Everyone wants more living area in their home, but most people forget about using the basement. This often unused part of the house can be made quite useful with a little bit of creative basement decorating. Here are some basement ideas for you, and, remember it doesn’t have to be hard...
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Archive for September, 2008
A Short List Of Basement Decorating Ideas
Part 1: The Local Grocery Store
Editor's Note: A few of us in the Center for Rural Affairs office are having an ongoing conversation about what pieces of critical infrastructure are necessary to keep a rural community vibrant and viable. While by no means a complete list, some of what we came up with include a school, a grocery store,...
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Yachting: A Sport For The Leisured
Boating is perhaps the most romantic of all sports, with its aura of long days on deck, of old sea salts talk, of rope-related knowhow and words like "keelhaul" and "stern," its echoes of Melville and Popeye and of Robert Shaws character in the movie Jaws. "Ill get the shark fer yeh, Chiefie"But competitive...
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September Newsletter: Broadband, Organics, Farm Bill and more
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Camping: A Necessity And A Luxury
Camping - its a brute necessity, and one of the most refined and civilized of pleasures. Our remote ancestors would never have survived and evolved without the ability to build strong and protective shelters in the wild - the wiliness and courage to gather or track down their food - and, perhaps most of...
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Hunting And Survival: Some Tips For Beginners
Hunting is as old as humanity - older, in fact - and as new as the latest high-tech gear theyre selling at your local sporting goods store. Fossil evidence indicates that early humans were hunting with spears as long as 16,200 years ago, and scientists estimate that weve been eating meat much longer than...
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Camping: A Necessity And A Luxury
Camping - its a brute necessity, and one of the most refined and civilized of pleasures. Our remote ancestors would never have survived and evolved without the ability to build strong and protective shelters in the wild - the wiliness and courage to gather or track down their food - and, perhaps most of...
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An Ingenious Way To Filter Your Water
If youre looking for a really unique way to filter small amount of water in a quick amount of time 16 oz in 48 second and 1 quart in 90 seconds, then the SteriPEN is definitely for you This product allows water to be sterilized by UV rays that are produced from batteries with...
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Growing Roses–5 Secrets to Growing Show-Quality Blooms
My interest in growing roses is always re-charged when I get to visit my local rose show, andwhenever I attend one of these annual events I like to take another rose enthusiast with me. Our afternoon at the show always seems to produce the same sort of questions regarding the growing of show...
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The Truth About Granular Weed And Feed for Lawns
In the lawn and landscaping industry there are opinions on issues that run deep. If you browse the internet for just a few minutes, youll find extremes all over the board when it comes to lawns and their care.But there is one issue that most lawn pros and environmentalists agree on, and that is...
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