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Eat right and make a lifelong differencein the health of both you and your baby!Did you know that small amounts of dark chocolate can be good for you while you’re pregnant? Would you be (happily) surprised to learn that you don’t have to give up your morning cup of coffee? Or disappointed that you should avoidsushi throughout your pregnancy? In What to Eat Before, During, and After Pregnancy, maternal nutrition expert Judith Brown guides you in making smart food selectionsto improve your chances of delivering a healthy baby.Based on the latest scientific research, Dr. Brown provides practical nutritional advice on preparing your body for pregnancy; eating right for healthy fetal development; and making the best choices when taking vitamin, mineral, and herbal supplements.Inside you will find:The latest recommendations for following a balanced diet throughout pregnancy and breast-feedingGuidelines for preventing gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and preterm deliveryNutritional aids for dealing with common problemssuch as nausea, swelling, and heartburn

Judith M. Brown, one of the leading historians of South Asia, provides an original and thought-provoking strategy for conducting and presenting historical research in her latest book, ""Windows into the Past"". Brown looks at how varieties of 'life history' that focus on the lives of institutions and families, as well as individuals, offer a broad and rich means of studying history. Her distinctively creative approach differs from traditional historical biography in that it explores a variety of 'life histories' and shows us how they become invaluable windows into the past. Following her introduction, ""The Practice of History"", Brown opens windows on the history of South Asia. She begins with the life history of an educational institution, Balliol College, Oxford, and tracks the interrelationship between Britain and India through the lives of the British and Indian men who were educated there. She then demonstrates the significance of family life history, showing that by observing patterns of family life over several generations, it is possible to gain insight into the experiences of groups of people who rarely left historical documents about themselves, particularly South Asian women. Finally, Brown uses the life history of two prominent individuals, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, to examine questions about the nature of Indian nationalism and the emergent Indian state.

Reach your diet and nutritional goals with NUTRITION NOW, ENHANCED 8th Edition! Understanding the basic principles of nutrition and its impacts on your health can lead to better choices and more successful diet planning now and throughout your lifetime. Chapters cover nutrition basics such as diet planning, the macronutrients, vitamins and minerals, exercise, pregnancy and lactation, global issues and much more. NUTRITION NOW, ENHANCED, organizes content into easy-to-read, manageable units that help you focus on the concepts while applying what you have learned to your own life.

Get a full understanding of how nutrition impacts healthy people as they grow, develop and function through life stages through Brown's NUTRITION THROUGH THE LIFE CYCLE, Eighth Edition. Packed with insight from leading experts, this reader-friendly text features a vibrant full-color design filled with illustrations that make abstract ideas easy to visualize. Using a unique "layered approach," the book progresses from preconception to the end stages of the life cycle, alternating chapters between normal and clinical nutrition to give you the complete picture. This edition reflects the latest research and dietary guidelines in its comprehensive coverage of nutritional needs, nutrition and health disease outcomes, model programs, healthful diets, nutrients, gene variants, nutrient-gene interactions and more. Case studies give you further insight into clinical applications and care standards in real-world practice.

Reach your diet and nutritional goals with Brown/Williams' NUTRITION NOW, 9th Edition! Understanding the basic principles of nutrition and its impacts on health can lead to informed decisions and greater success reaching health goals now and throughout your lifetime. Chapters cover nutrition topics such as diet planning, nutrition labels, macronutrients, vitamins and minerals, physical activity, pregnancy and lactation, common chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, dietary supplements, global issues and much more. Content is organized into short units designed to be quick and manageable to help you focus on the concepts while applying what you have learned to your own life.

