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'Top Design' Season 2 debuts
Reality CheckGuest blogger Karen Shih, a Baltimore Sun summer intern, is covering the second season of Bravo's Top Design. (I heard it's supposed to be a bit more flashy this time around.):I confess that I know absolutely nothing about design, and......Tags: Kelsey Grammer, Fashion Trends, Music Theater, Judges, Metal and Mineral
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A major redesign of an East Setauket kitchen
sylvia.king-cohen@newsday.comPhil and Natalie Nizza say they pride themselves on making quick decisions. So when it came to redoing their East Setauket house, the medical doctors - an infectious disease specialist and an internist, respectively - had precise directions for...Tags: General Electric Company, Illnesses, Diseases, Electrical Appliance, Metal and Mineral
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4 handy products for home
McClatchy-Chicago Tribune NewspapersBy Mary Beth Breckenridge A new self-cleaning drain promises to eliminate the need for plungers, snakes and chemical drain cleaners. The PermaFlow trap replaces a standard P-trap, the U-shaped pipe under a sink. It's designed to increase water...Tags: Industrial Accidents, Metal and Mineral, Home Depot Incorporated
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Solstice model shines brightly
Chicago Tribune reporterA new three-bedroom, 3½-bath model has opened at Solstice on the Park in Hyde Park, designed by architect Jeanne Gang, principal of Studio/Gang/Architects. Located on the corner of 56th Street and Cornell Avenue, across from the Museum of Science and...Tags: Hyde Park, Physical Fitness, Jackson Park, Lake Shore Drive, Sales
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Kori Newkirk at Museum of California Art
Times Art CriticEphemeral, transient, fugitive -- a central theme in Kori Newkirk's Conceptual art resonates through various forms. Thirty-one photographs, beaded curtains, neon lights, murals, collages and video projections made since 1997 constitute his modest...Tags: Andy Warhol, Stevie Wonder, Venus Williams, Metal and Mineral, Arshile Gorky
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Radon and radiation in granite
peggy.brown@newsday.comNot that long ago, Kevin McGovern, owner of Mirage Studios in Valley Stream, specialized in installing faux finishes and decorative plaster. But then an architect he'd worked with suggested that the coming thing just might be concrete countertops for...Tags: Television Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Homes, Metal and Mineral, House and Home
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On this Wilson street, speeding is strictly a judgment call
Q: Does the speed limit still apply in the summer at school zones? I don't see any signs that say 'only during school days' at the zone on Warrior Lane at Wilson Area High School. If the limit does not apply during summer, how fast should we be going?...Tags: Road Transportation, Allentown, Transportation, Metal and Mineral
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Garden Q & A: Ailing pygmy date, robellini and paurotis palms; troublesome Christmas palm roots; powdery mildew
My pygmy date palm is in poor health. The inner leaves are turning brown. I watered it sporadically due to Water restrictions. I bought the plant two years ago and until now it was fine. What is wrong? — Steve De Marco, Hollywood The palm has fatal...Tags: Public Holidays, Plant Diseases, Oakland Park, Diseases, Fort Lauderdale
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Old lumber cause of protruding screws
McClatchy-Chicago Tribune NewspapersBy Alan J. Heavens Q: We bought new construction a couple of years back and are having trouble getting the builder to come to repair things. For example, screws in the drywall keep protruding from the wall, so many that my wife suggested we use them as...Tags: Commodity Markets, Petroleum Industry, Energy, Metal and Mineral, Energy Saving
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Bay Bridge repairs to be complete in two weeks
The Maryland Transportation Authority, which had said repairs on the Bay Bridge could extend well into the fall, is on track to complete work on the eastbound span within two weeks, an official said last night. After an Aug. 10 fatal accident in which...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Metal and Mineral, Stevensville
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Breaking down barriers
While repairs of traffic barriers at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge didn't produce the feared mammoth Labor Day weekend traffic back-ups, the underlying event raises a troubling question: If a tractor-trailer had not smashed through the concrete structures...Tags: Labor Day, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Metal and Mineral, Heavy Engineering
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NYC concrete company accused of polluting waterway
A concrete manufacturer is accused of dumping waste into the heavily polluted Newtown Creek, which separates Brooklyn and Queens. The environmental watchdog group Riverkeeper and New York City Councilman Eric Gioia (JOY'-uh) said Thursday they've...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Greenpoint, Rivers, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Pollution
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