Spring sales let you beautify home, stay in budget
Karen Brock Studios is joining the sale and will be selling Asian quilts and wall-hangings made from vintage kimonos, wool hats, scarves and blankets made in her studio in Oregon. Details: 10 am-3 pm Fri. and Sat. only. 194 23rd St. Richmond.
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Highland/Fulton: Three Reservoir High School students win awards in Poetry …
Hats off to French NHS Sponsor Beth Demers for her continued hard work with her students. This year's annual Reservoir football yard sale is scheduled for June 16 in the school's parking lot. Spaces rent for $ 15 each with addition space at $ 5.
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Followup: West Seattle's ex-Fire Station 37 sold for 3000
When we checked in with Colliers International vice president Arvin Vander Veen last week regarding the sale of 87-year-old ex-Fire Station 37 in Sunrise Heights, he told us the deal would close this week, and to watch the public records.
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Cable Cleanup
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I’ve cleaned up much of my desktop cable clutter, and solved a lot of swapping by getting a combo 4 port USB and 2 port firewire hub (Port Authority 2 USB2.0/FireWire Combo Hub by Cables To Go).
I was going to get the sexy LaCie Huby, but it’s still on pre-order. Actually the simple and cheaper one is a better fit, and 2 drill holes later, it’s mounted to the side of my desk shelf, and the wires routed behind it.
New Rain Gear
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8 August 2007
There was a lot of rain and nicole had very inadequate rain gear. So we went to a bike shop and she got this snazzy new jeantex jacket. It’s a german brand of bike gear. I really like their stuff.
The matching helmet is also new, as Nicole had lost hers the previous day when we went for a long distance with inadequate sleep – something of a theme for this section of the trip.
step 1
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Winter maintenance is not like summer maintenance. On a balmy summer evenings, I simply roll the car out in the driveway, fire-up a couple of mosquito coils and blissfully wrench on the Miata while chatting with the neighbors on their evening strolls. Just being there is half the fun.
Not so in winter, when the garage is dark, damp and 45 degrees. Most people just pay someone else to do it, but I don’t trust my cars to the sullen parolees at Lube-O-Rama. So I enlist the help of my faithful serf, I mean, daughter, and we go through the six-step 7,500-mile Miata maintenance package:
1. Inspect brakes and tire pressures
2. Rotate tires
3. Remove and replace oil filter
4. Drain used oil
5. Fill with fresh oil; inspect belts and other fluids
6. Misc. and basic cleaning
This takes about two hours, assuming you’re taking lots of breaks and in no hurry.
Required Consumables:
- Oil filter (Mazda OEM, Bosch or Mobil 1 recommended)
- Four quarts of oil (see owner’s manual for weight)
- One 14mm oil drain plug washer (optional)
- Paper towels
- Absorbent shop towels or rags
- Glass cleaner
- Latex or nitral disposable gloves (at least two pair)
- One large Zip-lock bag for recycling of old oil filter
- Glass of wine (optional)
Required Tools:
- Air pressure gauge
- 17 mm socket (for oil drain plug)
- 21 mm socket (for wheel lug nuts)
- Torque wrench
- Air wrench (optional)
- Vacuum cleaner
- Micrometer (optional)
- Oil drain pan/container
- Floor jack
- Four jack stands
- Mechanic’s gloves (recommended)
- Safety glasses (required when using air wrench)
- Closed-toed shoes
Let’s begin:
Put the car on jack stands and remove all four wheels. (The jack stands go under the notches on the rocker panels; use your floor jack under the front cross member and the differential to lift the car.)
Inspect brake pads and rotors: (minimum pad thickness is 1.0 mm)
While you’re down there, check for leaks or other weirdness on the brake lines and struts. Unless there’s obvious leakage, I don’t generally bother to check the differential or transmission oil at a routine engine oil change.
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Volunteers gather for Marion's annual spring town-wide clean up
By Abigail Bartalini | May 14, 2012 Photo by: Abigail Bartalini This year, the organizers were able to purchase safety vests for the children volunteers courtesy of donations from Spirits, Benoit & McArdle PC, American Research & Management, …
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Preppers do their best to be ready for the worst
By the way, in case the thought crosses your marauding mind about breaking into Sarnes' home, he also has "in excess of 17" pistols and rifles in a safe in his house. Plus, right now as he's being interviewed, he's packing a compact .45 in a holster …
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Judiciary Executive Business Meeting Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act Officer …
We have two bills on the agenda, S.2554, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act and S.2276, the Officer Safety Act. Both bills are on the agenda for the first time and there is a request that they be held over. I want to thank the Chairman for …
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National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Equipment Maintenance
Also, the user needs to be competent on its intended use and proper personal protective equipment (PPE) must be worn. The maintenance and operational check of equipment is often considered mundane and is completed in a lackadaisical manner.
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Emerging disease threat to proboscis monkey
We used personal protective equipment (PPE) consisting of Tyvek coveralls, shoe covers, respirators, goggles and gloves. We also followed strict safety procedures for washing hands and equipment after the captures,” he said.
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Mortgage Builder Acquires GCC Servicing Systems
Essential enhancements like pricing and product eligibility (PPE), electronic document management (EDM) and electronic loan delivery functionality are built-in and available on demand, while compliant loan documents are provided at no additional cost.
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Sailor dons emergency safety swimming gear on a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a training exercise
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 29, 2011) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Carlos Melendez, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94), dons emergency safety swimming gear on a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a training exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jesse Monford/Released)
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