Nine year old Marshall is an incredibly friendly Staffordshire Bull Terrier with bags of character. He’s great with other dogs and has grown up with children so he’ll fit into almost any family home. This super little dog will melt your heart, so please read more about him to see if he’s the boy for you.
12 year old Crossbreed Smokey is an affectionate and very placid girl who loves to have some fuss and attention. She’s no trouble at all and after spending two years of life outdoors in a kennel she can’t wait to experience being part of a family. She’s used to children and can live with other dogs, but needs somewhere without cats.
Gorgeous Jade is described as lazy and friendly. She’s good with children and is used to living with another dog. Jade loves squeaky toys, but she doesn’t like cats. Does Jade sound like your kind of girl?
The last (and only) defense against the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is tiny–billions of hydrocarbon-chewing microbes, such as Alcanivorax borkumensis . In fact, the primary motive for using the more than 830,000 gallons of chemical dispersants on the oil slick both above and below the surface of the sea is to break the oil into smaller droplets that bacteria can more easily consume. [More]
Oil spill – Gulf of Mexico – Deepwater Horizon – Environment – Alcanivorax
Belle is a sweet Border Collie lady who is very sad to have lost her owners and her home. She finds herself at the Ark, wondering what is going to happen next. She’s a friendly, sociable, well-behaved girl who would be a perfect companion for an older person. Can you offer Belle a fresh start?
The bluestone that makes up millions of American patios often comes in
neatly sawn rectangles. But for a rustic landscape, nothing looks more
natural than "snapped" or "broken" bluestone, terms
used to denote an irregular edge on the slabs. This Old House senior
technical editor Mark Powers recent…
By: Thisoldhouse.com
We at instructables are hosting a mini-contest where you can win a new
book! Post your own reuse project and win a brand new copy of the book
"Designing For Re-use: The Life Of Consumer Packaging" by Tom
Fisher and Janet Shipton. The book features Instructables.com
extensively and we wanted to pas…
By: frenzy
After my ‘ible regarding using alginate as a mould making material,
there were lots of questions about materials and obtaining them. Here’s
another method that uses only items that are readily available.
Gelatin is a much disregarded product when it comes to the home user.
It is safe to use an…
By: marshon
Dear EarthTalk: How effective have plastic bag bans and restrictions been on reducing plastic litter and other problems associated with their proliferation? And is it really better to use paper bags, which will just lead to more deforestation? –Peter Lindsey, New Canaan, Conn.
The Roll It is an experimental house design that was developed at the
University of Karlsruhe. To use the house in a different way, just walk
along the inside to roll it to create a new up and down. There’s a bed,
an exercise area, and even a kitchen with a sink. I really wish I could
find an explan…
By: fungus amungus
A looping waterslide, The Scorpion’s Tail, will be opening
up in Wisconsin at Noah’s Ark Water Park this summer. You slide
down, around the loop, and out through the bottom 9 to 14 seconds later.
Just look at how happy the guy looks in the rendering! This isn’t the
first looping waterslide in Ame…
By: fungus amungus
Peggy is a beautiful 12 year old Collie cross who is looking for a loving retirement home. She sounds just about perfect. She gets on with everything – dogs, cats, children , she enjoys her walks and loves to be groomed.
I’ll admit it. I am partial to neutrinos. And I always have been.
Neutrinos alone, among all the known particles, have ethereal properties that are striking and romantic enough both to have inspired a poem by John Updike and to have sent teams of scientists deep underground for 50 years to build huge science-fictionlike contraptions to unravel their mysteries.
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Neutrino – John Updike – Physics – Particle – Experiments
I decided it was time for someone to build a guitar completely from
popsicle sticks……..Ordered 4,000 on ebay and used about
2,000………I used my Gremlin parlor size guitar as a pattern and
started gluing……….took about 2 months working on it
everyday…….I retired in Costa Rica and I d…
By: busupholstery
There are countless ways to make survival stoves. They can be ultra
simple hobo stoves made from a single food can, alcohol stoves from soda
cans or more complex stoves that require some tools and preparation. The
Instructables community has some of the best examples of how to make
stoves to fit eve…
By: Culturespy
The great spine-chilling Tyrannosaurus rex has a reputation for having killed its prey in cold blood . But was this ancient dinosaur really a cold-blooded ectotherm ? [More]
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