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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: Judges, Kelsey Grammer, Metal and Mineral, Music Theater, Fashion Trends
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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: Home Depot Incorporated, Metal and Mineral, Industrial Accidents
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A major redesign of an East Setauket kitchen
Phil 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: Deer Park (Cook, Illinois), Diseases, Metal and Mineral, Electrical Appliance, General Electric Company
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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: Metal and Mineral, Physical Fitness, Metra, Jackson Park, Museum of Science and Industry
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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: Photography, Arshile Gorky, Christopher Knight, Andy Warhol, Metal and Mineral
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Counter proposal
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: Long Island, House and Home, Metal and Mineral, Woodmere, Government
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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: Cooper City, Coral Springs, Tamarac, Diseases, Boynton Beach
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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: Metal and Mineral, Natural Gas, Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Commodity Markets
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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: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Chesapeake Bay, Metal and Mineral, Stevensville, Transportation Accidents
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Bay Bridge repairs proceed faster than expected
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 tonight. Following an Aug. 10 fatal accident in which a...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Chesapeake Bay, Metal and Mineral, Stevensville, Transportation Accidents
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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: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Metal and Mineral, Labor Day, 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: Long Island, Metal and Mineral, Long Island City, Water Pollution, Greenpoint
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