Glamour is an alluring but elusive concept. We most readily associate it with fashion, industrial design, and Hollywood of the Golden Age, and yet it also shaped the language and interests of high modernism. In Glamour in Six Dimensions, Judith Brown looks at the historical and aesthetic roots of glamour in the early decades of the twentieth century, arguing that glamour is the defining aesthetic of modernism. In the clean lines of modernism she finds the ideal conditions for glamour-blankness, polish, impenetrability, and the suspicion of emptiness behind it all. Brown focuses on several cultural products that she argues helped to shape glamour's meanings: the most significant perfume of the twentieth century, Chanel No. 5; the idea of the Jazz Age and its ubiquitous cigarette; the celebrity photograph; the staging of primitivism; and the invention of a shimmering plastic called cellophane. Alongside these artifacts, she takes up the development, refinement, and analysis of glamour in Anglo-American poetry, film, fiction, and drama of the period. Glamour in Six Dimensions thus asks its reader to see the proximity between the vernacular and elite cultures of modernism, and particularly how glamour was animated by artists working at the crossroads of the mundane and the extraordinary: Wallace Stevens, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Josephine Baker, D. H. Lawrence, Gertrude Stein, Nella Larsen, and others.

In his 1909 manifesto Hind Swaraj, Gandhi made an impassioned call for passive resistance that he soon retracted. 'Passive resistance' didn't, in the end, serve his overarching aims, but was troubled on multiple grounds from its use of the English phrase to the weakness implied by passivity. Modernism and the Idea of India: The Art of Passive Resistance claims that the difficulty embedded in the phrase 'passive resistance,' from its seeming internal contradiction to the troubling category of passivity itself, transforms in artistic expression, where its dynamism, ambivalence, and receptivity enable art's capacity to create new forms of meaning. India provides the ground and the fantasy for writers and artists including Rabindranath Tagore, R. K. Narayan, Ahmed Ali, Amrita Sher-Gil, G. V. Desani, Virginia Woolf, and Le Corbusier. These artists and writers explore the capacities of passive resistance inspired by Gandhi's treatise, but move beyond its call for activism into new languages of art.

Understand how diet impacts your health with NUTRITION THROUGH THE LIFE CYCLE, Sixth Edition! Based on the latest research available, this text explores the many ways nutrition impacts your growth, development, and normal functioning as you progress through each stage of life, along with some common ailments that can result from nutritional deficits. Packed with current research and resources to help you build your knowledge base, the text alternates between "normal" nutrition and clinical applications, to address each life stage completely. NUTRITION THROUGH THE LIFE CYCLE, Sixth Edition also shares insights of expert authors -- from registered dietitians and other clinical professionals to teachers and researchers -- to help you grasp major concepts and see the truly critical role of nutrition in human health today. Available with InfoTrac (R) Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

Reach your diet and nutritional goals with NUTRITION NOW, 8th Edition! Understanding the basic principles of nutrition and its impacts on your health can lead to better choices and more successful diet planning now and throughout your lifetime. Chapters cover nutrition basics such as diet planning, the macronutrients, vitamins and minerals, exercise, pregnancy and lactation, global issues, and much more. NUTRITION NOW organizes content into easy-to-read, manageable units that help you focus on the concepts while applying what you have learned to your own life.

Packed with insight from leading experts, Brown's Nutrition Through the Life Cycle, Seventh Edition, shows how nutrition impacts healthy people as they grow, develop and function through life stages. Extremely reader friendly, the text features a vibrant full-color design and is packed with illustrations that make abstract ideas easy to visualize. Using a unique "layered approach," it progresses from preconception to the end stages of the life cycle, alternating chapters between normal and clinical nutrition to give you the complete picture. It reflects the latest research and dietary guidelines in its comprehensive coverage of nutritional needs, nutrition and health disease outcomes, model programs, healthful diets, nutrients, gene variants, nutrient-gene interactions and more. Case studies give you further insight into clinical applications and care standards in real-world practice.

