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- Antique Lighting Antiques -> Decorative Arts -> Lamps Whether you are trying to restore an older home and would like to keep it in the period style, or you just appreciate older light fixtures, antique lighting has much to offer. There are many different styles from Victorian, to Art Deco to Modern...
Home Security - Don't Make Yourself a Target In 2004, the Justice Bureau released the statistics that nearly one in six homes were burgled, that 75% of all crime was related to property and that in 90% of the burglaries the burglar gained access into the home. Every 3 seconds a property crime occurs, and every 15 seconds...
How To Pick the Best Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb There's something about compact fluorescent (or CFL) bulbs and the light they put out. The light looks different from what we're used to with energy-wasting incandescent bulbs. Why is that? And is there a CFL that comes close to the light quality of incandescents? There are two ways to...
Home is Where the Money Is I would like to introduce to you today the foremost of money saving tips: staying home. I am not talking about staying in instead of going to a movie on a Friday night, but something much more fundamental and often overlooked. Allowing this philosophy and the following ideas a permanent...- Why Are All The (beep'n) Lights On In Here? I am sitting in the a library in the town I used to live in as I await my wife to finish her day at work. Because we only have one car, and I had a doctor's appointment today (which got canceled when I got there - very frustrating), I...
Berkey Light-The GO Anywhere GLOW Anywhere Water Purifier [caption id="attachment_704" align="aligncenter" width="223" caption="So powerful, this system is able to remove red food coloring from water without removing the beneficial minerals your body needs. Virtually no other system can duplicate this performance. "][/caption] Constructed of a shatter resistant, high impact strength non BPA copolyester; the system comes complete with...- Using a UV sterilizer in a reef tank What is the sterilizer? It is a container, usually in a near tube shape, in which an ultraviolet (UV) fluorescent lamp is contained. The lamp emits light at around 254 nm. The lamp is constructed of quartz glass to prevent the UV being absorbed as it would be if ordinary glass were used. The lamp is in a container of its own to shield it from the water, and then there is an outer container. The space between the containers is very small allowing full penetration of UV light. The water is passed between the outer and inner containers by a pump or power head.
Project - Multi-Use Solar Powered Outdoor Lanterns For $16. Since we are moving into an actual house in a month, we are very excited to have some outdoor space to call our own and to relax in. In our apartment building, we are not even allowed to put a plant on our stoop, never mind a chair or one...- Book Review: The Encyclopedia of the Violin The Encyclopedia of the Violin was first published in 1925 as a comprehensive reference of the history and evolution of the violin. It is still the number one source for all types of violin information, even after all these years. The book is written by Swiss-born Alberto Bachmann, himself a...
- Tools to Have on Hand The best way to save money around the home is to tackle the home repair items yourself. Large jobs may be better suited for professionals, but there are plenty of tasks that can be tackled. The best way to be prepared is to have a well equipped tool chest. However,...
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How To Pick the Best Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb There's something about compact fluorescent (or CFL) bulbs and the light they put out. The light looks different from what we're used to with energy-wasting incandescent bulbs. Why is that? And is there a CFL that comes close to the light quality of incandescents? There are two ways to...
Seven Steps To A Successful Professional Home Energy Audit With President Obama announcing thousands of dollars in tax credits for families to increase energy efficiency in their homes, there has never been a better time to perform a home energy audit. Conducting an audit could result you in energy savings equaling hundreds or even thousands of dollars over the...
Save Money And Energy With Energy Efficient Window Choices Our homes use a lot of energy, mostly from nonrenewable resources, when it comes to heating and cooling. Home heat and air conditioning are some of the biggest contributors to carbon emissions responsible for global warming and climate change. As we fight carbon emissions, it's imperative that we do everything...
