Speechless Sunday: Spring Is Near! I used to be a big fan of the winter. I played hockey, loved snow sports, and spent as much time as I could enjoying the great outdoors during the winter. Then I got older. Not a big fan of the cold anymore. I don't really hate it, I just prefer more comfortable
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01/30/2011
Melting The Ice According to the Weather Channel, we have another 8-12 inches due in about 36 hours. So I went to the store today to pick up some more salt. Now, I typically buy rock salt (sodium chloride) because it is the least expensive stuff. This is the same stuff the road crews spread ove
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01/30/2011
Indoor Air Quality: Don't Forget The Dust! Mold gets a lot of press. VOCs sound intriguing. Radon sounds scary. But what about the dust? After all, a 1,500-square-foot home generally produces about 40 pounds of dust a year! Naturally, a bigger home generates more. Other yucky stats: The average p
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01/30/2011
Toys And Lead Poisoning Lead dust and paint chips get a lot of the press when it comes to children and lead poisoning. But there is a growing threat that has nothing to do with pre-1978 homes or old paint on the wall or government lead-based paint warnings. The latest (and growing) threat are toy
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01/30/2011
Getting The Lead Out... Of The House If your house was built before 1978, and you are having a contractor come in and renovate, they must be lead-safe certified. But all this certification is intended to do is protect both the contractor and the occupants from lead dust exposure. So if you are go
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01/30/2011
Many Contractors Still Aren't Lead-Safe Certified In homes containing lead-based paint, certain renovation activities like sanding, cutting, and demolition will create hazardous lead dust, which can be harmful to both adults and children. But lead is particularly damaging to children. To protect
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01/30/2011
Speechless Sunday: Inside The Bellagio I found some exquisite gardens with an Asian theme inside the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. As a history buff, I really enjoy the Terracotta Army, discovered in 1974. I thought the Bellagio's stab at their own Terracotta Army was pretty good representation. T
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01/30/2011
Speechless Sunday: Inside The Bellagio Inside the beautiful Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, I found some wonderful gardens. As a history buff, I really enjoy the Terracotta Army, discovered in 1974. I though the Bellagio's stab at their own Terracotta Army was pretty good.
01/30/2011
A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Las Vegas for a convention. I'd never been there before, but one of my favorite movies, Oceans Eleven, had a great scene near the end of the group standing in front of The Bellagio while the fountains shot water hundreds of feet into the s
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01/30/2011
Why Is Indoor Air Quality So Important? It gets a lot of press, especially with the mold stories picked up in the news... but why are agencies and organizations concerned about the quality of indoor air? According to the EPA, most people spend more than 90% of their time indoors, with 65% of that
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01/23/2011