With this book you will learn how to tackle must do exterior repairs for your home, You'll find dozens of helpful tips and ideas covering the following: * Roof Repairs* Gutters and Downspouts* Concrete Work* Siding Repairs and Maintenance* Chimney Repairs* Tools and Ladders* Water System* and moreHere's just a small sample of the tips included: Never rest a ladder on a gutter. It will bend the gutter out of shape, causing low spots where pools of water will collect when it rains.When cleaning gutters, inspect each hanger for bent straps and popped nails as you work your way along the gutter. If the house has a fascia or board trim, check the gutter's alignment with it.The gutter should rest firmly against the fascia for maximum support. Clean gutters by hand, then hose them down after you've removed the debris. This flushes out the remnants and gives you an opportunity to observe the flow of water and see low spots or improper pitch.Check the nails or screws in the straps holding the downspout to your house. These can work themselves loose with use or age, or when a downspout has been used as a ladder support.If a hollow glass block in your garage wall breaks, clean the opening and soak some pieces of brick. Put the pieces into the opening and pack the hole solidly with concrete mix. You must use brick or the mix will fall out.Make drilling in masonry easier by making a pilot hole with a masonry nail at the exact spot where you want to drill.If you put sand on top of asphalt sealer it will prevent the sealer from sticking to your shoes.You can prevent wooden forms from sticking to concrete by painting the parts that will be in contact with the cement with oil. An old metal Venetian blind slat can be used as a finishing trowel on small concrete jobs.The best time to caulk is when painting the house. Apply primer to the seams first, then caulk. (Primer helps the caulking stick.) Allow the caulking to cure for a couple of days, then apply a finish coat. Be sure to use a corn pound that will take paint.If you caulk in very hot weather and the caulking gets runny, place it in the refrigerator for an hour or two.When mixing acid and water always add the acid to the water, never vice versa. Put on goggles, gloves, and an apron before mixing, and leave them on until after you rinse off.To remove mildew from house siding, scrub the surface with a bleach and water solution (1 cup of bleach to 1 gallon of warm water). Flush the area with clear water and allow it to dry thoroughly before painting.

Discover great ways to get a whole home clean. Here are dozens of time-saving house cleaning and organizing tips to make your household management tasks a lot easier. You'll love to live in with this time-saving cleaning tips and techniquesThis guide covers the following areas: * Cleaning and Washing Floors* Cleaning Wells and Wall Coverings* Cleaning Windows* Cleaning the Bathroom* Carpets and Upholstery * Window TreatmentsWith this book you'll find out how to get your home clean and in order in no timeHere's just a small sample of the tips included: Dust and other debris often collect in hard to-reach corners, such as behind large appliances, but you can reach easily into these corners with a yardstick. Make a yardstick" duster" by covering the end with a sock, secured with rubber bands, or by fastening a small sponge to the end of the yardstick with staples or rubber bands. You can eliminate tiny scratches on glass by polishing the affected areas with toothpaste. A portable blow dryer can soften wax that has dripped onto wooden surfaces. Wipe away the wax with a paper towel, then rinse the area with a mixture of vinegar and water. Dry thoroughly. You can get stale odors out of sponges by washing them in the dishwasher, or by soaking them overnight in a bowl of bleach and rinsing them well the next morning. Make an efficient cleaning apron from a compartmented shoe bag by attaching strings and filling the pockets with rags, polishes, brushes, and other lightweight supplies. Old toothbrushes can be put to good use as hair dye applicators, or as cleaning brushes for silverware, combs, and typewriter keys.To clean your radiators, hang a damp cloth behind the radiator, then blow on the radiator with a hair dryer to force hidden dirt and dust onto the damp cloth. An automobile snow brush is perfect for cleaning under a refrigerator.If you're tired of buying new dust mops because the old ones get dirty so quickly, cover your mop with an old nylon stocking. When the stocking gets soiled, simply discard it and replace it with another. When a spray bottle's suction tube doesn't reach the liquid because most of the liquid has been used up, drop marbles or pebbles into the bottle until the level of the liquid rises enough to cover the end of the tube. Want to dust furniture quick as a flash? Dampen two old cotton gloves or socks with furniture polish, slip them over your hands and then dust with both hands. Worn-out cotton sweat socks-particularly those with terry-lined feet-make excellent dusting mitts. Instead of buying dust cloths chemically treated to "attract" dust, make your own from cheesecloth. Dip the cloth in a solution of 2 cups of water and 1/4 cup of lemon oil and allow it to dry before using. Paint brushes make excellent dusters for small or hard-to-reach areas. Flick them along door jambs, around windows, and into corners where dust cloths won't fit.To avoid snagging or harming delicate fabric when dusting ruffled or pleated lamp shades, use an old shaving brush or a baby's hair brush. The bristles are soft and effective.

