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Build a greenhouse! They are climate-controlled, can be customized to fit whatever size space you have available and can be used year-round to allow you to keep an ample supply of your favorite fresh fruits and veggies at hand. Feeling confident that erecting a greenhouse is more complicated than it sounds, Snippetz decided to research some homemade greenhouse options and compiled it all right here, just for you!

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It is the least expensive type of covering and the easiest to use. Light transmission is limited as is heat retention which limits your growing capabilities, especially for plants outside your climate range.

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There are two very important elements to any greenhouse: the frame and the covering.

The frame must be sturdy enough to hold up the covering and leave enough room inside for the plants to grow. The covering must be transparent enough to allow sunlight in to help the plants grow up solid enough to keep the heat trapped inside.

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Knowing what you plan to do with your greenhouse is also a key element when determining how to build your greenhouse.

Some people want to extend their growing season of plants that can be easily found in their climate during the growing season.

Others wish to grow plants found outside their climate range which can be a bit more difficult. With the right materials, both options are viable.

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Size, location and materials are essential considerations to make when choosing how to build your greenhouse. Knowing that a small stream tends to form directly along one of your fence lines in hard rainstorms makes that area an easy one to eliminate.

Also, taking into consideration weather phenomena like extreme wind or heavy snow is very important when determining what your greenhouse should look like and be made of.

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Plexiglass or another hard, clear plastic is a great choice for anyone wanting to not only grow things within their own climate range but even a range out two outside of it. The problem is that the sheets tend to yellow over time and may need replacing but if the frame is sturdy enough, the project isn’t too difficult or expensive and the results of what you can successfully grow are worth the effort.

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Fiberglass is another alternative covering that provides maximum strength through a lightweight material. It provides decent light and heat penetration and will allow you to grow plants from most climate zones. This material tends to be more costly which might put it out of the typical do-ityourself greenhouse builder’s budget.

Building your own greenhouse may sound like a great idea. Some people can manage that type of construction and labor while others might prefer the option to have someone else do all the building. That’s where a pre-fabricated greenhouse may come into play. Both are viable options and

For the die-hard gardener with a larger budget, tempered glass is by far the

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The covering you choose typically determines what framing material you’ll use. For plastic sheeting, just about any frame from wood to aluminum will work.

For glass, aluminum is a better, sturdier construction material. Wood works best for plexiglass or fiberglass.

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It is definitely heavy and can be more susceptible to breakage, especially during massive hailstorms like the ones that ravaged our area over the past summer. It is more expensive but allows you do grow just about anything you want.

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www.shelterinsurance.com/michaelahlers Homemade Greenhouses... continued from Page 2 each have their own merits. As mentioned above, there is a fair amount of work and planning necessary when you choose to build your own greenhouse. However the cost could be significantly less which makes that option pretty attractive to a lot of people. Here are of the pros and cons to each option to help make your decision based on what will work best for you.

• Pre-fab – this option requires a smaller time commitment from you because what you see in the catalog or in the store is what you’re going to get. You might have to do some construction if you purchase a DIY kit but you’ll still be saving yourself the time to compute the amount of materials necessary plus doing all the cutting and measuring to get it just right. Often pre-fab greenhouses are very sturdy structures although you will need to consider the quality of the product you’re purchasing; you get what you pay for, after all. The end result will likely be a very professional product which appeals to many people and might be a requirement if you live in a covenanted neighborhood that won’t allow for the more rustic, “homemade” look of a greenhouse you slapped together yourself.

• Homemade – this type is a larger time commitment than a pre-fab building but allows you great control over what the structure will look like.

How much space you have, the style you prefer, even the materials you use are entirely up to you. Speaking of materials, the cost difference between

homemade and pre-fab greenhouses often numbers in the hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Purchasing materials individually rather than in a kit or already built allows you to shop around for the best bang for your buck. You can also build your greenhouse to withstand any unusual weather conditions your area might endure rather than trusting a company in California to know what Colorado winters are like.

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And it’s just like it sounds; a structure that essentially leans into that one insulated wall and everything else is built up from that.

