Strawberry Shortcake with Corn Biscuits One of our favorite bites from last year's Chefs and Champagne, Colleen Grapes's take on this summertime classic proves that deliciousness is in the details. The shortcake is studded with sweet corn kernels, a vanilla–lemongrass infusion helps the strawberries shine, and honeyed whipped cream tops it all off. Fennel-Scented Pavlova OK, so this white
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James Beard and the Art of PicnickingPerhaps we've said it before, but James Beard loved picnics. "Since my earliest recollections of food, I have fancied picnics and eating out of doors more than any other fashion of eating," Beard writes in his memoir, Delights & Prejudices (our blog's namesake), "It is perfectly true that under these circumstances food tastes better. One relishes the fresh air and the escape from crowds, and delights in being simply oneself." Jim goes on to reminisce about a picnic that coincided with an important first. "I can recall my first automobile ride, we drove in a huge touring car…it was an exciting day for all of us, for picnicking in a car was relatively rare, and to drive out of town with a hamper of food was a great adventure. I remember this picnic especially, because it had been suggested at the spur of the moment,
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Eye Candy: Get Your Beef OnAt his mid-spring ode to barbecue, Tim Byres of Dallas's Smoke Restaurant served this Texas beef trio. It included coffee-cured brisket, a smoked paprika hot link, and short ribs, served with Dallas Farmers' Market creamer peas and hominy casserole. Salivate over more photos here.
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Eat this Word: HominyWHAT? Indigenous edible. This venerable grain is in fact dried corn kernels that have been processed with an alkali—traditionally a lye or limewater solution—to remove their tough outer skins. Its consumption dates back to ancient Mesopotamian cultures; in her book Crazy for Corn, Betty Fussell referred to hominy as "the world's oldest chemically processed food." Hominy was a staple of the Native American diet, and vestiges of its past can be found in Mexican soups and stews like menudo and posole. Its most common contemporary American iteration is as grits, the Southern staple in which dry hominy is ground, simmered over slow heat, and served with butter and cream in either savory or sweet variations. WHEN? Marc Dunham's Beard House dinner WHERE?
Reel Food: Wüsthof Butchering DemonstrationDid this morning's grilling Q & A put you in a carnivorous mood? Get a fix from this video of our recent whole-hog butchering demonstration, performed by Joshua Applestone of Fleisher's in Kingston, NY. (Julie Powell fans may recognize the Fleisher's name—it's where she honed her butchering chops in her latest book, Cleaving.) Though Applestone is said to be able to break down whole beasts in 44 seconds or less, he slowed down the pace for this Wüsthof-hosted Beard House event. Check out his mad skills after the jump!
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Unwanted Parenting Advice: How Do You Respond?
Kate Tuttle: In last week's Motherlode blog in the New York Times website, Lisa Belkin printed a letter from Lillian, mom of 3-month-old Alice, who went on a crying jag during a trip to the grocery store. As they were checking out, another mother leaned over, tapped Lillian on the shoulder and told her that "long-term crying" was very bad for her child.
As Lillian recounts it, her first reaction was to wave it off ("I've got it"), and her second was rageful tears. That sounds about right.
Belkin goes on to recount times she has both received and offered unsolicited parenting advice, and the dozens of comments after the piece tell of even more. It seems that every mother out there has been on the receiving end -- and a lot of us, though we admit it somewhat sheepishly, have also been guilty of giving unwanted parenting advice to total strangers. Why on earth do we do this? And is it ever, ever helpful?
What's the best or worst parenting advice you've ever given or received?
The best advice I ever got was when my son was about 2 weeks old. I was exhausted from breastfeeding all night long and home alone and just really wanted a shower. A friend of my mom's called to check on me and I was telling her he would cry if I left him to shower and she said "Did you hear about the baby that died from Crying??" I said no and she said "exactly, go take a shower!!"
Being a mom is hard. No one tells you that, though. They tell you how wonderful & fulfilling & gratifying it is, how it's the greatest thing you'll ever do in your life. It IS all those things…MOST of the time…but it is also the hardest thing you'll ever do. Once your child gets older & you get "better" at it, maybe, well, maybe we start to think we can help younger mothers avoid the mistakes we made by offering them our unsolicited parenting tips. As the mother on the receiving end, it's so frustrating, plus it makes you feel like a bad mom. When I see mothers struggling in public, I smile to myself because I know they feel like everyone is staring at them & judging, and I know all of us moms are thinking, "Been there, done that. Good luck." The very best thing we as moms, and as women, can do is support each other.
My son is about to turn 2 & my mother in law & her bestie yelled at me over letting my son keep using his bottle (tried breaking him of the habit, but failed terribly). It's not like he gets it a lot though, just before nap/bedtime. Also it's the only time & way he will drink milk. Toddlers need at least 16oz of milk a day I don't care how he gets it as long as he gets it! My hubby agreed with me : )
best advice I have ever received is also the best advice I've ever given… "it gets better, I promise". it does not make a parent feel like they aren't doing a good job, it encourages us, gives us hope and is honest.
worst advice I ever received was from a Pediatrician. I was a first-time mom with a VERY colicy baby who had reflux and wanted to eat every 90 minutes. I went to the doctor for advice and he told me "happy babies eat every 3 hours" (he even said it with a smile and it sounded to rehearsed). I burst into tears (and found another Pediatrician). My next pediatrician helped me through the colic and told me to feed him when he's hungry (duh!) and use common sense instead of listening to crazy advice!
The worst advice I ever received was to read "Baby Wise" and use its methods. I read the book and decided, "No, thank you!"
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PDAC 2014: Bob Rae urges better partnerships with First Nations
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Former Ontario Premier Bob Rae is representing the Matawa Tribal Council in their negotiations with the province over the Ring of Fire project. Attendance for his keynote speech on Monday was rather sparse, which is perhaps unsurprising given the setbacks at the project over the last year.
Nonetheless, Mr. Rae gave an animated and passionate talk about the need for better and more sustainable partnerships between industry and First Nations. The alternative, he said, is more lawsuits and other lousy outcomes. "Historically, Canada has not done very well on this issue of partnership and opportunity," he said.
He is trying to negotiate revenue sharing for First Nations around the Ring of Fire. There is no precedent for that in Ontario, but he noted that it has been implemented successfully in British Columbia, Quebec and elsewhere. He called for more innovative partnerships between all stakeholders.
"[Partnership] is not easy, but it's attainable. And it's happening in enormously interesting ways across the country," he said.