You can't wait to get started on your home decorating project, but taking a few minutes beforehand can save you time, money, and aggravation down the road. Looking to freshen up your home decor or decorate for the season? read this book to get dozens of great home decorating ideas, easy to implement furnishing tips, and inspirations.Whether you want to beautify the bathroom or liven up the living room, you'll find here designer decorating tips to help you renovate any room in your home.Here's just a small sample of the tips included: A mural-pattern wallpaper makes a small room appear larger.No shelf space in your office? Hang slatted boxes for storage of scissors, envelopes, even a cassette recorder. Drape a shade-loving ivy in the topmost box. If you have an Indian print bedspread that you don't use, hang it full-width across a window. Open it diagonally across half the window and secure it with a tieback. For a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to recover a chair, drape a twin-size sheet over the chair, and tie or pin the corners to fit.Use mix-and-match wallpapers to simplify the problem of papering adjoining rooms without visual clashes.A pretty or unusual blanket can substitute for a table cloth.Mexican serapes and Indian bedspreads make colorful, inexpensive table cloths-great for picnics) too.Fasten bright and colorful paper shopping bags to the wall for storage of art supplies and other lightweight items.To make a high ceiling seem lower paper it with a bold pattern. To make a low ceiling seem higher) paper it with a small print or a texture.To brighten up the office) put pencils and pens in a flowerpot and use a music stand for a magazine rack.You'll never have trouble tightening screws and bolts if you remember that) for most) right is tight and left is loose.A basketful of pinecones in front of the fireplace gives a room a feeling of friendliness.In the fall, buy gourds at the supermarket. Use them for a month or so in an arrangement, then put them somewhere warm and dry for a while. The gourds become very light as they dry) and the colors mute beautifully with age.Add a miniature hammock to a corner in a child's room to make a place for all his or her stuffed animals.Keep your decorative baskets looking healthy by placing them away from dry heat.A nonworking fireplace, primed and freshened with paint, makes a comfortable niche for a sewing machine table or an aquarium.A stairway landing is the perfect place for an armoire. Line it with attractive fabric and fill it with linens, coats, or out-of-season clothes.Display flowers in unusual vases-a crystal ice bucket, a fluted champagne glass, a bright coffee mug or jug. Flowers, in fact, look good in almost any container.Turn your bathroom into a miniature gallery with pictures you don't have space for elsewhere-so long as they aren't works that can be damaged by the humidity that collects in a bathroom.If you don't want to buy furniture, you can rent it at surprisingly reasonable rates. Furniture for rent includes everything from sofas and carpets to lamps and works of art.A silver goblet is perfect for holding candies or cigarettes on a coffee table.To keep drying flowers dust-free, cover them with plastic bags punched with air holes. When the flowers have dried, spray them with hair spray.