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Framing out the structure using that insulated wall allows you to use whatever materials in whatever amount you can afford to build a greenhouse in a smaller, starter size. You can test the waters of an extended growing season without emptying your wallet to build a new structure. The insulated wall helps keep the temperature warm enough to keep plants growing past their prime growing time. If you plan to build this against your house, which is the typical placement of this type of greenhouse, be advised that not all locations will allow for this type of structure. Do you research to know what’s allowed and what’s not and what you’ll need to pull it off.

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bout a month ago, before Christmas, I was conned into some “winter cleaning” by my Mother.

You see, instead of cleaning out the house in spring time, my family usually does its home makeover during the holidays.

It makes sense. We have relatives visiting and we want to give them the best our home can offer during their stay. Anyway, I was given fridge duty. This was especially daunting because it was the second refrigerator. The main refrigerator resides in the kitchen. Cleaning it out would have been a small task. But the second fridge was the real deal. It lived in the land of the laundry room. It was previously used by a former house-mate who had since moved. Since his departure, no one had really paid any attention to this cooling device, or what creatures and crafts called it home. This fridge had problems.

So it began. In my journey, I encountered some terribly expired foods, some hidden earthworms (for fishing), and a lot of sticky business. This refrigerator was packed to the brim, too.

How nice would it have been if there had been some kind of reminder, telling us months ago, when a certain cheese expired? Or warning us about the earthworms? Had such technology existed, we would have slowly cleaned out the fridge over time and avoided the hassle that ensued. I’m sure you can tell where this is going…

The Nick Snips column is no stranger to new technology. It seems once a month or so I find some crazy invention that’s trying to revolutionize its industry. This weeks topic is trying to invent its own industry; and it’s headed by the innovative, ever-growing company that is – Google.

Imagine a home that took care of itself.

That’s what the big wigs at Google are trying to bring to you (well, not you, but really, really rich people). I used the refrigerator as an example because that’s

one of the many products it plans to release; a Smart Fridge that tells you what food you have in there, when it expires, and what temperature it is. But it doesn’t end there.

Google is basing this broad and bold idea off of the company Nest Labs, which it recently purchased for $3.2 billion in cash.

Nest Labs has had little success with its own brand of smart home devices, a thermostat and a personable smoke detector.

In fact, those are its only two devices. So why is Google paying billions for a mediocre company with two products? Because, Google is king, my fellow Americans.

With the technology experts and scientists at Google, not to mention its limitless budget, the company will surely succeed with the soon-to-be-branded Smart Home.

They plan to keep the two products on hand: A thermostat that automatically adjusts for your habits, keeping house temperatures where you want them, when you want them. And a smarter than ever smoke detector that promises it won’t overreact to when you burn toast.

After that, Google is planning entire lighting systems for your home. Over a couple of weeks, it will adjust to your lighting habits. How bright you want your overheads, when they come on at night, and when they go off. It will do it for you, automatically.

It gets bigger from there. You’ll be able to control everything from your phone. What doors are locked, what temperature it is, turning on and off your stove, taping your favorite TV shows, closing blinds, shoveling the driveway, and anything else you can think off. It will all happen from anywhere in the world. It will all happen with just the push of a button on your phone, or automatically, without your attention at all!

Obviously – this brings up some privacy concerns. But most new technology does.

All we can do is move forward with the times and decide what’s important to keep private and what’s not. If the Smart Home is not for you, well, I guess you’ll just have to clean out dirty refrigerators the old fashion way.

Feel free to send Nick an email anytime about his weekly column, or any leads you have for underreported stories he could write about, to NickSnipsMail@ Gmail.com

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LONELINESS: THE CONSTANT HEARTACHE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES

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“Alone: The Saddest Word in the Dictionary,” “We Watched ‘Friends’ But We didn’t Make Any,” and “Extreme Responses to Loneliness” are all titles of forthcoming columns on the subject of Loneliness: The Constant Heartache. Don’t worry, it won’t be all gloom and doom, there will be several columns with helpful information such as the one titled “The Quickest Cure for Loneliness.” I wrote a similar series of columns a half-decade ago, many will be re-written and updated for this series.

Let me ask you a question: Do you suppose people are more or less lonely today than back then? You’ve probably guessed the right answer: we are lonelier today than we were 10 years ago, despite the explosion of social networking. Back in May, 2012 the Atlantic Monthly carried a lengthy and comprehensive discussion of loneliness titled, “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”

I’ll save you the pain of reading the 2,000 word treatise. The answer is, “Yes, it is.”

