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Blockbuster OnDemand To Be Incorporated in New Samsung Blu-ray Disc Players
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Taking advantage of built-in internet connectivity on most Blu-ray Disc players, online movie streaming services such as Netflix, You Tube, and Cinema Now are quickly becoming common features. Now, Samsung has announced that it has reached an agreement

Sony DAV-IS100 Bravia Mirco Speaker Home Theater System - Product of the Week
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The trend towards compact home theater-in-a-box systems has just reached its zenith with Sony's DAV-IS100, which is the successor to Sony's first micro speaker system, IS-10. The main feature of this system that stands out are its palm-sized satellite

Sharp To Go 100% LED By 2011
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Although not the first to introduce LED backlit LCD televisions, Sharp has indicated that it may be the first to incorporate LED backlight technology in 100% of its LCD televisions by 2011. Can they pull it off? Check out the report from CNET for more

Faulty Home Appraisals Hurting Economic Recovery
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The NAHB reports that faulty undervalued appraisals are hurting the economic recovery. It seems appraisals are being done using bad comps including foreclosed home sales and out of area appraisals. Actually, 54% of new home builders said that the

Royal Botanic Gardens mango tree bears fruit after 20 years
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For 20 years it has failed to produce a single mango, despite the tender care of some of the best botanists in the world. But now the mango tree at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew has finally borne fruit. The mango tree, which is one of the main

Small spaces? Think big
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After selling real estate in the Bay Area for 13 years, staging homes professionally and working as an interior designer, Ann Maurice learned how to find a home with potential. But, said Maurice, 61, she really received an education in spotting a

Find Storage in Your Child's Room
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I don't know of a single child who doesn't come with lots of baggage. If you have a little one living in your house, you'll have to find places to store all the child's treasures. As you're preparing a room for a newborn or redecorating for a growing

Perennial Garden, Tiered Deck
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Related Topics Story Tools - + Change font size Share This Story Story tools presented by 504 Windermere Ave. (Bloor and Jane streets) Asking price: $659,900 Sold for: $702,000 Taxes: $4,086 (2008) Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Time on the market: six days A

Going beyond the essential kitchen tools
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Half the fun of cooking is in the gadgets. Going beyond the bare essentials - like knives, spatulas or whisks - these tools are must-haves, according to The Chronicle Food & Wine staff. - Chinois: This cone-shaped sieve is made of fine-mesh metal with a

DIY bubble chandelier won't burst the bank
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Chandeliers are the design equivalent of sweeping dust under the rug: Even in a lackluster room, a dramatic light fixture will center the space and distract the eye. But if the classic chandelier, with its layer cake of crystals, feels too fussy for you,

Stylemaker Spotlight: Audrey Brandt
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When designing a space, Audrey Brandt takes her cue from her clients' lifestyle. 'I've never been pinned down to a signature look,' she said. Rather, she favors 'creating environments that reflect their owner.' In her Pacific Heights home, she practices

Fragrant flowers can perfume garden in spine-tingling scents
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Fragrant flowers are much-loved in summer gardens, though many need close nose contact especially if the nose is elderly. But there are other plants with flower perfumes that wash the whole garden for many weeks in a spine-tingling scent bath. Â Â Â

Salter retro scale
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I've got my eye on Salter's Retro Kitchen Scales - partly for their role in saving my baking from my hopeless measuring skills, but mostly because of their sleek stainless steel bods. The trendy kitchen accessory comes in red (my personal favourite),

Grow Your Best Fall Garden: What, When and How
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Here?s expert advice for the fall gardening season. August/September 2009 Filling garden space vacated by spring crops with summer-sown vegetables will keep your garden productive well into fall, and even winter. LYNN KARLIN Right now, before you

Gardens: Grow for it
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We're spoilt for choice. So says Andi Clevely, gardener and author of a new book, Flowers in the Garden (Â£9.99, Frances Lincoln). He may have a point. How many of us have gone to a garden centre looking to buy a new plant and ended up baffled by the

RHS judge Andrew Wilson responds to criticisms of the show judging process
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Andrew Wilson, Chief Assessor for Show Gardens for the RHS, responds to Tim Richardson's criticisms of the RHS judging process. Sparks may well have flown in the Daily Telegraph Garden Theatre The article was a multi-directional rant which included the

The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
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On a bright Saturday morning. the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market can knock a person down with sensory overload: Streams of locals and tourists wrestle for the freshest nectarine; the scent of lavender wafts through the crowd; grilled meats sizzle in the

Esa-Pekka Salonen lists Brentwood home at $4.1 million
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The Brentwood home of Esa-Pekka Salonen, former music director of the L.A. Philharmonic, has come on the Multiple Listing Service at $4.1 million. Designed by architect Ted Tanaka, the six-bedroom, 5 1/2 -bathroom house has 4,695 square feet of living

Are koi carp the devil's fish?
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Gardening insider Matthew Appleby's acerbic view of the state of horticulture Matthew Appleby Published: 5:06PM BST 17 Jul 2009 Koi carp are a status symbol but they create problems in garden ponds. Photo: Getty Devil fish At Hampton Court Flower Show on

Heaven's scent
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Thursday morning, up to the allotment at 7am with Allan and Nancy for a 501 stir and spray. The warm sunny days seem to be in the past and menacing grey clouds now pass silently in front of the dim morning sun. Nancy is feeling the cold and makes a nest

Decorating for Boys
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The opinion as to whether it is easier to decorate boys or girls rooms all comes down to one's experience, I guess. Of course, the age of the child is a deciding factor, too. To me, decorating girls' rooms seems to be easier, I guess because girls would

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