You don't need to be an event planner with a staff of 20 to host an inspired gathering. Time to hose down the patio furniture, dust off the grill, and bust out the creativity. Follow the brilliant tips from Judith Brown for a party your guests won't forget This guide covers the following areas: * General Party and Guest Hosting Ideas* Holidays Ideas* Gifts and Gift WrappingBefore you throw your next party, find out how to make it an occasion that your guests will be talking about until the next time you entertain. Here's just a small sample of the tips included: Before a card party, you can clean plastic cards by placing them in a paper bag with a few tablespoons of flour. Shake the bag, then remove the cards and wipe them off with a damp cloth. For a special occasion party, send balloon invitations. Inflate the balloons with a balloon pump, and write the invitation on them with a felt-tip marker. Then deflate the balloons, put them in envelopes, and mail to your guests. If you don't feel confident about timing several courses, serve a casserole in an attractive dish.Don't try out a new recipe on guests. Prepare it first for family members or close friends.You'll be sure of the taste and the length oftime it takes to prepare. For an easy party menu, set out different types of salad vegetables and a lot of toppings and let guests create their own salads. Make sure some of the ingredients are interesting or unusual enough to add a festive feel to the meal. Add some bread and wine to make the meal complete. A creative way of serving vegetables for dips is to line a wicker basket with lettuce and then fill the basket with carrots, mushrooms, cauliflower, celery, and other vegetables. Large green peppers make ideal cups for dips. Slice off the tops of the peppers, scoop out the seeds, and fill the centers with your favorite dip. A loaf of bread sliced in half horizontally, with each half hollowed out, makes a container for a heavier dip or spread-a thin mixture would seep into the crust and then all over the table. You can prepare vegetables for a party 1 or 2 days ahead of time. Cut up the vegetables, wrap them in damp paper towels, put them in plastic bags, and refrigerate. A hollowed-out half melon makes a perfect container for cut fruit. An ice bucket can be used as a serving dish, because its insulation keeps foods appropriately hot or cold. You can make individual butter servings look different if you put pancake-size dollops of softened butter on a cookie sheet, set the sheet in the refrigerator till the butter hardens, and then cut the butter into various shapes with your cookie cutters. Don't despair if you don't have as many dessert dishes as you have guests; you can serve most desserts just as easily in wine glasses.Lay a damp napkin on a serving tray so that tumblers and dishes won't slide off.For crisp summer napkins, use men's white linen handkerchiefs. Bagels fresh from the bakery make unusual napkin rings.Make your buffet convenient for you and your guests by wrapping place settings of silverware in napkins and placing them in a basket. Dry drinks served before a meal stimulate the appetite more than sweet drinks. If you're making any kind of fruit juice punch, freeze some of the juice in a large bowl or container, and use it instead of ice cubes. The punch won't be watered down. A pretty party garnish for punch is peppermint sticks poked through the centers of lemon or orange slices.

Ready to get strong and slim? discover health and fitness tips that will help you live a life of wellness and good health. This book features dozens of great ideas and tips to help you learn quick and easy ways to maintain your health and be in good shape.The book covers the following areas: * Healthy Eating* Healthy Lunchtime Ideas* Ideas for Weight Watchers* Exercise and Fitness* Coping with Tension and Stress* Health Care and First AidHere's just a small sample of the tips included: Foods are most valuable to the body the closer they are to their natural state. Vegetables grown in your own backyard are superior to commercial frozen, canned, or dehydrated products. You can also home can, freeze, and dry your garden's surplus without any of the preservatives or additives found in many commercial products. High-fiber vegetables, fruits, and whole grains are natural intestinal cleansers and also help to keep down the levels of cholesterol in the blood by binding up cholesterol and fats. Studies also show that a daily dose of bran in your breakfast cereal reduces the risk of bowel cancer. Drink plenty of water daily. Water cleanses your system and promotes healthy-looking skin. Sugar plays a role in the development of tooth decay, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. If you do nothing else to improve your diet, at least cut down on your intake of sugar. Cookies, cakes, and candies made with sugar provide only "empty calories" -that is, they have little nutritional value. Add natural sugar to your diet by replacing baked goods and fattening desserts with fresh fruits. When you need a pick-me-up, try drinking a glass of fruit juice or fresh, cold water instead of a sweetened soft drink Sugar is sugar, no matter what form it takes. Don't be misled by "sugarless" products that contain corn syrup, honey, molasses, maltose, glucose, dextrose, and invert sugar. These are just other names for sugar. If you must avoid sugar for medical reasons, read labels carefully and be aware of the many names that sugar goes under. Under normal circumstances your body needs no more than a teaspoon of salt a day. Too much salt in the diet can lead to high blood pressure, overweight, and heart and circulatory problems. You can cut down on salt painlessly by leaving it out of your cooking, by removing the salt shaker from the table, and by using salt substitutes if you really miss the taste. Substitute herbs, spices, and pepper in place of salt when seasoning foods. Use lemon and lime juices to flavor vegetables in place of salt. Reduce the salt content of instant broth by using twice as much water as the package directions indicate. Many commercial canned foods contain high levels of salt. Canned soups are often especially high in salt. Read labels carefully. A high-fat diet can be dangerous to your health. When cooking, consider using polyunsaturated fats such as corn, soybean, and sunflower oil instead of saturated fats such as lard, butter, chicken fat, coconut oil, or hydrogenated vegetable oils. Low-fat skim milk contains considerably less fat than whole milk The same is true of skim milk cheeses, low-fat cottage cheese, and yogurt. When buying meats, look for the leanest cuts. Trim off any visible fat before cooking, and whenever possible choose broiling over any other preparation method; broiling can reduce the fat content of meat by up to one-half. Although broiling is the best cooking method for meat if you're trying to avoid fat) you can also substantially reduce the fat and calorie content of meat by boiling or pot-roasting it and skimming off the fat. You can improve your whole family's diet by beginning to replace some meat dishes with fish and poultry. You'll be eating less fat and fewer calories.