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Why are we so lonely? How does loneliness impact our health? What are we supposed to do about it? Is there any help? Those are the kinds of questions I will answer over the course of the next 13 weeks or so.

Your participation could be helpful. If you suffer from loneliness, or if you’ve found your way out of loneliness, or if you would just like to tell me about your situation, I would like to hear from you. You can send me an email: Dr.Ross@RonRossToday. com, and tell me your story. Not only that, once this series is complete, I’ll send you a compilation of all the columns as my gift to you. * h t t p : / / w w w. n e w r e p u b l i c . c o m / article/113176/science-loneliness-howisolation-can-kill-you

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• On Jan. 26, 1788, the first of 50,000 convicts banished from England to Australia land in Botany Bay. These were not hardened criminals; only a small minority were transported for violent offenses. Among the first group was a 70-year-old woman who had stolen cheese to eat. • On Jan. 20, 1841, China cedes the island of Hong Kong to the British. In 1898, Britain was granted an additional 99 years of rule. In September 1984, the British and the Chinese signed a formal agreement approving a 1997 turnover of the island. • On Jan. 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics begin at Chamonix in the French Alps.

Spectators were thrilled by the ski jump and bobsled, as well as 12 other events involving a total of six sports. • On Jan. 23, 1957, the Wham-O toy company rolls out the first batch of aerodynamic plastic discs, now known as Frisbees.

The story of the Frisbee began in Bridgeport, Conn., where students from nearby universities would throw empty Frisbie Pie

Company tins to each other, yelling “Frisbie!â€? as they let go. • On Jan. 21, 1976, from London’s Heathrow Airport and Orly Airport outside Paris, the first Concordes with commercial passengers simultaneously take flight to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf and Rio de Janeiro, respectively. The Concordes flew well past the sound barrier at 1,350 mph.

EVERY MEMBER HAS A VOICE. EVEN THE ONES WHO CAN’T YET SPEAK.

• On Jan. 24, 1980, U.S. officials announce that America is ready to sell military equipment (excluding weapons) to communist China as a reaction to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. An additional agreement was signed for the construction of a station in China that would be able to receive information from an American satellite.

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• On Jan. 22, 1998, in a Sacramento, Calif., courtroom, Theodore J. Kaczynski pleads guilty to all federal charges against him, acknowledging his responsibility for a 17-year campaign of package bombings attributed to the “Unabomber.â€? The “Unabomberâ€? was named after the UNABOM Task Force. The name came from the words “university and airline bombing.â€?

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COMPARING HOSPITAL INFECTION RATES

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he Medicare Hospital Compare website now provides information about hospital safety into two areas that are especially important to seniors: prevention of Clostridium difficile infections and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections. It gathered this information through the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

C. diff, as it’s called, can be lifethreatening, as it causes severe diarrhea, which causes dehydration. It can develop after taking a course of antibiotics or being in a hospital. The spores that cause the illness can stay on surfaces -- bed railings, counters, telephones -- for months. According to the Mayo Clinic, more than a half million people get C. diff every year, and it’s very difficult to treat. Seniors age 65 and older are 10 times more susceptible to C. diff.

MRSA isn’t a walk in the park either.

It’s a staph infection that resists the antibiotics usually used to treat it.

The infection can spread all over the body. It’s usually seen in people who have been in hospitals or health-care settings, or who have had invasive procedures.

In other words, both of these illnesses are serious and potentially life-threatening.

If you have your choice of hospitals for a procedure, don’t you want the one that’s more likely to keep you safe from infections?

Go to the Hospital Compare site (www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare) and enter your ZIP code. You can click up to three hospitals to compare. Click Compare Now and then click Readmissions, Complications and Death. Click Healthcare Associated Infections.

Home Care

With over 45 years of healthcare management experience, Amada will provide you with peace of mind in any given situation.

Whether it’s post surgical recovery, disability, or illness, our Personal Care Coordinators and professional sta are here for you around the clock to meet your home care needs.

The information that’s posted now only covers the first three months of 2013, but check back in April 2014 for updates on the next six months.