Rise of the LED Light Bulb While an LED light bulb such as the Evolux incandescent replacement is initially expensive, it is far less so than using incandescent bulbs over the medium to long term. They even beat CFL bulbs. This article shows you the math.- Clownfish For Anemones I recently did a short text on anemones. One of the reasons anemones are wanted by the aquarist is their relationship with an anemone. This relationship is remarkable and it is understandable why an aquarist would wish to duplicate this in an aquarium. For the relationship to work it is...
- Can Natural Aquarium Lighting Work? The wild coral reefs sit under the sun and do well. Everything is correct - spectrum, intensity, photoperiod and the dawn/dusk sequence. Could the aquarist make use of Nature’s original? For aquariums that contain corals the importance of aquarium lighting runs a close second to seawater quality, so it would...
- Twenty great home uses for baking soda Baking soda is gentle, non-toxic and environmentally friendly. Its green cleaning, scrubbing, and deodorizing properties make it an extremely versatile thing to have around the house. Here are 20 great uses for baking soda you can try at home: 1) Put a bowl of baking soda in the fridge to...
- Brain Corals Brain corals are often available in local fish shops and are common in home reef aquariums. Other common names, though not as popular as the title, that they are known by are pineapple coral, star coral and moon coral. The proper overall name is Favia. It is not endangered in...
- The Basic Kit For A Marine Aquarium Part Two - Reef Part one dealt with a fish only aquarium and much of what is said in that text also applies to a reef system. The text therefore repeats itself in several places. However, the reef aquarium has demands that are additional to the requirements of a fish only aquarium. This is...
Two Elderly Patients Attacked by Mice in Nursing Home Two elderly nursing home patients have been attacked by mice. This is deplorable and it's what happens when beaucrats control how our elderly live
- Federal Tax Credits For Energy Efficiency Upgrades End December 31. If you have been putting off doing some upgrades to improve the energy efficiency of your home, you better act fast. A credit that was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is set to expire on December 31. The tax credit allows for 10% of the cost of...
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Black Mountain of Maine Resort, Rumford, ME Black Mountain of Maine Resort is located in Rumford, ME US Phone - (207) 364 8977 Website - http://www.skiblackmountain.org/ About the Resort - The Black Mountain of Maine Ski Resort offers a 1150 foot vertical drop, and is lit top to bottom in order to accommodate skiing throughout the day...- Book Review: The Encyclopedia of the Violin The Encyclopedia of the Violin was first published in 1925 as a comprehensive reference of the history and evolution of the violin. It is still the number one source for all types of violin information, even after all these years. The book is written by Swiss-born Alberto Bachmann, himself a...
The Tweet to Beat: Paying $3 Per Twitter Follower If you are a current DSU reader, or visiting for the first time and you have landed on this page - then you are meant to do something about supporting this worthwhile exercise - to generate help for thousands of students in high-need public schools. Below is an extract from...- Amazon.com - More For Less? It's always nice to be able to find something on sale, and it helps the budget quite a bit to be able to cut back on expected expenses. I’ve talked about this in a previous post but Amazon.com is an awesome way to keep your entertainment expenses down (especially in...
- What is Your Financial Story? Everyone has a financial story. I'm not talking about your top 3 purchases, your credit score, your debt load---though all those are part of your story. This story begins when you're born, it's the story that has shaped how you look at everything money.
The Truth About Dividends When most of us hear the word dividends, we think about the easy life, of lying around on the beach while earning an insane amount of money. The cold hard truth is a lot less pretty. Dividends can pay, but unless you've got a lot of money invested, your returns...- Do One Thing: Turn Off Those Gaming Consoles When You Are Done. This week's Do One Thing comes from my friend Courtney over at the NRDC, and it is about gaming consoles like the Xbox 360 and the Sony Playstation 3 and how much energy they waste. Did you know that even when idle, gaming consoles cost consumers more than $1 billion...
Review: Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James Desperate Duchesses is not one of Eloisa James’ best. I could barely focus in the beginning on all the name dropping and afterwards I was more inclined to think poorly despite all the book’s promising potential. The writing style was overly choppy and scenes jumped very helter-skelter throughout making...