Your house is a lot more than wood and plaster. It's your family's retreat from the world. You've worked hard to make your house a home. And there's more to do. It's time to get the facts on how to keep your family safe at home.This guide will provide you with dozens of essential tips on home safety for you and your family.This book covers the following areas: * Flooring and Stairs* Preventing Accidents in the Home* Keeping the Home Safe for Children* Preventing Fires* Electrical and Storm Safety* Handling Insecticides* Guarding Against Burglars and IntrudersHere's just a small sample of the tips included: Keep baking powder on hand for extinguishing a kitchen fire in an emergency. Don't put hot tea, coffee, or other hot liquids on a table cloth that hangs way over the side of the table. Someone could trip on the cloth and spill the scalding liquid. Keep the gas cooktop away from open windows where curtains could blow into the flames or where wind could extinguish the cooking flames. When handing a knife to someone else, always hold the point turned away from the other person. Keep the handles of pots and frying pans turned inward on the kitchen range so that they cannot be knocked or tipped over by accident. This is especially important if there are young children in the household.Check all your child's toys to be sure any eyes, noses, knobs, or other parts will not come off when pulled or chewed. Never leave a small child unattended in the bathtub. In the bathtub face your child toward the hot water faucet so he won't accidentally bump into the hot metal. Don't hold a child on your lap while you drink or pass a hot beverage, or while you smoke. Tie a bell around all bottles and containers that hold poisonous materials in the house to alert you to your child getting into something dangerous. Store all your poisonous materials on high shelves, out of the reach of children. And remember to label the containers. Some poison control centers supply stickers to put on dangerous chemicals so that a child understands tha t they are harmful. Ask if these are available in your locality. It's best never to place pillows in an infant's crib and. to keep the crib completely away from the cord of a Venetian blind. Never place a plastic bag or thin plastic covering within reach of an infant or small child, or near the child's bed. Don't run extension cords under the rugs. The cords wear easily and may short out, causing a fire. Keep combustibles away from the furnace, which can give off flames or sparks at times. For basic protection at minimum expense, locate one smoke detector in the hallway near each separate sleeping area. (More complete protection calls for a detector on every level of a home.Don't mount a smoke detector in areas where the alarm can be triggered inappropriately such as by smoke from cooking, steam from the shower, or in the garage where combustion products from the car's engine can set it off. Remember that smoke detectors are unreliable below 40 F. Some fire departments supply stickers that can be placed in a window to alert firefighters to the presence of a child or an elderly or handicapped person. Inquire if such stickers are available in your locality. If you live or work in a high-rise building, locate the fire exits on your floor. If an alarm sounds, remember that you should always use the fire stairs, not the elevator. Learn to distinguish the sound of a fire alarm in your building from the sound of an elevator alarm bell. If you think someone' s trapped in the elevator when, in fact, the building is starting to go up in flames, you could be in serious trouble.