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Long Term Care Insurance Comprehension Long-Term Care Insurance is a valuable tool to protect your family’s assets. If your loved one has purchased a policy, the next step is to understand and strategize how to best utilize the policy.

Understanding Senior Care Options

The Veterans Aid & Attendance Pension provides wartime veterans and their surviving spouses with tax-free ďŹ nancial aid for senior care needs.

Have you ever wondered what Medicare covers versus what you pay privately?

Understanding the available payment options and obligations for Elder Care Services is critical.

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1 (10 3/4-ounce) can reduced-fat cream of chicken soup 1 1/3 cups fat-free milk 1 full cup diced cooked chicken breast 1 cup frozen peas, thawed

4 Hwy. 105 • Palmer Lake

undrained 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes 1/8 teaspoon black pepper

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1. In a medium saucepan sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, combine chicken soup, milk and chicken. Stir in peas and bacon bits.

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4. RELIGION: In what year was the original Nicene Creed adopted?

5. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase “sine qua non” mean?

6. GEOGRAPHY: In which U.S. state is the Acadia National Park located?

7. THEATER: In what play did “The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” appear?

8. MOVIES: What was the name of the town in the vampire movie “The Lost Boys”?

9. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first president to die in office?

10. LITERATURE: The character of Isabel Archer appears in which Henry James novel?

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By Chris Richcreek

1. Rickey Henderson has recorded the most career major-league leadoff home runs (81), and Alfonso Soriano (54) is second.

Who is third?

2. Seven New York Yankee managers have won at least 500 games. Name four of them.

3. Who was the last quarterback before Atlanta’s Matt Ryan in 2012 to throw five interceptions and no TD passes in a game and have his team still win?

4. In the past 15 seasons entering 201314, how many times was Michigan State’s men’s basketball team in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four?

5. Who was the last player before Phoenix’s Radim Vrbata to end one NHL season and begin the next with hat tricks?

6. When was the last time a Ford driver won NASCAR’s Cup season championship?

7. In 2013, tennis player Gilles Simon tied for the second-most-successful Frenchman in the ATP Tour’s Open era, with 11 titles. Who also is No. 2, and who is No. 1?

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By Mick Harper

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1. Is the book of Delilah in the Old or New

1. Who wrote and released “Suzanne”?

2. Name the musical number released in the same year by Carol Channing, Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.

3. Which New Kids on the Block song was released in two very different versions -- keyboard solo and guitar solo?

4. Who released “No Matter What”?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Baby, is he looking after you? Is he showing you the same love, the warm love, just like we knew?”

Testament or neither?

2. In Acts 8, the Ethiopian eunuch that Philip met was under what queen? Hephzibah, Esther, Azubah, Candace 3. From Psalm 23, what did the psalmist say would follow him, goodness and ... ?

Love, Mercy, Despair, Vanity 4. Who, along with his men, hid in caves to avoid the wrath of Saul? Solomon, Ezekiel, David, Job 5. In John 8, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at ... “? Evil, Him, Priest, Her 6. From Genesis 20, who was king of Gerar? Abimelech, Ahab, Zedekiah, Josiah

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7. “Sweeney Todd” 8. Santa Carla, Calif.

9. William Henry Harrison 10. “The Portrait of a Lady”

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2. Ralph Houk, Miller Huggins, Billy Martin, Joe McCarthy, Casey Stengel, Joe Torre and current Yankees manager Joe Girardi.

3. Bart Starr, with Green Bay in 1967.

4. Six times (1999, 2000, ‘01, ‘05, ‘09, ‘10).

5. Luc Robitaille of the Los Angeles Kings, in 1988.

6. Kurt Busch, in 2004.

7. Guy Forget had 11, while Yannick Noah recorded 23 ATP victories.

FLASH BACK 1. Leonard Cohen. The words originally came to life as a poem Cohen wrote in 1966, “Suzanne Takes You Down.”

2. “Hello, Dolly!” from the musical of the same name. Armstrong received a Grammy for his version in 1965.

3. “Hangin’ Tough,” 1989. Of the two, the guitar solo version is more widely recognized.

