Safety Guidelines for Using Heat-Treated Masonry Nails
Heat treated nails can shatter or chip masonry materials and pose eye injuries. Wear safety goggles and heavy clothing. Use center hammer faces and appropriate hammers, start holes with a star drill, and use light tapping to set nails.
Ornamental Vegetable Plants Add Color to Gardens
A horticulture specialist notes many vegetables can serve as ornamental foliage. Peppers like Golden Calwonder or Bell Boy hybrids, yellow pear and yellow plum tomatoes, and cherry Pixie offer color. Flowering cabbage and purple kale raise showy leaves. lettuce borders like Ruby and Red Salad Bowl suit borders. ornamental corn requires careful pollination to avoid cross breeding with sweet corn.
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Robert Herner
Michigan State University
Fumes From Fresh Paint Can Hurt Houseplants
AP News notes plant injury from high concentration indoor paint fumes. Floriculture Professor Seeley of Cornell states some paints can harm chrysanthemum cuttings and roses in greenhouses, with water-based paints less risky for short exposures. He warns against using unknown paints and urges precautions or relocation of plants during painting.
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G Seeley
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell University
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Six Inches of Attic Insulation Urged in Homes
Toledo Ohio AP Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp argues many pre 1960s homes lack energy efficient insulation. Industry experts cite six inches of attic insulation with an R value of 19 as minimum, with three inches on walls and floors. Studies show in severe climates or high cost areas twelve inches or more may be economically justified.
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Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
National Bureau of Standards
Understanding Window Condensation and Shellac Refinishing
Fogged glass signals a cool surface and a compromised airtight seal. To fix condensation, reduce interior moisture, improve ventilation, or use a dehumidifier. For knotty pine walls, sand glossy spots, clean with denatured alcohol, then apply two thin shellac coats diluted with 50 percent alcohol.
Court weighs lifting ban on Nazi phone tape in Houston
The 14th State Appellate Court reviews a request by the American Nazi Party to lift a temporary injunction on taped messages offering a $5,000 reward to a white person who causes fatal harm to a non white while being attacked. The order was issued in December at the request of Marvin Zindler, a Houston television personality who is Jewish.
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Houston
14Th State Appellate Court
American Nazi Party
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