Home maintenance isn't restricted to repairs. In fact, certain tasks--when performed regularly--may actually prevent things from breaking in the first place. But when things do go wrong (and it's inevitable that they do), there are things that you can try before you grab the phone to call for pro.Maintaining your home should be fun and easy. This book helps you make it so with the best home maintenance tricks and must-know do it yourself tipsThe book covers the following areas: * Flooring and Stairs* Furniture Care and Refinishing* Maintaining and Repairing Windows* Maintaining and Repairing Screens* Maintaining and Repairing Doors* Soundproofing* Home Lighting and Electricity* Plumbing* Pest ControlHere's just a small sample of the tips included: A coat of wax prevents rusting on chrome kitchen chairs.Paper stuck to a polished table can be lifted after saturating the paper with cooking oil.Decals will easily lift off painted furniture if you sponge with vinegar.To tighten wobbly wicker furniture, wash it outdoors with hot soapy water, rinse it with a hose, and let it air dry. The wood and cane will shrink and tighten.Saggy wicker or cane seats can be similarly tightened by sponging them with hot water.Sometimes a warped table leaf or other board can be straightened by exposure to wet grass and hot summer sun. For this treatment, water a grassy area thoroughly and set the board, concave side down, on the wet grass. As the dry side of the board absorbs moisture from the grass, the moist (convex) side is dried out by the sun and the board unwarps. This process takes no longer han a day.You can usually rub cigarette burns out of wooden furniture with very fine sandpaper or steel wool. Then, if necessary, color the area 'with shoe polish to match the rest of the surface.To remove cracked glass from a window without excessive splintering, crisscross the pane on both sides with several strips of masking tape, then rap it with a hammer. Most of the pane will be held together.If you try to open a window and it refuses to budge, tap a hammer on a block of wood at various places on the sash. (Don't hit the sash directly with the hammer, or you'll leave dents.) The tapping may jar the sash loose.To make dried-out putty workable again, sprinkle it with a few drops of raw linseed oil and knead it until it is soft and pliable.Before attempting to chisel dried and hardened putty from a wooden window frame, brush raw linseed oil over the putty's surface. Let it soak in to soften the putty.You can fill a pellet gun hole in a window pane with clear nail polish or shellac. Dab at the hole; when the application dries, dab again-and reapply until the hole is filled. The pane will appear clear. A pellet-gun hole in stained glass can be filled the same way.When installing a new window pane, speed up the process by rolling the glazing compound between the palms of your hands to form a long string the diameter of a pencil. Lay the" string" along the frame) over the glass, and smooth it in place with a putty knife.

What makes a great kitchen is how you organize it. with this book you'll discover dozens of great ideas to save time and make your kitchen work much more efficient. Here are the best tips and tricks for organizing everything in your kitchen.Here's just a small sample of the tips included: Toss a few extra plastic clothes pins into your kitchen drawer. Use them to seal packages of partially used foods such as pretzels, chips, noodles, or rice.Save screw-top glass containers for storing dry goods in the pantry.Make a knife holder out of your empty thread spools. Insert screws in the spool holes and attach them to a cabinet door. Place the spools in a row, one butted right next to the other. The blades will fit in the gaps between the spools while the handles rest on the spools.If you store your sharp knives in drawers, keep the knives in a holder to prevent the blades from getting dull.If you've nowhere to hang a memo board for your notes, paint part of your kitchen door with three coats of blackboard paint.A phone center with a writing surface can be installed between two wall studs in your kitchen.Cut the wall between the two studs and build the center to fit the space.A large pair of tweezers can help you get olives and pickles out of narrow jars; tweezers are also useful for placing garnishes on food without touching the food with your hands, or for removing bones from fish fillets.Keep an aloe growing in your kitchen. The gel squeezed from a leaf can soothe insect bites, prickly heat, or sunburn.Washing your ice cube trays occasionally in hot soapy water will keep the cubes from sticking; they'll pop out much more easily.Rubber-coated plate rack makes a great cookbook holder.Create your own kitchen sink splash back by cutting a piece of clear plexiglass to size. Drill two small holes in it and nail it up on the wall.Plastic or wire baskets on casters provide excellent, easy-to-maneuver storage for unrefrigerated vegetables or loose cooking utensils.To keep recipes clipped from newspapers and magazines so they'll be readily available, fold them into an envelope fastened to an inside cover of a cookbook.Wehn you find a recipe that's an improvement over one featured in your cookbook, tape a copy of it right over the recipe in the book. The next time you need it, you'll be able to locate it easily by referring to the book's own index.If you store cast iron pots and pans with their lids inverted or slightly ajar, there will be enough air circulation to discourage rust formation.If you store your dishes in open dish racks instead of in cabinets, position the racks over the sink. That way you can wash the dishes, put them in place, and they'll drip-dry into the sink.Napkins, paper towels, or cloth protectors placed between pieces affine china when stacking will help prevent scratching.Most plastic food containers can be recycled for storing or freezing food.Mesh bags, wire baskets, and even old nylon stockings make good storage containers for potatoes and onions because they allow the necessary air circulation.Even when soap bars wear down, they're still useful. Slit a sponge to make a pocket to hold the slivers, wet and squeeze the sponge for foamy suds. Or fill a sock with soap slivers and use it the same way.To remold leftover soap slivers into bars of soap, place them in a small saucepan, cover them with water, and heat the water to the boiling point.Lower the heat to simmer, and stir the mixture to melt the soap pieces. When the mixture has the consistency of thick, smooth syrup, remove the pan from the heat. Pour its contents into lightly oiled small containers, such as jar caps or plastic soap dishes. Let the mixture stand for at least three days until hard before tapping the mixture out of the molds.