4. Badfinger, in 1970.

5. “Things I’d Like to Say,” by New Colony Six in 1968. Between 1966 and 1971, the group saw 10 of their releases hit the Hot 100 list. The group wore Colonial costumes on stage at the same time as Paul Revere and the Raiders, and once showed up at the same audition as the Raiders, all of them wearing the same outfits.

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by Samantha Weaver • It was Polish chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower who made the following sage observation: “Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.”

• In the late 19th century, a single female Bengal tiger, known as the Champawat Tiger, was solely responsible for an estimated 430 deaths in India and Nepal. After evading hunters and the Nepalese Army for years, she was finally killed in 1907 by a hunter named Jim Corbett.

• A leech can consume 10 times its weight in its victims’ blood.

• In 2011, during a tough financial time for the nation of Romania, the government instituted a 16 percent tax on the incomes of self-proclaimed witches, fortunetellers and astrologers. Those so employed were incensed and vowed retribution, some casting spells against the president and those

• Famed magician Harry Houdini was born with the less-than-inspiring name Erich Weiss.

• There is a planet named Gliese 436b orbiting a red dwarf star. It’s about the size of Neptune, and it’s very, very hot -- roughly 820 degrees Fahrenheit. None of this is terribly unusual; what’s truly surprising is the fact that the planet’s surface is made up largely of ice (with an outer layer of hydrogen and helium) despite the heat. It seems that the gravity and atmospheric pressure are so great that water is forced into a solid form, creating so-called hot ice.

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last sentence- let’s say you work predominantly from your home office, and you have another location where you occasionally work. As long as you are not conducting any substantial administrative activities at the non-home location, your home office will qualify.

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Tina use it exclusively and regularly for administrative activities and you have no other fixed location where you conduct substantial administrative activities.

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Yet another issue is the regularity of the home office use. If you use it once a week for a side gig, a reasonable person might not call that regular. This is certainly a grey area.

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f you use part of your home for business, you may be able to deduct expenses for the used space.

Deductible home office expenses include mortgage interest, insurance, utilities, repairs and depreciation, but there are some rules.

To qualify to deduct expenses for business use of your home, you must use part of your home exclusively and regularly as your principal place of business. You do not have to meet the exclusive use test if you either use part of your home for the storage of inventory or product samples, or use part of your home as a daycare facility.

A common scenario is a taxpayer who has a regular office at his or her employer’s location, yet also works 2-3 days per week from home. Since you have an office that you use regularly, your home office will not be deductible.

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ARE YOUR SAVINGS READY TO RETIRE?

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oo many Americans are facing a retirement crisis. As they are approaching their retirement years many pre-retires are finding that, financially, they are woefully underprepared to retire. For whatever reason, they simply have not been able to set aside enough money to replace the income necessary to continue their current lifestyle. If you are finding yourself in a similar situation here are some steps you can take to help move you closer to secure retirement.

Reduce Spending ake a look at where you are spending money now and eliminate all unnecessary expenditures. There are many expenses that you have limited or no control over, but there are many expenses over which you have complete control. Make the time to go through those discretionary expenses and decide what really is important and eliminate the rest.

Increase Savings With the money you were able to save by reducing your spending – invest. Work to increase your savings and investing by 2-3% every year, even more as your wages increase. Remember to, if your employer provides matching contributions in your 401(k) make sure you are taking full advantage of it.

Postpone Retirement By waiting to retire you increase the amount of time you have to save and for your investments to grow. You also have reduced the number of year your investments will need to provide income. There is also

the added benefit of higher Social Security income. After age 66, for every year you delay claiming benefits, your monthly benefit will increase by 8%.

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Insure Your Income

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Running out of money is arguably the greatest risk facing retirees. With the purchase of an annuity, either deferred or immediate, you can insure that you will have an income guaranteed for life. In today’s marketplace many annuities can produce an income greater than that of a certificate of deposit, bonds or dividends. Just remember that annuities are not FDIC insured and that the income generated is guaranteed by the claims paying ability of the issuing insurance company.

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Like postponing retirement, getting a parttime job in retirement reduces the amount of current income your investments need to provide. It also reduces the total amount of savings and investment you will need to secure your retirement. However, a part-time job can have adverse consequences on your Social Security benefits if you start benefits prior to your full retirement age.

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