You can't wait to get started on your home painting project, but taking a few minutes beforehand can save you time, money, and aggravation down the road. Looking to freshen up your home paint? read this book to get dozens of great home painting and decorating ideas, easy to implement tips, and inspirations.The book covers the following areas: * General Painting Tips* Outdoor Painting* Cleanup and Storage* Wallpaper and Wall Coverings* Other Wall Coverings* Wall Repairs and Ceramic Tile* Hanging Pictures and MirrorsHere's just a small sample of the tips included: Don't wipe your paintbrush against the lip ofthe paint can. The lip will soon fill up with paint which will run down the side and drip off. Use a coffee can to hold the paint instead.Wrinkling occurs when too much paint is applied or when the paint is too thick. You can correct wrinkling easily by sanding the surface and brushing on paint of a lighter consistency.If you want to be able to use a previous coat of exterior paint as a base for a new coat, the old paint should be no more than 5 years old. If you wait longer than that you'll have a major job of scraping, sanding, and spackling.Artificial light darkens color, so your paint will look lighter in the daylight. Ifin doubt when at the paint store, take the container outside to examine the color.All paint dries to a lighter shade than the one you see when it's first applied to the surface you're painting.Color can saturate your eyes. When mixing paint, look away at a white surface for several minutes to allow your eyes to adjust so that you can judge the color accurately.To get the correct "feel" for spray painting and to determine the correct spray distance from the object to be painted, first experiment with a sheet of cardboard as the target area.Make a paint holder from a coat hanger to keep your hands free when painting. Open the hanger and bend it in half; then bend it into an "S" to hook over the ladder and hold your paint can.To avoid painting a window shut, gently slide the sash up and down as the paint hardens but before it forms a seal.If you are working on a ladder in front of a closed door, lock the door so that no one can inadvertently swing the door open and send you sprawling.Record how much paint is required to cover each room by writing the amount on the back of a light-switch plate. When you remove the switch plate before repainting, you'll be reminded of how much fresh paint you need.Do tiny spots need a paint touch-up? If you use cotton swabs instead of a brush, you won't waste paint and you won't have to clean a brush.When positioning a ladder against a house or tree, it is safest to position it so that the distance from the base of the ladder to the house or tree is one quarter of the ladder's extended length.Otherwise the ladder may fall forward or tip backward.Spring is the ideal time to paint the exterior of a house. Do it as soon as the weather turns warm enough, but before the tempera ture gets too hot. In very hot weather paint dries too quickly and leaves marks where strokes were overlapped.When painting the outside of your house, fold newspapers over the tops of doors and then close them. You won't paint the doors shut.Don't use a flame to soften alligatored paint. The flame can shoot into a crack and ignite the sheathing.Paint will not bond on a surface wet from morning dewar on a prime coat not thoroughly dry. And without proper bonding, paint will peel.Be sure to wait for dew to dry before painting.If using an oil-based paint on an area that has suffered mildew, add a mildew inhibitor to the paint. (This isn't necessary with water-based paints, which don't contain the oil that fungus feeds on.)